Call it cliched.Call it over dramatic.Call it unnecessary. Even call it over acting. But when the movie released, it was not all this way. It was harsh. It was on the face. And it made you cry. This extremely famous dialogue from Bharatiraja's Padinaaru Vayadhinile is situated at the make or break point of the film's screenplay and thanks to Kamal's perfect execution, it goes on to propel the film into further greatness. Even as the innocent Kamal tells the haughty but now crashing down to earth - sridevi that he will remain as faithful as a dog to her family, tears start rolling from her eyes and from those of the audience too.

The mid 1980's movie which won Kamal both the best actor and the best supporting actor award from Filmfare (hindi) has one very touching and uneasy scene where Kamal experiences his love for Dimple Kapadia go down the drain and then shares the disturbing moment with the nanny who brought him up. In between hiccups and cries, Kamal expresses agony and depression at having lost the love of his life in a very touching style. This Saagar scene will surely make you feel bad.

Tamil Cinema has a collection of some of the greatest village based tragedies. Adding to the list is this love story of Virumaandi and Annalakshmi which ends in Annalakhsmi's suicide and Virumaandi being accused of her rape. Though the scene as such doesn't carry great effect, the build up to it is what makes it so special. The couple are madly in love and have great plans of a future that doesn't need any caste or money. Their life is almost started when the tale takes a twist ninety degrees downwards and the audience has these uneasy sad butterflies doing the rounds in their stomachs.

Kamal's pen combines with Kamal's eyes to generate one of the most disturbing sights in world cinema. An entire Village is being washed out and the son of the Village head reaches the site of the accident to look at the dead body of a new born kid hanging on a tree branch. He cries, asks people whos kid it is and then gives that look of depression - A stunning display of grief and remorse. His eyes ask a million questions to which they know there are no answers and the scene is etched in the hearts of the audience. This one from Devar Magan had my hand on my mouth with an 'Oh My God, what the fuck is happening' feeling running all over my mind.

People always die in films. The films which make these deaths the most ironical, triumph in getting the tragedy across to the audience. Saagara Sangamam has one such crucial sequence. Balakrishna (Kamal the dancer) has got the break of his lifetime - A chance to perform in the national dance competition. A chance to ensure a happy future for his suffering mother whom he loves the most. His win in the competition would also mean a lot to his mother. And as all of them are getting geared up for it, as all their dreams are on the threshold of reality, as happiness is about to strike, She Dies... Kamal is emotionally devastated and the sting in this sequence from Saagara Sangamam is more than painful.

An old pitiable man is torn between values and emotions and an irreparable personal loss. Which Indian Actor can show this best on screen? Kamal Haasan, in a tribute of sorts to Dileep Kumar, depicts helplessness in as helpless a manner as possible. The audience has no escape. The actor makes your heart sink even if you try closing your eyes. The hospital scene from Indian is one very tough to digest moment.

Even as I type down these lines, there is a slight shrink near the gut. One terribly tragic moment in Hey Ram ranks right up there among the most depressing scenes of Indian Cinema. Saket Ram returns from home from a long tour. Makes love with Aparna - his wife. Goes out to buy vegetables, though Aparna warns of riots. On his way back, he meets a young girl being chased by a huge mob. Saves her and gets her to her place. Returns back home to find men waiting to rape his wife. His hands are tied and his neck is pressed under a piano study. All that he can do is hear his wife fight and cry and look at her torn dress on a mirror. He frees himself and goes to her to find her neck slit open. He bursts into shock. Doctor and Aparna are the only words that come to his mouth. He limps to the phone and finds it not working. Jumps back to Aparna and she has no life left. "Doctor" he cries again as words barely make it out of his mouth. I cried.

Talk of mental pain and there can't be anything worse than this. The girl whom you discovered homeless and not in a state of mental stability has now been restored to normality thanks to your undying efforts. The future is bright and suddenly she is found by her original family. You are probably happy for her only when you discover that she has totally forgotten who you are. You jump, You cry, You roll on the railway station. You make as many gestures as possible. She says something. When you hear it loud, to your greatest shock, you find out that she just called you a beggar. You fight, disagreeing, with still hope that she will remember your glory days. The train doesn't allow. It rushes off in a hurry. Moondram Pirai. Climax sequence. If this can't make you weep, then what will?

The case is simple. There is a conversation between Appu and the love of his life which he makes out to be a proposal for marriage from her side. When he reaches the registering office with a ring, he finds that he has only been invited as a mediating witness. This shock later transcends into one amazing piece of acting. Appu the joker has a mask and is crying about his lost love. As an audience, one comes to a conclusion that probably the feeling is too difficult to be expressed, even by an actor as great as kamal and so he is using a mask. In a sudden action proving us all wrong is kamal, who takes of his mask and cries his heart out. Its all in his face. A gamout of depressing emotions. A masterful act in aboorva sahodrargal from one of misery's greatest friends.

Two words - Gut Wrenching. The top spot belongs to scene that is bound to cause extreme emotional anguish to anyone who watches it.. In mahandi the character played by kamal is in jail and his daughter is sold off to a prostitute centre... he finds her and brings her back home. She has always had a habit of blabbering in sleep and this time she asks imaginary men not to screw her so many times in a day, saying she is not a machine... kamal the dad who watches all this is horrified beyond limits and his reaction (with cries paused by forced periods of silence), is simply an unparalleled master act.