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Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan is an actor, filmmaker and producer who has worked primarily in Tamil-language cinema for over six decades and is widely regarded as one of the finest actors of Indian cinema. An auteur, he is recognized as a key influence for numerous actors and filmmakers in the Indian film industry, and is known for introducing new technologies a... more

Kamal Haasan is an actor, filmmaker and producer who has worked primarily in Tamil-language cinema for over six decades and is widely regarded as one of the finest actors of Indian cinema. An auteur, he is recognized as a key influence for numerous actors and filmmakers in the Indian film industry, and is known for introducing new technologies and cosmetics to Indian cinema. The recipient of numerous accolades, he has won the National Film Award four times (three for Best Actor), was awarded the Kalaimamani Award in 1984, the Padma Bhushan in 2014 and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Chevalier) in 2016. Haasan is also known for having starred in the most number of films submitted by India in contention for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In addition to his extensive work in Tamil, he has appeared in Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali films. He has also worked in films as a screenwriter, songwriter, playback singer, choreographer, lyricist and makeup artist.

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Starred In [140]
Produced [12]
Written [16]
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Panchatanthiram
(2002)
Action, Comedy
Ram, a married airline pilot with a history of infidelity, falls into a drunken depression after his wife leaves him. His pals try to raise his spirits by arranging a tryst with a dancer, but Ram realizes he loves his wife and walks out on the girl.
Runtime:
153 min
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Jayaram Subramaniam, Simran, Ramesh Aravind, Ramya Krishnan
7.9
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Gunaa
(1991)
Drama, Romance, Thriller
Guna, a mentally-disturbed man, imagines a fictitious character of a woman to be his future wife. One day, he sees a girl in a temple and assumes that she is his imaginary love and kidnaps her.
Runtime:
167 min
Director:
Santhana Bharathi
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Roshini, Rekha, Janagaraj, Ajay Rathnam
8.2
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Punnagai Mannan
(1986)
Drama, Romance
Punnagai Mannan is a Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist. The film was directed by K. Balachander.The film opens with lead actor Kamal Hassan and his love interest Rekha,attempting suicide from a cliff. In this attempt, Rekha is killed but Kamal survives the fall. It is later revealed that the ...
Director:
K. Balachander
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Revathi, Rekha, Srividhya, Delhi Ganesh
7.9
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Swati Muthyam
(1986)
Drama, Family
After an autistic man impulsively marries a young widow, she must move to the city and ensure the welfare of her new family, against the glare of societal judgement and financial struggle.
Runtime:
160 min
Director:
K. Viswanath
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Radhika Sarathkumar, Somayajulu J V, Gollapudi Maruti Rao, Mallikarjuna Rao
8.4
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Vishwaroopam
(2013)
Action, Thriller
Vishwanathan, a Kathak dance teacher in New York, is in a rather happy marriage with Nirupama who is a nuclear oncologist. Nirupama is from a middle class family in Chennai, she marries Vishwanath (a dance master) to pursue her higher studies in the USA. But when Nirupama wants to break up with her husband, she engages a private detect...
Runtime:
147 min
Director:
Kamal Haasan
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Pooja Kumar, Andrea Jeremiah, Rahul Bose, Jaideep Ahlawat
8.5
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Nammavar
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Nammavar
(1994)
Drama
Selvam, the new vice principal of a college, tries to transform the behaviour of troublemaking students while fighting an inner war.
Runtime:
178 min
Director:
K.S. Sethumadhavan
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Sethu Vinayagam, Nagesh, Karan, Kovai Sarala
7.5
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Magalir Mattum
(1994)
Comedy, Drama
Magalir Mattum story is about three woman working in a garment factory under a womanizer boss.
Director:
Singeetham Srinivasa Rao
Cast:
Revathi, Urvashi , Rohini, Kamal Haasan, Nagesh
7.3
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Vetri Vizha
(1989)
Action, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
A wounded man is found washed ashore in Goa. He suffers from amnesia but realises that he is well trained in combat. After he marries a local girl, both visit Madras in order to find his identity.
