Kamal Haasan
Acting
Biography
Kamal Haasan (born 7 November 1954) is an actor, filmmaker and producer who has worked primarily in Tamil-language cinema for over six decades and is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors in the history of Indian cinema. An auteur, he is recognized as a key influence for numerous actors and filmmakers in the Indian film industry, and is known for introducing new technologies and cosmetics to Indian cinema. The recipient of numerous accolades, he has won the National Film Award four times (three for Best Actor), was awarded the Kalaimamani Award in 1984, the Padma Bhushan in 2014 and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Chevalier) in 2016. Haasan is also known for having starred in the most number of films submitted by India in contention for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In addition to his extensive work in Tamil, he has appeared in Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali films. He has also worked in films as a screenwriter, editor, songwriter, playback singer, choreographer, lyricist and makeup artist.
Born: November 7, 1954
Place of Birth: Paramakudi, Tamil Nadu, India
Known For
Sommokadidhi Sokokadidhi
Sommokadidi Sokokadidi is a 1978 Telugu-language Indian film directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao. Kamal Haasan plays a double role as an honest doctor and a happy-go-lucky youth. This was the first film of Singeetam Srinivasa Rao and Kamal Haasan together.
Rama Shama Bhama
Rama, a married man, has an affair with Priya who pursues him despite knowing about his wife. When his friend Shama learns of the affair, the latter decides to reunite him with his wife.
Parthal Pasi Theerum
Believing his wife to be dead, a soldier in the British-Indian army marries another woman and moves on. After few years, he finds out that his ex-wife is still alive and feels miserable.
Yeh Desh
Chandramohan Azad, a union leader, is framed for a murder and gets sentenced. However, after getting exonerated, he decides to fight against his brother-in-law who is now a corrupt MLA.
Unnal Mudiyum Thambi
The son of an orthodox Carnatic Musician spreads awareness about social causes against his father's will, and gains the trust of local people and brings self-awareness to neighbouring villages.
Varumayin Niram Sivappu
Three educated but unemployed youth who have come to live in a bustling, harsh metropolis struggle to earn a living.
Zara Si Zindagi
An MA in philosophy, Raja arrives in Delhi to look for employment and comes across Kusum, a struggling stage actress. They both face hardships in order to make a living.
Naan Avanillai
A man is arrested and appears in court for conning and betraying four women, posing as four different men.
Tik Tik Tik
A fashion photographer gets embroiled in a series of grisly murders.
Idi Katha Kaadu
The heroine separates from her husband and lives as a single working mother. Enter into the life of the heroine two men who want to marry her.
Filmography
as Rangaraya Sakthivel
as Narrator
as Veerasekaran Senapathy
as Supreme Yaskin
as Vikram (Voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as Karnan / Arun Kumar Vikram
as Self
as Vishwanathan / Major Wisam Ahmad Kashmiri
as Self - To promote film Vishwaroopam II
as Narrator (Tamil)
as Self - To promote film Vishwaroopam II
as Self - Host
as Host
as Swami
as CK Diwakar IRS
as Suyambulingam
as Uttaman/Manoranjan
as Vishwanathan / Major Wisam Ahmad Kashmiri
as Self
as Major Raja Mannar
as Self
as Himself (Cameo)
as Common Man
as The Anonymous Caller
as Govindarajan Ramaswamy / Rangaraja Nambi / George W. Bush / Avtaar Singh / Balram Naidu / Christian Fletcher / Shinghen Narahasi / Krishnaveni / Vincent Poovaragavan / Kalifullah Mukhtaar
as Raghavan
as Dr. Shyam Sajjan
as Avinasi/Avinash
as Rajaraman Venkatraman (Vasool Raja)
as Virumaandi Thevar
as Self
as Nalla Sivam
as Ramachandramurthy
as Pammal K. Sambandam
as Nandu / Vijay kumar
as Self (Guest Appearance)
as Thenali Soman
as Saket Ram
as Ramalingam
as Jaiprakash Paswan / Laxmi Godbhole
as Avvai Shanmugi / Pandiyan
as Veerasekaran Senapathy / Chandra Bose
as Adhi Narayanan
as Dasu
as Dr. Sakthivel
as Dr. Selvam, Vice-Chancellor, Professor
as Boss from Head Office
as Krishnaswamy
as Indrajeet
as Vadivelu
as 'Sakthi' Sakthivel
as Singaravelan
as Gunaa
as Michael / Madan / Kameshwaran / Raju
as G. K. Rayudu / Chandran
as Vetrivel IPS / Stephen Raj
as Johnson
as Raghupathy / Appu / Raja
as Udhayamoorthi
as A V Pandian
as (archive footage)
as James
as Sathyamurthy
as Unemployed graduate
as Sakthivel 'Velu' Naicker
as Ramu
as Self
as Mohan
as Sethu and Chaplin Chellapa
as Murali Krishna / Hari Krishna
as Commander Arun Kumar Vikram
as Bharath
as Sivayya
as Vishal "Vishy"
as Ashok / Raja
as Kishen Kumar Khanna
as Raja
as Kumar
as Murali
as David / James alias Shankar
as Sunny
as Madan/Upendra
as Suraj Singh
as Sandeep
as Somprakash/Somu
as Bala Krishna "Balu"
as Rakesh Kumar Shastri
as Velu (Sam)
as Sunil Sharma (Sunny)
as Gopu
as R. Srinivas 'Cheenu'
as Rajasekaran
as Velusamy
as Dileep
as Raja Shankar
as S. Vasudevan 'Vasu'
as Cameo
as Blind Musician
as Subramaniam
as Sundaram Rangan
as Guru / Ashok
as Ravi
as Self
as Adult Gowrishankar
as Dr. Chandiran
as Chandru
as Alavuddin
as Raja
as Kamal
as Rangadu & Dr.Shekar
as Ramu
as Arun
as Amrit Lal (uncredited)
as Dileep
as Vayanadan Thampan
as Prabhu
as Babu / Rathnam
as Balu
as Sanjeevi
as Raju
as Vijayakumar
as Chappani
as Prem Kapoor
as Janardhan (Johnnie)
as Aarumugam
as Balaji
as Arun Ghosh (Guest Appearance)
as Madhu
as Kaanthan
as Prasanna
as Raja
as Kumar
as Prasad
as Appu
as Thyagu
as Jesus Christ (Uncredited role)
as Child Artist
as Ravi
as Child Artist
as Child Artist
as Babu / Kumar
as Selvam (Child Artist)
as Veerasekaran Senapathy / Veerasekaran Balram
as Marudhanayagam Pillai
as Supreme Yaskin
as Vikram