When Vikram director Lokesh Kanagaraj turned make-up artist for Kamal Haasan for 32 days

Filmmaker Lokesh Kanagaraj is a self-confessed Kamal Haasan fan.

Ahead of the release of their upcoming Tamil action film Vikram, the young filmmaker revealed how he got an opportunity to personally apply make-up on the veteran actor for 32 days on the sets of the film, which also stars Suriya, Vijay Sethupathi and Fahadh Faasil.

The project marks the maiden collaboration between Lokesh and Kamal Haasan, whom the former considers his guru. 

In an interview with entertainment portal Galatta, Lokesh spoke about the best memory he took home as a Kamal Haasan fanboy.

He said, “I always wondered why he was interested in doing his own make-up. He told me about the history behind it. So, we had to do blood make-up for him for the movie. I asked him if I could put it on him. He agreed, and I spent half hour doing the make-up. He liked my work and asked who should take it forward from there. I told him I wanted to do it for him if he was okay with it. He said he was okay if was okay. That’s how I became the first director to do make-up for Kamal Haasan. I was his make-up artist for 32 days.” 

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Lokesh went on to reveal how Kamal Haasan signed on the dotted line of the project as Senapathy, the octogenarian  character from Indian 2. 

“As a fanboy, I always yearned to get an autograph from him. To see him come in the look of Indian thatha (old man from Indian) and sign the agreement as a producer, I can’t express it in words,” he said. 

Vikram, which will be released on 3 June, was supposed to be wrapped up last November. The shoot had to be postponed after Kamal Haasan tested positive for the coronavirus. Eventually, the makers decided to shoot the entire schedule indoors on a specially built set for the sake of Kamal’s health.