Post a special screening of his 2000 film Hey Ram , in Chennai, actor Kamal Haasan went down memory lane, recalling the incidents that led to the making of the classic.
Following the screening, Kamal kicked off the an interactive session with a confession: that finding Gandhi was a “personal journey”. “...I had a controversial opinion on Gandhi when I was a teenager. This film is my apology to him. I never call him Mahatma because I wanted to see his face behind such a big halo.”
Hey Ram, mounted on a large canvas, failed to mint money when it released in 2000. A member of the audience asked if that left him feeling like he was fighting a lone battle. “Marathon running is also a lonely business. It is not about competition, but about completion,” said Kamal, to roaring applause.
