After Lokesh Kanagaraj's Vikram became a hit, Kamal Haasan began filming Shankar's Indian 2, but production was delayed for almost two years, ...
In his films, Kamal Haasan promised to showcase his brand of politics. Kamal Haasan will further act in Malayalam director Mahesh Narayanan's upcoming film, which he wrote the script for. The director touts it as an “important” one that will “deal with a social issue” and be set in Tamil Nadu's Madurai district. The third film, which is set for Pongal release next year, will follow the success of the first two. When H Vinoth met Kamal Haasan for a script narration a few months ago, it was reported that the two were working together. According to sources, it has political undertones, which prompted the actor to nod in agreement.
Kamal Haasan has been very much pleased with the overwhelming response for Vikram. After this outstanding success, Kamal announced a few movies with other ...
Kamal’s home banner will be producing this flick on a big note. The latest buzz is that Ajith’s director, H.Vinoth, will soon make a film with the universal hero, and few reports say that the official announcement is not far away and can be expected very soon. Vinoth is currently working on this third straight film with Ajith titled Thunivu, which is set for the Pongal 2023 release. Kamal Haasan has been very much pleased with the overwhelming response for Vikram. After this movie gets wrapped, Vinoth will be starting the film with Kamal by the start of next year, as per the industry circles. After this outstanding success, Kamal announced a few movies with other actors, which he will be producing under his banner Raaj Kamal Films International.
The term may be new but pan-India stardom isn't. Kamal Haasan, who turns 68 on Monday, was the biggest pan-India star ever and there has not been one like ...
[Akshay Kumar](https://www.hindustantimes.com/topic/akshay-kumar) as the villain. [Rajinikanth](https://www.hindustantimes.com/topic/rajinikanth), Nagarjuna, and Venkatesh--were crossing over to Hindi films, Kamal was bringing his films to the Hindi audience. Enthiran (2010) was marketed and released in Hindi as Robot and had Aishwarya Rai as the female lead. The true testament to the success of this approach is that it was eventually adopted by Rajinikanth as well, but a decade later. The film was released in Hindi as Hindustani. Not only was it marketed as a Hindi film, it cast actors known in the north (Urmila Matondkar and Manisha Koirala) and the Hindi dub had popular Bollywood actors’ voices. This made him popular in north India, more than his contemporaries, some of whom (maybe only Rajini) were bigger stars than him down south. The first in this experiment was the 1996 blockbuster Indian. [Kamal Haasan](https://www.hindustantimes.com/topic/kamal-haasan) has worked in 232 films. Films like Guru and Ullasa Paravaigal (both 1980) truly broke the language barrier in terms of box office collection. [Baahubali: The Beginning](https://www.hindustantimes.com/topic/baahubali) that brought the term pan-India into Indian cinema’s lexicon. Disregarding the quest for the first, there can be no doubts that the biggest pan-India star India has seen has been Kamal Haasan.
The actor who doesn't want to confine himself to any one language, has entertained Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi speaking belt.
While it is impossible to pick a few roles from his jewel of work, we have dared to pull together some of the best performances of his career. His intense emotions and stunning action sequences were successful in making the movie the massive hit that it was. Vishwaroopam is considered one of the best commercially made movies in Tamil cinema. Follow us on [also read] [Entertainment](https://www.firstpost.com/category/entertainment) [From converting tees to mops to sharing clothes with her sister, Shefali Shah's closet memories are utterly relatable](https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/from-converting-tees-to-mops-to-sharing-clothes-with-her-sister-shefali-shahs-closet-memories-are-utterly-relatable-11566691.html) Rarely will you witness a star experimenting with the image they have already built in showbiz, but Kamal Haasan is one true gem who has used his stardom to present audiences with several meaningful movies. Therefore, on the occasion of Kamal Haasan’s 68th birthday, let’s take a look at some of his best performances: While often we have seen an actor essaying a double role in a film, have you ever seen an actor essaying 10 characters in a single movie? Expertly juggling his duties as director-producer-scriptwriter-actor, Kamal Haasan successfully created an outrageously funny movie. Debuting as a child artist in the 1960 film Kalathur Kannamma, Kamal Haasan has so far done more than 200 movies. Actor, director, screenwriter, choreographer, producer, playback singer, lyricist, and politician- the veteran star has many feathers in his crown. Kamal Haasan’s recent release truly deserves a standing ovation. Featuring Asin, Jaya Prada, and Mallika Sherawat among others, Dasavatharam turned out to be a massive hit.