Highly-acclaimed actor Kamala Hasan celebrates his 52nd birthday on Tuesday.
In a career spanning four decades, Hasan is known in the film industry for his versatility - he has capably played a diversity of characters in his films.
He has appeared in movies made in six languages: Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and Bengali.
A trained playback singer, he has penned lyrics for the soundtracks of some of his recent films.
Hasan has also performed Bharatanatyam and had assisted in choreography in films early in his career.
Hasan made his screen debut in a Tamil film, Kalathur Kannamma, at the age of six, which won him the first National Award for Best Child Artist.
Subsequently, he starred as a child actor in movies that featured legends like MGR, Sivaji Ganesan and Gemini Ganesh.
It was with 16 Vayathinile, in which he acted with actress Sridevi, that established him as a popular teen idol at the age of 23.
Together, they featured in 23 films as a popular acting pair. The following year, he got his break with K Balachander's Telugu hit Maro Charithra.
Hasan dabbled with directing for the first time when director T N Baalu passed away during the filming of Sankarlal in 1981.
Hasan reached the peak of his career in 1979 with multiple classics which coincided with the decline of MGR/Sivaji era in movies.
He tried his hand at directing for the second time with the Hindi film Chachi 420 in 1997. Apart from acting, Hasan has also attempted scripting, screenplay and special effects.
Hasan is a three-time winner of the National Film Award for Best Actor for the films Nayagan, Moondram Pirai, and Indian. He also won the National Award for Best Child Actor for his performance in Kalathoor Kannamma.
He has also received the best actor award at the Asian Film festivals held in 1983 and 1985 for Saagara Sangamam and Swathi Muthyam respectively.
Six of his movies have been sent as India's official entry to the Oscars. Hasan has won the Filmfare awards 18 times.
He was awarded the fourth highest recognition given to Indian civilians - the Padmashri in 1990.
He was conferred an honorary doctorate by Sathyabama Deemed University, Chennai in 2005.
Source : IBN Live
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