Tribute to the comic genius when he played the role of Chaplin Chellappa in Punnagia Mannan. Kamal rates Charlie Chaplin a major influence, and he in fact paid Kaadhala Kaadhala, which includes the dance sequence Kaasmela Kaas Vandhu wherein the two dance together.ġ9. "None can equal him," says Kamal, who has inįact shared the lead role with the loose limbed Prabhu Deva in the film, In fact, when asked to name a dancer before Prabhu Deva'sĮra, Kamal flat out said that there is none in the annals of Indian cinema Himself an accomplished dancer, Kamal names Prabhu Deva as his own He also learnt the art of make-up, while working on the Shankar movie, Indian, which won him a national award.ġ8. Kamal underwent a crash course in direction, in Hollywood, and attends Kamal knows to compose music, editing and cinematography, but believes he should not interfere with these departments, even when he himself is directing a film.ġ7. Both of them have a fetish forīeing 'young', and they constantly exchange jocular notes on their respective ageing process.ġ6. Kamal is into Siddha literature, and is thoroughly familiar with theīiographies of 18 Siddhas, in particular that of Siva Vaakkiyar.ġ5. Kamal's favourite Tamil novels are T Janakiraman's Amma Vandhaal and Marapasu.ġ4. Author Sujata is likely to write the foreword.ġ3. He plans to release a compilation of his poems soon, and Vairamuthu has been asked to select from the Kamal oeuvre.
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Kamal is a poet in his own right, penning free verse - Pudhukavithai. However, he hated going to school, and had no academic ambitions.ġ2. Kamal studied at the MCT Muthiah Chetty School in Purasawakkam. His first song was Gnayar Oli Mazhayil.ġ1. A S Prakasham first introduced him as a singer, with Netaji as his lyricist. Kamal, while still young, formally learnt Bharatanatyam and Carnatic His favourite music director, in Hindi, is Naushad. He rarely misses film festivals, and his favourite Hindi films are Mughal e Azam and Sholay.ĩ. Time is Bicycle Thief by Vittorio DeSica.
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Kamal is an ardent fan of off-beat cinema, and his favourite movie of all He in fact can speak, read and write all four South Indian languages - Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam besides Hindi, English, and Marathi, the last named thanks to wife Sarika.Ĩ. Time learnt to speak all the dialects of Malayalam with ease. At an early age, Kamal got involved with the Malayalam industry, and in At the time, Kamal was in his late teens.ħ. It is Kamal that you see in the song Deiva Mainthan Pogindraan, which details the Stations of theĬross. He began his stint with Thankappan in Annai Velankanni, in which he also went on to appear, in a miniscule cameo, as Jesus Christ (watch for him in the scenes where Jesus carries the cross to Calvary). His dream was to direct,Īnd he started off as assistant with dance master Thankappan. Kamal never really set out to become an actor. Kamal speaks the Madurai brand of Tamil with total ease, and has a strong affinity for people from that region - such as Vairamuthu, Bharatiraja and Ilaiyaraja to name just three from the upper echelons of the movie industry.Ħ. 'My father tried to sell religion to me, but I refused to the buy the religion of my father'.ĥ. Even as a child, Kamal was an independent thinker. Time, Sivaji Ganeshan in Paarthaal Pasi Therum and with M G Ramachandran in Ananda Jyoti.Ĥ. As a child star, Kamal acted with the two celluloid icons of the Gemini Ganeshan and Savitri were the lead stars in the movie.ģ. Kamal debuted as a child star in Kalathur Kannamma when he was five years old. Mother, and indeed to the womenfolk in his family.Ģ. Housewife, a cultured lady who was only too ready to support the young Kamal His father Srinivasan was a successful advocate, who was close to Kamal Hasan was born in Paramakudi, Ramanathapuram district, Rajitha Kumar compiles a quick check list for every year of the star's life.ġ.