Kamal Haasan (born November 7 1954, in Paramakudi, India, Tamilian by birth ) is an Indian film actor and director, considered among the leading method actors of Indian cinema. Kamal Hasan was born in Paramakudi, Ramanathapuram district. His father Srinivasan was a successful advocate, who was close to the then raja of Ramanathapuram. His mother Rajalakshmi was a cultured house wife. He is a Hindu by faith though people often get confused by his often mispronounced name "Kamal Haasan". His correct name is one word "Kamalhaasan"(seat/bed of lotus of Goddess Laxmi) made by conjunction of two Sanskrit words "Kamal" meaning lotus and "Asan" meaning seat. Hassan is known for winning several Indian film awards, including National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards, and has the distinction of being the actor with the most number of films submitted by India in contest for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In addition to acting and directing, he is a screenwriter, lyricist, playback singer and choreographer. His film production company, Rajkamal International, has produced several of his films. Kamal Haasan's breakthrough into lead acting came with his role in the 1975 drama, Apoorva Raagangal, in which he played a rebellious youth in love with an older woman. He secured his first Indian National Film Award for his portrayal of a guileless school teacher who tends a child-like amnesiac in 1982's Moondram Pirai. He was particularly noted for his performance in Mani Ratnam's Godfatheresque Nayagan (1987), which was ranked by Time magazine as one of the best films of all-time. (more)
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Moondram Pirai:
Moondram Pirai (Tamil: மூன்றாம் பிறை) is a 1982 Indian film directed by Balu Mahendra and stars Kamal Haasan and Sridevi with music composed by Ilayaraaja. The picture tells the story of Lakshmi (Sridevi), a young woman who regresses to childhood aft
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Nayagan:
Nayagan (1987) (Tamil: நாயகன், a.k.a. Nayakan) is a Tamil feature film written and directed by Mani Ratnam. Nayagan means 'The Hero' or 'The Leader' in Tamil. Nayagan has been called "The Godfather" of Tamil cinema, as it portrays the life of an unde
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Mani Ratnam:
Mani Ratnam (மணி ரத்னம்) (born June 2, 1956) is a critically acclaimed Tamil Indian film director, writer and producer.
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Apoorva Raagangal:
Apoorva Raagangal (English: Rare Melodies; Tamil: அபூர்வ ராகங்கள்) (1975) is a Tamil film directed by K. Balachander. This film was controversial upon release as it examines relationships between people with wide age gaps, which challenge Indian soci
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Indian (film):
Indian is a 1996 Tamil film directed by S. Shankar. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar, Goundamani, and Senthil. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by A. R. Rahman. Indian was nominated by India as its entry for
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Kanyakumari (film):
Kanyakumari (film) is a Malayalam language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist.
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Hey Ram:
Hey Ram (Devanagari: हे राम, Nastaliq: ہے رام, translation: "Oh Ram!" or "Oh God!") is a controversial Indian film released both in Tamil and Hindi in 2000 and written, directed, produced by and starring Kamal Haasan. A period drama told in flashback
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Guna (film):
Guna is a 1992 Kollywood film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role.
