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Kamal Haasan
Actor, Director, Producer, Politician- Raaj Kamal Films International
Kamal Haasan’s Journey so far ...
- Kamal Haasan first appeared on the silver screen as a child artist in the 1960 movie Kalathur Kannamma. He also won the National Award in the best child artist category for his performance in the movie
- After appearing in a few other films as a child artist, Haasan debuted as a lead actor with the 1974 Malayalam movie Kanyakumari. He won the best actor award at the Filmfare Awards South for this role
- He gained prominence through his acting in the 1975 Tamil movie Apoorva Raagangal and also won the best actor Filmfare Awards South for his role in the movie
- He debuted in the Hindi film industry with the 1981 movie Ek Duuje Ke Liye. He received a Filmfare nod in the best actor category for his work in the movie
- Haasan turned producer for the first time in 1981 for the movie Raja Paarvai which didn’t perform very well at the box-office
- In 1982, he did the movie Moondram Pirai which got him his first best actor National Award
- In 1985, he appeared in the Hindi film Saagar, which also had Rishi Kapoor as one of the leads. The film was India’s official submission to the Oscars and won Haasan his first best actor Filmfare
- In 1987, he won his second best actor National Award for the movie Nayakan
- Some of his other notable films include Apoorva Sahotharargal in 1989, Thevar Magan in 1992, Indian in 1996, Anbe Sivam in 2003 and the 2008 movie Dasavatharam
- His first movie as a director was the 1997 comedy Chachi 420
- His 1992 movie Thevar Magan was remade in Hindi as Virasat for which he won the best story Filmfare
- In 2000, Haasan’s Hey Ram was India’s official entry to the Oscars
- During his illustrious career in the Indian film industry, Haasan has won 5 National Awards, 2 Filmfare and 18 Filmfare Awards South
- He was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Shri — the fourth highest civilian award — in 1990 and with the Padma Bhushan — the third-highest civilian award — in 2014
- He entered politics in 2018 and also launched his political party, Makkal Needhi Maiam, the same year in February
Before you go ...
- He has the record of winning the most number of National Awards
- In his career, Haasan has acted in over 200 films in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi
- He played 10 different roles in the 2008 film Dasavatharam
- His daughter Shruti Haasan is a well-known actress in the Indian film industry