Kamal hassan filmography facts for kids

Kamal Haasan at the 61st Filmfare Awards South, 2014

Kamal Haasan is a famous Indian actor, filmmaker, and politician who mainly works in Tamil cinema. He is also a talented screenwriter, director, producer, singer, and choreographer. He started acting as a child in 1960 in the Tamil film Kalathur Kannamma, which won him a special award called the President's Gold Medal. Since then, he has starred in over 200 films in many different languages, including Malayalam, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, and Bengali. After his early child roles, he took a break to focus on his studies. Later, he worked as an assistant choreographer and even appeared in some films without being credited for his roles.

In 1973, Kamal Haasan got his first adult role in a film by K. Balachander, who he considers his mentor. He continued to act in smaller roles in films like Sollathaan Ninaikkiren (1973) and Naan Avanillai (1974). His big break as a main actor came in 1974 with the Malayalam film Kanyakumari, for which he won a Filmfare Award. He then became very popular in Tamil cinema with Balachander's Apoorva Raagangal (1975), earning another Filmfare Award. Between 1974 and 1978, he won six Filmfare Awards, including four in a row for Best Tamil Actor. In 1981, Kamal Haasan started producing films with Raja Paarvai, where he played a blind musician. His production company, "Hasan Brothers," later became Raaj Kamal Films International.

Kamal Haasan made his debut in Bollywood (the Hindi film industry) in 1981 with Ek Duuje Ke Liye. This film was a remake of his 1978 Telugu movie Maro Charitra. His role as a school teacher in Moondram Pirai (1982) earned him top acting awards, including the National Film Award for Best Actor. He also produced many successful films under Raaj Kamal Films International, such as Vikram (1986), Apoorva Sagodharargal (1989), Thevar Magan (1992), and Hey Ram (2000). Seven of his films have been sent by India to the Academy Awards, which is more than any other Indian actor. In 2009, he celebrated 50 years in the film industry. His film Vishwaroopam (2013), which he also directed and produced, won two National Film Awards.

Kamal Haasan as an Actor

Kamal Haasan has played many different roles throughout his long career. Here are some of his notable films:

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Film	Year	Role	Language	Director	Notes
Kalathur Kannamma	1960	Selvam	Tamil	A. Bhimsingh	Child artist
Kanyakumari	1974	Sankaran	Malayalam	K. S. Sethumadhavan	Breakthrough as lead actor
Apoorva Raagangal	1975	Prasanna	Tamil	K. Balachander	Breakthrough in Tamil cinema
16 Vayathinile	1977	Gopalakrishnan (Chappani)	Tamil	P. Bharathiraja
Maro Charitra	1978	Balu	Telugu	K. Balachander
Sigappu Rojakal	1978	Dileep	Tamil	P. Bharathiraja
Ek Duuje Ke Liye	1981	Vasu	Hindi	K. Balachander	Bollywood debut
Raja Paarvai	1981	Raghu	Tamil	Singeetam Srinivasa Rao	First film as producer
Moondram Pirai	1982	Srinivasan (Seenu)	Tamil	Balu Mahendra	Won National Film Award for Best Actor
Sakalakala Vallavan	1982	Velu	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman
Sagara Sangamam	1983	Balakrishna	Telugu	K. Viswanath
Sadma	1983	Somu	Hindi	Balu Mahendra
Saagar	1985	Raja	Hindi	Ramesh Sippy	Nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor
Vikram	1986	Vikram	Tamil	Rajasekhar	Produced by Raaj Kamal Films International
Swathi Muthyam	1986	Sivaiah	Telugu	K. Viswanath
Nayakan	1987	Sakthivelu "Velu" Naicker	Tamil	Mani Ratnam
Pushpaka Vimana	1987		Silent	Singeetam Srinivasa Rao	A silent comedy film
Apoorva Sagodharargal	1989	Sethupathy, Raja, Appu	Tamil	Singeetam Srinivasa Rao	Played three different roles
Michael Madana Kama Rajan	1990	Michael, Madhanagopal, Kameshwaran, Subramaniam Raju	Tamil	Singeetam Srinivasa Rao	Played four different roles
Thevar Magan	1992	Shakthivel	Tamil	Bharathan	Won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil (as producer)
Indian	1996	Senapathy, Chandrabose	Tamil	S. Shankar	Played dual roles
Avvai Shanmugi	1996	Pandian (Avvai Shanmugi)	Tamil	K. S. Ravikumar	Played a man disguised as a woman
Chachi 420	1997	Jaiprakash Paswan (Lakshmi Godbhole)	Hindi	Kamal Haasan	Directed and starred in this remake
Hey Ram	2000	Saket Ram	Tamil	Kamal Haasan	Directed and starred in this film
Aalavandhan	2001	Vijay, Nandhu	Tamil	Suresh Krissna	Played dual roles, one as a villain
Anbe Sivam	2003	Nallasivam	Tamil	Sundar. C
Virumaandi	2004	Virumaandi	Tamil	Kamal Haasan	Directed and starred in this film
Dasavathaaram	2008	Govindarajan Ramaswamy, Rangarajan Nambi, Christian Fletcher, Balram Naidu, Krishnaveni, Vincent Poovaragan, Khalifulla Khan, Avatar Singh, Shinghen Narahashi, George W. Bush	Tamil	K. S. Ravikumar	Played ten different roles
Vishwaroopam	2013	Wisam Ahmed Kashmiri	Tamil	Kamal Haasan	Directed and starred in this film
Papanasam	2015	Suyambulingam	Tamil	Jeethu Joseph
Vishwaroopam II	2017	Wisam Ahmed Kashmiri	Tamil	Kamal Haasan	Post-production; Bilingual film

Kamal Haasan as Director, Producer, and Writer

Kamal Haasan has also taken on many roles behind the camera, showing his skills as a filmmaker.

Film	Year	Language	Credited as			Notes
			Director	Producer	Writer
Raja Paarvai	1981	Tamil		Y	Y	Produced under "Hasan Brothers"
Vikram	1986	Tamil		Y	Y
Apoorva Sagodharargal	1989	Tamil		Y	Y
Michael Madana Kama Rajan	1990	Tamil			Y
Thevar Magan	1992	Tamil		Y	Y
Magalir Mattum	1994	Tamil		Y	Y
Kuruthipunal	1995	Tamil		Y	Y
Chachi 420	1997	Hindi	Y	Y	Y
Hey Ram	2000	Tamil	Y	Y	Y
Nala Damayanthi	2003	Tamil		Y	Y
Virumaandi	2004	Tamil	Y	Y	Y
Dasavathaaram	2008	Tamil			Y
Vishwaroopam	2013	Tamil	Y	Y	Y
Uttama Villain	2015	Tamil		Y	Y
Thoongavanam	2015	Tamil		Y	Y
Vishwaroopam II	2017	Tamil	Y	Y	Y	Post-production

Television Appearances

Kamal Haasan has also appeared on television, showing his versatility beyond films.

As a Host