Kamal Haasan Self Obsession Exposed

Yatin Karyekar who starred in Kamal Haasan' Hey Ram and Vasool Raja remake of Sanjay Dutt's Munnabhai MBBS, shared startling revelations about Kamal Haasan.

He said “Kamal Haasan is very self-obsessed. We were shooting for Vasool Raja MBBS. The scene where Jimmy Shergill slaps Sanjay Dutt in the Hindi version was being recreated in Tamil, but he didn’t let that scene happen. He replaced the slap with a push.”

Yatin said the assistant director looked visibly tense while the change was being discussed. He admitted he was surprised by the decision and remembered wondering, “When a Sanjay Dutt can do it, what is this man's problem?”

He shared , , "Nobody could say, 'Ae, jaa na,' to Kamal Haasan in the role of his father in the film." He felt there wasn't an actor who could bring the same commanding presence opposite Kamal, which is why the relationship came across as more light-hearted and comedic rather than emotionally intense like it did in the Hindi version.

Yatin talking about Hey Ram said "During the shooting of Hey Ram, Kamal once sat in front of an aeroplane to protest a flight delay, an episode that went on to receive significant media attention.Kamal Haasan deliberately courted controversy because he believed it helped keep the spotlight on himself and his films".Kamal had a habit of staying in the middle of controversies, something he did not agree with."