Kamal Haasan Meets Old Friend & Academy Award Winner Mike Westmore In Los Angeles
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Kamal Haasan, who was recently present at the launch of ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ at the San Diego Comic Con 2023, met with an old friend of his, Mike Westmore.
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New Delhi: Kamal Haasan, who was recently present at the launch of ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ at the San Diego Comic Con 2023, met with an old friend of his, Mike Westmore. The Academy Award winning makeup artist is an old friend of the Indian superstar.

Taking to Instagram, the veteran actor shared a picture of himself with Westmore and captioned: “From (The arrow in the sun ) Soldier blue where I saw Mike Westmore’s work to this day, I have admired Mike’s work from inside out. Had the joy of working with him on the make up and also wearing it to fame and applause. 40 years have flown with the speed of an arrow.

The duo went on to speak about their collaborations in various projects such as ‘Indian’, ‘Avvai shanmughi’ and ‘Dasavatharam’.

Westmore, on the other hand is well known for his contributions to films such as ‘Mask’, ‘Star Trek: Next Generation’ and ‘Raging Bull’ earning him critical acclaim for his work. In addition, the artist was also given the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for his makeup in the 2008 Tamil-language film ‘Dasavathaaram’ where he worked with Haasan.

Meanwhile, Kamal Haasan is well known for his acting in several Tamil, Telugu as well as Bollywood films ranging from ‘Apoorva’, ‘Vikram’(1986), ‘Vikram’(2022), 'Saagar', 'Nayakan', 'Chachi 420' and several others. Haasan is also known for introducing many new technologies and cosmetics to the Indian film industry.

Kamal Haasan was last seen in 'Vikram' by Lokesh Kanagaraj. The film was a box office blockbuster across India and the world.

Now, fans await the release of Kamal Haasan, Prabhas, Deepika Padukone, Amitabh Bachchan, Disha Patani starrer ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ formerly known as ‘Project K’. The film is being helmed by Nag Ashwin and will be released next year.