KAMAL HAASAN ,
INDIAN ACTOR ACTED UNCONVENTIONAL
ROLES BORN ON 1954 NOVEMBER 7
Early life[edit]
Kamal Haasan was born in a Tamil Family. Haasan's father's name is D. Srinivasan who was a lawyer and his mother Rajalakshmi was a housewife .[8] Kamal is the youngest child in his family; his brothers Charuhasan (born 1930) and Chandrahasan (born 1936) are also lawyers, and Charuhasan became an actor during the 1980s.[citation needed] Haasan's sister, Nalini (born 1946), is a classical dancer.[citation needed] He received his primary education
Career[edit]
Main article: Kamal Haasan filmography
Child actor (1959–1965)[edit]
Haasan won best actor the President's Gold Medal – Rashtrapathi Award for his performance in Kalathur Kannamma at age four, and starred in five more films as a child. He debuted in the Malayalam film industry in Kannum Karalum (1962). With his father's encouragement Haasan joined a repertory company (T. K. S. Nataka Sabha) headed by T. K. Shanmugam, continuing his education at the Hindu Higher Secondary School in Triplicane. His time with the theatre company shaped Haasan's craft, and kindled his interest in makeup.[10][11]
Lead roles, 1970–1975[edit]
After a seven-year hiatus from films Haasan returned to the industry as a crew member, playing a few supporting roles. His role as an adult was in the 1970 film Maanavan, where he appeared in a dance sequence. Haasan also had a supporting role in Annai Velankani (where he was assistant director), and appeared in K. Balachander's 1973 film Arangetram. He played the antagonist in Sollathaan Ninaikkiren and Gumasthavin Magal. Haasan's first serious role was in K. Balachander's Aval Oru Thodar Kathai (1974). His last supporting role was in Pattikkaattu Raja, in 1975.
Haasan's second Malayalam film was 1975's Kanyakumari, for which he won his first regional Filmfare Award.[12] Other Malayalam films were Kanyakumari and Raasaleela. He played the lead in the Tamil film Apoorva Raagangal, directed by K. Balachander (for which he won his first Filmfare Award in Tamil).[13] Its plot involved a young man in love with an older woman,[14] and the film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil. Haasan learned to play the mridangam for his role.[15]
Late 1970s[edit]
In 1976, Balachander cast Haasan as a womaniser in Manmadha Leelai; this was followed by Oru Oodhappu Kan Simittugiradhu (directed by S.P. Muthuraman), which won him his second consecutive Regional Filmfare (Tamil) Best Actor Award. Haasan later appeared in the Balachander drama Moondru Mudichu. Avargal (1977) concerned the women's movement; for this role, he learned ventriloquism.[16] The film was remade in Telugu as Idi Katha Kaadu (1979), with Haasan reprising his role. 16 Vayathinile, in which he played a village bumpkin, won him a third consecutive Best Actor award. In 1977 Haasan starred in his first Kannada film, Kokila, the directorial debut of friend and mentor Balu Mahendra. That year he also appeared in a Bengali film, Kabita, a remake of the Tamil film Aval Oru Thodar Kathai. In 1978 Haasan made his Telugu film debut with a lead role in the cross-cultural romantic film, Maro Charithra, directed by Balachander. His fourth consecutive Filmfare Award resulted from Sigappu Rojakkal, a thriller in which he played a psychopathic sexual killer.
In the 1978 Telugu film Sommokadidhi Sokkadidhi, Haasan played two parts. This was also his first collaboration with director Suresh Madhavan. He also appeared in the musical Ninaithale Inikkum, a snake-horror film (Neeya) and Kalyanaraman. At the end of the 1970s he had a total of six regional Best Actor Filmfare Awards, including four consecutive Best Tamil Actor Awards.
Hindi Film Industry (1980s)[edit]
Haasan's films during the 1980s included 1980's Tamil-language Varumayin Niram Sivappu, in which he played an unemployed youth; he also made a cameo appearance in Rajinikanth's 1981 Thillu Mullu. Haasan made his debut in Hindi cinema with Ek Duuje Ke Liye, the remake of his own acted Telugu-language film Maro Charithra directed by K. Balachander (which earned him his first Filmfare Hindi-language nomination). He made his 100th film appearance in 1981 in Raja Paarvai, debuting as a producer. Despite the film's relatively poor box-office performance, his portrayal of a blind session violinist earned him a Filmfare Award.[17] After a year of starring in commercial films, Haasan won the first of three National Awards for Best Actor for his portrayal of a schoolteacher caring for an amnesia patient in Balu Mahendra's Moondram Pirai, later reprising his role in the Hindi version, Sadma.[12] During this period he focused on Bollywood remakes of his Tamil films, including Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya and Zara Si Zindagi. In 1983 he appeared in Sagara Sangamam, directed by K. Vishwanath. His portrayal of an alcoholic classical dancer won him his first Nandi Award for Best Actor and his second Filmfare Best Telugu Actor Award.
