Kamal Haasan himself shared the screen with Savitri as a child artist in Kalathur Kannamma, a film that earned him the President’s Gold Medal at the age of six.

xSpeaking at a recent art and literature festival, Kamal Haasan showered praise on legendary actress Savitri and called her one of the most gifted talents Indian cinema has ever seen.

He said she was more capable than many male directors of her time, but male chauvinism held her back.

Kamal remarked, “She was pretending to be silent. That was yet another role she was fulfilling in a male-dominated society.” Savitri ventured into direction with the Telugu film Papalu, starring Jaggayya, Jamuna, and Sowcar Janaki. She later directed the Tamil film Kuzhanthai Ullam, a remake of Chinnari Papalu, featuring Gemini Ganesan, Vanisri, an

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