Nayakan is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language crime film written and directed by Mani Ratnam. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Saranya and Karthika. Loosely based on the life of the Bombay underworld don Varadarajan Mudaliar, it revolves around the transformation of an ordinary slum dweller named Velu into a feared don through various stages of his life.
Anbe Sivam is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language comedy-drama film directed by Sundar C. and produced by K. Muralitharan, V. Swaminathan and G. Venugopal under the banner of Lakshmi Movie Makers. The film was written by Kamal Haasan, and Madhan provided the dialogues. Anbe Sivam stars Haasan, Madhavan and Kiran Rathod, with Nassar, Santhana Bharathi, Seema and Uma Riyaz Khan playing supporting characters. The film tells the story of Nallasivam and Anbarasu, two men of contrasting personalities who undertake an unexpected journey from Bhubaneswar to Chennai.
Moondram Pirai is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written, directed and filmed by Balu Mahendra. The film stars Kamal Haasan and Sridevi, while Silk Smitha, Poornam Vishwanathan and Y. G. Mahendran play supporting roles. It revolves around a school teacher who rescues a woman suffering from retrograde amnesia, from a brothel, and protects her in his house located in Ketti. The rest of the film shows how the woman recovers her memory with the teacher's help.
Gautham Vasudev Menon is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He has also directed Telugu and Hindi films that were remakes of his own Tamil films. Many of his films have been critically acclaimed, most notably his romantic films Minnale (2001), Vaaranam Aayiram (2008), Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010), and his thrillers Kaakha Kaakha (2003), Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006), and Yennai Arindhaal (2015). Vaaranam Aayiram won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil. Menon produces films through his film production company named Photon Kathaas. His production Thanga Meengal (2013) won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil.
Pudhupettai is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language gangster film written and directed by Selvaraghavan, starring his brother Dhanush, and Sonia Agarwal and Sneha. The film, with music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and cinematography by Arvind Krishna, Selvaraghavan's usual crew members, was released on 26 May 2006.
Sigappu Rojakkal is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language psychological thriller film co-written and directed by Bharathirajaa. The film starring Kamal Haasan and Sridevi. It revolves around Dileep, who is traumatised by women's behaviour in his childhood, and grows up to be a psychopath misogynist who kills women after having sex with them.
Marudhanayagam is a long-delayed Indian historical drama film directed and produced by Kamal Haasan. The film, which started in August 1997 with an exclusive launch by Queen Elizabeth, originally pulled together several prominent names across Indian cinema as its principal cast and crew. However, after becoming delayed in 1999, the film has not continued production.
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).
Indrudu Chandrudu is a 1989 Telugu-language Indian feature film directed by Suresh Krissna and produced by D. Rama Naidu, starring Kamal Haasan, Vijayashanti and Charan Raj in lead roles. It was later dubbed and released in Tamil as Indhiran Chandhiran and in Hindi as Mayor Sahab. The movie is based on the 1988 American movie Moon over Parador. It was one of the block buster movies in Kamal Haasan's direct Telugu films, added with his other cult classics in Telugu such as Swati Mutyam, Sagara Sangamam, Subha Sankalpam and Maro Charitra.
Punnagai Mannan is a 1986 Indian Tamil-language musical romantic drama film written and directed by K. Balachander. The film stars Kamal Haasan and Revathi. It was released on 1 November 1986, during Diwali, and ran for 25 weeks in theatres. It was later dubbed into Telugu as Dance Master and into Hindi as Chacha Charlie in 1996.
Suresh Krishna is an Indian film director known for his works primarily in Tamil and Telugu films. His first Tamil film was Sathya (1988) starring Kamal Haasan. He found success with Kavithalaya's Annamalai, starring Rajinikanth. Since then, he has directed Veera, Baashha and Baba with Rajinikanth in the lead. He has also worked with leading stars like Mohanlal, Salman Khan, Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Venkatesh and Vishnuvardhan. He wrote a book called My Days with Baasha about his experiences working with Rajinikanth. In 1989 he received the Nandi Award for Best Director for Prema.
Aayudham Seivom is a 2008 Tamil movie directed by Udhayan starring Sundar C, Anjali, Vivek, Manivannan, Napoleon, and Vijayakumar. The music was composed by Srikanth Deva with cinematography by K. S. Selvaraj and editing by. Mu. Kasi Vishwanathan. The film released on 27 June 2008.
Suresh is an Indian film actor, producer, director, dubbing artist known for his works predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films.
Kadhal Rojavae is a 2000 Indian Tamil romance film directed by Keyaar, which was a remake of the 1991 Hindi film Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin by Mahesh Bhatt. The film featured newcomers George Vishnu and Pooja Kumar in the lead roles, while Sarath Babu, Charle and S. S. Chandran play supporting roles. The film's music is composed by Ilaiyaraaja, and the film opened in January 2000 to a negative response at the box office.
Cuckoo is a 2014 Tamil romantic drama film written and directed by Raju Murugan and produced by Fox Star Studios. The film stars Dinesh and Malavika Nair as a visually challenged pair, while Aadukalam Murugadoss plays a pivotal role. The film was released on 21 March 2014 and received generally positive reviews.
Chennai 2 Singapore is a 2017 Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Abbas Akbar, featuring Gokul Anand, Anju Kurian, Rajesh Balachandiran. The film was jointly produced by Comicbook and the Media Development Authority Singapore, Ghibran, Vrobal and MM2 Entertainment Pte Ltd and co-produced by Shabir. Chennai2Singapore is the first collaboration between the Tamil and Singaporean film industries.
Vedalam is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Siva, and produced by Aishwarya. the film features Ajith Kumar, Lakshmi Menon and Shruti Haasan and in the lead roles, with Rahul Dev, Kabir Duhan Singh, and Soori in supporting roles.
Kootathil Oruthan is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age romantic comedy film, written and directed by T.J.Gnanavel. The film features Ashok Selvan and Priya Anand in the lead roles. Featuring music composed by Nivas Prasanna, This movie is produced by Dream Warrior Pictures and Ramaniyam Talkies. The film was released on 28 July 2017 with mixed reviews.
George Maryan is an Indian actor and comedian, who has appeared in Tamil cinema. He started his career in theatre, before working in Tamil cinema and has often collaborated with film-makers A. L. Vijay, Sundar C and Priyadarshan.
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.
