To KH fans: better get hold of this issue. I havent the patience to type Kamal's entire interview which spreads over 8 pages in FF

His comments are enclosed within brackets and are in BOLD

Favs from his films

16 Vayathinile

Avargal

Sagar Sangamam

Nayagan

Mahanadhi

Thevar Magan

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Fav Foreign films

Seven Samurai

Spartacus

Vertigo

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Singing in the rain

Limelight

Macbeth by Roman Polanski

The Wall

Schindler List

The Seventh House

Forrest Gump (It almost seemed like a remake of Swathi Muthyam)

The Virgin Spring

The seventh seal

Manhattan, Sleeper, Annie Hall,... (Many Woody Allen films)

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Fav Indian films

Mugal-e-Azam	Pather Panchali	Kaagaz Ke Phool
Padosan	Ankur and Bhumika	Achanak
Mera Gaon Mera Desh	Sholay	Andha Naal
Rangoon Radha	Sudigundaru	Chandralekha

In addition to the above, atleast 20-30 Sivaji films

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Best Indian actors

Sivaji Ganesan

Motilal

Dilip Kumar

Ashok Kumar

OmPuri

Rishi Kapoor (????)

Pankaj Kapoor

Naseeruddin Shah (If I didnt mention him it wd be out of sheer jealousy)

K.Balachandar(He has never acted I have been trying to get him to act but he has always refused saying that it wd be better if his talent remained a secret. Believe me he is one of the best actors)

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Best actresses

(I am not too good at gauging actresses...may be because one gets too carried away by the oppoiste gender...but let me try)

Savithri	Laxmi	Vaanishree	MeenaKumari
Urvasi	Sridevi	Madhuri Dixit

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Best Foreign Actresses

Vanessa Redgrave	Giulietta Mansina	Ingrid Thulin
Liza Minnelli	Sandra Bullock

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Best Foreign Actors

Marlon Brando (An absolute favourite)	Paul Muni
Anthony Hopkins	Rod Steiger	Marcello Mastroianni
Zbigniew Cybulski	Volker Spengler	Willam Hurt
Robert de Niro	Mickey Rourke

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