KAMAL’S FAVOURITES IN THE FILM INDUSTRY

This is actually from an old article. But still worth looking again J (His comments are enclosed within brackets and are in BOLD)

FAVOURITES FROM HIS FILMS

16 Vayathinile

Avargal

Sagar Sangamam

Nayagan

Mahanadhi

Thevar Magan

HIS FAVOURITE 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)

HIS FAVOURITE 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)

HIS FAVOURITE 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)

HIS FAVOURITE BEST INDIAN ACTRESSS

(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

FAVOURITE BEST FOREIGN ACTRESS

Vanessa Redgrave

Giulietta Mansina

Ingrid Thulin

Liza Minnelli

Sandra Bullock

FAVOURITE 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

Source: FilmFare July 1996.

Info courtesy: Karthikeyan