Highlights
- National Award winning actor and Tamil
- film icon Kamal Hassan, who celebrated his 50th year in cinema
- last year, turned 56 today.
- The actor, who secured his first National Film Award in
- 1982 for his role in Moondram Pirai, will spend big day
- doing his bit for charity.
- According to sources close to the actor's family, as part
- of the birth day celebration the Padmashree awardee would
- present various articles to people, including a laptop to
- students, uniforms to autorickshaw drivers and tailoring
- machines to the poor.
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Kamal Haasan's life in pics National Award winning actor and Tamilfilm icon Kamal Haasan, who celebrated his 50th year in cinemalast year, turned 56 today.
The actor, who secured his first National Film Award in1982 for his role in
Moondram Pirai, will spend big daydoing his bit for charity.
According to sources close to the actor's family, as partof the birth day celebration the Padmashree awardee wouldpresent various articles to people, including a laptop tostudents, uniforms to autorickshaw drivers and tailoringmachines to the poor.
The actor will also give an award to the best districtwing of his fan club on the occasion, they said.
The four time National award winner, who has acted in about150 films in various languages, including Tamil, Telugu,Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi has played a myriad of roles inhis five decade long career, including
Dasavataram, in whichhe played 10 characters.
Whether it be the role of Palakkad-based Brahmin in
Michael Madana Kamarajan or the sickle-wielding
Virumaandi, the rustic villager, he is known to give life tothe character right from body language to pronunciation.
Kamal and controversies, more often than not, go together.
Kamal's
Dasavatharam also had to pass legal tangle beforehitting the screen as some religious groups raised objectionsagainst the title as well as some scenes.
In addition to acting and directing, Kamal is also ascreenwriter, songwriter, playback singer, and choreographer.
His film production company, Rajkamal International, hasproduced several of his films.
According to reports, Kamal is currently engaged in a filmtitled
Manmadhan Ambu, which was directed by K S Ravikumar.
He is turning a lyricist and singer in this film, whichalso features Trisha, Madhavan, Ramesh Arvind in the keyroles.