Kamal Haasan picks his 70 favorite Indian movies
Published on Aug 13, 2017 7:10 pm IST


On this day, in 1959, legendary actor Kamal Haasan made his silver screen debut as a child artiste in the Tamil film Kalathur Kannamma. Kamal fans are trending the hashtag “#58GloriousYearsOfKamalism” and sharing their top 5 favorite Kamal movies on social media to celebrate the 62-year-old actor’s historic journey in movies.

Meanwhile, Kamal, in a special feature for a leading English daily, came up with a list of his top 70 favorite movies made in the pre and post-Independent India. The list includes some of the movies Kamal acted in, apart from several iconic classics from Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali.

Devadasu, Mayabazar, Maro Charitra, Sankarabharanamam, Swathi Muthyam and Manam are some of Kamal’s favorite Telugu movies. Below is the complete list of Kamal’s 70 favorite films:

Kunku (1937)

Chandralekha (1948)

Parasakthi (1952)

Devadasu (1953)

Andha Naal (1954)

Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955)

The Apu trilogy (1955, 1956, 1959)

Mayabazar (1957)

Ajantrik (1958)

Kagaz Ke Phool (1959)

Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960)

Mughal-E-Azam (1960)

Ganga Jamuna (1961)

Chemmeen (1965)

Ennathan Mudivu (1965)

Padosan (1968)

Sudigundalu (1968)

Bhuvan Shome (1969)

Samskara (1970)

Anubhavangal Paalichakal (1971)

Tere Mere Sapne (1971)

Pakeezah (1972)

Vamsha Vriksha (1972)

Achanak (1973)

Garam Hawa (1973)

Kaadu (1973)

Nirmalyam (1973)

Ankur (1974)

Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu (1974)

Aval Oru Thodal Kathai* (1974)

Apoorva Raagangal* (1975)

Chomana Dudi (1975)

Hamsageethe (1975)

Sholay (1975)

Harmonium (1976)

Swapnadanam (1976)

Manmadha Leelai* (1976)

16 Vayathinile* (1977)

Avargal* (1977)

Ghatashraddha (1977)

Kodiyettam (1977)

Manavoori Pandavulu (1978)

Maro Charitra* (1978)

Red Rose* (1978)

Sommokadidi Sokokadidi* (1978)

Moondram Pirai* (1980)

Sankarabharnam (1980)

Amavasya Chandrudu* (1981)

Ee Nadu (1982)

Ardh Satya (1983)

Masoom (1983)

Sagara Sangamam* (1983)

Malgudi Days (1986)

Naamukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal (1986)

Swati Mutyam* (1986)

Nayakan* (1987)

Pushpak* (1987)

Thaniyavarthanam (1987)

Aporva Sagotharargal* (1989)

Thevar Magan* (1992)

Drohkaal (1994)

Mahanadi* (1994)

Hey Ram* (2000)

Anbe Sivam* (2003)

Virumaandi* (2004)

Dasavathaaram* (2008)

Vishwaroopam* (2013)

Manam (2014)

Dangal (2016)

Thithi (2016)

    

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