Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan, who is busy promoting his forthcoming Tamil release Uttama Villain, has wrestled with so many controversies over the years that he feels they follow him and will continue to do so throughout his career.
“Even till last week, we were fighting a case in connection with my film Papanasam. We know who filed the case, and from where. It’s like trouble and controversies always follow me,” Kamal told .
“I feel I’m always targeted. It has happened in the past too. For instance, people objected the title of my film Mumbai Express. They said the title wasn’t in Tamil, but what’s the Tamil word for Mumbai? In an earlier case, they didn’t let me name one of my films Sandiyar, and a few months ago, a film with the same name released. Why didn’t anybody object to it,” he asked.
Kamal’s recent release Tamil spy thriller Vishwaroopam was embroiled in controversies after Muslim groups felt they were portrayed in bad light.The same film earned the wrath of the distributors after Kamal commissioned an idea to release the film via DTH platform on the day of theatrical release.
“It’s one of the other branches of film business. We have to do business in all directions,” said Mr Haasan, who also blames the Central Board of Film Certification for curbing the freedom of speech.
“If I feel like saying something in the language I want, I have to write and get permission from the Board, like in the British times. But I am an artiste, I have all the rights to say what I want and also question them,” he added.
