Multifaceted Tamil superstar Kamal Haasan turned 55. He celebrated his birthday by spending a quiet day with his family. Recently, he also celebrated his 50th year in the film industry.

Kamal Haasan started his career as a child artist. He won National Award for acting in 'Kalathur Kannamma', in 1959, hence proving his acting talents in his very first film. Since then, he has worked in 150 films in several languages. He has played several roles in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films.

Ace Tamil superstar Kamal Haasan has celebrated his 55th birth anniversary with his family members on Saturday.

The actor, who has completed 50 years in the film industry, started his film career at the age of 5 in a film ‘Kalathur Kanamma’ in 1959.

Hassan won his first National Award as a child artist for his exceptional role.

Citing the troubles of the Sri Lankan Tamils, the 'Universal Hero', during the last year, requested his buffs to stay off any celebrations on his birth anniversary.

Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan has added another feather to his cap.

The Bollywood Badshah has introduced southern super star Mammootty in the Hindi version of forthcoming movie ‘Pazhassi Raja’.

SRK has dubbed the prologue gratis for the movie that will bring the Lion of Kerala alive on screen.

Confirming the development, film producer Praveen VC said: "Shah Rukh has done the prologue of the movie for the Hindi version. SRK said he's from a family of freedom fighters and was happy to be associated with a project like this."

Here's a breather for versatile actor Kamal Haasan.

Madras High Court on Thursday cleared the release of Kamal Haasan's Tamil film 'Unni Poloruvan'.

The bilingual film will be releasing on September 18.

An entertainment firm named Pyramid Saimira Productions International Ltd. had filed a suit alleging breach of contract.

Justice Rajasuriya directed Kamal to pay half the sum of money that he allegedly owes to Pyramid Saimira before 30 September.

Talented danseuse and actress Shobana was praised by actor Kamal Haasan recently during the DVD launch of her dance drama Maya Ravan. Kamal, who is currently working on his film, Unnaipol Oruvan, believes the drama has a lot of elements to attract audiences and that it should do really well. He also informed that he is a Ravana fan.

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The much-talked-about film 'The 19th Step' has come under the arc light for the wrong reason.

It is learnt that Kamal Haasan has apparently pulled out of the project.

The film also happens to be Asin Thottumkal's prestigious Indo-Japanese project.

This will surely left Asin with lots of time that she has set aside to learn and practice the ancient art of Kalaripayattu.

After the huge success of holding a global screenwriting workshop recently, celebrated actor-director Kamal Haasan is all set to produce, direct and act in some short films - based on the Tamil Nadu capital, Chennai.

Giving this information to the media persons, Kamal said: “It would be about 30 short films about this city called Chennai. We will begin with Chennai, we will go to other cities as well. We are not making documentaries. It's about the fictional world of writers as they look at Chennai.”

Shruti Haasan multi-talented daughter of great actor Kamal Haasan, is presently very busy. Shruti is presently handling various projects which involve acting, singing and composing music.

Shruti will make her debut through ‘Luck’, opposite Imran Khan, directed by Soham Shah. Shruti is also composing music for 'Unnaipol Oruvan' which is remake of Hindi movie A Wednesday.  

At the time when the country's people are making use of their voting rights, Tollywood superstar Kamal Hassan will not be able to vote this year at Corporation School near Nageswaran Rao Park in Mylapore, Chennai as his name is missing from the voters list!

Despite his busy shooting schedule, Kamal was planning to fly to Chennai only to cast his vote.

Nowadays, Kamal is in Hyderabad shooting for his upcoming flick 'Unnai Pol Oruvan'.

But when the actor came to know about the exclusion of his name from the list, he feels really sad and frustrated.

Hindi version of Kamal Haasan's Dashavataram finally released on Friday. Many famous Bollywood personalities were present at the special screening of the film arranged for family and friends. Kamal Haasan's companion Gouthumi, her daughter and actor's two daughters were also present at the special preview of the film. Dashavataram was a huge hit in south lets see if Hindi version of the movie also gets the same response.

