What are the best Kamal Hassan Movies that you want to watch again and again?

 Most of the answers here covers Tamil, Telugu and Hindi movies acted by him, hence I felt I can write about his Kannada movies.

Kamal Hassan has acted in many Kannada movies too. Out of all his Kannada movies, Rama Shama Bhama is the one movie which I like to watch again and again.

It is a full length comedy movie. Kamal Hassan role is that of a doctor.

His character name is Shama, he is Ramesh’s friend in the movie.

He is a Dharwad man in the movie, his dialogue delivery in Dharwad Kannada is simply brilliant.

His acting as a doctor, as a friend, as a comedian is really appreciable. Especially the climax scene is real fun. One can watch this movie to see his Kannada skills :P

Who is the most handsome Kannada hero of all time?

 There are lot of handsome actors that have graced the silver screen of Karnataka.

However Handsomeness doesn't mean talent.

Dr.Rajkumar (1929–2006) - the greatest Kannada actor and legend was an handsome gentelmen and known for simplicity and down to earth behavior.

Navarasa Nayaka Jaggesh(b.1963- ) - India's answer to Charlie Chaplin and the most talented actor/artist in Karnataka’s Kannada film industry ever is decent in appearance, but has bundle of talent. He's one of the greatest Indian actors still active and a versatile actor.

Shashi Kumar (b.1965-) was very handsome before the 1998 car accident. He was a good dancer and skilled actor

People would say Anant nag (b.1948-) but he was a Konkani not a kannadiga at all. So his mother tongue is Konkani and he grew up mostly in Mumbai along with his younger brother late Shankar Nag (b.1954–d.1990).

Tamilian V. Ravichandran was handsome actor in younger years but he isn't a kannadiga and cannot be considered as a Kannada hero because his mother tongue is Tamil. He's one of the tamilians who found huge success in Karnataka and kannada film land.

Late Vishnuvardhan(1950–2010) was handsome in his initial years when he was young but in his 40’s and 50’s he wasn't considered handsome because he got diabetes at very young age.

Ambarish(1952–2018) was tall, dusky and handsome but later he too was aged bad and average looking after aging due to his high consumption of Alcohol.

Remake star Sudeep (b.1971- ) at 54 doesn't look handsome but many of his blind fans consider him handsome.

Upendra Rao (n.1968-) was handsome in his younger days due to his punk hairstyle and signature style. He is the most stylish actor in Karnataka Kannada film industry. At 57 years he's looks decent and correct for his age.

Upendra now at 58

Why are only the Kannada and Malayalam film industries giving off-beat cinemas?

 I'll talk only with respect to Kannada industry was excellent before 2006.

Hindi audiences, Malayalis, Tamilians, Bengalis, Marathigas don't have any knowledge on Kannada film industry and it's history. The problem lies with themselves only , they have watched very few handful of recent kannada movies. The reason being poor popularity and poor promotion of kannada films outside Karnataka.

They are only recently identifying kannada movies with cringe movies like Kgf, Yash movies, Kantara, Darshan movies, Sudeep movies, Shetty movies etc. These movies lack story and content.

Sandalwood or Kannada film land also had a lot of quality movies.However their popularity and audiences are only restricted to Karnataka and kannada audiences. This is main reason why kannada film land is giving a lot of off beat movies that have gone unnoticed.

Kannada film industry has given some of the greatest movies ever in Indian Film Industry. Some of them are very unique and out of box. There is no dearth of good realistic movies in Kannada Film industry.

The list goes below:

Upendra (1999) - The first kannada film to be released in Japan in Yubari International Film Festival, Tokyo. It is regarded as the most weirdest movie ever in not just Indian Film industry but in World cinema. It is one of the greatest kannada movie I have seen.

Accident (1984) - Fantastic thriller by Konkani director Shankar Nag.

Etu Eduretu (1981) - Battle between a black magician and a tantrik in modern setting.

Eddelu Manjunatha (2009) - a fantastic movie starring legend Navarasa Nayaka Jaggesh.

Accident (2008) - fantastic mystery thriller by Ramesh Arvind.

Uppi-2/ Upendra - 2 (2015) - Brilliant Psychological thriller.

Babruvahana (1977)

Ade Kannu (1985) - Thriller

Kasturi Nivasa (1971) - very sad movie that shows the value of humans.

Tabarana Kathe(1986) - national award movie

A(1998) - unique love story

UI (2024)

Matha(2006) - Navarasa Nayaka Jaggesh’s masterpiece movie

Shhh!!(1993) - fantastic horror-mystery thriller

Kannada film industry was dominated by lot of wonderful senior talented actors - Dr Rajkumar, Sundar Krishna Urs, KS Ashwath, Srinath, Musuri Krishnamurthy, TN Balakrishna, Vajramuni, etc

Legendary Veteran actor Rajkumar dominated Kannada film industry for decades and often was called the face of Kannada Film industry.

