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My Take
I find Kamal Haasan almost intimidating in his completeness. Three National Film Awards for Best Actor would be a full career for anyone; for him it is one line on a resume that also includes directing, producing, screenwriting, choreography, and now a seat in India's Rajya Sabha. France gave him the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, India the Padma Bhushan, proof that his restlessness crosses borders. What moves me most is that after five decades he still treats cinema as an unfinished experiment. He represents a kind of total filmmaker that barely exists anymore, and I treasure it.
Overview
Kamal Haasan (born 7 November 1954) is an Indian filmmaker and politician, currently serving as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha for Tamil Nadu. He is an actor, director, producer, screenwriter, playback singer and lyricist who works primarily in Tamil cinema. He has also worked as an assistant director, choreographer, editor, make-up artist, narrator, television host, and a distributor of films.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kamal Haasan
- Name (Japanese)
- カマル・ハサーン
- Reading
- かまる・はさーん
- Born
- November 7, 1954 (age 71)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Horse
- Origin
- Paramakudi, Ramanathapuram district, India
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film producer / screenwriter / film director / choreographer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2014 Padma Bhushan
- 1990 Padma Shri in arts
- 2016 Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
- 1983 National Film Award for Best Actor
- 1988 National Film Award for Best Actor
- 1997 National Film Award for Best Actor
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.