The best Kamal Haasan’s family movies

Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan

07/11/1954 (69 años)
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Kamal Haasan’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Kamal Haasan.

Chachi 420

Chachi 420
7.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaFamily
  • Release: 19/12/1997
  • Character: Jaiprakash Paswan / Laxmi Godbhole
In order to see his little girl more often, a divorcee disguises himself as an old lady and gets a job as his own daughter's caretaker.

Papanasam

Papanasam
8.4/10
A cinephile tries to protect his family by hiding a heat-of-the-moment murder committed by his daughter by taking cues from the films he has watched. With the victim the son of a cop, can he get away with it?

Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum

Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum
4.7/10
A father and son, who fail to understand each other, decide to sort out their issues with the help of their family friend in an unusual and bizarre way.

Sanam Teri Kasam

Sanam Teri Kasam
6/10
Sanam Teri Kasam is the story of Sunil and his search for his father who has gone somewhere when Sunil was just a child. He meets Reena Roy en-route who leads him to his father Kader Khan. But unfortunately, somebody else (Ranjeet) has already been planted by Jeevan as Sunil and hence, Kader Khan neither recognises his real son, nor allows him to meet Reena Roy. In the end however, every hurdle is removed and all is well. The film is also known for its super hit songs, especially 'nisha, nisha, nisha'. The other songs 'sheeshe ke gharon mein', 'kitne bhi tu kar le sitam' were also hit.

Agni Sakshi

Agni Sakshi
7/10
Agni Sakshi is a Tamil language film directed by K. Balachander, starring Sivakumar and Saritha in the lead roles. Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan play a short cameo as themselves. Saritha was portrayed as a Schizophrenia patient in this film. The movie was a box office failure. However, Saritha won Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress.

Swati Muthyam

Swati Muthyam
8.5/10
  • Genre: DramaFamily
  • Release: 13/03/1986
  • Character: Sivayya
After an autistic man impulsively marries a young widow, she must move to the city and ensure the welfare of her new family, against the glare of societal judgement and financial struggle.

Per Sollum Pillai

Per Sollum Pillai
6.3/10
  • Genre: Family
  • Release: 16/07/1987
  • Character: Ramu
Rajalakshmi raises Ramu, an orphan, as her own son who in turn always protects his foster family. However, he must stop his malicious foster brothers from marrying off their real sister to a gangster.

Avargal

Avargal
7.3/10
After a break-up with her boyfriend and a troubled marriage with Ramanathan, Anu is devastated. She finds solace when she meets Janardhan however, her troubled past soon catches up with her.

Arangetram

Arangetram
7.8/10
Lalitha is the eldest daughter of a pious and conservative Brahmin family. She has eight siblings and poverty rules reign. She decides to take up the family mantle and goes to work. Due to family needs and ill fate, she ends up as a prostitute but manages to settle all her brothers and sisters. Her family ditches her when they come to know about her dark side. Thangavelu, a man who was once rejected by her marries her. She loses her sanity in the end.

Paarthale Paravasam

Paarthale Paravasam
5.1/10
A doctor becomes an instant heartthrob after making an appearance in a movie and soon marries a woman. But just after their marriage, the truth about his past is revealed, which leads to complications, taking the couple a step closer to divorce.

Thappu Thalangal

Thappu Thalangal
8/10
  • Genre: DramaFamilyRomance
  • Release: 30/10/1978
  • Character: Cameo (Sarasu's Hindi Speaking Customer)
When Devu, a local thug, meets Sarasu, a prostitute, he falls in love with her. They decide to a lead a moral life after Devu commits an unforgettable crime.

Unnal Mudiyum Thambi

Unnal Mudiyum Thambi
7.9/10
Unnal Mudiyum Thambi is a Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role. It was a remake of Telugu film Rudraveena starring Chiranjeevi. Kamal Haasan plays the younger son of an illustrious Carnatic music maestro. he role of the father is played by legendary thespian Gemini Ganesan. The father is a strict disciplinarian who is very class conscious and cares only for his art.The maestro's eldest son was born dumb and hence had to take to an instrument, the nagaswaram, which he is quite adept at.The father looks upon his younger son to carry on his...

Kabita

Kabita
6.9/10
Kabita, a middle-class working woman, looks after and tries to financially support her family. Soon, she sacrifices the love of her life for her widowed sister.

Ek Nai Paheli

Ek Nai Paheli
6.9/10
Ek Nai Paheli is a 1984 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by K. Balachander, starring Kamal Haasan, Raaj Kumar, Hema Malini, Padmini Kohlapure and Suresh Oberoi. Ek Nai Paheli is an emotional family drama on unusual relationship. The movie is a remake of the Tamil classic Apoorva Raagangal directed by K. Balachander, incidentally called the shots for Hindi version too. Upendranath, a widower lives a wealthy life and his only son, Sandeep is a headstrong and stubborn young man. He leaves his dad's house to make his own life. He meets a beautiful older woman Bhairavi who is a singer. Both Bhairavi and Sandeep fall in love with each other and decide to marry, but a man, Avinash now arrives and claims as the husband of Bhairavi, moreover he meets Sandeep as well and tells his story. He also speak about their daughter, Kajri. Climax reveals that, Kajri lives with the much older Upendranath and plan to marry as well. What would be the fate of Bhairavi, Sandeep and Avinash??

Moondru Mudichu

Moondru Mudichu
7.6/10
Roommates Prasath and Balaji are both in love with Selvi. However, life takes an ugly turn when Balaji dies and Selvi is forced to marry Prasath's father.

Anthuleni Katha

Anthuleni Katha
8.3/10
Saritha sacrifices her comforts and the prospect of a life with her boyfriend for the sake of her family. Things take a turn when her boss proposes to marry her.

Aval Oru Thodar Kathai

Aval Oru Thodar Kathai
7.8/10
Kavitha, a young woman, is the sole bread winner for her family. In order to fulfill their dreams and ambitions, she puts herself through the daily grind of working in an office maintaining a tough exterior at home and at office. The delays in her marriage with her lover Tilak, frustrates him but he decides to wait for her. Eventually when Kavitha consents to marriage, Tilak springs up an unpleasant surprise.

Nool Veli

Nool Veli
6.6/10
Nool Veli is a 1979 Tamil film starring Sarath Babu and Sujatha. The film was a bi-lingual shot simultaneously in Telugu as Guppedu Manasu. Kamal Haasan plays a guest role in this film. The story deals with the crisis of a middle-aged person played by Sarath Babu. He treats a young girl (Saritha) as his daughter. He succumbs to his temptations of weakness and impregnates her in the process. Does he accept the responsibility and father her child or his relationship with his wife (Sujatha) continues in the same way? What could be the condition of the girl taken advantage by a man at a tender age?

Thaayillamal Naanillai

Thaayillamal Naanillai
6.2/10
  • Genre: DramaFamily
  • Release: 14/04/1979
  • Character: Raja
Raja falls in love with Bhuvana, the daughter of a landlord. However, the landlord declares that he will agree to their relationship only if Raja forsakes his mother.

Sollathaan Ninaikkiren

Sollathaan Ninaikkiren
7.3/10
The story is about three sisters Srividya, Subha and Jayachitra, each getting attracted to their tenant, a young man played by Sivakumar. Sivakumar falls in love with Jayachitra. However, things take a turn to the worse in the typical Balachander style when Jayachitra sacrifices herself to the whims of a playboy, played by Kamal Haasan in order to save her friend (Jayasudha) from his exploits. What happens next, who marries whom, is the crux of a dramatic climax. The movie turns the entire concept of romantic movies by its head - the concept being that the hero does not always have to get the girl.

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