You know I am a maniac.
A lunatic fanatic.
Blind Kamaltheist. There are others too.
In the queue.
I beat them all and lets see how.
This post attempts to justify why :-
1) Kamal the actor has no parallel in the Tamil Cinema Industry
2) Kamal the actor has no fucking parallel in India. There are people who can get close, but no one close enough.
3) Kamal the actor can stand up to the top three in the world ( See, I am not Santosh/G/Karan) (Neither am I Udhav), (I am Ajay Srinath?) (If u don't know these people then u need not)
Let us THE start.
Brinjal 1 - The Fun Part
Hehe. Yeah. This is the fun part. Comparing Kamal with other actors in the tamil film industry is the laziest ever walk you can have in a park.
To start with, Kamal's acting talents here are being compared with those of other 'actors'. Not men who run behind and ultimately end becoming 'Images'. Kamal's comparison could probably come from the dynamic actor in late Mr. Sivaji Ganesan who portrayed an unbelievably large number of roles and characters, each different from the other, but unfortunately fell prey to the the unnecessary percentage of theatrics in his on screen acting. Critics called it over acting, which it was not, but the effect his loud and heavily obvious lip syncs produced was ultimately that.
If not Sivaji Ganesan, Then another thespian who could challenge the might would be M.R.Radha -electric, vivascious and with unsurpassable on screen histrionics. Why and where does Radha lose out? He loses out because not many people say Michael Bevan was a better batsman than Sachin Tendulkar. He actually wasn't. The finisher had depth syle class flair and all that. He did not play long enduring test matches but. Test matches would have made him experiment, spread his wings, try new situations, new stages to act, new roles to play. Bevan did not, neither did Radha.
Them apart, there were and are specialists and multitaskers like-Nagesh,Prakash Raj, Goundamani, Raghuvaran, Delhi Ganesan. Each of them, principals in colleges owned by Haasan.
Brinjal 2 - India has got TALENT!
Believe me, India truly has got talent. In Mohanlal, Nasseruddin Shah, Nana Patekar, Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor and some unknown names, I see bits and pieces of Kamal Haasan. In Mohanlal i see raw natural acting talent that can affect any audience that watches it in motion. His roles get into your mind as the slow malayalam movie progresses into a gripping climax where he more often than not brings brilliant feelings right into that otherwise not so impressive face of his. This man gives neck to neck competition in every field where Kamal is King. However, if one keenly observes, the reason why Kamal comes up with much more effective performances than Laletta is because Kamal uses his body to much greater use in depicting many an emotion. If you observe the mannerisms you would know, Kamal has a standard set of body movements attached with various scenarios. They are not on your face but end up magnifying his performance to the desired effect. Lal lacks this art. Almost Completely.
Nasseruddin Shah and Nana Patekar are both Intensity personified but will a michael madana kamarajan ever come from them has a NO written all over their answer sheet. At the same time, intense performances and Kamal are brothers in arms. Devar Magan, Guna, Mahanadi and HeyRam are among the many testimonies to this fact..
Brinjal 3 - Coming Soon..
This material has been outsourced. In the coming few weeks, this blog shall witness arguments and counter arguments about where in the international acting scene, Kamal Haasan stands. As of now, the blog agrees with what this pic on top says. He stands tall.. there.
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