The ending of this classic is probably as achingly tragic (if not more) as Haasan’s other key work, Sadma/Moondram Pirai. Arguably one of the greatest films about dance, it’s a telltale of an alcoholic dancer (Haasan) who’s now just another lost potential. Viswanath’s Telugu masterpiece Sagara Sangamam, released in 1983, has become particularly and inextricably tied up with Kamal Haasan‘s trajectory as a dancer. I was always in the dance class.” The early training in Kuchipudi, Bharatnatyam and Kathak helped the National Award-winning actor prepare for some of the important and influential roles he’d go on to essay in his golden career, particularly his famous dance moments in hits such as Sagara Sangamam, Ilamai Oonjal Aadukirathu, Enakkul Oruvan, Punnagai Mannan and several others. As he told film critic Baradwaj Rangan, “I was totally neglecting school. A fast learner, he got off to a good start but there was a slight problem. The young Haasan was quickly enrolled in dance tuitions. Only 12 when he accompanied his mother to see a Kuchipudi performance, he walked out having made up his mind to become a dancer. The Nayagan star’s interest in dance goes back even further. Also read | When Kamal Haasan lost his coolĮven before Haasan’s brush with acting as a grown-up he worked in Tamil films as an assistant choreographer, mostly under the tutelage of the legendary Thangappan Master.
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