"I WOULDN'T CALL GUNA A DISASTER.."- GUNA SCRIPTWRITER OPENS UP

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Actor Kamal Haasan will be completing six decades in the Indian cinema with this year. The thespian started his cinematic journey as a child artist with the 1960 drama Kalathur Kannamma, which starred Gemini Ganesan and Savithri.

Writer Sab John reminisces about Kamal Haasan's Guna ft. Kamal 60

The actor has juggled various hats in the film industry. Kamal Haasan has scripted, directed and produced several critically and commercially successful features. One of the actor's most memorable films is the 1991 drama Guna, which starred Kamal Haasan playing the titular lead and directed by Santhana Bharathi.

In an interview to Behindwoods, Sab John, the co-writer of Guna, shares some anecdotes about the conception of the film. John said that he was supposed to collaborate with Kamal on a project that deals with the Sri Lankan issue, but was called off due to concerns regarding the theme's sensitivity, he said "The script was almost over and we approached a political stalwart for consultation. After discussion, his opinion was 'Are you mad to do such film'."

Though being hailed as one of the most significant Tamil films, Guna didn't achieve box office success during its time of release. Sab John admits that the release strategy might have contributed to that outcome, but felt optimisitc about the film's afterlife "In my opinion, Guna was not in a disastrous condition. But it's like uploading a video on Youtube. Generations will start watching it and therein we can find a commercial viability."

It must be noted that Guna locked horns with Superstar Rajinikanth's Thalapathy. He recounted "Thalapathy was a good film. At that point (the film) had good character generations. Maybe because the viability of releasing the film (could've been a factor). But I myself wouldn't call it a disaster."

"I WOULDN'T CALL GUNA A DISASTER.."- GUNA SCRIPTWRITER OPENS UP VIDEO

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