After 1984's multistarrer Raaj Tilak, Haasan appeared in Saagar (released 1985), winning the Filmfare Best Actor Award and nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award. The film was India's representative for the Best Foreign Language Oscar in 1985.[12] He left Bollywood temporarily after Geraftaar [18] and Dekha Pyar Tumhara to feature in Japanil Kalyanaraman (a sequel to his 1979 Kalyanaraman).
In 1986, Haasan produced the technically brilliant Vikram and collabarated with Kodandarami Reddy for Oka Radha Iddaru Krishnulu and then K. Vishwanath in Swathi Muthyam, playing an autistic person who tries to change society; it was India's entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards in 1986.[12] These Tollywood films found him a large audience in Andhra Pradesh, and many of his later Tamil films were dubbed into Telugu.[19]
Following Punnagai Mannan (in which he played two roles, including a satire of Charlie Chaplin as Chaplin Chellappa) and Kadhal Parisu, Haasan appeared in Mani Ratnam's 1987 film Nayakan. He received his second Indian National Award for his performance; Nayakan (inspired from Hollywood movie The Godfather [20]) 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.[21]
In 1988 Haasan appeared in his only silent film to date: Pushpak, a black comedy,[12] Unnal Mudiyum Thambi (a remake of the Telugu film Rudraveena) and Sathya (remake of Hindi film Arjun) in 1988. Haasan's all four films of 1989 were major success, Apoorva Sagodharargal, where he played a dwarf,[12] then Chanakyan, an original Malayalam film, later the blockbuster Vetri Vizha (where he played an amnesiac) and finally Haasan played two parts in Indrudu Chandrudu, winning the Filmfare Best Actor and Nandi Awards for his performance. By the end of the 1980s Haasan was successful in the Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi film industries, with Filmfare Awards in each industry and two national awards.[19][22][23]
Comedy (1990s)[edit]
In 1990, Michael Madhana Kamarajan saw Haasan build on Apoorva Sagodharargal by playing quadruplets. It began as a collaboration with writer Crazy Mohan for future comedy films.[24] Haasan won successive Best Actor awards for his portrayal of deranged, obsessive protagonists in Gunaa and Thevar Magan (which was remade in Hindi as 1997's Virasat). He was credited with the story for the latter, and won his third National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil as a producer. The film was India's submission for the Academy Awards that year. A series of films
followed: Singaravelan, Maharasan, Kalaignan, Mahanadi, Nammavar, and Sathi Leelavathi (based on the British film She-Devil). The film (produced by Haasan) featured Haasan, Kannada actor Ramesh Arvind and comedian Kovai Sarala. He resumed his collaboration with Kasinadhuni Viswanath in the Telugu film, Subha Sankalpam, and starred in the police story Kuruthipunal (remake of govind nihlani's movie Drohkaal [25]) with Arjun Sarja. Haasan's success in the latter was followed by his third National Film Award for Best Actor for Indian.[26]
After Indian Haasan played a woman in the comedy Avvai Shanmughi (inspired by Mrs. Doubtfire),[27] which was a box-office success. He chose Shantanu Sheorey to direct the Hindi remake of Avvai Shanmughi, Chachi 420,[28] but after dissatisfaction with five days of shooting Haasan took over as director.[29][30] In 1997 Haasan began directing an unfinished biopic of Mohammed Yusuf Khan, Marudhanayagam; a forty five minutes of film and a trailer was shot.[31] Marudhanayagam was expected to be the biggest, most expensive film in Indian cinematic history and his magnum opus; a number of well-known actors and technicians had been signed, and it was launched at a public ceremony by Queen Elizabeth during her 1997 visit to India.[32] Although the film failed to materialise due to budget constraints, Haasan expressed an interest in reviving the project.[33] In 1998, he appeared in Singeetham Srinivasa Rao's romantic comedy, Kaathala Kaathala opposite Prabhu Deva. The film was a commercial success and was also dubbed in Hindi as Mirch Masala, which was never released.[34]
2000–present[edit]
After a two-year hiatus from Indian cinema, Haasan decided against reviving Marudhanayagam. He directed his second film, Hey Ram,[35] a period drama, told in flashback, with a fact-based plot centering on the partition of India and the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. Haasan produced and choreographed the film, writing its screenplay and lyrics; it was India's submission for the Academy Awards that year.[36] Hey Ram was a box-office failure in India but was successful worldwide. Also in 2000, Haasan appeared in the comedy Thenali (inspired from Hollywood movie What About Bob?[37]) as a Sri Lankan Tamilian with PTSD who is under a psychiatrist's care. Thenali, starring Malayalam actor Jayaram, was a box-office success. Haasan's next film was 2001's Aalavandhan, in which he played two roles: For one he had his head shaved and gained ten kilograms. To play the other Army major in Aalavandhan, he went to the NDA for a crash course.[38] The Hindi version was distributed by Shringar Films.[39][40] Despite pre-release publicity, the film was a commercial failure.[41]
