People across the world have expressed grief at the passing away of Queen Elizabeth II. Many political leaders, diplomats, actors, and famous personalities have mourned the loss of the longest-serving UK Monarch.
Many Bollywood actors, like Shilpa Shetty, uploaded a picture with the Queen and remembered her by paying condolences on social media. Many celebrities had the opportunity to meet the Queen on various occasions at the Palace or during public gatherings. But did you know that the Queen once visited the sets of an Indian film?
Megastar Kamal Haasan recently revealed that the Queen had attended the launch of the ‘Marudhanaygam’ film at MGR Film City on 6 October 1997. He added that the Queen had spent 20 minutes on the ‘Marudhanaygam’ film set, during which the then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi had also joined her.
He said, “I was pained to learn of the demise of Queen Elizabeth II, who had been Queen of England for seventy years. She was someone who had earned the love of not just the English people, but people from all over the world. Queen Elizabeth II came to our film Marudhanayagam set to show that colonialism is still there. In fact, the ‘Marudhanayagam’ film, which I shot, the dialogues were against them (British).”
He continued, “Twenty-five years ago, she accepted our invitation to attend the inaugural function of the ‘Marudhanayagam’ film. She graced the occasion and felicitated us. “
Kamal Haasan also revealed that he met the Queen again during a cultural event in London.
Queen Elizabeth II’ passed away on Thursday.