Competing with Rajinikanth

Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan says that he and superstar Rajinikanth used to compete aggressively in the 1980s, releasing films almost every Friday. But now they can’t afford to release the big budget films on the same day.

Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan says that he and superstar Rajinikanth used to compete aggressively in the 1980s, releasing films almost every Friday.

But now they can’t afford to release the big budget films on the same day. “We’ve slowed down, not because of our age, but because of the budget constraints,” says Hassan.