Kamal Haasan Once Revealed The Actual Reason He Left Bollywood, 'Underworld Connections, Threats...'

Superstar, Kamal Haasan is one of the most phenomenal actors in the entertainment world. Apart from being an actor, he is also a film director, film producer, screenwriter, choreographer, and politician, among others. He predominantly works in the Tamil film industry. Apart from that, Kamal has worked in movies in several languages, such as Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, and Bengali. 

Talking about Bollywood, he made his debut back in 1981 with the movie, Ek Duuje Ke Liye. Apart from that, he was seen in several Hindi films and more than 230 films altogether in various languages. Haasan was last seen alongside Amitabh Bachchan in the movie, Kalki 2898 AD, wherein he played the role of the main antagonist, 'Supreme Yaskin'. Well, there was a time when Kamal Haasan left Bollywood and shared the main reason behind the same.

Kamal Haasan revealed the actual reason for leaving Bollywood, and it was related to 'underground connections and threats'

The multitalented force, Kamal Haasan left his fans in awe of his skills for six long decades. It was after his brief work in Bollywood that he decided to leave the industry. Talking to India Today in an old 2017 interview, Kamal Haasan shared that he left Bollywood, due to underworld connection.

Going further in the interview, Kamal Haasan shared that another reason he left Bollywood was because of the industry's underworld connection, which he didn't want to oppose or succumb to the threat. Kamal further stated that he had nothing to do with black money. When asked if it's possible to make it big without the touches of corruption, he added that he's a living example of it. Talking more about the same, Kamal said:

"The other reason was there were too many underworld connections. I didn’t want to stay there to either oppose it or succumb to the threat. I was one of the actors to decide that I would not have anything to do with black money. It is, I’m living proof of it. I’m quite happy. I drove in a car. It is quite possible. Someone else did it earlier. Cameraman Vincent. He never touched black money. It was much before any government threatened him to not keep black money. My brother and I made that call."

Kamal Haasan called himself as the 'poorer cousin' of Bollywood

In the same interview, He said back then, times were really like that and he considered himself as the 'poorer cousin' of Hindi cinema, where he felt the rest were 'rich and spoilt'. Haasan further stated that how he felt it to be a bit defeating for character building due to the improper balance such as there could be a whole lot of movies coming up all together, or nothing for years. Sharing that it was one of the reasons that he decided to leave Bollywood, Kamal Haasan said:

"The times… those times were like that. I was a poorer cousin of Hindi cinema. I had to do my own laundry and stuff like that. They were really spoilt and rich. They could make one film for two and a half years and they could do 6 films at a time. I thought that was very defeating in character-building, both morally and technically speaking. That was one of the reasons."

When Amitabh Bachchan shelved a film, being insecure about Kamal Haasan

Amitabh Bachchan and Kamal Haasan had collaborated on several projects. As per a report, during the shoot of their film, Khabardar back in the 80s, which featured Kamal Haasan, Sridevi, and Jaya Prada in pivotal roles, Amitabh got insecure about Kamal. T Rama Rao was the director, and reportedly, Amitabh walked away from the film midway, while Kamal was paid half the fees. Well, the movie's co-director, K Bhagyaraj, once said in an interview that Big was insecure that Kamal might take away the limelight from him, and his character would die. Later, Kamal and Amitabh collaborated on the film, Geraftar.

What do you think about Kamal Haasan's revelation about leaving Bollywood?

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