'Post Hey Ram failure, my house looked sepulchral' - Ulaganayagan in conversation with Oscar nayagan

Chennai

Though it doesn't behove the grappling with the contagion to say 'the perks of quarantine', but it's worth all the blame getting to witness and celebrate Kamal Haasan and AR Rahman on one screen to whose achievements, adjectives don't measure up.

It won't take much time to go over to the prodigious duo, but before that VJ Abhishek Raaja commands appreciation for his Instagram interview-casting that compensates for Friday film release expectations.

As a startling statement Kamal Haasan said his favourite of Rahman's composition 'is now in the shelf, which I would even love to release as an album' hinting at a Thalaivan Irukindraan film song. The film is expected to rise above its thin chances to see the light of the day.

Talking of people's acknowledgement of creative work, Kamal Haasan believed that 'fixation of taking responsibility of others' satisfaction dampens art and there is a kind of apathy in people that they want to be immediately impressed.' None qualifies more to utter these words than the Anbe Sivam star whose track-record has people guilt-ridden of not having received well the movies on its release which later becomes cult classics. Rahman too quipped about a similar experience in the US when a lady came running to say 'please tell Mr Mani Rathnam that I've watched Dil Se 40 times.' The Shah Rukh Khan starrer tanked at the box-office which was attributed to its tragic end.

How could talking about failures with Kamal Haasan cannot feature Hey Ram? 'After Hey Ram's failure, friends visited my house to console me and made it look sepulchral. But, a film like Hey Ram was a dream film that I wanted to make when I become enough rich.'

Interesting insights were galore once the topic turned to writing as Rahman turns screenwriter for his musical.' Travel is what fuels the need to tell stories, when I idle at the airport I notice people wondering what his/her story would be, that has what made me interested in writing.', said Rahman.

Taking a different stance Kamal Haasan opined 'Writing is a loss because you can't retain thoughts to words with the same beauty of its conception, I have never seen Kavignar Kannadasan write lyrics he instead utters it.'

Talking of Kamal Haasan the lyricist, Rahman relished memories of the actor-turned-politician write for him.' He (Kamal) is a well-lettered person who could speak on variety of topics being aware of variegated perspectives, with an authority. And lyric writing is not just word-play it's a philosophy.' said the Bigil composer.

On the note of imparting a social message, both the doyens of Indian film industry agreed that it is high time people need to be self-aware. Going further AR Rahman urged that 'people need to take pride in their heritage and hold their heads high but not to the point of fanning divisiveness.'

Towards the end, Moderator Abhishek Raaja sort of got an affirmative response to his request on behalf of people that AR Rahman and Kamal Haasan should combine for a latest version of Tamizh Thaai Vaazhthu.