Legendary actor Kamal Hassan is an actor par excellence. We are no one to talk about his greatness. He is an acting encyclopedia who set his own rules. He doesn't follow the formula and sets his own standards. He amazes you and teaches you something new with every film of his.
'Vikram' which was his recent release, is turning out to be the biggest success in his career. Lokesh's brilliance matched with Kamal's majestic performance made this film an amazing gangster drama. With 'Vikram', he taught a new lesson to his fellow senior heroes.
If we look at 'Vikram', Kamal Hassan is not present in the entirety of the first half. He appears in flashes and he doesn't have many dialogues too. It is Fahadh Fasil and Vijay Sethupathi who take the front seat. But the audience feel Kamal's presence throughout the first half. The mystery kept on building the curiosity of the viewers and he was finally introduced at the interval portion. He takes center stage since then and runs the film.
He proved that a hero doesn't need to be seen from the first frame till the last to satisfy his fanbase. He gave the first preference to storytelling and kept the heroism aside which helped the film a lot. There are a lot of senior heroes who still try to make movies by sticking to the formula and include a romantic track with a young heroine and have item songs whether necessary for the story or not. Kamal broke all the rules and showed there is another way too. Let us wait and see how many of our senior heroes take this route in the coming days.
'Vikram' which was his recent release, is turning out to be the biggest success in his career. Lokesh's brilliance matched with Kamal's majestic performance made this film an amazing gangster drama. With 'Vikram', he taught a new lesson to his fellow senior heroes.
If we look at 'Vikram', Kamal Hassan is not present in the entirety of the first half. He appears in flashes and he doesn't have many dialogues too. It is Fahadh Fasil and Vijay Sethupathi who take the front seat. But the audience feel Kamal's presence throughout the first half. The mystery kept on building the curiosity of the viewers and he was finally introduced at the interval portion. He takes center stage since then and runs the film.
He proved that a hero doesn't need to be seen from the first frame till the last to satisfy his fanbase. He gave the first preference to storytelling and kept the heroism aside which helped the film a lot. There are a lot of senior heroes who still try to make movies by sticking to the formula and include a romantic track with a young heroine and have item songs whether necessary for the story or not. Kamal broke all the rules and showed there is another way too. Let us wait and see how many of our senior heroes take this route in the coming days.