After a number of successful comedies[42] (including Pammal K. Sambandam and Panchathantiram (inspired from the Hollywood movie Very Bad Things[43]) and guest appearances, Haasan directed Virumaandi, a film about capital punishment which won the Best Asian Film Award at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival.[44] He also appeared in Anbe Sivam with Madhavan. Priyadarshan, its original director, left and Sundar C. completed the film. Anbe Sivam tells the story of Nallasivam, portrayed by Haasan as a communist. His performance was praised by critics, with The Hindu saying that he "has once again done Tamil cinema proud".[45]
In 2004 Haasan appeared in Vasool Raja MBBS, a remake of Bollywood's Munnabhai MBBS, with Sneha which was a box-office success. The following year, he wrote and starred in the comedy Mumbai Express. Released during Tamil New Year with Rajinikanth's Chandramukhi and Vijay's romantic comedy Sachien, it was a disappointment at the box office despite positive reviews. In 2006 Haasan's long-delayed project, the stylish police story Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu, was a success. Directed by Gautham Menon, the film is about a police officer sent to the US to investigate a series of medical murders. In 2008's Dasavathaaram, he played ten roles; the film was released in a number of languages (including Tamil, Telugu and Hindi) throughout India and overseas. Dasavathaaram, written by Haasan and director K. S. Ravikumar, is one of the first modern science-fiction films made in India. Starring Haasan and Asin Thottumkal, it was the highest-grossing Tamil film (as of 2008) and his performance was critically praised.[46] In Canada, Dasavathaaram was the first Tamil film distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.[47]
After Dasavathaaram Haasan directed a film tentatively titled Marmayogi, which stalled after a year of pre-production. He 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.[48][49]It was released in Telugu as Eeenadu, with Venkatesh reprising the role played by Kher.[50] Both versions were critically acclaimed and commercially successful.[50][51]
Haasan collaborated for the fifth time with Ravikumar in Manmadan Ambu, also writing the screenplay. The story concerns a man who hires a detective to find out if his fiancée is cheating on him.[52] The film was released in December 2010 to mixed reviews, with Behindwoods calling it "an entertainer, but in parts"[53] and Sify saying it "lacks the punch to captivate the audiences".[54]
Haasan's next film after Manmadhan Ambu was 2013's Vishwaroopam, released in Hindi as Vishwaroop. It won two National Film Awards (Best Production Design and Best Choreography) at the 60th National Film Awards.[55] In May 2014, he was appointed as the official Indian delegate to the 67th Cannes Film Festival.[56] As of July 2014, he was working on three films: Uthama Villain, Vishwaroopam II, the sequel of Vishwaroopam[57] and Papanasam.[58] After 2 years of Vishwaroopam' s release, Uttama Villain was released on 2 May 2015 with exceptional critical reviews and on 3 July 2015, Papanasam a Tamil remake of Malayalam film Drishyam[59] was released with positive reviews and became a huge success [60] followed by the bi-lingual Thoongaa Vanam and Cheekati Rajyam,[61] both doing moderate business.
Off-screen contributions[edit]
In addition to acting, Haasan is noted for his involvement in other aspects of filmmaking.[10][29] He has written many of his films, including Raja Paarvai, Apoorva Sagodharargal, Michael Madhana Kamarajan, Thevar Magan, Mahanadhi, Hey Ram, Aalavandhan, Anbe Sivam, Nala Damayanthi, Virumaandi, Dasavathaaram, Manmadhan Ambu and Vishwaroopam. Haasan's production company (Rajkamal International) has produced several of his films, and he directed Chachi 420, Hey Ram, Virumaandi and Vishwaroopam. He considered directing full-time if Hey Ram was successful, but changed his mind when the film failed at the box office.[62] In his earlier career, he has also choreographed for MGR in Naan Yen Pirandhen, Sivaji Ganesan in Savaale Samaali and Jayalalithaa in Anbu Thangai[63]
In 2010 Haasan said he wanted to do more directing, since young actors wished to work for him. When he played supporting roles early in his career he wanted to become a technician, and joked: "Film makers like K. Balachander told me that I won't be able make much money by being a technician. So the end result is that the star Kamal funds the technician Kamal in pursuing his dreams".[64] Kamal attended workshops for makeup technicians in the US for several years, and trained as a makeup artist under Michael Westmore.[65]
Haasan has also written songs for his films. He wrote the lyrics for a single in Hey Ram, songs in Virumaandi and Unnaipol Oruvan and the album for Manmadhan Ambu. Haasan's musical work has been well received by his peers in Tamil film.[66] He is also a playback singer,[67] singing in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and English.[68] Currently Haasan is part of the Mission "Clean India" set by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi nominated 9 important VIPs to spread it to people via media or by their own example and one in nine people is Kamal Haasan who is chosen for his sincere work towards social welfare moves.
