Kamal Haasan - Actor -


ApunKaChoice.Com	IndiaExpress.Com CricketZone.Com
Set as Homepage \| Add to favorites

Kamal Haasan
(Actor)

Kamal Haasan videos (new)

Kamal Haasan Filmography
Dasavatharam ( Kamal Haasan, Asin, Mallika Sherawat)
Vettayadu Vilayadu ( Kamal Haasan, Jyothika)
Rama Shama Bhama ( Kamal Haasan, Urvashi, Daisy Bopanna)
Mumbai Xpress ( Kamal Haasan, Manisha Koirala)
Abhay ( Kamal Haasan, Raveena Tandon, Manisha Koirala)
Ek Duje Ke Liye ( Kamal Haasan, Rati Agnihotri)
Chachi 420 ( Kamal Haasan, Tabu, Amrish Puri)
Hey Ram ( Kamal Haasan, Rani Mukherjee, Shahrukh Khan, Naseeruddin Shah)

Kamal Haasan News & Scoop!

Amitabh Bachchan may star with Rekha 25th June 2008

Malayalam films have few takers in Kerala 20th June 2008

I am very happy with my work in 'Dasavatharam': Asin 17th June 2008

India's costliest film 'Dasavatharam' released 14th June 2008

Rajnikant highly impressed by Kamal Haasan and 'Dasavatharam' 13th June 2008

SC dismisses plea seeking ban on 'Dasavatharam' 13th June 2008

Shruti Haasan enters Bollywood with 'Luck' 11th June 2008

Petition in Supreme Court for stay on 'Dasavatharam' 10th June 2008

Southern Spice: Kajol in Kamal Haasan's next? 06th June 2008

Madras HC dismisses petition against 'Dasavatharam' 30th May 2008

next >>

Kamal Haasan Biography
Kamal Hasan’s name symbolizes experiments. A versatile actor parexcellence, who refuses to be typecast, Kamal has been experimenting formore than three decades and it is his penchant for experiments that kepthim going great guns.

He came to the film world at the age offour. His first film Kalathur Kannama won him President’s GoldMedal. As a child and as a young artiste Bharatanatyam was his forte. Hedid choreography and small roles in a few movies in the 70s before KBalachander discovered him. K Balachander, who has discovered manytalented new faces, gave him a big break in his offbeat movie ApoorvaRagangal and Kamal never looked back after that. Incidentally,Apoorva Ragangal was also a break for the other legendary hero ofTamil films, Rajnikant.

Apoorva Ragangal came at a timewhen Tamil filmdom was somehow feeling the void created by thenon-appearance of veterans like Shivaji Ganeshan, M G Ramachandran,Gemini Ganeshan etc. who were wanting to acquire new realms in thepolitical arena. Kamal, along with Ranjnikanth, aptly filled thegap.

It is difficult to chronicle the career path of a greatactor who has spent more than 35 years in the industry. From rebellioushero (Apoorva Ragangal) to aging mafia don (Nayakan), froma desperate lover (Moondram Pirai) to grand old lady (AvvaiShanmukhi) Kamal has delineated varying roles with envyingperfection that other actors can only dream. Amazing is his actingrange. His skills in classical dance Bharatanatyam further honed hisacting skills. Apart from the flexibility of body movements, he abilityto bring about varying facial expressions coupled with perfect timing ofdialogue delivery in a style of his own makes him an uniqueactor.

Always with an in-born inclination to explore newervistas, Kamal couldn’t have confined himself to Tamil films. He forayedinto Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi movies to satiate his urge fornewness. But it cannot be said that he savored his experience withBollywood, though starred in super hits like Sadma, Sannamteri Kasam, Giraftaar, Saagar, Raj Tilak, Chachi 420, and he took a break from Bollywood. But after a long gap he reappeared in Bollywood in Chachi 420 a couple of years back and later in Hey Ram last year.

A number of times awards and recognition came to him. Kamal Hasan won National Award for best acting three times, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh Sate awards twice each and innumerable Filmfare awards .

He was conferred the title Padmashree by the Government of India in the year 1990 and Kalaimamani by the Government of Tamil Nadu.

TOP

Kamal Haasan Picture Gallery (click on thumbnail image for big picture)

Kamal Haasan Fan Club - Message Board

Kamal Haasan videos

Search for Kamal Haasan