Kamal Haasan Age, Wife, Girlfriend, Children, Family, Biography & More
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Hometown: Chennai
Marital Status: Divorced
Age: 67 Years
Bio | |
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Real Name | Alwerpettai Aaandavar [1] |
Nickname | Universal Hero |
Profession(s) | Actor, Director, Producer, and Philanthropist |
Physical Stats & More | |
Height (approx.) | in centimeters- 170 cm in meters- 1.70 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 7” |
Eye Colour | Black |
Hair Colour | Black |
Personal Life | |
Date of Birth | 7 November 1954 |
Age (as of 2021) | 67 Years |
Birthplace | Paramakudi, Tamil Nadu, India |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Nationality | Indian |
Hometown | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
School | Sir M.Ct.Muthiah Chettiar Boys Higher Secondary School, Chennai Hindu Higher Secondary School, Chennai |
Debut | Film: Kalathur Kannamma (1959, as a child artist) Arangetram (1973) |
Family | Father– D. Srinivasan (Lawyer) Mother– Rajalakshmi Srinivasan Brother– Chandrahasan and Charuhasan (Actor) Sister– Nalini Raghu |
Religion | Hinduism |
Hobbies | Reading |
Controversies | • His film ‘Hey Ram’ faced protest from political parties as they considered that the film portrayed Mahatma Gandhi negatively. • He was forced to change the name of his film ‘Sandiyar to Virumandi’ in 2004 after Pudhiya Tamizhagam political party said that the film title could create caste-related violence. • In 2013, he was threatened to leave Tamil Nadu, after his film ‘Viswaroopam’ was opposed by ‘Hindu Makkal Katchi’ (a political party), Theatre Owners’ Association and Muslim groups due to various reasons. • In July 2017, the ‘Hindu Makkal Katchi’ filed a complaint against Kamal Haasan for tarnishing Tamil culture by hosting ‘Boss Tamil 1.’ • In May 2019, he attracted controversy by referring to Nathuram Godse as free India’s first Hindu terrorist. |
Favourites | |
Food | Karimeen fish |
Actor | Nagesh, Shivaji Ganesan, M.G. Ramachandran and Rajesh Khanna |
Actress | Sridevi and Sripriya |
Film | Bicycle Thief, Mughal-e-Azam and Sholay |
Musician | Naushad and Ilaiyaraaja |
Book | Amma Vandhaal by Thi. Janakiraman and Marapasu by Thi. Janakiraman |
Girls, Affairs and More | |
Marital Status | Divorced |
Affairs/Girlfriends | Gautami Tadimalla (Actress; 2004-2016)
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Wife | Vani Ganapathy (Dancer,1978–88)
Sarika Thakur (Actress,1988–04) |
Children | Daughter– Shruti Haasan (Actress), Akshara Haasan (Actress), and Subbalakshmi
Son– None |
Money Factor | |
Salary | 30 crore/film (INR) |
Net Worth | $100 million |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Kamal Haasan
- Haasan started his acting career when he was just 4 years old and won the President’s Gold medal for his performance in his debut film Kalathur Kannamma.
- He actually wanted to be a film director.
- He is the only Indian actor to get more than 18 Filmfare Awards, behind him is A. R. Rahman with 14 Filmfare Awards.
- He has also won 3 National Awards for best actor.
- His film Pushpaka Vimana (The Love Chariot) was the first Indian colour silent film.
- He is the only Indian actor whose 7 films made an entry to Oscars.
- His film Nayaganis listed among the top 100 greatest films ever made by the TIME magazine.
- He is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer.
- His dream film Marudhanayagam that was started in 1997 and inaugurated by Queen Elizabeth 2, was finally released in 2015.
- His Welfare Association, Kamal Narpani Iyakkam organizes blood and eye donation campaign, and he even won the Abraham Kovoor National Award for his noble work in 2004.
- He is the only actor who has played 10 different roles, in the film Dasavathaaram.
- Director Mani Ratnam is his relative, as his niece, Suhasini is married to him.
- He has acted in different languages like Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Bengali.
- Once, he was offered 100 crores (INR) to join a political party but he refused them.
- He is the only Indian actor who has given 5 hit films in a year (1982).
- He was the first Indian actor to get a salary of 1 crore (INR) in 1994.
- He has donated his body to Madras Medical college after his life.
- His film, Raja Paarvai was the first Indian film with visual effects and animation.
- Throughout his acting career, he has suffered more than 30 fractures while performing the stunts.
- After the success of his 2022 film Vikram, Kamal Hassan was on a gifting spree. After gifting bikes and a car to the direction team of the film, he gifted an expensive Rolex watch to Suriya, who essayed the role of Rolex in the film.