Kamal Haasan

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Personal life

He is a self-professed rationalist, atheist, activist, and a follower of Periyar. Some of his movies, especially Anbe Sivam, have put forward his atheistic views. The discussion between Kamal and Madhavan about Tsunami in the movie (released in 2003) showed the Tamil viewers Kamal's breadth of knowledge.

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Rationalist - Atheist - Activist - Periyar

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Kamal's production company is Rajkamal Productions.

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Kamal is the first actor to turn his fan club into a service organization. Though born to an affluent Iyengar family, he denied his caste identity. Along with his daughter, Kamal has donated his eyes and also offered his body for research after his death, the first Indian celebrity to do so. He was the first Indian actor to promise that he will not act in smoking scenes in movies (But however he acted in a movie named 'Nizhal Nijamakirathu' as a chain smoker, he always acted as a chain smoker in that movie).

Related Topics:
Iyengar - Caste - Celebrity

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Like many actors, his personal life has been the subject of media gossip. In his early years, he was much spoken about for his relationship with Sridevi, a famous actress of that time. He married Vani Ganapathi, a Bharatanatyam dancer, but they divorced almost immediately when Sarika, an Hindi actress, claimed that she was pregnant with his child. Kamal then married Sarika. They have two teenage daughters and their marriage lasted until 2002, when media attention to his relationship with the young actress Simran resulted in their separation. Soon afterwards, the media reported that another of his co-stars, Gouthami, was living in his house.

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Sridevi - Vani Ganapathi - Bharatanatyam - Sarika - Simran - Gouthami

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After Rajnikanth, widely considered the 'super star' of Tamil films, Kamal Haasan is the biggest Tamil film star. He is generally considered to be the better actor among the two. Anbe Sivam is also considered a response to Rajnikanth's Baba which was released earlier the same year. The story of Baba was dominated by religion and devotion, whereas Anbe Sivam (Love alone is God) talked about humanism.

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Kamal's elder brother Charu Hassan is also a well respected actor in south Indian cinema.

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