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Kamal Hassan
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Kamal Haasan was born on November 7, 1954 to a criminal lawyer named D.Srinivasan and his devout wife Rajalakshmi, both a part of the Tamil Iyengar caste(Kamal is a renowned atheist), in the village of Paramakudi in the Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu.Kamal Haasan is the youngest of three brothers, he others being Charuhasan and Chandrahasan. Kamal Hassan's elder sister is Nalini. She married a scientist and settled in Mumbai.
Kamal Hassan, made his debut in 1960, when he was six years old, in the Tamil film Kalathur Kannamma. He won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist, the first of his four National Awards. He acted in at least five other films as a child. When he came back to films again in 1972, he played second
fiddle to leading stars like in Arangetram and Sollathan Ninaikkiren. In 1974, his acting prowess was recognized with a Filmfare Best Actor Award for his role in Kanyakumari, a Malayalam film. The awards became almost routine with the Tamil films that followed like K.Balachander's Apoorva Raagangal which explored relationships with age-gaps.
He made his directorial debut with Chachi 420, a remake of Avvai Shanmughi in Hindi. The year 2000 began with his second directorial venture Hey
Ram, which was made in Hindi and Tamil. Hassan scripted, produced and acted in it. He won the Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award, though the film was more of a critical success rather than a commercial one. He acted in quite a few funnies like Thenali, Panchathantiram and Pammal K. Sambandam. He played Nalla Sivam in Anbe Sivam with Madhavan. He directed, scripted, acted and produced Virumaandi in 2004, about death penalty.
In 2006 he had a big hit in Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu, in which played an honest cop. His most recent film in 2008 was the extravagant Dasavathaaram, in which he played ten different roles.
He is currently working on his project Thalaivan Irrukiran, a film to be released in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi, for which he has penned the screenplay and is set to direct it, his love for multiple roles evident on and off screen.
Kamal Hassan is a scorpion by his date. His lucky numbers are 2,7,11 and 18. He need to realize that he is mortals too. It's true that such people are full of energy and optimism, but, at some point in their lives, they need to take a hard look at themselves.He will be having a successful year in 2010 with little problem with his health and controversies may arise due to his brother and also he need to take care of his production work as he my suffer a big loss if not taken care.
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