They may have been one of the most romantic pairs on screen, but Kamal Haasan and late female superstar Sridevi shared a bond like that of siblings.<\/p>\n
\u201cSridevi en thangachi , Haasan said, decades after he was paired opposite Sridevi in a number of Tamil films such as Guru, Varumayin Niram Sivappu, Vaazhve Maayam and Moondram Pirai, the last one being also remade as Hindi classic Sadma in 1983.<\/p>\n
Sridevi, who died of accidental drowning in her hotel bath tub in Dubai last week, captured millions of hearts across India as a Bollywood diva. She had started her career in Tamil cinema industry, besides doing some Telugu films.<\/p>\n
Writing in the concluding part of his weekly series in Tamil magazine Ananda Vikatan, Haasan, now a politician, said he was revealing the nature of his bond with the late Sridevi as he does not stand the risk of his \u201cmarket\u201d getting affected now.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose days, couples were compared to us, saying they looked like Kamal and Sridevi. They must have seen us singing duets and hugging. We hid the truth (about the nature of the relationship) so as to not shatter that dream,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Drawing parallels with the children donning the roles of god couples Murugan-Valli or Krishna-Rukmini in plays, Haasan said the boy playing the said roles would often describe the girl as \u2018thangachi\u2019, meaning younger sister.<\/p>\n
Indicating that people in the industry had a fair idea about this, Haasan said he was asked not to speak about it \u201csince you are being celebrated as a couple\u201d.<\/p>\n
Haasan said after doing three films together with her, he was in the mindset of \u201cSridevi again?\u201d for another script, adding that she herself could have shared similar thoughts.<\/p>\n
But none consulted the two and \u201cthey (apparently the producers and directors) decided \u201cthat the two will pair opposite each other,\u201d he said, adding, after a point of time, \u201call heroes desired to act with her\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf our acting was watched keenly, we would look like siblings. One could find resemblance of myself in her acting,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
During the course of their career, Sridevi would often seek Haasan\u2019s opinions on her films and would patiently listen to his criticism.<\/p>\n
While she did not dub in her voice in her first two Hindi films, she did so in her third project, Haasan recalled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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