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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Extended family

n this interview with The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta on NDTV 24x7's Walk the Talk, Kamal Hassan looks back on his 50 years in cinema, the risks he has taken and why he no longer believes in marriageI am standing next to Chennai's famous AVM Studio. My guest this week is Kamal Hassan-the most versatile star of our times. This is your karam bhoomi in a way.I came here when I was three. This is not only my karam bhoomi but my janam bhoomi also.

You have now done 50 years in cinema. Your first film was at the age of five.Yes, when it released, I was five. That was the start of the journey. I came from a small village in south of Tamil Nadu. Soon after this film, I got my first opportunity to travel to Delhi. Literally, my journey across the country. And it has not stopped because I keep coming back home.
What memories do you have of your first film?I was a pampered child because I was a late child. My brothers were quite elder to me and were not rivals. I was the ladla bachcha. When I came here, this became my extended family.

Source : http://in.news.yahoo.com/48/20100103/1251/ten-i-m-a-reluctant-actor.html

Could you please tell me what "extended family" means in this context?
  

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Here, 'extended family' = like family. e. they developed a close, caring relationship.

  • Here, 'extended family' = like family.
  • e.
  • they developed a close, caring relationship.
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Here, 'extended family' = like family. The studio personnel became like family members, i.e. they developed a close, caring relationship.

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