Kamal Hassan's knowledge about films is encyclopedic: Barrie M Osborne
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oi-Prakash
By Ramchander
Lord
of
the
Rings
producer
Barrie
M
Osborne
and
actor-director
Kamal
Hassan
are
collaborating
on
their
much
awaited
international
project,
the
two
filmmakers
announced
recently.
The
project
is
still
in
a
nascent
stage
with
just
the
ideation
happening,
said
Osborne,
who
flew
down
to
Singapore
to
announce
the
association
with
the
Tamil
thespian
on
the
sidelines
of
the
IIFA
weekend.
"I
have
been
interested
in
working
with
Indian
artistes
in
the
past
but
a
story
is
what
compels
me
to
make
a
film.
Kamal's
concept
inspired
me
and
the
discussions
we've
had
convinced
me
that
it
would
be
something
worthy
for
us
to
pursue," Osborne
told
PTI.
The
Hollywood
producer
said
he
met
Hassan
several
times
in
the
past
and
decided
to
work
together
on
a
film
after
seeing
his
work
on
'Vishwaroobham'.
"I
am
impressed
by
what
he
has
accomplished
on
Vishwaroobham.
After
that
we
started
talking
about
ideas
and
about
the
possibility
to
work
together.
His
knowledge
about
history,
literature
and
films
is
encyclopedic.
Kamal
presented
an
idea
to
me
that
was
so
compelling
that
I
couldn't
resist
working
with
him,"
he
said.
Osborne
hopes
that
their
collaborative
effort
will
focus
on
Indian
history
and
culture.
"Everybody
wonders
about
who
we
are,
where
we
came
from.
We
could
tell
a
story
about
the
history
and
culture
of
India
but
on
a
Hollywood
template,"
Osborne
said.
Hassan,
57,
said
he
was
honoured
to
work
with
Osborne.
"You
keep
doing
your
work,
after
sometime
you
don't
know
whether
you
are
doing
good
work
or
not.
Its
only
when
people
like
Barrie
come
up
to
you,
all
the
hard
work
makes
sense.
He
has
worked
with
the
champions
in
Hollywood
like
Coppola,"
said
Hassan.