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When Kamal Haasan plays God on screen,its not all that difficult to believe him.

Kamal Haasan will be seen in the Tamil remake of Neeraj Pandeys A Wednesday

When Kamal Haasan plays God on screen,its not all that difficult to believe him. So,it wont probably be a surprise if Dashavtar (the Hindi version of the Tamil magnum opus Dasavathram) runs to packed houses even though it releases more than six months after the original. We have put in a lot of hard work into the film. It was arduous and involved hours of make up, says Haasan,who was in the Fame Cinemas in the South City mall to promote his film. Dubbing the film into Hindi was there on his mind from the word go,but somehow things got impeded,he adds.

Its been long,nine years exactly,since Haasan had made an appearance in a Hindi film. Its just that I didnt get the right project for a long time in the Hindi film industry. I have been keeping busy also, says the actor,sharply denouncing the term Bollywood. Its very artificial. Its like calling Calcutta,California, he offers. However,there are plans on to do a Hindi film some time soon. The script is almost done. Well start with the casting in some time too, says Haasan.

In the meantime,a Tamil and a Telugu remake of Neeraj Pandeys A Wednesday,will be keeping him busy. The film is a rhetoric. At the end of the day,you endorse rhetoric of different sorts in whatever you do in life. Like when you vote,you are voting for a rhetoric, he explains. While he would play the lead in one version,southern superstar Mohanlal will replace him in the other.

Corporatisation of the film industry,feels Haasan is something that might go horribly go wrong if the right people dont call the shots. Its a good thing in several ways. But then when a corporate house gets involved in a film,it should know cinema like it knows its business, he says,I just wish there was a little more clarity in the corporate-film liaisons happening these days.

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