Posted by Suresh Babu on SOC.CULTURE.TAMIL
Kamal Haasan's Favourites in the film industry (in India and abroad)
Source: FilmFare July 1996.
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
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Avargal
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Sagar Sangamam
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Nayagan
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Mahanadhi
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Thevar Magan
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Fav Foreign films
Seven Samurai
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Spartacus
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Vertigo
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
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Singing in the rain
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Limelight
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Macbeth by Roman Polanski
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The Wall
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Schindler List
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The Seventh House
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Forrest Gump (It almost seemed like a remake of Swathi Muthyam)
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The Virgin Spring
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The seventh seal
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Manhattan, Sleeper, Annie Hall,... (Many Woody Allen films)
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Fav Indian films
Mugal-e-Azam
| Pather Panchali
| Kaagaz Ke Phool
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Padosan | Ankur and Bhumika
| Achanak
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Mera Gaon Mera Desh
| Sholay
| Andha Naal
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Rangoon Radha
| Sudigundaru
| Chandralekha
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In addition to the above, atleast 20-30 Sivaji films
Best Indian actors
Sivaji Ganesan
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Motilal
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Dilip Kumar
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Ashok Kumar
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OmPuri
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Rishi Kapoor (????)
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Pankaj Kapoor
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Naseeruddin Shah (If I didnt mention him it wd be out of sheer jealousy)
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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
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Urvasi
| Sridevi
| Madhuri Dixit
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Best Foreign Actresses
Vanessa Redgrave
| Giulietta Mansina
| Ingrid Thulin
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Liza Minnelli
| Sandra Bullock
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Best Foreign Actors
Marlon Brando (An absolute favourite)
| Paul Muni
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Anthony Hopkins
| Rod Steiger
| Marcello Mastroianni
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Zbigniew Cybulski
| Volker Spengler
| Willam Hurt
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Robert de Niro
| Mickey Rourke
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