He is an actor sans pareil and his movies range from being serious and thought-provoking to fun and hilarious. As Kamal Haasan turns a year older, his passion for cinema only gets stronger. The actor celebrates his 61st birthday on Saturday just before the release of his latest movie Thoongavanam on November 10.
Kamal Haasan threw a big bash for his close friends at a luxury hotel and daughter Shruti Haasan flew in from Mumbai for the occasion. She took to her social media page to wish her 'Appa' on this special occasion. Many other celebs also took to social media to wish him happiness and much love on his birthday.
Did you know?
- Kamal Haasan was a child artiste and did his first film at the age of four - Kalathur Kanamma - for which he won the President's Gold Medal – Rashtrapathi Award.
- He has been awarded both the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan.
- Kamal has won the Filmfare Awards (South) a record 17 times for Best Actor.
- Seven of the actor's films have been to sent to the Oscars to compete for Best Foreign Language Film.
- The actor is also a producer, director, singer, lyricist, choreographer and screenplay writer.
- He never completed school but is a learned men.
- Director K Balachander is Kamal Haasan's guru.
- His niece is actor-director Suhasini, director Mani Ratnam's wife.
- He is extensively involved in social service in Chennai and has a foundation too.
- Hollywood producer Barrie M Osborne called his knowledge on cinema 'encyclopedic'.
- Life of Pi director Ang Lee stated he was stunned by Kamal's brilliance and knowledge on cinema.
