Let's have a look at 10 Lesser Known Facts Of This ‘Lokanayakudu’
Debut at 6
Kamal Hassan made his debut in the film industry at the age of 6 with the movie Kalathur Kannama (1959) and also won a prestigious President’s Gold Medal for his ace performance as the child actor.
How can we forget Kamal’s ‘Bhama’ attire in ‘Bhamane Satyabhamane’ movie… This ‘Indian 2’ actor has travelled to the USA and completed his makeup-course and also learned the art of prosthetics.
Kamal Hassan was the first South Indian actor to bag 1 crore remuneration in 1994.
Even Hollywood ace director Quentin Tarantino was inspired with Kamal’s Abhay (2001) which is a remake of Kollywood flick Aalavandhan. Quentin also used an action sequence from this movie for his flick Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003).
Prestigious Time Magazine has listed Kamal’s ‘Nayakan (1987)’ movie as one of the ‘Top 100 Best Films’ in 1997 even after 10 years of its release.
Kamal Hassan is only the actor in the Indian Film Industry who has bagged silver jubilee films in five languages Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu.
We might have seen dual role or triple action on the big screens, but Kamal Hassan essayed 10 different roles in his ‘Dashavatarm (2010)’ and awed all and sundry with his all-time record.
This ‘Vishwaroopam’ actor has pledged to donate his organs (after his death) to Madras Medical College.
Speaking about his awards, he has got 19 ‘Filmfare’ awards, 4 National Awards and bagged prestigious Padma Shri in 1990 and Padma Bhushan in 2014. On the other hand, he was awarded with ‘Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Chevalier)’ by the Government of France.
Kamal completed 50 years in his acting career and is known as an ace dancer, singer, director, producer, lyricist, technician and make-up artiste as well.