#NAYAGAN 2008 MOVIE#
So, anyway, we started watching it and all of us became quite involved with the movie (Of course, such is the nature of Nayagan). Although Swami's mother-tongue was Tamil, he was a typical Bombayite like k - meaning, he began all his sentences with, "Abe saale.". k and I were good friends back then and I managed to convince k and his roommate, Swami to watch Nayagan with me. The last time I saw the movie was about 7 years back. A scene from Nayagan (1987).We watched Nayagan today on K TV. And if you want further proof, well, get ready for an overdose. That, even the world has realized and recognized, the consummate ease at which this Chameleon changes his colors. When Time magazine hailed Nayagan, as one of the Top 100 movies of all times, they were making a point. Its no wonder that after a while, you reach a stage beyond comparisons, beyond the seamy eyes of Box-Office successes and failures. A time while the rest of us usually get busy chasing butterflies or getting dunked in puddles, Master Kamal Hassan was receiving the Nation’s Highest Award for emoting by an ‘actor’ in that age category. Guess after a while, the net results become relative to a ‘character’, who has been in the arc lights since the tender age of 6 years. When you closely look at the range of ‘faces’ that he had donned for the camera, you also slowly realize that at times its just that he creates a story around a face, make that Live in the story and try make you believe in it just the same.Some nosedive into the Box-office dustbin, and other soar.īut, regardless of the outcome, he is around, ready with his next skin. Changing hues at the ease of a thought and a flicker, he still continues to amaze us, with his loud and exaggerated portrayals on one hand and the subdued and terribly poignant ones on the other. From Kalathur Kannamma in 1960 to Dashavatharam in the starry present, this Chameleon has come a long way. A clipping from Chachi 420, the Hindi version.Īalavandan (a movie adaption of his own novel called Dayam), more or less followed the footsteps of Hey Ram, but for the psychotic Nandu, a bizarre and exaggerated portrayal of the manic levels of the human mind. Though Hey Ram was a washout at the Box-office, the sheer artistry and technical perfection would not be easily forgotten by anyone who has watched the movie. Though the inspiration was lying around for everyone to see (Robin Williams, if you please), Kamal Hassan molded the concept and made it entirely Indian and his own, and had the whole country jive along with this ‘hip and hip-shaking Paatty’, in its two versions (Hindi and Tamil). Mrs.Doubtfire in a Kanjeevaram was next in line, christened Avvai Shanmughi.
#NAYAGAN 2008 FULL#
Of having venturing into his full fledged vocation of playing with ‘faces”, the roles also brought him the National Award for the Best Actor. The next major ‘plastic’ outing came with Indian, with the dual roles of freedom fighter father and his slimy, crooked son, and it was a double bonanza. Ammavum Neeye from Kalathur Kannamma (1960), Kamal Hassan’s debut.Ĭonceived to be the ultimate spoof on ‘Lost-and-Found’ saga of Bollywood, the movie was more noticed for the hilarious puns and slapstick action scripted by Crazy Mohan. Yours truly believes the actual attempts in ‘noticeable’ impersonation, came along with the groundbreaking (literally!) Apoorva Sagodarangal, which had the Chameleon playing the role of a midget, a “virtually impossible feat” for the times it was released. The very fact that the Indian Government awarded him the National Award for the Best Child Artiste for that very outing, was a portent of things to come.That, for all practical purposes, ladies and gentlemen, the Consummate Chameleon for the Indian Celluloid has arrived. Maybe that epithet suits him to the ‘T’ – Kamal, the Consummate Chameleon.įor someone who donned that ‘skin’ for the first time, all of 6 years, way back in 1960, in the august company of another legend, Gemini Ganeshan, maybe these recognitions are immaterial.
#NAYAGAN 2008 SKIN#
But regardless of the scope and inanity of the roles he played, you sat through till the closing credits rolled up in front of you, part moved by the character, part in awe of the phenomenon who magically slips into the skin of the character he portrays in each movie. * The title of LIVING LEGEND, conferred by FICCI last year.Īll this for donning on a different avatar each time, for that two hour on Celluloid, transporting you into another time and place, sometimes exaggerated, at times, gritty and exquisitely moving. * 7 OFFICIAL ENTRIES to OSCARS representing the Nation, * 2 BEST ACTOR AWARDS in THE ASIAN FILM FESTIVALS,
#NAYAGAN 2008 PROFESSIONAL#
For that matter, anything about the professional career of Kamal Hassan is an understatement. Well, for all practical purposes, the dozen avatars is an understatement.
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