Personal life[edit]
Family[edit]
Kamal Haasan was born into a Tamil family[69] in the town of Paramakudi, in the Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu, to criminal lawyer D. Srinivasan and Rajalakshmi a housewife.[70] During a 2013 appearance on an episode of Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi, he stated that his parents originally named him Parthasarathy and his mother always used to call him by that name.[6] In an interview with Karan Thapar, Haasan said his father was literate in Sanskrit. Kamal was the youngest of four children; his siblings are Charuhasan, Chandrahasan and Nalini (Raghu). His two older brothers followed their father's example and studied law.
Haasan has alluded to his parents in some of his works, notably Unnaipol Oruvan and in the song "Kallai Mattum" in Dasavathaaram.[71] His oldest brother Charuhasan, like Kamal, is a National Film Award-winning actor who appeared in the Kannada film Tabarana Kathe. Charuhasan's daughter Suhasini is also a National Film Award winner married to director (and fellow award-winner) Mani Ratnam, who collaborated with Haasan on 1987's Nayakan.[72] Chandrahasan has produced several of Haasan's films and is an executive with Rajkamal International. Chandrahasan's daughter Anu Hasan has had supporting roles in several films, including Suhasini's Indira. Haasan's sister, Nalini Raghu, is a dance teacher for whom he named an auditorium (Nalini Mahal).[73] Her son, Gautham, played Haasan's grandson in Hey Ram.
Relationships[edit]
Early in his career, he co-starred in several films with Srividya. They were reported to have had an affair during the 1970s, and their relationship was explored in the 2008 Malayalam film Thirakkatha by Renjith (with Anoop Menon as Haasan and Priyamani as Srividya). Haasan visited Srividya when she was on her deathbed in 2006.[74]
In 1978, at age 24, Haasan married dancer Vani Ganapathy.[75] They divorced ten years later.
Haasan and the actress Sarika began living together in 1988, marrying after the birth of their first child, Shruti Haasan (born 1986). Shruti Haasan is a singer and a Tollywood-Kollywood actress. Their younger daughter, Akshara (born 1991), was assistant director for 2013's Vishwaroopam. Sarika stopped acting soon after their marriage, replacing Vani Ganapathy as Haasan's costume designer for Hey Ram. In 2002, the couple filed for divorce, which became final in 2004.[76]
Haasan's affair with co-star Simran Bagga (22 years younger than him) triggered the breakup.[77] His relationship with Simran (who appeared in Pammal K. Sambandam and Panchathantiram) was brief, since Simran married her childhood friend in late 2003. Haasan had lived with former actress Gautami Tadimalla (who had starred with him in several films during the late 1980s and early 1990s) from 2005 till 2016. Gautami had announced on her blog that she had ended her relationship with Haasan.[78] Gautami wrote on her blog: “It is heartbreaking for me to have to say today that I and Mr. Haasan are no longer together. After almost 13 years together, it has been one of the most devastating decisions that I have ever had to make in my life,”.[79] Shruti, Akshara and Gautami's daughter Subbalakshmi (from an annulled marriage) lived with them.[80]
Views[edit]
Kamal Haasan is a self-proclaimed atheist.[81] Haasan has often questioned the existence of God and has highlighted the theme in his films like Anbe Sivam and Dasavathaaram.[82] He has been thought to be Muslim because of his Arabic-sounding name, most notably when he was denied preclearance by U.S. Customs and Border Protection authorities at Toronto Pearson International Airport in 2002.[83] In Sanskrit Kamal means "lotus", but it was rumoured that his name originated with a friend of his father (Yaakob Hassan, a Muslim freedom fighter who was imprisoned along with Kamal's father by the British). In a BBC interview with Karan Thapar Haasan said that his last name derives from the Sanskrit word hasya, and although the Yaakob Hassan connection was publicised by the media it was only "a story".[84] Although he has abstained from politics, Haasan is considered left-leaning or independent[85] and has said that his politics would result in his death within a year.[86]
Humanitarian work[edit]
Haasan is the first Tamil actor to convert his fan clubs into welfare organisations[87] and is involved in social-service activities through the clubs under the name Kamal Narpani Iyakkam (Kamal Welfare Association).[88][89] His fan clubs help organise blood- and eye-donation drives, and donate educational materials to students.[90][91][92]
Haasan received the first Abraham Kovoor National Award for his humanist activities and secular life in 2004.[93] He was project ambassador for Hridayaragam 2010, which raised funds for an orphanage for HIV/AIDS-affected children.[94] In September 2010 Haasan launched a children's cancer relief fund and gave roses to children with cancer at Sri Ramachandra University in Porur, Chennai.[95] He has pledged his product-endorsement income to social causes.[96][97] Haasan won ₹ 5 million on Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi in March 2013 and promised that his prize money would be used for Petral Thaan Pillaya, supporting children with HIV.
