Kamal Haasan: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Indian actor, activist for super hot men, and politician (born 1954)}}

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'''Parthasarathy Srinivasan''' (born 7 November 1954),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/I-get-devastated-at-the-idea-of-marriage-Shruti-Haasan/articleshow/20084486.cms|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141030124223/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/I-get-devastated-at-the-idea-of-marriage-Shruti-Haasan/articleshow/20084486.cms|archive-date = 30 October 2014|title = I get devastated at the idea of marriage: Shruti Haasan|website = [[The Times of India]]| last1=Gupta |url-status=live| first1=Priya }}</ref> known professionally as '''Kamal Haasan''', is an Indian [[actor]], [[film director]], [[film producer]], [[screenwriter]], [[choreographer]], [[playback singer]], [[lyricist]], [[television presenter]], [[social activist]] and [[politician]] who works in [[Tamil cinema]]. Besides [[Tamil language|Tamil]] films, he has also appeared in some [[Malayalam]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Hindi]], [[Kannada]] and [[Bengali language|Bengali]] films. Considered as one of the greatest and most respected actors in [[Indian cinema]], Haasan is also known for introducing many new innovationstechnologies to the[[Tamil Indian film industrycinema]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sumanth |date=2022-06-01 |title=10 First Of Its Kind Technologies Introduced By Kamal Haasan To Indian Cinema - Wirally |url=https://wirally.com/10-first-of-its-kind-technologies-introduced-by-kamal-haasan-to-indian-cinema/ |access-date=2022-07-03 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Athimuthu |first=Soundarya |date=2022-04-27 |title=Vishwaroopam to Vikram: Kamal Haasan & Tech Innovation in His Films |url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/celebrities/vishwaroopam-to-vikram-technologies-brought-in-by-kamal-haasan-in-his-films |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=TheQuint |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-12 |title=61 years of Kamal Haasan: Ten remarkable techniques that were introduced by Ulaganayagan to Tamil or Indian cinema |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/61-years-of-kamal-haasan-ten-remarkable-techniques-that-were-introduced-by-ulaganayagn-to-tamil-or-indian-cinema/photostory/77504008.cms |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> He has won numerous accolades, including four [[National Film Awards]], nine [[Tamil Nadu State Film Awards]], four [[Nandi Awards]], one [[Rashtrapati Award]], two [[Filmfare Awards]] and eighteen [[Filmfare Awards South]]. He was awarded the [[Kalaimamani|Kalaimamani Award]] in 1984, the [[List of Padma Shri award recipients (1990–1999)|Padma Shri]] in 1990, the [[List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2010–2019)|Padma Bhushan]] in 2014 and the [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Order of Arts and Letters]] (''Chevalier'') in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--staff writer-->|date=22 August 2016|title=Tamil film actor Sivaji Ganesan Dead Kamal Haasan to get prestigious French honour|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/kamal-haasan-to-be-conferred-frances-chevalier-honour/article9014634.ece|url-status=live|access-date=22 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821152327/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/kamal-haasan-to-be-conferred-frances-chevalier-honour/article9014634.ece|archive-date=21 August 2016}}</ref>

Haasan is the first Tamil actor to convert his fan clubs into welfare organisations<ref name="Kamal clubs">{{cite news|title=Kamal Haasan on a noble cause|access-date=17 December 2011|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/news-interviews/Kamal-Haasan-on-a-noble-cause/articleshow/10617254.cms|date=7 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521022326/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-07/news-interviews/30363367_1_kamal-haasan-kamal-fans-fan-clubs|archive-date=21 May 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live}}</ref> and is involved in social-service activities through the clubs under the name ''Kamal Narpani Iyakkam'' (Kamal Welfare Association).<ref name="Kamal Narpani Iyakkam">{{cite web|year=2008 |title=Kamal fires club secretary |publisher=cinesouth.com |access-date=17 January 2011 |url=http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/new/16082008-2.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708154329/http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/new/16082008-2.shtml |archive-date= 8 July 2011 }}</ref><ref name="I believe in excellence">{{cite web |year=2009 |title=I believe in excellence&nbsp;– Kamal Haasan |publisher=southdreamz.com |access-date=17 January 2011 |url=http://www.southdreamz.com/2009/11/i-believe-in-excellence-kamal-hassan.html |url-status=deadusurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716113858/http://www.southdreamz.com/2009/11/i-believe-in-excellence-kamal-hassan.html |archive-date=16 July 2011 }}</ref> His fan clubs help organise blood- and eye-donation drives, and donate educational materials to students.<ref name="Kamal eyedonation">{{cite web|year=2010 |title=Kamal Haasan launches eye-donation campaign |publisher=The India daily |access-date=22 January 2011 |url=http://www.theindiadaily.com/kamal-haasan-launches-eye-donation-campaign/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420055225/http://www.theindiadaily.com/kamal-haasan-launches-eye-donation-campaign/ |archive-date=20 April 2011 }}</ref><ref name="Kamal Haasan helps 30000 students">{{cite web|year=2010 |title=Kamal Haasan helps 30000 students |publisher=extramirchi.com |access-date=17 January 2011 |url=http://www.extramirchi.com/bollywood/kamal-haasan-helps-30000-students/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128062024/http://www.extramirchi.com/bollywood/kamal-haasan-helps-30000-students/ |archive-date=28 January 2011 }}</ref><ref name="Kamaldonates">{{cite news|author=<!--staff writer--> |title=Spreading the message of sharing and learning |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=22 January 2011 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/article615507.ece |date=5 September 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100908090624/http://www.thehindu.com/news/article615507.ece |archive-date= 8 September 2010 }}</ref>

