Kamal Haasan is a famous South Indian actor, dancer, film director, screenwriter, and well-known producer, playback singer, and politician.
He was born on 7 November 1954 in Paramakudi, Madras State, India. Kamal started his career as a child actor with the film “Kalathur Kannamma (1960).
Kamal Haasan made his Malayalam debut with the movie “Kannum Karalum (1962).”He returned to the film industry after a few years as a dance assistant.
He made his first appearance with “Maanavan” in 1970, in which he appeared in a dance sequence. His debut was with the movie “Arangetram (1973),” in which he worked as a supporting actor.
He made his debut as a lead actor in the film “Kanyakumari” in 1974. Kamal made his breakthrough with the film “Apoorva Raagangal” in 1975 and Kamal Hassan is part of the new upcoming movie Ponniyin Selvan: Part 2 which will play a role a supporting role in the movie
Kamal made his Bollywood debut with the film “Ek Duuje Ke Liye (1981),” which was a remake of his own film “Maro Charitra (1978).”He made his debut as a producer with the film “Raja Paarvai (1981).”
Kamal Haasan has produced several films under his production company ‘Raaj Kamal Films International’ founded by Kamal in 1981. He made his directorial debut with the film “Chachi 420 (1997),” which was the remake of his Tamil movie “Avvai Shanmughi (1996).”
He has written many of his films including Raja Paarvai (1981), Thevar Magan (1992), Hey Ram (2000), Aalavandhan (2001), Virumaandi (2004), Dasavathaaram (2008), Vishwaroopam (2013), and many more.
He publishes his magazine ‘Mayyam’ through the Kamal Haasan’s welfare association (Narpani Iyakkam). His views are published in “Thedi Theerpom Va” by his fan club.
Kamal Haasan launched his political party ‘Makkal Needhi Maiam (People’s Justice Centre)’ on 21 February 2018. His party contested for the first time in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections.
Kamal Haasan’s father, D. Srinivasan was a lawyer, and his mother, Rajalakshmi Srinivasan was a homemaker. He has two brothers named Charuhasan and Chandrahasan, who are also actors. His sister, Nalini Raghu is an Indian classical dancer.
In 1978, Kamal got married Vani Ganapathy, and they divorced ten years later. He and actress Sarika began living together in 1988 and got married to each other when their first child, Shruti was born.
They got divorced in 2004. He dated the actress, Gautami Tadimalla from 2004 to 2016. Kamal Haasan has three daughters; Shruti Haasan (actress and singer), Akshara Haasan (actress), and Subbalakshmi (dancer).