Kamal Haasan On Being Called The OG Pan-India Star: 'That's Not All My Doing'

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Last Updated:May 20, 2025, 21:26 IST

Kamal Haasan credits fans and mentor K. Balachander for his pan-India entreaty arsenic helium reunites with Mani Ratnam aft 38 years.

Kamal Haasan reunites with Mani Ratnam successful Thug Life aft 38 years.

Thug Life, directed by Mani Ratnam, marks a monumental reunion with Kamal Haasan aft 38 years. Their past collaboration was the iconic Nayakan (1987), a movie that has etched its spot successful planetary cinematic history. Now, the 2 legends are backmost with a task that’s already generating buzz, particularly with AR Rahman, Silambarasan, Trisha, Abhirami and Ashok Selvan besides connected board.

At a media lawsuit successful Mumbai, Kamal Haasan was asked astir often being referred to arsenic the “OG Pan-India star," a word present wide utilized successful Indian cinema. Responding with humility, Haasan said, “That’s not each my doing. Most of it was your doing. And past Mr. K. Balachander, helium picked maine up and brought maine here. It worked. And they made it work. That’s all."

Haasan’s cross-language entreaty began aboriginal successful his career. His archetypal Hindi movie was Ek Duuje Ke Liye (1981), a remake of his Telugu deed Maro Charitra, directed by his mentor K. Balachander. The film’s occurrence introduced him to a pan-Indian assemblage agelong earlier the word became trendy.

Reflecting connected his reunion with Mani Ratnam, Haasan shared with News18.com, “We some are not the aforesaid radical anymore. We person evolved. He is not that Mani Ratnam anymore, and I americium not that Kamal Haasan. AR Rahman is not the aforesaid euphony manager either. If we were inactive the same, it would mean thing had gone wrong. We are arrogant that we person travel this far. We shouldn’t beryllium stagnant."

Haasan besides lauded Mani Ratnam’s cinematic journey, saying, “Mani Ratnam has travelled successful the absorption helium wanted to go. But that’s not the extremity of his journey. I americium blessed that, 40 years ago, erstwhile we spoke, helium said helium was going to marque a definite benignant of cinema. There isn’t overmuch quality betwixt what helium said and what helium has done."

With Thug Life, the trio of Kamal Haasan, Mani Ratnam, and AR Rahman are poised to present yet different landmark infinitesimal successful Indian cinema.

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