Three casting decisions that KH ( Kamal Haasan ) made in three of his films is considered very offbeat and daring. Read about them;
Kovai Sarala in Sathi Leelavati as PALANI
The Director , Balu Mahendra was aghast when Kamal suggested
Sarala as his pair.
She was a comedienne and her main male lead so far had been
Goundamani and Senthil.
When Sarla didn't have dates, Kamal suggested a six month
delay in the shooting schedule
Balu Mahendra was so annoyed he freely mocked at Kamals
choice and asked Kamal if he had a fetish for ugly faces
Yet Kamals choice was flawless
Sarala taught Kamal the famous Kovai slang and hit the ball
out of the park with her performance as PALANI
Balu Mahendra apologized to her openly while Kamal gifted
her an Iconic Fluorescent Maruti Zen in addition to her fees plus a Maruti
Esteem /1000 to Ramesh Aravind
Nagesh in Michael Madana Kama Rajan MMKR as AVINASI
The casting was almost fully settled and the character of
Avinasi was very small in the film. Nagesh was very eager to do a STRIPART Or a
female role as the iconic PAATI
It was a long ambition for Nagesh to don a woman's role and
fool the audience with a fake name
Unfortunately Kamal expanded Avinasi and insisted Nagesh do
the role
Nagesh refused preferring that popular comedian & writer
Janagaraj who had shown comedy chops in Aboorva Sagodharargal do the role of
Avinasi
Kamal persuaded Nagesh over and over again until. Nagesh
finally agreed and in TWO HOURS WITH CRAZY MOHAN, expanded the entire scene of
Avinasi from a 4 Minute screentime to 20 minutes
SN Lakshmi was invited to play a comic role and she relished
the challenge
Avinasi was the most popular character in the film after
Kameswaran played by Kamal. Avinasi drew so many laughs that popular former AP
CM NT Ramarao personally invited Nagesh for lunch and relished the role
A remake was suggested with Chiranjeevi at the helm and
Avinashi played by a guy called Babu Mohan but Babu Mohan humbly said “Only
Relangi can play this role after Nagesh Garu” (Relangi is likely a Telugu
comedian legend)
Chiranjeevi said “No” and also humbly said this film was
Kamals masterpiece and a remake would be a mockery to Kamal
Nagarjuna in 1997 was interested in remaking this film but
Kamal said no and that he wasn't interested in giving rights
Avinasi became Nageshs most memorable characters after
Thillana Mohanambal & the famous RAMAYYA in Anbe Vaa
Abhirami in Virumaandi
Kamals choice again
He kept faith in Abhirami , a young 18–19 year old with very
little previous scope
She delivered a top notch performance
(Source; Kanthaswamy Balasubramnian)
Nayanthara
and Trisha’s old interviews about the friendship that they do not share is
doing the rounds. The background to the both actress rift is that both were
shortlisted for the heroine role in Thalapathy's Kuruvi. It went to Trisha.
Nayanthara admits that they had misunderstandings and that they are not friends
but mere acquaintances. Nayan says that the word Friend has a big meaning.
However she says that she has no issues with Trisha or anyone else. She
recollects that during Billa, Namitha would walk in to the sets and wish
everyone but her. She said that she did not want to pretend that they are pals.
Trisha however denied that she had any argument
with Nayanthara and felt common friends blew it up. She said that it was not a
professional rivalry but a misunderstanding created by mutual friends. Trisha was the first choice for Samantha's role
in Vignesh S directorial
'Kaathu Vaakula Rendu Kadhal' with Vijay Sethupathi and Nayanthara. It was
Nayanthara’s production. Trisha backed out and she said that she had a good
reason to do so. At that time Ponniyin Selvam had not released and post that
Trisha bounced back as South Queen.
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