Shameless Hypocrisy
Kamal has always been a good actor. Even I admire his acting skills. But his movies (barring very few like Unnal Mudiyum Thambi) titillate, have extremely graphic violence and racial undertones. Of late the list includes hypocrisy as well. The song praising his acting abilities in Dasavatharam was mind numbing. Even worse was the mails circulated by some dim wits about the underlying facts of the movie – my refutal of the so called facts can be found at http://mbala.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/dasavatharam-crap/
Now they want to rename Eldams Road to Dr. Kamal Hassan road. Oh Please! Kamal’s movies haven’t resulted in Tamil Cinema to resort to originality. Nor have they resulted in better production values. They haven’t promoted social changes or improved the lives of the poor or improved the sanitation in the city. Rename the Taramani film institute or Satyam cinemas. But a road? I am not in favor!
Kamal is a classic case of sour grapes. When none of his movies win the Oscars, he complains that Oscar is not the best of awards and we shouldn’t try to win it. He says that Hollywood films look better only because of bigger budgets. Yet he wants Hollywood studios to finance his dream projects. He likes the fact that his movies are awarded by Govt and private orgs.
Kamal claims to be a fan of Bharathi and Tagore. So am I. I hope he remembers the following words:
“Nasayaru nenjam kettain,
Nitham navamena sudar tharum uyir kettain,
Thasaiyinai thee sudinum Siva Sakthiyai padum nall aham kettain”
or as Tagore succinctly put it :
“Strike, Strike at the root of penury in my heart! “
How about firmly refusing the “honour” of renaming the road for a start?
