Acting since the age of six. A filmography across six languages. Three national awards for best actor, eighteen filmfare awards and the list goes on. Most would be the glittering film carrer behind them, but not kamal hassan. born in 1954 in paramakudi, kamal is perhaps the only man in indian film industry to match amitabh bachchan in popularity n longevity. On the professional front, he has more than has his hands full with 10 roles in a tamil film, DASAAVATHAARAM, wich he is also writing. He is also so called AWARDS MAGNET- has bagged 171 awards including national and international awards.

He has the distinction of being the actor with the most number of films submitted by India in contest for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In addition to acting and directing, he is a screenwriter, lyricist, playback singer and choreographer. His film production company, Rajkamal International, has produced several of his films.
Kamal Haasan's breakthrough into lead acting came with his role in the 1975 drama, Apoorva Raagangal, in which he played a rebellious youth in love with an older woman. He secured his first Indian National Film Award for his portrayal of a guileless school teacher who tends a child-like amnesiac in 1982's Moondram Pirai. He was particularly noted for his performance in Mani Ratnam's Godfatheresque Nayagan (1987), which was ranked by Time magazine as one of the best films of all-time. He is my all time favourite hero, Long Live Our UNIVERSAL HERO-KAMAL HASSAN.