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  Let's sit down for a minute, you and I. Pour a coffee. Let's talk about Kamal Haasan. Not just the actor. Not the politician. Not the host of Bigg Boss. Let's talk about the idea of Kamal Haasan. Because, let's be honest, has any single figure in modern Indian culture been so many things at once? He’s a walking, talking paradox a commercial superstar who makes deeply personal, often un-commercial, art. A self-proclaimed rationalist who played a devout Iyengar Brahmin in Dasavatharam so convincingly it became iconic. A political idealist whose party struggles to find its footing. Trying to define kamal haasan is like trying to bottle a storm. For over five decades, we’ve been trying to put him in a box. And for over five decades, he’s been gleefully smashing those boxes to bits. What fascinates me isn't just what he does, but why he does it. What drives this relentless need to morph, to challenge, to experiment? The answer, I think, tells us as much about o...