What’s unique about Kamal?
- 4 National Awards (Kalathur Kannammaa, Moondram Pirai, Naayagan, Indhian)
- 7 times to Oscars (his movie was India’s official entry)
- 18 Filmfare Awards for Best Actor [Dilip Kumar had 14]
- 5 Silver Jubilee hits in a single year (1982: Vaazhve Maayam, Moondraam Pirai, Simla Special, Sagalakala Vallavan, Sanam Teri Kasam)
- Acted in 6 languages (Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Bengali)
- His dream project Marudhanaayagam was inaugurated by Queen Elizabeth II
- First Tamil movie launch in Madurai (Sandiyar / Virumaandi) instead of Chennai
- First actor to transform his fans’ club into a social service organization (known as Narpani Mandram not Rasigar Mandram), having donated 10000 pairs of eyes
- Donated his body to Madras Medical College in 2002
This list is based on Saravanan’s post on his blog, Life is 2 Live. Read more there…
September 25th, 2006 at 3:07 pm
Kamal didn’t win any national award for Kalathur Kannamma. It’s a huge blooper pulled off, on the Net.
September 26th, 2006 at 4:25 am
This info is not just pulled off the Net. AFAIK, he did win the Best Child Actor award for that year.