From correspondents in Tamil Nadu, India, 05:33 PM IST
Tamil superstar Kamal Haasan, whose latest release 'Dasavatharam' is making waves across the country, says Indian film awards will soon overtake the globally famed Oscars.
'The day when Hollywood would yearn for awards from India rather than (us) running behind the Oscars is not far off going by the improving quality of our films,' Kamal said while releasing the audio of the forthcoming film 'Kodaikanal' Monday.
'Dasavatharam', which has Kamal playing 10 different roles, was produced by 'Aaskar' Ravichandran who changed his alias from 'Oscar' after the US-based academy demanded its discontinuation.
Kamal showered praises on directors Bharati Raja and T.K. Bose.
'I was ridiculed for appearing as a loincloth-clad rustic in '16 Vayathinile' (At The Age of 16, 1977) under Bharati Raja's direction. But its success catapulted my hitherto image of a city-slicker into that of a mass hero,' Kamal recalled.
'Kodaikanal', directed by Bose, stars newcomers Thilak, Sekar and Poorna, and Deva has given the music score.
'The very fact that Bose is still in the business of direction shows his perseverance,' Kamal remarked.
Returning the compliments, Raja praised 'Dasavatharam'.
'Its technical brilliance left me speechless,' the director said.
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India is makes the largest movies in every year.Tamil and Hindi are maximem. So super star Kamal Hasan is predicting that Indian film awards will soon overtooke the globaly fame Oscars is comes no surprise to us. His lattest release "Dasvatharam" itself will surley get many awards from the numarous number agencies rewarding cine productis to recognize their excelance. vidio pyrate are very active will dicrease the sales.
WE Indians look incapable of getting Nobel Prizes except for peace and literture for which national prizes will be meaningful. In films,we can institute something like BHARAT PURASKAR and advertise that it is the equivalent of OSCARs.We can give this to film producers who bribe the Puraskar committee maximum. This can be equivalent of IgNobel prizes awarded in the West.
At worst both THEIR and OUR films are mostly culturally degrading with impact of producing hallucinations and of demoralizing character,and perverting and weakening entire society.THEIR films score better technically almost always,and SOME of them are unbeatably good and elevating even to ordinary thinking people.OUR FILMS ARE NEITHER INDIAN NOR UNINDIAN, which exposes their inferiority.Mr Kamal,consider.
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