List of Awards and Nominations Received By Kamal Haasan

List Of Awards And Nominations Received By Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan is an Indian film actor, who works mainly in the Tamil film industry. Considered to be one of the finest method actors of Indian cinema, he received the President's Gold Medal at the age of six for acting in his debut film Kalathur Kannamma. As of 2013, Haasan has won four National Film Awards, two Filmfare Awards and a record 17 Filmfare Awards South. After his last Filmfare award for Hey Ram in 2000, he wrote to the organisation requesting not to award him further. Haasan received his first National Film Award for Best Actor in 1983 for Moondram Pirai in which he played the role of a school teacher who looks after a girl suffering from amnesia. In 1988 he secured his second National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Mani Ratnam's Nayagan, which was ranked by Time magazine as one of the "Top-100 best films" of all time. In 1997, Haasan received his third National Film Award for Best Actor in Indian, in which he portrayed the role of a freedom fighter who tries to drive out corruption from the country.

Seven of the films that Haasan has been featured were submitted by India to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, the most films ever submitted for any actor in India. Apart from his acting career he has also worked as a director, screenwriter, playback singer and lyricist. He owns a film production company, Rajkamal International, named after his mother, which produces several of his films. In 2009, he became one of the few actors in India to have completed 50 years in Indian cinema.

Haasan has been honoured at a few International film festivals. Films like Hey Ram and Virumaandi, both directed by him were screened at several film festivals. Hey Ram was showcased under the category "Director in Focus" at the Rotterdam Film Festival and Virumaandi was awarded the Best Film at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival.