"Thank you very much for your kind words on my Chevalier award. Some one remarked how nice of another state's head to lavish you with praise. I interjected he is not another state's CM. He is my state's CM. Ask any film going Malayalee which state I belong to," he said in a message to Vijayan.
Vijayan had congratulated the four-time National film award winner for being chosen for the French honour. 61-year Kamal Haasan is the second Tamil star after Sivaji Ganesan to be nominated for the honour. Haasan, who had debuted in the Malayalam film industry as a child artist in 'Kannum Karalum' in 1962, has essayed roles in various films including 'Satyavan Savithri', 'Kanyakumari', 'Madanolsavam' and 'Yaetta'.
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