Kamal Haasan was nominated by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Swachh Bharat Campaign. He chose to clean the Madambakkam lake in Chennai with the Environmentalist Foundation of India's Arun Krishnamurthy on 7 November 2014.[98][99]
Known for refusing any kind of brand endorsement, Haasan endorsed Pothys for the first time in 2015.[100] His daughter, Shruti Haasan has previously endorsed Pothys. In the past, Haasan has stated that should he ever act in commercials, the revenue earned from them would be donated to HIV affected children.[101]
Writings[edit]
Haasan publishes the magazine Mayyam, by the Kamal Haasan Welfare Association (Narpani Iyakkam). His views on cinema, child and drug abuse, and the Kashmir conflict have been published as Thedi Theerpom Va (Come, Let's Find and Solve) by his fan club.[102] Haasan is also interested in Tamil literature.[103][104]
Awards and honours[edit]
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Kamal Haasan
Haasan received in 1990 the Padma Shri and in 2014 the Padma Bhushan for his contributions to Indian cinema.[105] At age six he won the President's Gold Medal for Best Child Actor for his debut film, Kalathur Kannamma.[106] Haasan is tied with Mammootty for the second most Best Actor National Film Awards with three. He won a National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil for producing the 1992 Tamil film, Thevar Magan. Haasan has a record 19 Filmfare Awards in five languages; after his last award, in 2000, he wrote to the organisation requesting no further awards.[93][107] In 2003, his films Hey Ram, Pushpak, Nayakan and Kuruthipunal were showcased in the "Director in Focus" category at the Rotterdam Film Festival.[108] In 2004, Virumaandi won the inaugural Best Asian film award at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan).[44][108]
In 2005, Sathyabama Deemed University awarded Haasan an honorary doctorate.[109] He received the Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award for Excellence in Indian Cinema at the inaugural Vijay Awards in 2006.[110] Haasan received the Living Legend Award in 2007 from FICCI.[111] In 2010, the United Progressive Alliance government organised a retrospective of his films. Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said the actor was unique, since his films broke regional and language barriers.[112] That year, the government of Kerala honoured him for 50 years in Indian cinema during statewide Onamcelebrations in Thiruvananthapuram.[113]
Haasan received the Kalaimamani Award from the government of Tamil Nadu in 1979.[114] Other honours include Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, Nandi, Screen and Vijay Awards, including four awards for his performance in Dasavathaaram. In 2009 Haasan was appointed chairman of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Media and Entertainment Business Conclave, organised by FICCI's entertainment division.[115] He is on the academic advisory council for ISFM (International school of Film+Media),[116] and was the first Indian actor invited aboard an American ship as a special friend of the US.[117] In April 2013 Haasan received an award on behalf of Indian cinema from Chris Brown, executive vice-president for conventions and business operations of the National Association of Broadcasters, as part of the New York Festivals International Film & TV Awards.[118] He is one of 20 film celebrities recognised by Coca-Cola India with the launch of the 24th edition of the Limca Book of Records in 2013.[119]