Runtime:
145 min
Director:
Prathap K Pothan
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Prabhu Ganesan, Khushboo, Vijayakumar, Sowcar Janaki
7.3
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Moondru Mudichu
(1976)
Drama, Family, Mystery, Romance
Roommates Prasath and Balaji are both in love with Selvi. However, life takes an ugly turn when Balaji dies and Selvi is forced to marry Prasath's father.
Runtime:
131 min
Director:
K. Balachander
Cast:
Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Sridevi Kapoor, N. Viswanathan, Rajamani
7.4
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Raja Paarvai
(1981)
Drama, Music, Romance
Ragu is a blind violinist who leads an independent life. When Nancy learns about him, she decides to cover his inspiring story. Soon, love blossoms between the two, egged on by her grandfather.
Runtime:
144 min
Director:
Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Madhavi, Y. G. Mahendran
7.3
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Oru Kaidhiyin Diary
(1985)
Action, Crime, Thriller
Though David is loyal to Suryaprakash, a politician, he rapes and kills David's wife and sends him to jail. David comes back from jail, after serving life imprisonment, to exact his revenge
Runtime:
152 min
Director:
P. Bharathiraja
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Radha, Revathi
7.0
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Tik Tik Tik
(1981)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
A fashion photographer gets embroiled in a series of grisly murders.
Runtime:
164 min
Director:
P. Bharathiraja
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Madhavi, Radha, Thengai Srinivasan, V. K. Ramasamy
6.9
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Nayakan
(1987)
Crime, Drama
Velu Naicker, who witnesses the brutal murder of his father, kills a corrupt policeman and escapes to Mumbai, only to become a gangster.
Runtime:
156 min
Director:
Mani Ratnam
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Saranya Ponvannan, Janagaraj, Nassar, Delhi Ganesh
8.8
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Anbe Sivam
(2003)
Comedy, Drama
Nalla Sivam and Anbarasu meet under different circumstances and their lives are changed as they take the journey of their life.
Runtime:
160 min
Director:
Sundar C
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Madhavan, Kiran Rathod, Nassar, Santhana Bharathi
8.9
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Sagalakala Vallavan
(1982)
Action, Comedy, Romance
A young agriculturalist goes to extremes to attain revenge against his devious landlord and his family.
Runtime:
137 min
Director:
S. P. Muthuraman
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Ambika, Y. G. Mahendran, Thengai Srinivasan, Silk Smitha
6.8
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Kalaignan
(1993)
Action, Thriller
Pop singer Inderjeet is the main suspect after his female fans are killed by a serial killer. Divya, whose sister was a dancer in his troupe and the first target, comes to the city to find the killer.
Runtime:
145 min
Director:
G.B. Vijay
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Bindiya Gill, Chinni Jayanth, Sivaranjini, Nassar
6.4
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Hey Ram
(2000)
Crime, Drama, History
Saketh Ram's wife is raped and killed during direct action day riots in Calcutta. He is convinced that Mahatma Gandhi is responsible for all the problems happening in the country. He sets out to kill him.
Runtime:
199 min
Director:
Kamal Haasan
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Vasundhara Das, Shruti Haasan
8.0
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Chachi 420
(1997)
Comedy, Drama, Family
In order to see his little girl more often, a divorcee disguises himself as an old lady and gets a job as his own daughter's caretaker.
Runtime:
165 min
Director:
Kamal Haasan
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Om Puri, Johnny Walker, Paresh Rawal, Ayesha Jhulka
7.4
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Enakkul Oruvan
(1984)
Action, Drama
Madan, a disco dancer, finds his life partner in Kalpana, a classical dancer. When Madan starts getting strange visions, he is advised to go on a trip where he learns about his tormented past.
Runtime:
149 min
Director:
S. P. Muthuraman
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Sripriya, Shobana Chandrakumar, Manorama, Charle
7.2
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Dasavatharam
(2008)
Action, Adventure
Bio-technologist Govind K Somaiyya sets about on a precarious journey to India to retrieve a vial containing a deadly virus and prevent it from reaching the wrong hands of an ex-CIA agent and deadly assassins.
