Can’t do a ‘Hey Ram’ today, nation is intolerant says Kamal Haasan
Kochi, Aug 4: Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan said it would not be possible for him to produce a movie like "Hey Ram" at present as the whole nation, according to him, was becoming intolerant.
Speaking
to
reporters
here,
Haasan
said
"Hey
Ram",
written,
directed
and
produced
by
him
in
2000,
was
a
'very
strong
movie,'
which
reflected
his
politics
and
ideologies.
Asked
if
his
new
film
'Vishwaroopam
2'
also
reflected
his
politics
and
ideology,
the
Makkal
Needhi
Maiam
leader
said
it
was
there
in
all
his
movies.
"However, this (Vishwaroopam 2) was not aimed (at it) directly," he said.
"If you want to see my political reflection, Hey Ram is the film. I don't think it will be possible to release that kind of movie today. That is a very strong movie," he said about the film that revolves around partition and the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
Haasan said it would also not be possible for Malayalam writer and Jnanpeeth awardee M T Vasudevan Nair to produce a movie like 'Nirmalyam' at present.
'Nirmalyam', which had won the national award for the best film in 1973, focused on the neglect of temples in the villages of Kerala and the difficulties faced by families dependent on the places of worship.
Asked if it was time to unite against all 'intolerant voices' in the country, he said, "It is. The whole nation is becoming intolerant."
Hassan, who was here to promote 'Vishwaroopam 2', said he was shocked that a state like Kerala was also toeing the line of the politics of intolerance.
He said his party would go in the direction of whatever would be good for Tamil Nadu.
"I am looking at achieving that goal. We are not opportunists," the MNM leader said in response to a query if he would join a broad platform of secular parties now evolving at the national-level. He said his focus was on politics in Tamil Nadu.