Marmayogi update

Everyone in the film industry aims for an Oscar. For actor Kamal Hassan, his latest project may just take him a step closer to the award. How? He has roped in Walt Disney as the producers for his next film.

Dream project

This film also happens to be the actor’s dream project and is called Marma Yoghi.
This big budget film could not do with just one producer, so now there is a co-producer — Bharat Bala of AR Rahman’s Vande Mataram fame. Thanks to Bharat, this film will also see Kamal Hassan and AR Rahman coming together for the first time.

International producer

Walt Disney Productions has recently tied up with Yashraj films and will be producing a film called Roadside Romeo for them shortly.

Fortunately for Kamal, the production house wants to spread its wings across the country too. The actor will be in the US to discuss production details for this film that will be shot in Thailand. Kamal plans to start shooting for this film in February.

Shooting up

Marma Yoghi is to be a historical story, set in the seventh century. The film is also touted to become the most expensive film in India.

A source says, “Kamal has budgeted this film at approximately 120 crores and as we all know, a film is never made within a quoted budget. It is bound to be the most expensive film ever made in our country.”


Once more

With remaking being the trend of late, it is not surprising that Kamal’s dream project too is another remake. The original Marma Yoghi was released in 1951 and starred legends MGR and Anjali Devi. The story is based on the novel Vendetta: The story of one forgotten, in the year 1886 by Marie Corelli.

Kamal’s Marma Yoghi will feature three heroines and rumours are that Kamal has zeroed in on two of them — Asin and Hema Malini, both of whom have acted with him before.

Marmayogi Kamal ropes in Hema

Kamal is known to do a lot of different things in his movies. Like the 10 avatars in Dasavatharam. Each movie is a history in itself and he chooses his co-stars with care. That is one of the reason he has a great fan following and his movies go on to become super hits.

The current buzz in Kollywood is that he has roped in Hema Malini, the ‘Dream Girl’ of Bollywood to play a leading character in his next movie Marma Yogi. Kamal Hassan is starting with Marmayogi as he is finished with the shooting of Dasavatharam, which is expected to be a Tamil new year release. Marmayoghi is the movie, which Kamal is directing and producing, on first copy basis for the corporate Reliance Adlabs.

It is said that Hema Malini who is a Tamil Brahmin by birth wanted to act in Tamil movies, when she started her career. But she was said to have no star appeal. Then she shifted to Bollywood and became one of the greatest star the industry has ever seen.

Hema Malini is said to have accepted to act in Marmayogi after reading the complete script of Marmayogi.

Kamal's next venture-Marmayogi

Close on the heels of completing 'Dasavatharam', Kamal Haasan has reportedly commenced works for his next film. A mega-budget movie, it would be produced by Reliance Adlabs.Reports suggest that the movie has been titled 'Marmayogi' and it would be directed by Kamal Haasan himself.

Touted to be an historical adventure film, 'Marmayogi' will have musical score by A R Rahman. Interestingly, it was the title of MGR's film released in 1951.