Kalathur
Kannamma
(1959)
Kamal
Hassan
made
his
debut
as
a
child
artiste
in
Kalathur
Kannamma.
No
child
artist
could
ever
expect
more
than
getting
honoured
for
his
first
film
and
the
young
Kamal
won
the
President's
Gold
Medal
at
the
age
of
seven.
His
innocent
and
natural
acting
won
the
hearts
of
the
audience.
Apoorva
Raagangal
(1975)
Having
won
the
Best
Actor
Award
for
his
debut
movie
as
a
hero
in
Malayalam
film
Kanyakumari,
Kamal
Hassan's
first
film
as
a
hero
in
Tamil
was
Apoorva
Raagangal.
For
this
film
too,
he
won
the
Filmfare
Best
Actor
Award
and
announced
his
arrival
with
a
bang.
16
Vayathinile
(1977)
The
movie,
16
Vayathinile
was
a
trend
setting
film
of
70s.
Kamal
played
the
role
named
Chappani,
a
village
bumpkin,
and
the
film
also
starred
Sridevi,
and
Rajinikanth,
who
played
the
negative
role.
It
was
directed
by
Bharathiraja.
Kamal
won
state
and
Filmfare
awards
for
his
stellar
performance.
Moondram
Pirai
(1982)
Balu
Mahendra's
Moondram
Pirai
bagged
several
awards.
The
amazing
chemistry
between
Kamal
and
Sridevi,
brilliant
story,
cinematography
and
direction,
and
Ilaiyaraja's
music
were
the
highlights
of
the
movie.
Sagara
Sangamam
(1983)
K
Vishwanath's
Sagara
Sangamam
drew
the
attention
of
all
South
language
audience.
Kamal's
role
of
a
drunkard
classical
dancer
won
a
lot
of
accolades.
Ilaiyaraaja,
Vishwanath,
SP
Balasubramaniam
and
Jayaprada
were
also
honoured
with
various
awards.
Nayagan
(1987)
One
film
that
changed
the
style
of
making
gangster
films
in
India
was
Nayagan.
The
performances
of
lead
stars,
amazing
screenplay
and
realistic
story
backed
by
brilliant
direction
by
Mani
Ratnam
brought
a
realistic
appeal
to
the
film.
Nayagan
was
based
on
the
real-life
Bombay
underworld
don
Varada
aka
Varadarajan
Mudaliar.
Kamal
Hassan,
Saranya
Ponvannan,
Karthika,
Nasser
and
others
featured
in
the
film,
which
has
been
listed
in
'All-Time
100
Best
Films' by
Times
Magazine.
Pushpaka
Vimana
(1987)
Pushpaka
Vimana
is
a
silent
black-comedy
film.
It
was
directed
by
Singeetham
Srinivasa
Rao
and
reinvented
the
silent
film
form.
Apoorva
Sagodharargal
(1989)
The
combination
of
Kamal
and
Singeetham
Srinivasa
Rao
worked
wonders
at
the
Box
office,
as
the
film
was
one
of
the
biggest
commercial
hit
of
the
decade.
Kamal
Hassan
did
triple
roles
-
a
mechanic,
a
circus
clown
(who
is
a
dwarf)
and
a
police
officer.
Thevar
Magan
(1992)
Thevar
Magan
was
the
official
entry
for
the
Best
Foreign
Language
Film
for
the
65th
Academy
Awards
from
India.
The
film
won
several
awards
even
though
it
was
accused
of
disturbing
communal
harmony
in
Southern
part
of
Tamil
Nadu.
Mahanadi
(1994)
Kamal
Hassan,
Sukanya
and
Cochin
Haneefa's
film
Mahanadi
tells
the
sympathetic
story
of
an
ordinary
man's
grief
when
all
his
property
and
family
got
ruined.
It
was
directed
by
Santhana
Bharathi.
Indian
(1996)
Shankar's
Indian
starred
Kamal
Hassan,
Manisha
Koirala
and
Urmila
Matondkar
in
the
leads.
The
movie
is
about
an
old-aged
man
named
Senapathy,
who
uproots
the
corruption.
He
kills
the
people,
who
are
all
involved
in
it,
including
his
son.
It
is
one
of
the
biggest
commercial
hits
on
Kamal
Hassan.