Runtime:
188 min
Director:
K. S. Ravikumar
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Kamal Haasan, Asin Thottumkal, Asin Thottumkal, Mallika Sherawat
7.3
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Indian
(1996)
Action, Drama
Senapathy, a veteran freedom fighter, is angry. He is angry against the rampant corruption at every level of the bureaucracy. He will clean it up at any cost.
Runtime:
185 min
Director:
S. Shankar
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar, Nedumudi Venu, Goundamani
8.1
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Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum
(1979)
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A rendering of the classic Arabian tale of Aladdin and his magic lamp.
Runtime:
142 min
Director:
I. V. Sasi
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Sripriya, Rajinikanth, Gemini Ganesan, Ashokan
6.9
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Ilamai Oonjaladukirathu
(1978)
Drama
Murli (Rajnikanth) and Prabhu (Kamal) are owner and manager respectively, of an advertising agency in Madras. Prabhu has been raised by Murli's family, and feels greatly indebted to them. Prabhu is in love with Padma (Sripriya), but a misunderstanding leads them apart. In the meantime, Murli meets and falls in love with Padma.
Runtime:
141 min
Director:
Sridhar
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, Sripriya, Jayachitra
7.7
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Simla Special
(1982)
Drama
Two friends, Gopu and Babu, own a troupe that performs comedic plays. When Babu faces a financial crisis, the two friends decide to accept a commission and perform for the Tamilians in Shimla.
Runtime:
138 min
Director:
Muktha Sreenivasan
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Sripriya, SVe. Sekar, Thengai Srinivasan, Y. G. Mahendran
7.3
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Guru
(1980)
Action, Crime, Drama
A young man Raghu sets up an explosive in a railway track to blow up a train. Raghu is a freedom fighter who wants to destroy the train in which British officers are travelling. He returns home after his successful attempt and is slammed by his rich father who is an ardent supporter of the British. Raghu insists that his country and it...
Runtime:
145 min
Director:
I.V.Sasi
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Sridevi Kapoor, R. Muthuraman, Mohan Babu, M. N. Nambiar
6.1
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Thoongadhey Thambi Thoongadhey
(1983)
Drama
The film had Kamal Haasan playing dual roles; An unemployed guy from a middle class society and a guy from a rich society returning from abroad after his father's death. In order to claim the property of the Kamal Haasan, Vinuchakravarthy with his mob guys assaults him and make him a drug addict by repeated injections of some harmful s...
Runtime:
137 min
Director:
S. P. Muthuraman
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Radha, Sulakshana
7.2
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Unnaipol Oruvan
(2009)
Crime, Thriller
A common man tries to fight terrorism by making anonymous calls to cops. Will he succeed ?
Runtime:
120 min
Director:
Chakri Toleti
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Mohanlal, Venkatesh, Venkatesh, Lakshmi
8.0
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Soora Samhaaram
(1988)
Action
Soora Samhaaram is a 1988 Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan in the role of police officer, ACP Athi Veerapandiyan. This medium budget action film also stars Nirosha (credited in title as Mythili), Nizhalgal Ravi, Pallavi and Kitti. Mani Rathnam's long time associate Krishnamurthy (Kitty) appears as villain Mohandas.Soora Samhar...
Director:
Chitra Lakshmanan
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Nirosha, Janagaraj, Nalini, Pallavi
7.1
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My Dear Marthandan
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My Dear Marthandan
(1990)
Drama, Romance
My Dear Marthandan is a Tamil language film starring Prabhu Ganesan in the lead role of the protagonist and Kamal Haasan in a guest role.Prabhu is the prince of a village,his guardians only show the rich and wealthy life for him because of this Prabhu feel very boared ,so he intent to go out of the village and went to the city to learn...