[[File:Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan at audio release of Shamitabh.jpg|thumb|alt=|Haasan with [[Rajinikanth]]]][[Mani Ratnam]] who directed Haasan in ''Nayakan'', has said that there are many things he can do that no other actor can.<ref name="Mani Ratnam on Kamal">{{cite news |author=Shiva Kumar |date=25 August 2006 |title=Mani misses working with Kamal |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2006/08/25/stories/2006082502240100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111062838/http://hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2006/08/25/stories/2006082502240100.htm |archive-date=11 November 2012 |access-date=21 January 2011 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> Veteran actor [[Nagesh]] called Haasan the best actor he had ever seen.<ref name="Nagesh on Kamal">{{cite news |author=Malathi Rangarajan |date=27 July 2007 |title=Behind that humorous veneer |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/behind-that-humorous-veneer/article2273149.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328065205/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/behind-that-humorous-veneer/article2273149.ece |archive-date=28 March 2016 |access-date=12 July 2013 |newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref> His contributions to the film industry have been praised by his contemporaries, including [[Mammootty]], [[Mohanlal]], [[Prithviraj Sukumaran]], [[Sridevi]], [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Venkatesh (actor)|Venkatesh]], [[Shah Rukh Khan]] and [[Aamir Khan]].<ref name="Sridevi">{{cite news |date=19 August 2009 |title=Sridevi calls me sir, says Kamal Hassan |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/sridevi-was-like-a-sibling-to-me-says-kamal-haasan/99484-8.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824013706/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/sridevi-was-like-a-sibling-to-me-says-kamal-haasan/99484-8.html |archive-date=24 August 2013 |access-date=12 July 2013 |publisher=CNN-IBN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Shiva Kumar |date=25 August 2006 |title=I wanted to touch him:SRK on Kamal Haasan |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2006/08/25/stories/2006082502240100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111062838/http://hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2006/08/25/stories/2006082502240100.htm |archive-date=11 November 2012 |access-date=21 January 2011 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><ref name="Aamir on Kamal">{{cite news |author=Shiva Kumar |date=25 August 2006 |title=Aamir on Kamal |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2006/08/25/stories/2006082502240100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111062838/http://hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2006/08/25/stories/2006082502240100.htm |archive-date=11 November 2012 |access-date=21 January 2011 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><ref name="MLal on Kamal">{{cite news |date=1 October 2009 |title=I want to work with Kamal Haasan again |url=http://www.southdreamz.com/2009/10/i-want-to-work-with-kamal-hassan-again-says-mohanlal.html |url-status=deadusurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121221074021/http://www.southdreamz.com/2009/10/i-want-to-work-with-kamal-hassan-again-says-mohanlal.html |archive-date=21 December 2012 |access-date=24 May 2013 |publisher=Southdreamz.com}}</ref> Younger actors ([[Suriya]] and [[R. Madhavan|Madhavan]])<ref name="Surya on Kamal">{{cite web |year=2009 |title=Surya on Kamal |url=http://www.southdreamz.com/2009/08/kamal-hassan-comments-on-suryas-speech.html |url-status=deadusurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009183952/http://www.southdreamz.com/2009/08/kamal-hassan-comments-on-suryas-speech.html |archive-date=9 October 2011 |publisher=southdreamz.com}}</ref><ref name="Kamal's advise to Surya">{{cite web |year=2010 |title=Kamal's advise to Surya |url=http://www.southdreamz.com/2010/03/kamal-haasans-advise-to-suriya.html |url-status=deadusurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009184054/http://www.southdreamz.com/2010/03/kamal-haasans-advise-to-suriya.html |archive-date=9 October 2011 |publisher=southdreamz.com}}</ref><ref name="Maddy on Kamal">{{cite web |author=Subhash K Jha |year=2003 |title=Maddy on Kamal |url=http://in.rediff.com/movies/2003/jan/09kamal.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326014635/http://in.rediff.com/movies/2003/jan/09kamal.htm |archive-date=26 March 2016 |access-date=22 January 2011 |work=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref> and filmmakers ([[Bala (director)|Bala]], [[Ameer (director)|Ameer]] and [[Gautham Vasudev Menon|Gautham Menon]]) have been inspired by him.<ref name="Bala says Anbe Sivam inspired him">{{cite web |date=1 June 2010 |title=Bala says Anbe Sivam inspired him |url=http://tamilmovies.ebest.in/tamil-movie-news/bala-says-anbe-sivam-inspired-me/story_1613.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605035657/http://tamilmovies.ebest.in/tamil-movie-news/bala-says-anbe-sivam-inspired-me/story_1613.html |archive-date=5 June 2010 |work=tamilmovies.ebest}}</ref><ref name="Ameer on Kamal">{{cite web |year=2009 |title=Second Innings |url=http://www.goergo.in/?p=3910 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824213321/http://www.goergo.in/?p=3910 |archive-date=24 August 2013 |publisher=[[Ergo (Indian newspaper)|Ergo]]}}</ref><ref name="Gautham">{{cite web |year=2009 |title=Surya most versatile after Kamal&nbsp;– Gautham Menon |url=http://www.goergo.in/?p=3120 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824215259/http://www.goergo.in/?p=3120 |archive-date=24 August 2013 |access-date=3 May 2012 |publisher=[[Ergo (Indian newspaper)|Ergo]]}}</ref><ref name="Gautham on Kamal">{{cite web |author=Shiva Kumar |year=2006 |title=Gautham on Kamal |url=http://www.southdreamz.com/2010/08/ajith-kumar-snubs-gautham-menon.html |url-status=deadusurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009183928/http://www.southdreamz.com/2010/08/ajith-kumar-snubs-gautham-menon.html |archive-date=9 October 2011 |access-date=22 January 2011}}</ref>