Another blow to Kannada film industry is death of Dr Rajkumar, one of the greatest Indian actor Under Construction 2006 after the death of legendary actor Dr Rajkumar ( not to be mistaken with Hindi actor Raajkumar of the same name) whole Kannada film industry collapsed.

Since 2006 after demise of Dr Rajkumar Karnataka is dominated by non-kannada movies.

Sadly now Kannada film industry is spoiled by Tulu nadu artists and less talented overrated artists like Yash, Darshan , Sudeep, Dhruva Sarja, Ganesh and others.

Kannada audiences have changed a lot now they're liking mass overaction commerical movies of overrated actors like Yash, Darshan, Sudeep Ganesh,etc.

Kannada audiences don't support realistic movies nowadays

Why did pooja Gandhi vanish after delivering a massive hit in Kannada, mungaru male?

 After starring in a block-buster romantic Kannada film Mungaru Male in 2006, Pooja Gandhi became a very popular and highest paid actress in the Kannada cinema. It was her Kannada debut film, this film gave her an immense success and she became an overnight sensational star in the Kannada film industry.

Ganesh and Pooja Gandhi starred in Mungaru Male which became the first Indian film to get screened continuously for one year in a multiplex and it was screened for over 865 days. It grossed over 75 crore and became the highest grossing South Indian film of that time.

After Mungaru Male she starred in several hit films in Kannada such as Milana opposite Puneeth Rajkumar, it was her second film in Kannada and it was screened over 500 days in the theatres.

Her third film in Kannada was Krishna opposite Ganesh and it was also a commercially hit film, it completed 100 days. This film has become her hat- trick 100 days film in Kannada.

Until 2008 her career was good in the Kannada film industry as acted in super hit films like Taj Mahal and opposite Upendra in Budhivanta both were released in 2008.

2009 onwards most of her films failed at the box office. In 2009 she acted in 12 films in different languages including Kannada.

In 2010 she acted in her third Hindi film I Am alongside Juhi Chawla, it received positive reviews and also won National Film Award for Best Film.

In 2012 she made her comeback with Kannada film Dandupalya in a non glamorous get-up. It was a crime, female orientated film and was a box-office hit and completed 100 days and collected 40 crore againt 3 crore budget. She gave an exceptionally good performance in a realistic way and she won SIIMA Award and was nominated for Filmfare Award South for Best Actress in a Negative Role.

But Pooja Gandhi got criticised from social activists of some groups for exposing in a particular scene in the film Dandupalya, they called it an offense. Some groups demonstrated against it in Bangalore for depicting anti social activities in the film.

In 2012 she joined Politics by joining JDS but in 2013 she contested Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections for the seat in Raichur from BSR Congres but she couldn't win the seat .

In 2015 she acted and also produced Kannada film Abhinetri.

In 2017 she starred in Dandupalya 2 and in 2018 in Dandupalya 3 and in both the films she performed brilliantly and more confidently.

In 2023 she got married with Vijay Ghorpade. When we refer to her background she is from a Punjabi family, she was born in Meerut, UP and brought up in Delhi. She began her career as a model and then acted in some television series. She made her filmy debut at the age of 18 with the Bollywood film Kathron Ke Khiladi in 2001. She then acted in a Bengali film in 2003 and in a Tamil film Kokki in 2006. Kannada film Mungaru Male made her a big star. After Dandupalya 3 she didn't appear in any Kannada film. In 2022 she acted in a Telugu film in a supporting role. After her marriage she didn't act in any film.

Pooja Gandhi might have lost her popularity when she entered into politics in 2012, it might be her wrong decision, she failed in politics and also lost her filmy career. In 2012 she got engaged with industrialist Anand Gowda but it got ended in a month. She also got criticised when she took part in Kannada Bigg Boss Season 3. But Pooja Gandhi is happy with her filmy career, she feels that she didn't appear in the same type of roles, she gave big hits and also big flops but she doesn't have regret because she feels that it was all the part of making her what she is today. She says that a film can be a flop but an actor can never be a flop.

Pooja Gandhi gave many block-buster films but even for today she is famous for her role Nandini in Mungaru Male, the audience liked her very much in that role. She is popularly known as Male Hudugi (Rain Girl) in the Kannada film industry. She acted in over 50 films in a decade in 5 languages and she mainly worked in Kannada films.