After
a
long
period,
Kamal
Hassan,
the
legendary
actor
of
India,
has
given
an
open
interview
to
the
media.
He
spoke
freely
and
frankly
to
a
Delhi-based
popular
news
Channel
in
which
he
expressed
his
views
on
marriage,
social
set
up,
family
and
of
course
politics.
He
even
talked
openly
about
his
failure
in
Bollywood
in
the
show.
He
is
the
excerpts
of
Kamal's
interview:
About
his
relationship
with
his
honest
competitor
Superstar
Rajinikanth:
"We
still
are
friends
but
we
are
very
clear
about
it.
We
have
drawn
our
lines
and
that's
not
a
battleline
at
all.
It's
a
professional
line
and
it
was
decided
by
both
of
us.
We
realised
that
one
remuneration
was
split
into
two
when
we
acted
in
films
and
we
both
were
worthy
of
a
full
payment.
It
was
actually
a
labour
struggle.
So
we
decided
to
go
our
ways.
And
that
was
the
only
reason,
there
was
no
ego
problem
at
all.
We
have
a
healthy
respect
for
each
other
and
our
tracks
run
different,
different
fields
actually.
We
don't
even
think
of
each
other
as
competitors
but
co-travellers
with
different
destinations."
Talking
about
his
marriage
with
Vaani
and
Sarika:
"I've
never
believed
in
the
institution
called
marriage.
It
was
only
because
of
social
compulsions
and
love
for
the
women
I
was
involved
(Vani
Ganapathy
&
Sarika)
that
I
went
through
it.
Marriage,
like
religion
for
me,
is
an
imposition.
All
I
can
say
is
that
marriage
is
a
folly
that
is
slowly
becoming
redundant."
On
his
Children:
“Sruthi
and
Akshara
do
not
maintain
any
connection
with
their
biological
mother
Sarika.
I
have
never
pushed
Sruthi
to
join
movies.
It
is
her
decision,
and
as
a
father,
I
will
support
her
decision."
On
why
he
did
not
succeed
in
Bollywood:
"I
didn't
try
hard
enough
and
I
should
have
moved
to
Mumbai,
made
films
in
Hindi
and
have
releases
at
regular
intervals
but
the
North
Indian
audience
was
kind,
they
didn't
forget
me."
On
his
entry
into
politics:
"I
will
never
enter
politics,
though
I"m
cause
oriented
and
has
political
beliefs.
If
I
turn
into
a
politician
I
may
have
to
take
the
gun!"