Critique, professional and public perception[edit]
Mani Ratnam, who directed Haasan in Nayakan, has said that there are many things he can do that no other actor can.[120] Veteran Tamil actor Nagesh called Haasan the best actor he had ever seen.[121] Haasan's contributions to film have been praised by his peers in the Indian film industry, including Sridevi, Meena, Amitabh Bachchan, Mohanlal, Venkatesh, Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan.[122][123][124][125]Younger actors (Suriya and Madhavan)[126][127][128] and filmmakers (Bala, Ameer and Gautham Menon) have been inspired by him.[129][130][131][132]
The animated action sequence in Quentin Tarantino's 2003 film, Kill Bill, was inspired by 2D animated sequences in an Indian film believed to be Aalavandhan.[133][134][135] Hollywood filmmaker Barrie M. Osburne called Haasan's knowledge of literature, history and films "encyclopedic",[136] and Ang Lee said he was stunned by his brilliance and knowledge of films.[137]
Kamal Hassan has been alleged of plagiarism and inspiration from Hollywood films.[138][139][140][141][142][143] He was criticised by the Tamil Nadu Finance Minister O. Panneerselvam; the latter stated that Kamal was "confused’ and had "blabbered" unaware of the ground reality for his statement on the government's response to rain relief efforts.[144][145] Haasan was also criticised by Nayakan's producer Muktha Srinivasan for his article in The Hindu taking unnecessary credit for that film.[146]He was condemned by the BJP Politician H Raja for his statements on god believers.[147][148]
Haasan has been accused of self-indulgence[149] and criticised for sexually explicit scenes and themes, offensive religious sentiments and superficiality about the social issues depicted in his films.[150][151][152][153] There have also been complaints about his obsession with perfection, which may have caused some of his films to run over budget.[154][155][156]
பிறப்பு: நவம்பர் 7, 1954
பிறந்த இடம்: பரமக்குடி, தமிழ்நாடு, இந்தியா
தொழில்: நடிகர், திரைக்கதையாசிரியர், இயக்குனர், பாடலாசிரியர், பின்னணிப் பாடகர், நடன அமைப்பாளர், தயாரிப்பாளர்
நாட்டுரிமை: இந்தியா
ஆரம்ப கால வாழ்க்கை
கமல்ஹாசன் அவர்கள், தமிழ்நாட்டின் ராமநாதபுரம் மாவட்டத்திலிருக்கும் பரமக்குடியில் குற்றவியல் வழக்கறிஞராக இருந்த டி.சீனிவாசனுக்கும், ராஜலக்ஷ்மி அவர்களுக்கும் மகனாக பிறந்தார். நான்கு குழந்தைகளில், கடைக்குட்டியாகப் பிறந்த கமலுக்கு, இளம் வயதிலிருந்தே, படிப்பைத் தவிர மற்ற கலைகளில் ஆர்வம் அதிகமிருந்ததால், மிகுதியான நேரத்தை அதில் செலவிட்டார். சாருஹாசன், சந்திரஹாசன், மற்றும் நளினி ரகு இவருடைய உடன் பிறந்தவர்கள். கமல் அவர்களின் தந்தை, கட்டுப்பாடு மிகுந்தவராக இருந்ததால், தனது மகன்களை நன்குப் படிக்க வைக்க எண்ணினார். அவரின் எண்ணத்திற்கேற்ப, கமலின் மூத்த சகோதரர்கள் இருவரும் தனது தந்தையை உதாரணமாகக் கொண்டு, சட்டம் பயின்றனர்.
இல்லற வாழ்க்கை
1978ல், வாணி கணபதி என்பவரை மணமுடித்த கமல்ஹாசன், பத்து ஆண்டுகள் கழித்து அவரிடம் விவாஹரத்துப் பெற்று, சரிகா என்ற நடிகையை மணமுடித்தார். அவர்களுக்கு, ஷ்ருதி ஹாசன் மற்றும் அக்ஷரா என்ற மகள்கள் உள்ளனர். பின்னர், சிம்ரனுடனான தொடர்பின் காரணமாக, சரிகா அவர்கள், கமலிடம் விவாஹரத்துக் கோரினார். 2002ல் சரிகாவுடனான உறவிலிருந்து விடுதலைப் பெற்ற பின், 2005லிருந்து கௌதமியுடன் இணைந்து வாழ்ந்துக் கொண்டிருக்கிறார்.
