Actor Sivakarthikeyan, who is awaiting the release of Amaran, talked about his association with Kamal Haasan over the years. In an exclusive conversation with India Today, he also talked about Kamal Haasan’s reaction after watching Amaran. For those unaware, Kamal Haasan is one of the producers of the film, which is a biopic on the life of Major Mukund Varadarajan, who died on the field fighting terrorists in Kashmir in 2014.

Speaking about Kamal Haasan, Sivakarthikeyan recalled the time when he met him for the first time. “Many years ago, I s. Even he has to stay here because he’s enough.” That was my first introduction to him, then, I hosted the Vijay Awards, where I used to interact with him on stage,” he said.

Continuing, he said, “After Amaran started, I started chatting with him. At first, I was scared about what to ask him. If he asked me anything about cinema, I had no idea. Will do. So, I was really quiet around him.”

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The Namma Veetu Pillai actor revealed that their production venture, Kottukkali, brought them closer. He then added, “Once he came to know that I had produced Kottukkali, he was impressed. He appreciated me for making that effort at such a young age. When he saw Amaran, I was a little stressed. He saw the non-dubbed version and called it good. He said that the team has done its job well and now it is up to the audience that I got so much appreciation from Kamal sir.

The actor started his career in media as a stand-up comedian and gradually climbed the ladder to become one of the leading actors in the Tamil film industry.

Amaran, directed by Rajkumar Periyasamy, will release in theaters on October 31.