Kamal Haasan Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Contact Details, Wife, Children, Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
Parthasarathy Srinivasan
NICK NAMES
Universal Hero
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Sunday
NEXT BIRTHDAY ON
Thursday
BIRTHPLACE
Paramakudi, Tamil Nadu, India
AGE
69 Years 10 Months 28 Days
NATIONALITY
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
SCORPIO
ALSO NOTED FOR
Politician, Director, Screenwriter, Producer
FEATURES
Hair and eyes black
Physical Stats
CHEST
40 ''
BICEPS
14 ''
WAIST
34 ''
HEIGHT
5'6''(feet & inches)
1.6764 meters
167.64 cm
WEIGHT
76 kg
167.2 lbs
Kamal Haasan Family Members
Parents
MOTHER
Rajalakshmi Srinivasan
BROTHER(S) NAME
Chandrahasan
Charuhasan
SISTER(S) NAME
CHILDHOOD IMAGE
FAMILY IMAGE
Kamal Haasan Marriage, Affairs and Children
AFFAIR
Gautami Tadimalla
SPOUSE
Vani Ganapathy (1978-1988)
SPOUSE
Sarika Thakur (1988-2004)
Child(ren) of Kamal Haasan and Sarika Thakur
Shruti (28 ,) (Daughter) (Actrss)
Akshara Haasan (12 October, 1991) (Daughter) (Actress)
Fame & Address
SIGNATURE
DEBUT
Kalathur Kannamma (Film 1960)
FAMOUS FROM/AS
Kanyakumari (Malayalam Film 1974)
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Education, Net Worth & More
RELIGION
Hinduism
SCHOOLING FROM
Sir M.Ct.Muthiah Chettiar Boys Higher Secondary School, Chennai
QUALIFICATION
Graduate
FAVOURITE ACTOR
Nagesh, Shivaji Ganesan, M.G. Ramachandran, Rajesh Kanna
FAVOURITE ACTRESS
Sridevi, Sripriya
FAVOURITE FOOD(S)
Karimeen Fish
FAVOURITE BOOK(S)
Amma Vandhaal by Thi. Janakiraman and Marapasu by Thi. Janakiraman
FAVOURITE MOVIE
Bicyle Theif, Mughal-E-Azam, Sholay
INTERESTS
Reading
NET WORTH
$100 Million
KAMAL HAASAN PICTURE
More Information
Personal Life of Kamal Haasan
He had founded a political party in Madurai called "Makkal Needhi Maiam". His party flag contains six joined hands in alternate red and white colors with a white star at its center in a black background behind the name of his party.
Career of Kamal Haasan
He worked in Tamil language film Kalathur Kannamma as a child artist. In the 70s, he returned to the films as a dance assistant. He appeared for a dance sequence in the film Maanavan. His first big role in the film Arangetram. His first lead role was in a Malayalam film, Kanyakumari. His first Kannada film was Kokila and appear with a starring role in it. He played a double role in Telugu film Sommokadidhi Sokkadidhi. His Hindi film debut was in the film "Ek Duuje Ke Liye" which was a remake of his own cross-cultural romantic "Maro Charithra". He is a director, producer, choreographer, screenwriter, and lyricist of the film Hey Ram which depicts the story of the partition of India and the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. Although the film does not work good in box-office but successful worldwide and was nominated for Academy Awards.
Achievements of Kamal Haasan
He had received 19 Filmfare Awards in five languages and when he receives his last award he requested the organization for no further awards. He had already received most prestigious Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awards. He had received a doctorate from Sathyabama Deemed University. He had also received the Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award for Excellence in Indian Cinema. The Kalaimamani Award from the government of Tamil Nadu in 1979. Also a recipient of S. S. Vasan Award for his lifetime achievement in the film industry.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Kamal Haasan
For his character in the film "Apoorva Raagangal", he learned to play the mridangam and also won the Filmfare Award for his character.
- Does Kamal Haasan takes alcohol? NA.
- Is Kamal Haasan in the habit of Smoking? NA.
- He is a born actor as he appeared in a Tamil film called "Kalathur Jannamma" and also won the prestigious President's Gold Medal for his performance when he was just four years old.
- He had shown variety in his performance by portraying the various character like an old man in Hindustani, and an old lady in Chachi 420. He had played ten different characters in Dasavathaaram.
- He is the only actor who had received the nomination for both a Best Actor award and a Best Actor in a Supporting Role for the same film Saagar in The Filmfare Awards.
- He is the first Indian actor who had received Rs 1 crore as his remuneration for a single film in 1994. Being a big fan of composer Ilayaraja always set him to compose songs for his home productions.
- He had worked in many different language films, He appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Bengali films beside Hindi films.
- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi nominated him for his Swacch Bharat Campaign. He willingly took the job to clean the Madambakkam lake in Chennai.
- He had also taken lessons of singing under the famous Balamuralikrishna. He had sung a song "Inji Iduppazhagi" for his film, "Thevar Magan". Besides acting he is a brilliant dancer and knows various forms of Bharatnatyam, Kathak, and Kathakali.
- He is a huge fan of Jackie Chan and tried to do a stunt like him which led to 32 fractures to his body.
- Only a few people know that he was in the custody at the Toronto airport custom and was not allowed to board his flight to L.A. because he had an Arab name/look and they took as a potential terrorist.
- Both the film Ghayal and Ghatak were written keeping Kamal Haasan in mind. But Rajkumar Santoshi had to change the star cast when he found no producer to back the film. The role went on to Sunny Deol and films was successful at the box office.
He was the first choice for ?Robot? aka ?Enthiran? which was actually performed by Rajinikanth.
- He had well portrayed the role of a dwarf who was almost half of his original height in the film Appu Raja which was a Hindi version of his own Tamil movie "Apoorva Sagodharargal".
- He had set a standard for the next generation by acting as a vigilante in the film Indian. It was also dubbed in Hindi with the title Hindustani. It was nominated for the Academy Awards in 1996 for the Best Foreign Language Film. He had appointed Hollywood make-up artist Michael Westmore to realize the character as he was playing both father and the son and he wanted to do equal justice to both of his characters.
- He had not worked with Raghuvaran ever in his long acting career. There is no confirm reason behind it.
- His film Marudhanayagam's auspicious beginning launch was done by Queen Elizabeth II.
- He had written the script for a movie "Unarchigal" when he was just eighteen years old. But the film was censored and was released in 1976. It's amazing that it was remade in Malayalam as Raasaleela and was released one year before the original film in 1975.
- Besides a good actor, he is also a humanitarian who has decided to donate his organs after his death to the Madras Medical College for the welfare of the people in need.
- By dispersing his fan club he became the first Tamil actor to dissolve his own fan club and transforming it into welfare organizations.
- He had inspired not only to the Indian actors but also to Hollywood actors. According to the director Quentin Tarantino, the animation sequence in Kill Bill was based on the Kamal Haasan's Abhay which is the Hindi remake of Tamil film, Aalavandhan.
- He had received the Padma Shri, the Padma Bhushan as well as the Chevalier award. His seven films were nominated for Oscar which contributed for making a good image of Indian actors out of India.
- He appeared in a commercial promoting Samudrika Patt.
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