திரையுலக வாழ்க்கை
தனது திரையுலக வாழ்க்கையை, ஒரு குழந்தை நட்சத்திரமாகத் தொடங்கிய கமல்ஹாசன் அவர்கள், தீவிர நாடகக் கலைஞராகவும் இருந்து வருகிறார். 1960ல் வெளியான ‘களத்தூர் கண்ணம்மா’ திரைப்படத்தில் முதன்முதலில் அறிமுகமான போது, அவருக்கு வயது ஆறு. அத்திரைப்படத்தின் சிறந்த குழந்தை நட்சத்திரத்திற்கான ‘இந்திய தேசிய விருதைப்’ பெற்றார். குழந்தை நட்சத்திரமாகப் பல திரைப்படங்களில் நடித்த இவர், ஒரு இளைஞனாக, 1970ல் வெளியான ‘மாணவன்’ என்ற திரைப்படத்தில் ஒரு பாடலில் மற்றும் தோன்றினார். 1973ல், வெளியான கே.பாலச்சந்தர் அவர்களின் ‘அரங்கேற்றம்’ என்ற திரைப்படம் அவருக்கு ஒரு திருப்புமுனையாக இருந்தது. துணைக் கதாப்பாத்திரமாக பல கதைகளில் நடித்தாலும், அவர் எதிர்மறையான கதாப்பாத்திரங்களில் நடித்த ‘சொல்லத்தான் நினைக்கிறன்’, ‘குமாஸ்தாவின் மகள்’ போன்ற திரைப்படங்கள் பெரிதும் பேசப்பட்டவை. 1974ல் வெளிவந்த, ‘நான் அவன் இல்லை’ திரைப்படமே அவர் துணைக் கதாப்பாத்திரத்தில் நடித்த கடைசித் திரைப்படமாகும்.
1974ல் வெளியான ‘கன்னியாகுமரி’ என்ற மலையாளப் படம் மூலமாக கதாநாயகனாக உருவெடுத்தார். இந்தப் படம் அவருக்கு அம்மொழிக்கான ஃபிலிம்ஃபேர் விருதினைப் பெற்றுத் தந்தது. தமிழ்த் திரையுலகில் நாயகனாக அவர் அறிமுகமாகிய முதல் படம், கே.பாலச்சந்தர் அவர்கள் இயக்கிய ‘அபூர்வ ராகங்கள்’. இப்படத்திற்காக, அவருக்கு ‘ஃபிலிம்ஃபேர் விருதும்’, ‘தேசிய விருதும்’ கிடைத்தது. 1970களில், ரஜினிகாந்த்தும், கமல்ஹாசனும் பல திரைப்படங்களில் இணைந்து நடித்தனர். ’16 வயதினிலே’, ‘மூன்று முடிச்சு’, ‘அவர்கள்’, ‘இளமை ஊஞ்சல் ஆடுகிறது’ போன்ற திரைப்படங்கள் அவ்விருவரின் கூட்டணிக்கு நல்ல எடுத்துக்காட்டு. பின்னர், தொடர்ந்து வெற்றிப் படங்களான ‘சிகப்பு ரோஜாக்கள்’, ‘வருமையின் நிறம் சிகப்பு’, ‘நீயா’, ‘கல்யாண ராமன்’, ‘நினைத்தாலே இனிக்கும்’, ‘ராஜப்பார்வை’, ‘மூன்றாம் பிறை’ ஆகிய படங்கள் இவருக்குப் பல விருதுகளைத் தேடித்தந்தது.
அதே சமயத்தில், அவர் ஹிந்தித் திரையுலகிலும் கவனம் செலுத்தினார். ‘ஏக் துஜே கே லியே’, ‘சாகர்’, ‘ராஜ் திலக்’, கிரஃப்தார்’ ஆகிய திரைப்படங்கள் அவர் நடித்த ஹிந்தி திரைப்படங்களில் சில. 1990களில் வெளியான ‘அபூர்வ சகோதர்கள்’, ‘குணா’, ‘தேவர் மகன்’, ‘மகாநதி’, ‘குருதிப்புனல்’, ‘இந்தியன்’, ‘அவ்வை ஷண்முகி’ போன்ற படங்கள், வெற்றிகரமான பாக்ஸ் ஆஃபிஸ் திரைப்படங்களாக உருவெடுத்தன. 1990ல், அவரின் அற்புதமான நடிப்புத் திறமைக்காக, இந்திய அரசு அவருக்கு மிக உயரிய விருதான ‘பத்மஸ்ரீ’ விருதை வழங்கியது. அன்று முதல், இவர் ‘பத்மஸ்ரீ கமல்ஹாசன்’ என்றும் அழைக்கப்படுகிறார்.
இரண்டு ஆண்டுகள் நீண்ட இடைவெளிக்குப்பின் வெளியான திரைப்படம், ‘ஹே ராம்’. இது அவருடைய சொந்தத் தயாரிப்பான ‘ராஜ்கமல் பட நிறுவனத்தின்’ படைப்பாகும். அப்போது ஆட்சியிலிருந்த காங்கிரஸ், இந்த படத்திற்குத் தடை விதித்தாலும், இப்படம் பெருமளவு வெற்றியை அடைந்தது. பின்னர், ‘தெனாலி’, ‘பம்மல் கே. சம்பந்தம்’, ‘பஞ்சதந்திரம்’, ‘வசூல் ராஜா MBBS’ போன்ற திரைப்படங்கள் அவருடைய நகைச்சுவை உணர்வுக்காகப் பெரிதும் பேசப்பட்டவை. கெளதம் மேனன் இயக்கத்தில் வெளியான ‘வேட்டையாடு விளையாடு’, கே.எஸ்.ரவிக்குமார் இயக்கத்தில் வெளிவந்த ‘தசாவதாரம்’ உலகளவில் பெரும் வெற்றியைத் தேடித்தந்தது. அண்மையில் அவர் நடித்து, இயக்கி தமிழ், தெலுங்கு மற்றும் ஹிந்தியில் வெளியான ‘விஸ்வரூபம்’ பாக்ஸ் ஆஃபிஸில் வெற்றிப் பெற்று வெளிவந்த சில நாட்களிலேயே 120 கோடி வருவாயை ஈட்டியுள்ளது.