Kamal Haasan’s much awaited Hindi version of his Tamil blockbuster Dasavtharam is finally releasing after almost a year since the original released. This mega budget extravaganza now titled Dashavatar is directed by KS Ravikumar has Kamal Haasan playing ten different characters, which by itself is a record of sorts. Ghajini girl Asin Thottumkal is in a double role and Mallika Sherawat also plays a significant part in the film.

Akshay Kumar’s next release, Kambakkht Ishq is the remake of a Tamil film starring Kamal Haasan titled, Pammal K. Sambandam (2002). The Tamil film was a big hit down South.

Finally, shooting for Kamal Haasan’s next movie has started at Ramoji Rao Film City, Hyderabad.

However, the title of the film has changed to ‘Unnaipol Oruvan’ from ‘Thalaivan Irukkiraan’. The film will be bilingual in Tamil and Telugu.

Unnaipol Oruvan is a remake of Neeraj Pandey’s directed critically acclaimed Hindi small budget film ‘A Wednesday’.

Chakri Toleti is directing the movie. Raajkamal International and U TV Motion Pictures will produce the film jointly.

Nothing seems to be going right for Kamal Haasan after Dasavatharam. Kamal Haasan announced his ambitious project ‘Marmayogi’ but is has been shelved for reasons unknown.

Kamal Haasan then announced the remake of the hit Hindi film ‘A Wednesday’. The film is being planned to be remade in Tamil and Telugu simultaneously. But Kamal faced some legal problems as Koneru Kiran Kumar claimed that he has obtained the rights to remake the film in Telugu form UTV. Now UTV is in trouble as Friday Film works, the producers of the original are now dragging UTV to court over breach of agreement.

Veteran South Indian actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan had insisted the politicians of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka not to mix art with politics.

Kamal was speaking in the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of Kannada Film Industry that was held on Sunday evening in Bangalore.

Speaking in his inaugural speech here on the Sunday evening, Kamal said, “Let us put in efforts to strengthen the relationship between the people of the two states. We are like brothers and let's solve the problems without the intervention of others.”

The smashing success of Neeraj Pandey’s ‘A Wednesday’ -- starring Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher in leading roles -- has motivated veteran South Indian actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan to remake it in two languages.

Kamal has confirmed that he would soon come up with the remake of the last year’s Hindi blockbuster in Tamil and Telugu.

Kamal would be playing the role that Naseeruddin Shah portrayed in the original.

In the bilingual film, Anupam Kher's character would be enacted by Malayalam superstar Mohanlal.

Urging his fans to refrain from celebrating his birthday on November 7, as he was "deeply hurt by the killing of Tamils in Sri Lanka", Kamal Haasan asked them to 'redirect' their energy and enthusiasm towards human compassion.

The South superstar said that he would feel proud if his birthday can be used as a tiny fulcrum to leverage public opinion against the genocide. Expressing solidarity with the Tamils in Sri Lanka, Kamal said: "Many are dying for a reason so unbelievably simple. They speak the same language - Tamil - as I do."

Ace actor-director Kamal Haasan has announced that his upcoming flick ‘Marmayogi’ will be produced under his banner in association with Pyramid Saimira.

Kamal Haasan said, “We have signed an agreement with Pyramid Saimira and any news to the contrary is a slur on our bonafide partnership. Media reports contrary to this business deal struck between Raj Kamal Films International and Pyramid Saimira Group are inaccurate and immature.”

Kamal Hassan is looking forward to direct the tri-lingual film “Marmayogi”, in which he would also play the lead role. This major tri-lingual project will also be made in native English.

Kamal Hassan informed that for the present venture, Raaj Kamal Films International has signed an agreement with Pyramid Saimira Group. The date to launch this multi-dollar project will be announced soon. Earlier, Hassan’s “Dasavanthram” had been received well at the box-office.

After Dasavatharam, the multi-talented star Kamal Haasan has begun pre-production work on his new flick ‘Marmayogi.’

Kamal is not only starring in this film, but he is also directing and producing it. It is a big budget film, and he is in search of a few suitable corporates to fund the recent project.

‘Marmayogi’ is said to be a historical adventure romantic movie with an ‘A’ list of actors. Kamal is trying to rope in a Bollywood starlet for his film, and the hum is that Kajol might get a call in this regard.

The music of the film will be composed by ace music director AR Rahman. The rest of the cast and crew are being worked out.