Did you know Kamal Haasan worked as an assistant director on 'Sholay'? Yes, you read it right! The movie starred Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Hema Malini, and Jaya Bachchan in lead roles. At the San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, Kamal Haasan revealed that he hated the film.
On July 21, Kamal, along with Prabhas, and Rana Daggubati, launched their upcoming film 'Kalki 2898 AD' at the San Diego Comic-Con. The movie also stars Amitabh and Deepika Padukone but they couldn't attend the event. However, Big B joined it virtually.
At the promotional event, the 'Vikram' actor was all praise for Amitabh Bachchan. He said, "What is so great is the energy that our audience brings to our cinema. We make the movies, they make the stars. And, it is an honour to sit with the audience and watch the likes of Prabhas and Amitabh Bachchan."
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Mr Bachchan, who attended the event on a video call said, “Stop being so modest, Kamal, you are much, much greater than all of us. This is not a performance you have to put up. The kind of work Kamal has done is very difficult to achieve. Each one of his films is filled with so much reality and effort that he puts in. It is an honour to be in the same film as him."
Kamal then recalling Bachchan's 'Sholay' said, “For those who remember 'Sholay' with nostalgia, I was an assistant director. And, I couldn’t sleep that night when I saw 'Sholay'. First, I hated the film so much, I hated the filmmaker (Ramesh Sippy) even more. And I had the opportunity of working with that great filmmaker and I told him that that was my reaction when I saw the film. As a technician, I couldn’t sleep that night and that’s the kind of movie… many such movies Amit ji has done, and to hear him say nice things about my films is something I had not imagined when I was an assistant director and watching Sholay on the big screen. Thank you, Amit ji".
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Coming back to 'Kalki 2898 AD', directed by Nag Ashwin, it will release on January 12, 2024.
