"Pan-Indian
film is non-existent," Kamal Hassan says to BBC Tamil
In
an exclusive interview with the BBC Tamil Service, Tamilosai, South
India's film star, singer and director Kamal Hassan said that a
pan-Indian film is non-existent.
Talking
to Tamilosai's correspondent, LR Jagadheesan, in New Delhi during
the premier of his new film, Anbe Sivam, Kamal Hassan tried to explain
why some of his recent films espouse apparently contradicting political
ideologies and why there is a lack of a strong story line in Hindi
movies: "This is because the Hindi film makers have attempted
to make a pan-Indian film, which is non-existent. There is no such
thing as pan-Indian culture."
Kamal Hassan
also spoke about the Tamil film industry being dominated by commercial
forces. Talking about low quality Tamil films, he said: "The
situation has arisen because of people with commercial leanings.
Just like newspaper vendors should not dictate the editorial content
of the newspapers, these people should not impose their views on
art. Art has suffered a fall because of this phenomenon."
Revealing his
personal views on religion, Kamal Hassan called himself a humanist.
The
interview will be broadcast on BBC Tamilosai on Wednesday 19 February
and Thursday 20 February.
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