Kamal Haasan is an Indian actor, dancer, film director, screenwriter, producer, playback singer, lyricist and politician who works primarily in Tamil cinema. Hassan has also worked in Malayalam, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada and Bengali films. His production company, Raaj Kamal Films International, has produced several of his films. Haasan's contributions to film have been praised by his contemporaries in the across the Indian film industry, and he has been recognised as an influence for actors and filmmakers in the Tamil film industry. He has won four National Film Awards and 19 Filmfare Awards. He was awarded the Kalaimamani award in 1984 the Padma Shri in 1990, the Padma Bhushan in 2014 and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Chevalier) in 2016. He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at 15th Mumbai International Film Festival in 2013.
Gautami Tadimalla is an Indian film actress who has worked mainly in Tamil and Telugu films, although she also appeared successful in Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada films. She is one of the most top actress and active in the films from 1987-1998. She is also a television actress, television host, the founder of Life Again Foundation, and a costume designer.
Indian is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language vigilante action film written and directed by Shankar and produced by A. M. Rathnam. The film stars Kamal Haasan in dual roles opposite Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar and Sukanya. Nedumudi Venu appears in a pivotal role. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by A. R. Rahman, while cinematography was handled by Jeeva.
Premaloka in Kannada, Paruva Ragam in Tamil, is a 1987 bilingual romantic musical film, written and directed by V. Ravichandran in his directorial debut based on the 1982 movie Grease 2. He additionally served as the lead actor and producer under Eshwari Productions.
Rama Shama Bhama is a 2005 Indian Kannada language comedy film directed by Ramesh Aravind making his directorial debut and the film stars himself in lead role with Kamal Haasan, Urvashi, Daisy Bopanna and Shruthi portraying supporting roles.
Anthuleni Katha is a 1976 Telugu-language film directed by K. Balachander, starring Jaya Prada in the lead role, with Rajinikanth, Sripriya and Phataphat Jayalaxmi in supporting roles. Kamal Haasan played a cameo. The film is a remake of the 1974 Tamil film Aval Oru Thodar Kathai, which was also directed by Balachander. This is Jaya Prada's first starring role, reprising the role played by Sujatha in the original and is considered to be one of her best films. This was also Rajinikanth's first major role. This film was shot in black-and-white.
Sathi Leelavathi is a 1995 Tamil language comedy film co-written and directed by Balu Mahendra. It features Ramesh Aravind, Kalpana and Heera in the lead with Kamal Haasan and Kovai Sarala in supporting roles. The film was produced by Kamal Haasan, with story by Ananthu and dialogues by Crazy Mohan, with Ilaiyaraaja as music composer. Sathi Leelavathi was a commercial success and was remade by David Dhawan in Hindi as Biwi No.1 (1999) and by Ramesh Aravind himself in Kannada as Rama Shama Bhama (2005).
Apoorva Sagodharargal is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao. The film features an ensemble cast including Kamal Haasan, Jaishankar, Nagesh, Gautami, Rupini, Manorama, Srividya, Janagaraj, Moulee, Delhi Ganesh and Nassar. It revolves around twins Raju and Appu who were separated during childhood and grew up in different localities, and Appu's quest for revenge upon learning that his father was killed by four criminals.
Mangala Vaathiyam is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by K. Shankar and produced by Gopikrishnan son of M. S. Viswanathan. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Sripriya, Y. G. Mahendran and Nagesh in lead roles. The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan. The movie was later dubbed in Hindi language as Bechara.
Neeya? is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language horror film, directed by Durai and starring Kamal Haasan. It is a remake of the 1976 Hindi-language film Nagin. Neeya is about an Ichadhari snake (Sripriya), who avenges the death of her beloved. Kamal Haasan plays a factionalized version of himself, who does research on snakes. The movie was a huge hit at the box office.
Thangathile Vairam is a 1975 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. Sornam, starring Sivakumar, Kamal Haasan, Jayachitra and Sripriya in the lead roles. The film story written by Kalaignanam. The film was later dubbed Telugu-language as Yavvanam Muripinchindhi and released on 23 December 1977.
Benkiyalli Aralida Hoovu is a 1983 Indian Kannada language film starring Suhasini in the lead role of the protagonist. She received a Filmfare award for her performance. K. Balachander directed and Chandulal Jain produced the film.
Maro Charitra is a 1978 Indian Telugu-language romantic tragedy film written and directed by K. Balachander. It stars Kamal Haasan and Saritha in the lead with Madhavi appearing in prominent roles. The film deals with cross-cultural romance between a Tamil boy and a Telugu girl. Upon release, it was commercially successful and remains a cult classic. Owing to its success in Andhra Pradesh, the film was released in the neighboring states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka without being dubbed into the respective languages. This film dubbed in Malayalam as Thirakal Ezhuthiya Kavitha. This movie had a theatrical run of 693 days.
Panchatanthiram is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by K. S. Ravikumar written with Kamal Haasan and Crazy Mohan. The film features Haasan, Simran and Ramya Krishnan leading an ensemble cast that includes Jayaram, Ramesh Aravind, Sriman, Yugi Sethu, Urvashi, Aishwarya and Nagesh. Dialogues were written by Crazy Mohan.
Kamal Haasan is an Indian film actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and choreographer who works primarily in Tamil cinema. He debuted as a child actor in the 1960 Tamil film Kalathur Kannamma, directed by A. Bhimsingh, which won him the President's Gold Medal. Since then he has acted in over 230 films in Tamil and several other languages including Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and Bengali. After a few projects as a child artist he took a break to continue his education. He later concentrated on dance choreography and worked as an assistant choreographer. During this time, he made uncredited appearances in a few films which he worked on.
Sripriya is an Indian actress, film director and politician from Tamil Nadu. She has acted in over 300 films, 200 in Tamil, but also in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi languages.
Aval Oru Thodar Kathai is a 1974 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by K. Balachander. The story revolves around a working middle class woman, who sacrifices her life and desires to support her large family. The lead role was played by Sujatha in her first Tamil film, which was also her first starring role. Kamal Haasan, Vijayakumar, Jaiganesh, M. G. Soman and Sripriya played key roles. The film was shot in black-and white.
Saranam Ayyappa is 1980 Indian Tamil-language film, Directed and produced by Dasarathan. The film stars Jayabharathi the lead role. Kamal Haasan made a guest appearance and recorded a song in his voice in the film.
Vishwaroopam is the soundtrack album, composed by the music trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, for the Tamil film of the same name, directed by Kamal Hassan. The album features five tracks, with lyrics penned by Vairamuthu and Kamal Hassan himself. The soundtrack's Hindi version Vishwaroop, has lyrics penned by Javed Akhtar.
The following is a list of unproduced Kamal Haasan projects in roughly chronological order. During his long career, Indian film actor-director Kamal Haasan has worked on a number of projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under his acting commitments or direction. Some of these projects fell into development hell or were officially cancelled.
