Kamal Haasan on Sunday extended warm wishes of Independence Day to every Indian celebrating the occasion. He warned that history has taught us that forgetting lessons from the past can take us back to the old days. The actor took to Twitter to share a post in Tamil, in which he said: “My warmest wishes to every Indian celebrating India’s 75th Independence Day.” He then recalled an incident that happened 25 years ago at the opening ceremony of his eagerly awaited film ‘Marudhanayagam’. Kamal Haasan said that he gave a dialogue for the film in the presence of the British Queen.
Recalling the lines he said in front of the British Queen, the actor said: “How did you think you could rent or rent the sea, the wind or the forests? Will you be as old as this tree? Who are you? Yes? This is my country. I go Ashes of my father. Tomorrow my son will walk on my ashes.”
The actor said that these lines were not written for cinema. The actor said, “They were the manifestation of the fire burning inside me. It was the fire that was in the heart of every person who had stepped forward to reclaim the motherland, which had been enslaved by foreigners.”
Stating that our history has told us that many brave freedom fighters had given up their lives, their livelihoods, money and amenities and fought for a long time to win our freedom, Kamal said: ” If you forget history, you have to return. The same old days say history,” and urged people to take a pledge not to forget history.
He said: “Let us pledge not to forget history. Let us remember with gratitude the brave freedom fighters and the services of the three armed forces personnel who guard our borders to celebrate this day. Courage and Sacrifice is for all. Let us develop them.”
On the work front, Kamal Haasan was last seen in Vikram. The film is the spiritual successor to the 1986 film of the same name. It revolves around the Black Ops police team’s mission to expose a gang of masked killers. Haasan plays the role of Arun Kumar, an agent working for RAW. He is cruel and merciless with the criminals at times. Vijay Sethupathi played the role of a villain in the film. Produced by Haasan and Mahendran under the banner of ‘Raj Kamal Films International’, the film marks the spectacular return of Kamal Haasan and is being considered as the right choice for a potential franchise.