If Ulaganayagan Kamal Hassan could channel anyone, he only chooses some of the greats.

In an interview at the US Consulate in Chennai, he belts out dialogues of veteran actors Marlon Brando and John Wayne and shows how it's done.

However, Tamil actor Sivaji Ganesan was hard to emulate for the interviewer.

He treads carefully while listening to her garbled Tamil, but both end up laughing at her command over the language.