It shouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that it was Kamal’s Selvam that stole the thunder away from Gemini and Savitri. Kalyana Parisu explored a triangular love story of two sisters falling for the same man, played by Gemini Ganesan, and how that affects their relationship. Interesting trivia: Kamal Haasan played a cameo role before he got his full-fledged hero role in Balachander’s Apoorva Raagangal. Naan Avan Illai was remade in Tamil in 2007 with actor Jeeva reprising the role played by Gemini. Gemini Ganesan went on to work with his Kalathur Kannamma child Kamal Haasan in a film that explored the ideological clash between a legendary yet conservative singer Bilhari Marthandam Pillai (Gemini Ganesan) and his social activist son, Udhayamoorthy (Kamal Haasan).

Source: The Hindu November 19, 2020 07:44 UTC