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Dasavathaaram:
Dasavathaaram is a Tamil language Indian feature film directed by K. S. Ravikumar, who with Dasavathaaram pairs up with Kamal Haasan for the fourth time. Haasan appears in ten different roles, breaking the record for an actor's portrayal of the most
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Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu:
Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006) is a Tamil film starring Kamal Haasan, Jyothika, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Prakash Raj and music composed by Harris Jayaraj. The film is directed by Gautham Menon and produced by Manickam Narayan.The movie is one of the bigge
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Gautham Menon:
Gautham Menon (born in February 25, 1973) is a Tamil film director in Tamil Nadu, India. He also had huge success with Vettaiyadu Villaiyadu starring Kamal Haasan. He is qualified as a mechanical engineer from Mookambigai College in Keeranoor near Tr
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Chachi 420:
Chachi 420 (Devnagari: चाची ४२०) is a 1998 comedy film, made in India and directed by Kamal Haasan who also starred in the film as the main character. Other actors include Amrish Puri, Tabu, Om Puri, Johnny Walker, Paresh Rawal, Rajendranath Zutshi,
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Ek Duuje Ke Liye:
Ek Duuje Ke Liye (1981) is a Hindi movie directed by K. Balachander, starring Kamal Haasan, Rati Agnihotri. The movie was a remake of Balachander's hit Telugu movie Maro Charitra. The film was a "blockbuster" at the box office in 1981.http://www.boxo
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Mumbai Express:
Mumbai Express is a Tamil film directed by Singeetham Sreenivasa Rao, starring Kamal Haasan and Manisha Koirala. This film was produced by Kamal Haasan himself and music was composed by Ilayaraaja. This movie went into the race of best film on Tamil
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Vasool Raja MBBS:
Vasool Raja MBBS (2004) is a Tamil movie directed by Saran. It is a remake of the multi award-winning Hindi film Munnabhai MBBS.Both films were inspired by the Hollywood film Patch Adams (film).The remake stars Kamal Haasan, Sneha, Prakash Raj, Prabh
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Avvai Shanmughi:
Avvai Shanmugi (1996) is a Tamil film directed by K.S. Ravikumar. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Meena, Nagesh, Manivannan, and Nassar. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Deva. It was an Indian take on the successful comedy, Mrs. Doubtfire
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Virumaandi:
Virumaandi (2004) is a Tamil action film directed by Kamal Haasan. Virumaandi revolves around two criminals being interviewed. They express how they feel about the direction their lives have taken and how they have ended up where they are. The film r
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Sathi Leelavathi:
Sathi Leelavathi is a Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan & Ramesh Aravind. It is a rare film that does not focus on Kamal, and focuses on Arun (Aravind) as a philandering husband. Although married to Leelavathi (actress Kalpana), Arun embarks
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Punnagai Mannan:
Punnagai Mannan is a Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist. The film was directed by K. Balachander. The film opens with lead actor Kamal Hassan and his love interest Rekha, who after spending a whole day toget
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Japanil Kalyanaraman:
Japanil Kalyanaraman is a Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist. This is the first tamil movie where the concept of Sequel is used. =Plot= Kalyanaram(Kamal Haasan), a rich simpleton was murdered for his money a
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Apoorva Sagodharargal:
Apoorva Sagodharargal is a Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist. A cop is brutally murdered by notorious criminals in front of his pregnant wife. The wife escapes and gives birth to pair of twins. The twins ar
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16 Vayathinile:
16 Vayathinile (also known as Pathinaru Vayathinile) (At the Age of Sixteen) (1977) is a Tamil feature film directed by Bharathiraja.The film stars Kamal Haasan, Sridevi and Rajinikanth. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Th
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Panchathantiram:
Panchathantiram is a Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist.It is a comedy film and this film was major hit and made huge collections in the box office.Kamal-KSRavikumar's earlier combinations(Thenali and Avvai
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Michael Madhana Kamarajan:
Michael Madhana Kamarajan is a 1991 film directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, starring Kamal Haasan and Crazy Mohan.Kamal had distinguished each character with his body language and language lingo.eg Michael has a husky voice ,Madan an english accent
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Varumayin Niram Sigappu:
Varumayin Niram Sigappu (trans.: Red Is The Colour of Poverty) (1980) is a Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist. The film revolves around the events in the lives of three educated but unemployed youths, who ha
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Vetri Vizha:
Vetri Vizha is a 1989 Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist. Prabhu, Amala and Kushboo played supporting roles. The story was of an amnesiac who struggles to find his past after memory loss. The film is heavily
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Sigappu Rojakkal:
Sigappu Rojakkal (Red Roses) (1978) is a South Indian movie in the Tamil language starring Kamal Haasan and Sridevi. In an era of over-dramatised acting in Tamil films, Sigappu Rojakkal was one of the notable exceptions. With an anti-hero who is a ps
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Indrudu Chandrudu:
Indrudu Chandrudu is a Telugu language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist.
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Manmadha Leelai:
Manmadha Leelai is a Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist.
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Maro Charithra:
Maro Charithra is a Telugu language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist.
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Sollathaan Ninaikkiren:
Sollathaan Ninaikkiren is a Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist.
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Kalaignan:
Kalaignan is a Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist.
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Geraftaar:
Geraftaar (Devnagari: गिरफ़्तार) is a Hindi language film starring Kamal Haasan, Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanth in the lead roles as the protagonists. This is one of the films where the three great actors of Indian industry come together for the fi
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Maharasan:
Maharasan is a 1993 Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist.
