Kamal reveals he couldn’t sleep the night he watched it’
There is no denying the fact that Amitabh Bachchan is a legendary actor and the Indian film industry is filled with his admirers. Sholay is one of the biggest hits of Amitabh Bachchan’s career but not many know that senior actor Kamal Haasan who was an assistant director in the movie hated Sholay.
Recently Prabhas, Rana Daggubati and Kamal Haasan were at San Diego Comic-Con for launching their new movie, Kalki 2898 AD which also stars Deepika Padukone and Amitabh Bachchan. Big B was not present physically at the launch but he was virtually present and Kamal Haasan praised him by saying, “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.”
AB senior also returned the favor by saying, “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 talked about Sholay which also starred Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Jaya Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar and Amjad Khan in important roles. He 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.”
Have you watched Sholay, if yes what do you think of it?
