Kamal hates the term, Kollywood!

"Please don't use the term Kollywood. Call it Chennai films or Tamil film industry, but don't call it Kollywood." Kamal Haasan made this plea while speaking at the inauguration of Kalaignar TV's new comedy channel, Siripoli, the other day in Chennai and made it clear that he hates the term.

Kamal then explained the reason behind his aversion to the term. During his younger days, his father used to tell him, "Dont be a 'Kallipayan' (a loafer)." He said the word Kollywood reminded him of that.

Amitabh Bachchan had also expressed his hatred for calling Hindi filmdom by the name Bollywood. In his opinion, the expression means that Hindi film world is a poor cousin of Hollywood.