Published 17:49 IST, November 8th 2019

Kamal Haasan & Rajinikanth pay tribute to mentor K Balachander

Kamal Hasaan and Rajnikanth were present at the unveiling of late fimmaker K Balachander's stature at RKFI office today on November 8. Read on for more details.

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Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth unveiled statue of late Tamil filmmaker K Balachander at Raaj Kamal Films International office. At unveiling event, Kamal Haasan and Rajnikanth both spoke about legacy of K Balachander. Re on to kw more about this reunion of two movie megastars.

Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth to unveil statue of K Balachander

Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth unveiled statue of ace filmmaker and Da Saheb Phalke Award winner K Balachander. Kamal Haasan considered K Balachander as his mentor from industry. event was attended by several prominent personalities from industry. Mani Ratnam, lyricist Vairamuthu, actor Nasser, KS Ravikumar, Santhana Bharathi, families of K. Balachander.

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Kamal Haasan even spoke at unveiling event in presence of guests from film industry and family members of K Balachander. Kamal Haasan in his speech stated that K Balachander h donated talent to Tamil Cinema and contributed to launch of many people in industry. He also said that re is or director equal to him. Since event brought two megastars from industry toger Haasan also spoke about Rajinikanth and said that we both are both fans of each or’s work.

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Rajinikanth also spoke at event about legacy of K Balachander and also talked about fellow actor Kamal Haasan. While speaking about K Balachander he shared with people present at event that K Balachander told him to learn Tamil. Rajinikanth furr ded that K Balachander assured him of taking him to new heights in his acting career. He also appreciated fact that K Balachander knew what Tamil people would like to see on screen. He n went on to comment about Kamal Hasaan. He said that even though K Balachander promised him a good future as an actor his favourite child was always Kamal. He also said that Anathu Sir K Balachander’s writer and Kamal would keep talking for hours and Anathu Sir was also one who moulded Kamal.

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Check out pictures from this event here.

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16:15 IST, November 8th 2019