Director:
Prathap K Pothan
Cast:
Prabhu Ganesan, Kamal Haasan, S. S. Chandran, Chinni Jayanth, Goundamani
6.6
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Meendum Kokila
(1981)
Drama
Subramaniam, a lawyer is married to Kokila and has a daughter. Things go well until he meets Kamini, a movie star in a party. He gets attracted towards Kamini and becomes ready to sacrifice his own family for her. Kokila's efforts in bringing back her husband forms the rest of the story.
Runtime:
139 min
Director:
Rangarajan G N
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Sridevi Kapoor, Thengai Srinivasan, Baby Anju
7.5
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Michael Madana Kama Rajan
(1990)
Comedy
A wicked man separates a set of quadruplets after their birth and one of them ends up with their biological father, while the other three find new homes. Things take a turn after they meet each other.
Runtime:
167 min
Director:
Sangeetham Srinivas Rao
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Khushboo, Urvashi, Santhana Bharathi, Delhi Ganesh
8.5
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Per Sollum Pillai
(1987)
Family
Rajalakshmi raises Ramu, an orphan, as her own son who in turn always protects his foster family. However, he must stop his malicious foster brothers from marrying off their real sister to a gangster.
Runtime:
134 min
Director:
S. P. Muthuraman
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Radhika Sarathkumar, K. R. Vijaya, Jaiganesh, Goundamani
7.0
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Japanil Kalyanaraman
(1985)
Drama
Raman, a journalist who plans to expose Narendra's smuggling racket, is attacked but manages to survive. He then travels to Japan to buy printing equipment to open his own company.
Runtime:
139 min
Director:
S. P. Muthuraman
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Radha
6.5
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Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu
(2006)
Action, Thriller
DCP Raghavan sets off on the trail of the killers of Rani, the daughter of a police officer. Following this, many more murders take place, leading him to New York to capture the maniac killer.
Runtime:
160 min
Director:
Gautham Menon
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Jyothika, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Lev Gorn, Prakash Raj
8.0
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Ullasa Paravaigal
(1980)
Drama, Romance
The son of a wealthy man suffers from a condition whereby he cannot stand the sight of fire as he has a violent outburst every time. A caring doctor and a friend help the young man unravel his past.
Runtime:
126 min
Director:
C. V. Rajendran
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Rati Agnihotri, Major Sundarrajan
7.4
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Kokila
(1977)
Romance
Kokila, a medical student, and Vijayakumar, her paying guest, are in love and have plans to get married. However, her life changes the day Vijayakumar and her housemaid leave the house.
Runtime:
140 min
Director:
Balu Mahendra
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Shoba
7.8
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Papanasam
(2015)
Crime, Drama, Family, Thriller
A cinephile tries to protect his family by hiding a heat-of-the-moment murder committed by his daughter by taking cues from the films he has watched. With the victim the son of a cop, can he get away with it?
Runtime:
181 min
Director:
Jeethu Joseph
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Gowthami, Kalabhavan Mani, Asha Sarath, Niveda Thomas
8.5
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Kadamai Kanniyam Kattupaadu
(1987)
Action, Drama
Kadamai Kanniyam Kattupaadu is a Tamil film starring Sathyaraj in the lead role of the protagonist. The film revolves around the story of an honest and straightforward Tamil Nadu police officer and his life. The story of the film is an adaptation from I. V. Sasi's Malayalam film Aavanazhi. The film was produced by Kamal Haasan but did ...
Director:
Santhana Bharathi
Cast:
Sathyaraj, Nalini, Kamal Haasan, Nassar, Geetha
7.8
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Thevar Magan
(1992)
Drama
London-educated Saktivelu returns to India and wants to open a chain of restaurants in Chennai. His father, however, wishes that he would stay back and help the villagers.
Runtime:
160 min
Director:
Bharathan
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Sivaji Ganesan, Gowthami, Revathi, Vadivelu
8.8
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Kadal Meengal
(1981)
Drama
A fisherman who is in love with a woman in his village is presumed dead after he fails to return from sea on one of his trips.
Runtime:
137 min
Director:
Rangarajan G N
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Sujatha, Nagesh, K. A. Thangavelu
6.8
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