Walking Encyclopedia Of Indian Cinema Completes 64 Years

A President’s Medal for his first on screen performance at the age of four, marked Dr Kamal Haasan's arrival as a child prodigy and from then on, he has had a remarkable and distinguished career spanning over 64 years with over 232 films in six Indian languages. Kamal Haasan is a pan-Indian actor in the true sense. Not just in Tamil, but he rules the roost in other languages as well. He did more than 40 Malayalam films. He was equally successful in the Hindi and Telugu cinemas as well. 

Kamal Haasan's ‘Maro Charitra’, ‘Sagara Sangamam’ and ‘Swati Mutyam’ in Telugu shot him to superstardom and he went on to become a prominent name in Bollywood after the success of films like ‘Ek Duje Ke Liye’, Sadma and Saagar. He has acted in Kannada and Bengali films as well.

Accolades ranging from Padma Bhushan, four National Awards, 19 Filmfare Awards, Chevalier award from the French Government to other innumerable and varied honors stand testament to his achievements. Kamal Haasan also ventured into producing films starting his own production company Raaj Kamal Films International and his 100th film as Actor, ‘Raaja Paarvai’ was RKFIs maiden production. 

Since then, Kamal has produced and directed several films that won both critical and commercial acclaim. He won a National Award for producing the film ‘Thevar Magan’, which was also India’s official entry to Oscars in 1992. His directorial venture ‘Hey Ram’, also produced under his banner, became India’s official entry to the Oscars in 2000. Dr Kamal Haasan is the only actor to have the highest number of Academy Award submissions in Indian cinema. Between 1985 and 1987, three of his films were submitted to the Oscars. 

The latest film by him Vikram, which was released in theatres on June 3, 2023, surpassed all expectations and became the highest- grossing film across nation. In addition, he has a thrilling roster of upcoming projects on the horizon which includes Indian2, KH233, KH234 and Project K.