‘Kamal Haasan turned 55 today. Recently he completed 50 years in movies in India. He made his debut as a 6-year-old child artiste, in Kalathur Kannamma (1960), he is still going strong as an old war horse. Considered as one of the finest actors to have graced the Indian cinema screen, he is known as a method actor and is known to realistically portray character. Kamal Hassan as one actor has established new frontiers in the world of Indian cinema and still has no one who can be compared to him. Kamal Hassan holds the unique distinction of being an actor whose works continue to represent India at the annual Academy Awards competition under the Best Foreign Film category. An actor par excellence Kamal Hassan is known for his creativity, and as a trained dancer has done choreography, is a director, a producer, a lyricist and a singer as well. Kamal Haasan got married to fellow actress Sarika married in 1988, and has two daughters Shruti Haasan (born 1986), who is an upcoming actress, singer and writer and Akshara Haasan (born 1991), who is still pursuing her studies.

Kamal Hassan holds the unique distinction of being the only actor who has won the maximum number of National Awards in different categories and different languages. The actor has delivered some scintillating performances in numerous hit films like ‘Nayakan’ (1987), ‘Sagar’ (1985), ‘Maro Charitram’/’Ek Doje Ke Liye’ (1983), ‘Dasavataram’ (2008), ‘Hey Ram’ (2002), ‘Hindustani' (1996), ‘Chahi 420’ (1998), ‘Thevar Magan’ (1992), ‘Pushpak’ (1998), ‘Apoorva Sagodhararga’/’Appu Raja’ (1989), ‘Sadma’ (1983) has acted such proficiency that his acting prowess was acknowledged by ‘Time’ magazine. Kamal Hassan has done quite a large number of roles in Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, has a fetish for using cutting edge technology in his films with panache. Alongside Rajnikant, Kamal Hassan is considered one of the tallest figures that the world of Indian cinema.