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Robot (film):
Robot is a forthcoming science-fiction film being directed by S. Shankar, who with Robot, directs his tenth feature film. Despite several rumours regarding the lead actors, Rajnikanth and Aishwarya Rai have been formally announced to portray the titl
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Guru (1980 film):
Guru was a Telugu language film released in 1980. The film starred Kamalhassan and Sridevi in lead roles and music composed by Ilayaraja.
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Filmfare Best Actor Award (Tamil):
The Filmfare Best Actor Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Tamil (Kollywood) films. {| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" width="50%" |- bgcolor="#d1e4fd" ! Year || Actor || Film |- | 2007
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Thevar Magan:
Thevar Magan (1992) is a Tamil feature film directed by veteran director Bharathan. Critically considered by some to be amongst the best films released in the Tamil film industry, the film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Kamal Haasan, Nasser, Revathi and Gouth
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Saagar:
Saagar (Hindi: सागर, Urdu: ساگر) is a 1985 Bollywood film directed by Ramesh Sippy. The film starred Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia, (who were both first seen together in the hit film Bobby) along with Kamal Hassan. Saagar was a comeback film for Ka
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Saagara Sangamam:
Saagara Sangamam (The Confluence) (1983) is a Telugu film directed by K. Viswanath. It was also dubbed into Tamil as Salangai Oli. The movie follows the life of a failed but gifted (though eccentric) Indian classical dancer. It is the first of three
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Anbe Sivam:
Anbe Sivam ("Love is God") is a 2003 Indian film directed by Sundar C. and stars Kamal Haasan and R. Madhavan with music composed by Vidyasagar. The picture is about a series of comic clashes between Nalla Sivam (Kamal Haasan), a wise-cracking, handi
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Thenali:
Thenali is a Tamil film which released on November 7, 2000 and was directed by K.S. Ravikumar. This film is a remake of the Hollywood movie What About Bob?, and has Kamal Haasan and Jayaram playing the lead roles with female leads played by Devayani
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Aalavandhan:
Aalavandhan (Tamil) is a 2001 released thriller film. The film directed by Suresh Krishna, stars Kamal Haasan in a dual role, along with Raveena Tandon and Manisha Koirala as his love interests. The film's score is composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. Thi
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Pammal K. Sambandam:
Pammal K. Sambandam is a 2002 released Tamil film. The movie stars Kamal Haasan, Simran Bagga, Sneha, Abbas, and Ramesh Khanna. The music is by Deva.
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Kuruthipunal:
Kuruthipunal (1996) is a Tamil drama/action film directed by veteran cinematographer P. C. Sriram. This is the second film after Sriram making debut with Vikram starring Meera in film direction. Upon release, the film met with a strong critical recep
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Kalathur Kannamma:
Kalathur Kannamma (1960) is a Tamil language movie directed by A. Bhimsingh. This was the first movie that starred iconic Indian actor Kamal Hassan. The film's cast includes Gemini Ganesan and Savithri among others.
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Raja Paarvai:
Raja Paarvai (Kingly Vision) (1981) is a Tamil language feature film directed by Telugu film director Singeetham Srinivasa Rao. The story was written by Kamal Haasan, for whom the film was also his 100th starrer and first production. The score and so
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Varadarajan Mudaliar:
Varadarajan Muniswami Mudaliar aka Vardhabhai (1926–1988) was a Tamil immigrant from Madurai, Tamil Nadu, who rose to be a mafia don in Bombay, India. Most active in the nineteen-seventies, he was the link in the underworld history between old time m
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Moondru Mudichu:
Moondru Mudichu (The Three Knots) is a Tamil film that was directed by K. Balachander. The movie stars Rajinikanth , Kamal Hassan and Sridevi. It is hailed as the movie that made Rajnikanth a big "villain" star. The movie revolves around 3 people - a
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Crazy Mohan:
Crazy Mohan is a popular Tamil comedy actor and writer. He started his career as stage play writer with his own drama troupe 'Crazy creations' which is popular for its comedy stage plays in chennai since 1970's. His plays were later telecasted in TV
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Arangetram (film):
Arangetram is a Tamil language film starring Pramela in the lead role, released in 1973. Yet another product from Balachandar's factory that carried hard hitting messages and very bold scenes. The movie dealt with the issue of Povery. The lead charac
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