Kamal
Haasan! The name has become synonym with cinema. Kamal is cinema and cinema is
Kamal. Such is his life. Kamal lived on films and films thrived on Kamal
Haasan. Since he started walking as a kid he straight away walked onto the
celluloid at the age of five. Ever since, there was no turning back for him. He
has been entertaining the world of audiences for the last 55 years and is still
on the scene going as strong as ever giving a tough competition to his
youngsters and inspiring them.
Kamal
Haasan is not just an actor. He is a producer, director, screenwriter, singer, lyricist
all rolled into one. Above all, he is perfectionist to the core. Whatever he
does he does it in style and with elegance taking care of even the minutest
details. Especially his obsession for makeup to transform himself into roles is
well known. His infinite patience to sit on the makeup table for hours together
is just amazing. But for others Kamal looks maverick and out of place in Indian
cinema. His obsession with films has made him don different kind of roles that
warrants complete change in physical form via makeup that nobody dared
experiment like Kamal Haasan did.
He played
the role of a lame guy in 16 Vayathinile in 1977, a blind man in Raja Paarvai
in 1981, a dwarf in Apoorva agodharargal in 1989, a potbellied buck-teethed
middle-aged guy in Indrudu Chandrudu in 1989, four unique different roles in
Michael Madana Kama Rajan in 1990, an utterly looking ugly man in Guna in 1991,
a woman in Avvai Shanmugi in 1996, a
70-year old man with wrinkles writ large all over in the movie Indian in 1996,
and above all his portrayal of ten different roles in Dashavatharam has become
a crowning feather in his cap. Looking at the way Kamal metamorphoses into
roles via makeup is extra-ordinary and unmatched in the film industry. Taking
cue from him several actors today have been going in for metamorphic roles via
makeup.
Well, to
describe his histrionic talents one has to invent superlatives and adjectives.
There are no superlatives left in English or for that matter in any language to
eulogize Kamal's acting talents. One has to watch his movies with mouths agape
in awe and amazement. Look at his amazing performances; a dreaded psychopath
killer in Bharathiraja's Sigappu Rojakkal in 1978, a notorious smuggler in
Nayakan in 1987, a dumb guy in Pushpaka Vimana in 1987, his role as a
pot-bellied mayor in Indran Chandran in 1990, his role of a blind guy in Raja
Paarvai in 1981, a dwarf in
Apoorva agodharargal in 1989, entirely four different roles in Michael Madana
Kama Rajan in 1990, an ugly innocent man in Guna in 1991, a woman in Avvai
Shanmugi in 1996, a 70 year-old wrinkled man in Indian in 1996, and 10
different characters when coming face to face in Dasavathaaram in 2008 really
makes you feel they are different and not a one-man donned roles. His sterling
performance in Nayakan in 1987 has been acclaimed and applauded worldwide. And
the movie has been included by the TIME magazine in its list of "All-Time
100 Best Films".
Kamal
Haasan is not only an actor but a promoter of arts in movies. He has also
promoted arts showcasing them beautifully in his movies. In 'Anbe Sivam' he
showcased street theatre, in 'Dasavatharam' he promoted shadow-puppetry, and
now his 'Uthama Villain' showcases Villu Pattu, Kalari, Koothu, and Theyyam,
Bharata Natyam and other classical dances in Sagara Sangamam, bamboo-stick
fighting in Thevar Magan and leather puppetry in 'Indian'.
Kamal
Haasan has received the President's Gold Medal for Best Child Actor for his
debut film, Kalathur Kannamma in 1961; Kalaimamani Award from the government of
Tamil Nadu in 1979. Padma Shri in 1990; a National Film Award for Best Feature
Film in Tamil for producing the 1992 Tamil film, Thevar Magan; Best Asian film
award in 2004 for Virumaandi; Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award for Excellence in
Indian Cinema in 2006; a honorary doctorate in 2005; Living Legend Award in
2007 from FICCI; four awards for his performance in Dasavathaaram in 2010; Padma
Bhushan in 2014 for his contribution to Indian Cinema; 19 Filmfare Awards in
five language movies; Kerala Government honouring him for his 50 years in
Indian cinema; Other honours include Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, Nandi
Awards, Screen and Vijay Awards and several more.
Besides
awards and honours, Kamal Haasan's histrionic talents have won worldwide
appreciation. Yet his insatiableness for perfection in his work is still burning
within him. He is not satisfied and sitting complacent. He says in one of his
interviews, "I want to give everything I have to this medium."
Yes Kamal
Haasan is capable of giving everything to Indian Cinema; 'cause Kamal Haasan
has many more years of life ahead of him and he has to carve several milestones
in his cinematic career.
I Wish this Greatest
Indian Actor a Glorious Super Duper Birthday !!
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