Makkal Needhi Maiam Kamal Haasan Chief pitches for ‘smart villages’

NewsBharati    27-Jul-2018
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Chennai, July 27: Makkal Needhi Maiam President Kamal Haasan said that his newly launched political outfit will work towards the cause of village empowerment. Addressing the Nasscom HR summit here, the ace actor announced MMK would develop the concept of ‘smart village’. He underlined that India’s real strength lies in villages. He further added that well-planned development of Smart villages will address the problem of migration and other issues related to it.
 
 

Speaking about his new political innings, the maverick actor said that ‘Makkal Needhi Maiam’ is a centric party which represents the voice of the common man. Citing the example of the electoral success of centrist parties especially in Europe, the actor turned –politician claimed that MNM is the only centrist party in India.

On this occasion, the 63-year old actor urged the young generation to enter into politics in order to serve the country. In an emotional appeal, Haasan said, “At 63, it is not ambition or sacrifice on my part, but a duty with a vision that I may not be there to see the result, but the next generation will.”

 

 

 
 
 
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Kamal Haasan is gearing up for the worldwide release of his latest offering Vishwaroopam 2. In his recent media interaction, recounting the unfortunate developments in 2013 Haasan said that he was blown away by the action of the state government against his film.

Citing the example of law and order, the first part of Vishwaroopam series was stalled by then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. The Chief Minister banned the movie after the objection of several Muslim outfits towards the content of the film. They accused Kamal of showing Muslims in a bad light.

Vishwaroopam series is a pet project of Kamal Haasan, where he plays the role of Wisam Ahmad Kashmiri, an Indian spy. Produced, directed and written by Kamal Haasan, Vishwaroopam was shot in Tamil and Hindi and also dubbed in Telugu. The High-octane action thriller will hit the screen on August 10.

Vishwaroopam 2 is being bankrolled by Raajkamal Films International in assassination with Aascar Ravichandran's Aascar Films. Director Rohit Shetty and Reliance Entertainment have joined hands with Raajkamal Films International for presenting Hindi version.

Besides Kamal Haasan, the film also stars, Rahul Bose, Pooja Kumar Andrea Jeremiah Shekhar Kapur, Nasser, Jaideep Ahlawat, Wahida Rehman. Music composer Ghibran has composed tunes music and Shamdat Sainudeen is the director of photography.

After Vishwaroopam 2 the maverick actor who is busy with Tamil version of television reality show Big Boss will be next seen in the multi-lingual action-comedy ‘Sabash Naidu’. He will be teaming up with director Shankar for Indian 2, much-anticipated sequel of intense socio-political drama.