How the Kamal Haasan-Shankar project incorporated the Tamil martial arts form in its stunt sequences
The year was 1996. Cricketers Sanath Jayasuriya and Aravinda de Silva had just won the World Cup for Sri Lanka. Atal Bihari Vajpayee ruled Indian politics briefly, and a certain Ramar Pillai was in the news for producing ‘herbal fuel’.
Closer home, a Tamil film titled
Indian (
Hindustani in Hindi) hit screens. Starring Kamal Haasan as a freedom fighter, this Shankar-directorial became an on-screen statement against corruption, replete with elaborate stunt sequences and colourful songs by AR Rahman.
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