Kamal Hasan Haasan was born on 7 November 1954 and is an Indian actor, filmmaker, playback singer, television presenter and politician who works mainly in Tamil cinema.
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48 Facts About Kamal Hasan
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Kamal Hasan is a pioneer in introducing many new technologies and cosmetics to the Indian film industry.
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Kamal Hasan was awarded the Kalaimamani award in 1984, The Padma Shri in 1990, the Padma Bhushan in 2014 and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2016.
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Kamal Hasan was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at 15th Mumbai International Film Festival in 2013.
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Kamal Hasan won his first National Film Award for his portrayal of a guileless school teacher who cares for a woman who suffers from retrograde amnesia in Moondram Pirai.
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Kamal Hasan was noted for his performances in K Viswanath's Swathi Muthyam, Mani Ratnam's Nayakan (1987), and S Shankar's Indian (1996) and won second and third National film awards respectively.
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Kamal Hasan has won 4 National Film Awards and 20 Filmfare Awards.
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Kamal Hasan received his primary education in Paramakudi before moving to Madras as his brothers pursued their higher education.
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Kamal Hasan went on to assist Thankappan in films such as Annai Velankani and Kasi Yathirai (1973).
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Kamal Hasan played a rebellious young man who falls in love with an older woman.
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Kamal Hasan appeared in the Malayalam film Eeta, for which he won his sixth Filmfare Award.
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Kamal Hasan appeared in the musical Ninaithale Inikkum, a snake-horror film Neeya and Kalyanaraman.
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Kamal Hasan made his 100th film appearance in 1981 in Raja Paarvai, debuting as a producer.
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Kamal Hasan left Bollywood temporarily after Geraftaar and Dekha Pyar Tumhara to feature in Japanil Kalyanaraman.
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Kamal Hasan received his second Indian National Award for his performance; Nayakan was submitted by India as its entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 1987 Academy Awards, and is on the Time's All-Time 100 Movies list.
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Kamal Hasan chose Shantanu Sheorey to direct the Hindi remake of Avvai Shanmughi, Chachi 420, but after dissatisfaction with five days of shooting Haasan took over as director.
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Kamal Hasan's performance was praised by critics, with The Hindu saying that he "has done Tamil cinema proud".
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Kamal Hasan then produced and starred in Unnaipol Oruvan, a remake of the Bollywood film A Wednesday, where he reprised the role originally played by Naseeruddin Shah with Malayalam actor Mohanlal playing Anupam Kher's role.
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Kamal Hasan was set to reprise his role of Balram Naidu from Dasavathaaram in a spin-off film directed by himself titled Sabaash Naidu.
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Kamal Hasan hosted Bigg Boss Tamil 5 which started to telecast from 3 October 2021.
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Kamal Hasan exited the show after the third week owing to scheduling conflicts with his film Vikram.
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Kamal Hasan Haasan launched his personal fashion line brand called KH House of Khaddar.
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Kamal Hasan's oldest brother Charuhasan, like Haasan, is a National Film Award-winning actor who appeared in the Kannada film Tabarana Kathe.
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Chandrahasan's daughter Anu Kamal Hasan has had supporting roles in several films, including Suhasini's Indira.
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Kamal Hasan's acted with Haasan in the 1975 movie Melnaattu Marumagal.
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Kamal Hasan has often questioned the existence of God and has highlighted the theme in his films like Anbe Sivam and Dasavathaaram.
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Kamal Hasan was mistaken to be Muslim because of his Arabic-sounding name, most notably when he was denied preclearance to travel to the United States by Customs and Border Protection authorities at Toronto Pearson International Airport in 2002.
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In Sanskrit Kamal Hasan means "lotus", but it was rumoured that his name originated with a friend of his father.
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Kamal Hasan said that his entering politics would result in his death within a year.
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Kamal Hasan has pledged his product-endorsement income to social causes.
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Kamal Hasan chose to clean the Madambakkam lake in Chennai with the Environmentalist Foundation of India's Arun Krishnamurthy on 7 November 2014.
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Kamal Hasan formed the centrist party Makkal Needhi Maiam, a regional political party in Tamil Nadu.
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Kamal Hasan formally announced the party's formation on 21 February 2018 in Madurai.
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Kamal Hasan's party contested in 37 seats in 2019 Indian general election and lost.
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Kamal Hasan unsuccessfully contested the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election from Coimbatore South and lost to BJP Mahila Morcha President Vanathi Srinivasan by a narrow margin.
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Kamal Hasan is tied with Mammootty for the second most Best Actor National Film Awards with three.
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Kamal Hasan won a National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil for producing the 1992 Tamil film, Thevar Magan.
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Kamal Hasan has a record 19 Filmfare Awards in five languages; after his last award, in 2000, he wrote to the organisation requesting no further awards.
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Kamal Hasan received the Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award for Excellence in Indian Cinema at the inaugural Vijay Awards in 2006.
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Kamal Hasan received the Living Legend Award in 2007 from FICCI.
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Kamal Hasan is on the academic advisory council for ISFM, and was the first Indian actor invited aboard an American ship as a special friend of the US.
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