kamal haasan profile

Kamal Haasan profile

Kamal Haasan
Kamal Haasan at Vishwaroopam promotions
Born	7 November 1954 (age 59)[1] Paramakudi, Tamil Nadu, India
Residence	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Film actor, producer, director, screenwriter, playback singer, lyricist, choreographer
Years active	1959–present
Spouse(s)	Vani Ganapathy (m. 1978–88) Sarika Thakur (m. 1988–2004)
Partner(s)	Gouthami (2005-present)
Children	Shruti Haasan (b. 1986) Akshara Haasan (b. 1991)
Awards	Padma Bhushan (2014)[2] Padmashri(1990) Kalaimamani (1979)[3]

Kamal Haasan (born 7 November 1954) is an Indian film actor, screenwriter, director, producer, playback singer, choreographer and lyricist who works primarily in the Tamil film industry. Haasan has won several Indian film awards including four National Film Awards and 19 Filmfare Awards. With seven submissions, Kamal Haasan has starred in the highest number of films submitted by India for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Haasan's production company,Rajkamal International, has produced several of his films. Kamal Haasan received the Padma Shri in 1990 and thePadma Bhushan in 2014.

After several projects as a child, Haasan's breakthrough as a lead actor came in the 1975 drama Apoorva Raagangal, in which he played a rebellious youth in love with an older woman. He won his first National Film Award for his portrayal of a guileless schoolteacher who cares for a childlike amnesiac in Moondram Pirai. Haasan was noted for his performance inMani Ratnam's Tamil film Nayagan (1987), rated by Time magazine as one of the best films in cinema history. Since then he has appeared in a number of films including his own productions, Hey Ram and Virumaandi, and the Dasavathaaram(in which he played ten different roles).

Early life

Haasan was born in 1954 into a Tamil family in Paramakudi (now a part of Ramanathapuram district), Tamil Nadu. His father, D. Srinivasan (a lawyer), was a militant.^[4]Kamal is the youngest child in his family; his brothers Charuhasan (born 1930) and Chandrahasan (born 1936) are also lawyers, and Charuhasan became an actor during the 1980s. Haasan's sister, Nalini (born 1946), is a classical dancer. He received his primary education in Paramakudi, moving to Madras (now Chennai) as his brothers pursued their higher education.^[4] Haasan continued his education in Santhome, Madras;^[4] attracted by film and the fine arts, he was encouraged by his father.^[4] When a physician friend of Haasan's mother visited Avichi Meiyappa Chettiar (AVM) to treat his wife, she brought Haasan with her.^[5] Impressed by Haasan's demeanor, M. Saravanan (AVM's son) recommended him for their upcoming production Kalathur Kannamma.^[4]