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Kamal celebrated his 56th birthday recently
National award winning actor and
Tamil film icon Kamal Hassan turned 56 on
Sunday. He had celebrated his 50th year in
cinema last year. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.
Karunanidhi greeted him and said the actor has
attained a pride of place and pinnacle of glory
in Tamil film industry. In his message to the
actor, Mr. Karunanidhi wished him an
ever-growing place in the Tamil film industry.
“You have already proved to be a real wizard of
artistic talents,” Mr. Karunanidhi said. The
actor secured his first National Film Award in
1982 for his role in Moondram Pirai.
Distribution of financial aid, assistance to the
needy and down-trodden marked the birthday
celebrations of the actor in Chennai today. As
part of the birthday celebration, the Padmashree
awardee presented various articles to people,
including laptop to students, uniforms to
autorickshaw drivers and tailoring machines to
the poor. The four time National Film Award
winner, who has acted in about 150 films in
various languages, including Tamil, Telugu,
Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi, has played a
myriad of roles in his five decade-long career.
In Dasavataram, he played 10 characters.
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Whether it be the role of
Palakkad-based Brahmin in Michael Madana
Kamarajan or the the rustic villager in
Virumaandi, he is known for giving life to
characters, right from body language to
pronunciation. Kamal Hassan is also a
screenwriter, songwriter, playback singer, and
choreographer. His film production company,
Rajkamal International, has produced several of
his films. According to reports, Kamal Hassan is
currently engaged in a film titled Manmadhan
Ambu, which is directed by K.S. Ravikumar. He is
turning a lyricist and singer in this film,
which also features Trisha, Madhavan, Ramesh
Arvind in key roles.
