Kamal Hassan

 

Kamal Haasan is an Indian film actor, script writer, and film director. Considered as  one of the leading  actors of Indian cinema, Hassan is known for winning several Indian film awards, including National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards.
 
Kamal Haasan was born on 7th November 1954. In 1960 he starred as a child artist in 'Kalathoor Kannammaa', his first movie. Ever since, he has starred in more than 150 movies, in almost all the major Indian languages - Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi. His trajectory in the Indian film industry is one prototypical journey, where he started as a child artist, then continued as a romantic hero, and finally evolved into one of the best actors India has ever produced. Very few actors in India have given such a wide array of versatile performances over the last two decades like Kamal.

 

 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.

 

In 1988, Haasan appeared in his only silent film to date; appearing in the black comedy, Pushpak, which was dubbed as a "speechless classic" with reviewers stating that "Haasan surpasses himself", delivering an all time best performance.

 

Some of his most notable performances are in movies such as Sagar, Indian, Hey Ram, Nayakan , Sadma and many more.