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Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan
Kamal Haasan in 2022
President of the Makkal Needhi Maiam
Assumed office
22 February 2018
Preceded byPosition established
General Secretary of Makkal Needhi Maiam
In office
25 December 2020 - 26 February 2023
Preceded byArunchalam
Succeeded byArunchalam
Personal details
Born
Parthasarathy Srinivasan

(1954-11-07) 7 November 1954 (age 69)[1][2]
Paramakudi, Madras State, India[3]
Political partyMakkal Needhi Maiam (2018–present)
Spouses
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(m. 1978; div. 1988)​
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(m. 1988; div. 2004)​
Domestic partnerGautami (2005–2016)
Children
RelativesSee Haasan family
Occupation
  • Actor
  • filmmaker
  • playback singer
  • television presenter
  • politician
Awards

Kamal Haasan (born Parthasarathy Srinivasan on 7 November 1954)[4] is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, playback singer, television presenter, social activist and politician who works mainly in Tamil cinema. Besides Tamil, he has also appeared in some Malayalam, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada and Bengali films. Considered as one of the finest actors in Indian cinema, Haasan is also known for introducing many new film technologies and film making techniques to the Indian film industry.[5][6][7] He has won numerous accolades, including Four National Film Awards, Nine Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, Four Nandi Awards, One Rashtrapati Award, Two Filmfare Awards and 17 Filmfare Awards South. He was awarded the Kalaimamani Award in 1984, the Padma Shri in 1990, the Padma Bhushan in 2014 and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Chevalier) in 2016.[8]

Haasan started his career as a child artist in the 1960 Tamil film Kalathur Kannamma at the age of 6, for which he won the President's Gold Medal. His breakthrough as a lead actor came in the 1975 drama Apoorva Raagangal, directed by K. Balachander, in which he played a rebellious youth who falls in love with an older woman. He won his first National Film Award for his portrayal of a guileless school teacher who cares for a woman who suffers from retrograde amnesia in Moondram Pirai (1982). He further gained immense acclaim for his performances in Sagara Sangamam (1983), Swathi Muthyam (1986), Nayakan (1987), Pushpaka Vimana (1987), Sathyaa (1988), Apoorva Sagodharargal (1989), Gunaa (1991), Thevar Magan (1992), Nammavar (1994), Mahanadhi (1994), Indian (1996), Hey Ram (2000), Aalavandhan (2001), Anbe Sivam (2003), Virumaandi (2004), Vettaiyadu Villaiyadu (2006), Dasavathaaram (2008), in which he played ten roles, Vishwaroopam (2013), and Vikram (2022). His production company, Raaj Kamal Films International, has produced several of his films.

For his philanthropic efforts, Haasan received the first Abraham Kovoor National Award in 2004. He was project ambassador for the Hridayaragam 2010 event, which raised funds for an orphanage for HIV/AIDS-affected children. In September 2010, Haasan launched a children's cancer relief fund and gave roses to children with cancer at Sri Ramachandra University in Porur, Chennai. Haasan was nominated by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Swachh Bharat Mission. On 21 February 2018, Haasan formally launched his political party, Makkal Needhi Maiam (lit. People's Justice Centre).[9]

  1. ^ "Kamal Haasan's real name is Kamalahaasan Srinivasan - 59 Years of Kamal Haasan: Lesser known facts about the 'Ulaganayagan' 'Aandavar'". Times of India. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Kamal Hassan for film archive facilities in each state". The Indian Express. 7 March 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Where Kamal Haasan was really born?". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  4. ^ Gupta, Priya. "I get devastated at the idea of marriage: Shruti Haasan". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014.
  5. ^ Sumanth (1 June 2022). "10 First Of Its Kind Technologies Introduced By Kamal Haasan To Indian Cinema - Wirally". Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  6. ^ Athimuthu, Soundarya (27 April 2022). "Vishwaroopam to Vikram: Kamal Haasan & Tech Innovation in His Films". TheQuint. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  7. ^ "61 years of Kamal Haasan: Ten remarkable techniques that were introduced by Ulaganayagan to Tamil or Indian cinema". The Times of India. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  8. ^ Desk, Internet (22 August 2016). "Tamil film actor Sivaji Ganesan Dead Kamal Haasan to get prestigious French honour". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Kamal Haasan Live: The six hands in my flag stands for the six south Indian states". The Times of India. 21 February 2018. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2019.


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