August 31, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): K. Balachandar is always remembered for his colossal contributions to the Tamil film industry. But what makes him more dignified is of introducing the greatest living legends of Indian film industry – Superstar Rajnikanth and Padmashree Kamal Haasan.
The filmmaker was invited to take part on the occasion of honoring Kamal Haasan for his 50 years of successful filmdom by Kerala State Government. However the auteur couldn’t make his presence felt for the event due to his illness.
But he has expressed his words of praises for Kamal Haasan in 7 pages of Letter. Says K. Balachandar: “Rajnikanth stands tall, for the entire world to see. Kamal Haasan, however, straddles the whole world. Rajnikanth is a phenomenon. Kamal is an icon, a monarch of all he surveys!”
Adding more, K. Balachandar utters, “Thomas Alva Edison is credited with discovering electricity. Alexander Bell the telephone, RL Stevenson the Steam Locomotive, Macroni the Radio. The Lumiere Brothers the moving picture to tell stories. I am too fortunate to find a place amongst these discoverers. Because I am credited with discovering Kamal Haasan. In truth, I did not discover Kamal Haasan; I only gave him the platform and the opportunity to discover himself. In the process, I was blessed enough to discover myself!”
–Sampurn Wire
