Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan, who turned 62, needs no special introduction, but some of his best performances have gone unnoticed in numerous underrated films. Here is a list of few such films from the career of the multi-faceted hero:
“Aval Appadithan”: Arguably one of the masterpieces of Tamil cinema, this film may have been a box office disaster, but it was made much ahead of its time. Kamal plays a documentary filmmaker, through whose eyes the film presents the moving story of Sripriya, a men-hating independent woman with a bitter past. The razor-sharp dialogues with surrealistic filmmaking style offer an experience no Tamil film, before or after, has managed to deliver.
“Anbe Sivam”: The actor takes an agnostic stance about atheism and communism in “Anbe Sivam”, which translates to “Love is God”. The film revolves around two characters — a communist and a capitalist — who learn important lessons of life via a road trip. The film remains underrated to date because many misunderstood its sarcastic undertones associated with atheism.
