Chennai: Kamal Haasan, founder of Makkal Needhi Maiam found himself recently in a row over his "India's first extremist was a Hindu" remarks. He called Mahatma Gandhi a 'superstar' on Sunday pointing out that he has been repeatedly reading about Mahatma Gandhi and his life. Kamal Haasan recalled an anecdote where the latter once lost his slipper while travelling in a train.

"Gandhi is a superstar. While waving at the crowds standing in a train, he once lost his slipper. And he threw away the other one and reasoned that a pair of footwear will be useful for someone," he said at an event of director R Pathiban's movie titled 'Seruppu', meaning chappal. Talking more on
Mahatma Gandhi's footwear, Haasan said following the research for his film "Hey Ram" on the Indian freedom movement's doyen, he learnt that his spectacles and a slipper "went missing during the melee," apparently referring to his assassination. "So I created a scene where Saketram (the lead played by himself) takes it (slipper) and keeps it till his death," he said.