Kamal Haasan ( born 7 November 1954) is an Indian film actor, screenwriter, and filmmaker, considered to be one of the leading method actors of Indian cinema.Haasan is known for winning several Indian film awards, including earning the most National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards.
Career
Kamal Haasan made his film debut as a 4-year-old child artiste, in Kalathur Kannamma,and released on 12 August 1959,winning the National Film Award for Best Child Artist.Kamal Haasan first received a regional Filmfare Award for acting for his role in the Malayalam film Kanyakumari (1974). In the next four years, he won six regional Best Actor Filmfare Awards, including four consecutive Best Tamil Actor Awards.The film in Ek Duuje Ke Liye, became his first Hindi-language film.Haasan won his first of three National Awards for Best Actor with his portrayal of a school teacher who looks after a mentally retarded girl in Balu Mahendra's Moondram Pirai.
In the mid-1980s, Haasan appeared in two Telugu language films, Sagara Sangamam and Swathi Muthyam with director, Kasinadhuni Viswanath. The latter film was India's representative for the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film in 1986.Haasan received an Indian National Award for his performance and Nayagan was nominated by India as its entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards in 1987.The film Indian his third National Film Award for Best Actor.In 2008, Haasan appeared in K. S. Ravikumar's Dasavathaaram portraying ten distinct roles in the venture which to-date remains the most expensive Indian film ever made.
Movies
In the News
Major Achievements
Kalathur Kannamma(1960)-National Film Award for Best Child Artist
Moondram Pirai(1982)-National Film Award for Best Actor,Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award
Nayagan(1987)-National Film Award for Best Actor
Mahanadi(1994)-National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil,Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award
ndian(1996)-National Film Award for Best Actor,Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award
Personal Life
Hassam married danseuse Vani Ganapathy .However, the couple split after ten years together, after Haasan began dating fellow actress, Sarika, with Haasan confirming in a later interview that he and Vani have never been in touch ever since their divorce.Subsequently, Haasan and Sarika married in 1988, with the pair having two children: Shruti Haasan (born 1986) and Akshara Haasan (born 1991).Sarika, retired from acting roles soon after her marriage with Haasan, replacing his ex-wife, Vani Ganapathy as Haasan's costume designer, with acclaimed work in Hey Ram. However, the pair filed for divorced in 2002.Currently Haasan's domestic partner is former actress, Gouthami Tadimalla.
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