Kamal Haasan Wiki, Biography, Age, Wife, Movies, Images, Political Entry and More

Kamal Haasan is an Indian film actor, director, screenwriter, producer, playback singer, lyricist and philanthropist. He works primarily in Tamil cinema and debuted as a child artist in the film Kalathoor Kannamma, which was released in the year 1960. Since then, he has acted in nearly 200 films in the major Indian languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi. He has been a part of the film industry for 58 years, as of 2018. Kamal Haasan is the one and only Indian actor winning more than 18 Filmfare awards. He is fluent in Tamil, Malayalam, English, Hindi, Telugu, Bengali, Kannada and French. His production company, Rajkamal International, has produced several of his films. Currently, he is hosting the big reality show Bigg Boss Tamil Season 2. Check out below for Kamal Haasan Wiki, Biography, Age, Wife, Movies, Images, Political Entry and More.

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Kamal Haasan Profile

Kamal Haasan was born on 7 November 1954 in Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu, India. His birth name was Parthasarathy. His Father D. Srinivasan is a Lawyer by profession while his mother Rajalakshmi is a house-wife. Kamal has two brothers Chandrahasan and Charuhasan and one sister Nalini Raghu. He belongs to Brahmin family by birth and he is atheist. Kamal started his primary education in Paramakudi and continued his schooling in Santhome, Madras.

He was attracted towards film and fine arts as encouraged by his father. His motherRajalakshmiwas a physician friend of Avichi Meiyappa Chettiar (AVM). M. Saravanan, a son ofAvichi Meiyappa Chettiar recommended Kamal for their production film Kalathur Kannamma in the year 1959 as a child artist. In 1973, Kamal played a lead role in the filmArangetram.

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Kamal Haasan Career

In 1960, Kamal Haasan made his on-screen debut with the film Kalathur Kannamma as a child artist. From the period of 1959 to 1965, he featured as a child artist in several Tamil and Malayalam movies.

Kamal took seven years gap from films and returned back as assistant dance master to Choreographer Thankappan. Kamal made brief appearances in some films as supporting role at the time.

In 1973, Director K. Balachander introduced Kamal into a fledged role in the film Arangetram. In the same year, he acted as an antagonist in the film Sollathaan Ninaikkiren with the director K. Balachander. He gave him a back to back chances in his films. In 1974, His first lead role in Malayalam film Kanyakumari in which the film receives critical acclaim and won him a Filmfare award.

Later K. Balachander’s Apoorva Raagangal made Kamal as an established actor in Tamil Film Industry. In the Late 90s, Kamal ruled Kollywood box office with his back to back hits in box office along with his rival Super Star Rajinikanth.

Kamal also has experimented a lot with his movies has Director, Screenplay writer, Dancer, Producer, Playback singer, Lyricist and more. He is the first actor in Tamil cinema who worked 50 years. He was honoured with the show Kamal 50 which is organised and telecasted by Vijay Television. He has featured in nearly 200 films in the major Indian languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi.

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In 2017, Kamal was roped with Vijay Television to host the most controversial reality show ‘Bigg Boss Tamil’. He used the show as his political platform and voiced his views on politics, life, and everything thought-provoking only in his films.

He has adopted the Bigg Boss platform to speak about all this, including dropping hints about foraying into politics.

Kamal Haasan Political Life

Kamal Haasan announces his party name on 21 February 2018 which is most awaited by the people of Tamil Nadu, especially by his fans. Named as “Makkal Neethi Maiam” Kamal called his party’s name thrice after hoisting the party’s flag near the stage in Madurai along with Arvind Kejriwal, the Cheif Minister of Delhi.

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Kamal Haasan Personal life

In 1978, Kamal Haasan married dancer Vani Ganapathy and divorced after ten years. Later, he married an actress Sarika and start living together in 1988. Both married after the birth of their first child, Shruthi Haasan. Shruti Haasan is a leading actress in south India. Their younger daughter, Akshara, was assistant director for the film Vishwaroopam.

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Later, the couple filed for divorce. After a year, Kamal lived with former actress Gautami Tadimalla who had starred with him in several films during the 1990s and from 2005 till 2016. Later, Gautami had announced on her blog that she had ended her relationship with him.

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Kamal Haasan Awards

1980 – Kalaimamani from Government of Tamil Nadu

1990 – Padma Shri from Government of India

2004 – Abraham Kovoor National Award for Humanist Activities from Bharatheeya Yukthivadi Sangham

2009 – FICCI Living Legend from Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

2010 – CNN-IBN Indian of the Year from CNN-IBN

2010 – Honorary Award from Government of Kerala

2010 – Special Achievement Award from United Progressive Alliance

2014 – Padma Bhushan from Government of India

2016 – Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Chevalier) from Government of France

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