Although it is Tamil cinema that made him the Kamal Haasan he is today, there’s no doubt that he is among the very few Indian actors to have left a lasting impact in any language he worked in. While he starred in several notable movies in Telugu, Malayalam, and Hindi, even his few appearances in Kannada and one in Bengali didn’t go unnoticed, thanks to his immense acting potential. Kamal made his Hindi debut in 1974, playing a small role in his mentor K Balachander’s Aaina, a remake of the director’s Tamil film Arangetram (1973). However, his proper foray into Bollywood happened over half a decade later. Don’t Miss | Ananthan Kaadu review: Murali Gopy swallowed an encyclopedia, now we’re paying the price Kamal Haasan’s golden run in Bollywood This time, too, Balachander himself paved the way for the actor. When the director remade his widely successful Telugu romantic tragedy Maro Charitra (1978) in Hindi as Ek Duuje Ke Liye (1981), Balachander retained Kamal as the male lead. Instead of Maro Charitra’s Saritha, Rati Agnihotri …