Venkatesh & I Missed Doing Marmayogi: Kamal Haasan

Ulaganayagan Kamal Haasan is currently in Hyderabad, promoting his next release Vikram. Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, the film’s pre-release event was held in Hyderabad. Victory Venkatesh attended the event as a chief guest. Young filmmakers Venky Kudumula, Sailesh Kolanu, Harish Shankar, and a few others too attended the event.

Speaking at the event, Kamal Haasan revealed that he is not alone in his cinema journey.

“My biggest hit came from Telugu. I scored continuous hits in Telugu which is why I always feel good coming here,” said Kamal Haasan, adding that the 36 films he did with Balachander served as a Ph.D. for his career.

“Venky sir said great things about me. I’m not alone. I had a family pushing me in the direction I wanted to go. Today, everyone is praising me for whatever I did so far. But, once again, I would like to tell you all that I am never alone in this journey,” said Kamal.

Kamal Haasan also shared an incident of how he could not get a chance to take the Marmayogi project forward with Venkatesh.

“We were supposed to be doing Marmayogi, a project that I was very passionate about. We approached Venky and he came all the way to work with us and even did costume trails. Unfortunately, we missed the film by inches. Had we done the film, it would have been a great film in our careers.” said Kamal Haasan.

Kamal gave a special mention to the lyricists who worked for Vikram. “It is more difficult to write lyrics for a dubbing film. I can write lyrics but I am scared to write lyrics for a dubbing film,” said Kamal Haasan, thanking Sudhakar Reddy for grabbing the film’s rights.

“I have done only a few films in Telugu and most of them became hits. We are trying for a hit with Vikram again in Telugu. The decision is in the audience hands,” said Kamal, hoping that the film becomes a big hit.

Before concluding the speech, Kamal said, “Audience should demand us to come up with good pictures. The audience should prove to the producers that they like good films. Please support anyone strongly who is doing a good film. I am a fan of good cinema.”

Vikram is hitting the screens on 3rd June.