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Kamal Haasan (born 7 November 1954 as Parthasarathy),[4] also credited sometimes as Kamal Hassan,[5] is an Indian film actor, director, screenwriter, producer, playback singer and lyricist who works primarily in Tamil cinema. Widely regarded as one of the greatest actors in Indian cinema, Kamal has won several film awards including three National Film Awards, the second highest by any Indian actor, and nineteen Filmfare Awards. His production company, Rajkamal International, has produced several of his films.

He worked as a child artist in the 1960 Tamil language film Kalathur Kannamma, for which he won the President's Gold Medal. He met director K.Balachander who is frequently credited for shaping Kamal's acting skills. His breakthrough as a lead actor came in the 1975 drama Apoorva Raagangal, directed by K.Balachander, in which he played a rebellious youth who falls in love with an older woman. He won his first National Film Award for his portrayal of a guileless schoolteacher who cares for a childlike amnesiac in Moondram Pirai (1983). He was noted for his performances in Mani Ratnam's Nayagan (1987) and S. Shankar's vigilante film Indian (1996), which saw him playing dual roles of a father and a son. Since then he has appeared in a number of films including Hey Ram (2000), Virumaandi (2004), Vishwaroopam (2013) which were his own productions and Dasavathaaram (2008) in which he played ten different roles.