நடிப்பைத் தவிர, அவர் பல படங்களுக்கு, பாடல்களும் எழுதியிருக்கிறார். மேலும், தமிழ், ஹிந்தி, தெலுங்கு, மலையாளம், மற்றும் ஆங்கிலத்தில் எழுபதுக்கும் மேற்பட்டப் பாடல்களைப் பாடியும் உள்ளார். திறமைசாளியான கமல்ஹாசன் அவர்கள், பரதநாட்டிய கலைஞர் என்பதால், பல படங்களுக்கு நடனக்கலைஞராகவும் இருந்துள்ளார்.
இலக்கிய படைப்புகள்
தமிழ் இலக்கியத்தில் அவருக்கு இருக்கும் ஆர்வத்தாலும், எழுத்துத் திறனாலும் ‘மையம்’ என்ற பத்திரிக்கையை இயக்கும் பணியில் ஈடுபட்டிருந்தார். இவ்விதழைக் ‘கமல்ஹாசன் நற்பணி மன்றம்’ இயக்கி வருகிறது. தனது ரசிகர் சங்கம் மூலமாக, சினிமா, குழந்தை வசவு, காஷ்மீர் மோதல், போதை மருந்துப் போன்ற சமுதாயப் பிரச்சனைகளை, தனது புத்தகமான ‘தேடித் தீர்ப்போம் வா’ என்ற தலைப்பில் சேகரித்து வெளியிட்டார்.
பொதுநலப் பணிகள்
‘கமல் நற்பணி இலக்கியம்’ என்ற அமைப்பின் கீழ் பல சமுதாயப் பொது நல அமைப்புகள் அமைத்து சமூக சேவையில் ஈடுபட்டு வருகிறார்கள், அவரது ரசிகர்கள். ஏழை எளியோருக்கு உதவுவது, பள்ளிக் குழந்தைகளுக்குப் புத்தகம், கணினிப் போன்றவற்றை வழங்குவது போன்ற நற்பணிகளும் செய்கிறார்கள். ஹ்ருதயராகம் 2010 என்ற திட்டத்தின் தூதராக இருந்த அவர், எய்ட்ஸினால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டோருக்கு உதவுவதன் பொருட்டாக ஒரு அனாதை இல்லத்தை அமைத்தார். புற்றுநோயால் பாதிக்கப்பட்ட குழந்தைகளுக்கு நிவாரண நிதித் திரட்டி, சென்னை போரூரிலிருக்கும் ஸ்ரீ ராமச்சந்திரா பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில், செப்டம்பர் 2010ஆம் ஆண்டு வழங்கினார்.
விருதுகள்
சிறந்த நடிப்பிற்காக மூன்றாம்பிறை, நாயகன், இந்தியன் போன்ற படங்களுக்காக இந்திய அரசின் தேசிய விருதுகளைப் பெற்றார்.
சிறந்த குழந்தை நட்சத்திரத்துக்காக ‘இந்திய தேசிய விருது’ அவரது முதல் படமான ‘களத்தூர் கண்ணம்மாவிற்காக’ வழங்கப்பட்டது.
18 முறை ஃபிலிம்பேர் விருதுகள் பெற்ற பெருமை, கமல்ஹாசன் அவர்களையே சேரும்.
1990ல், ‘பத்மசிறீ விருது’ பெற்றார்.
2005ல், சத்யபாமா நிகர்நிலை பல்கலைக்கழகம் அவருக்கு ‘டாக்டர் பட்டம்’ வழங்கி கௌரவித்தது.
முக்கியமான திரைப்படங்கள்
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மூன்றாம் பிறை
நாயகன்
அபூர்வ சகோதரர்கள்
மைக்கேல் மதன காமராஜன்
குணா
மகாநதி
தேவர் மகன்
இந்தியன்
அவ்வை சண்முகி
ஆளவந்தான்
தெனாலி
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