Prosthetic makeup was used for the first time in Bollywood, with only one actor playing father-son, the first Rs 50 crore film.

Mumbai. In the year 1996, there was a film in Bollywood that created a new definition of cinema. Prosthetic makeup was used for the first time in this film. The film was released in several Indian languages. Although it was originally made in Tamil. Kamal Haasan played the lead role in the film. Today is Kamal’s birthday. Kamal experimented a lot with the director in this film and he got the result. It was the blockbuster film of the year. The film was well liked by the Tamil and Hindi audiences.

Kamal Haasan’s film was titled ‘Hindustani’ in Hindi and ‘Bharatiya’ in Tamil. The remake of the film is being made again after 27 years, the teaser of which has been released recently. The pen has appeared in its old style. Urmila Matondkar was opposite Kamal Haasan in the 1996 film. Urmila was voiced by Bhanupriya in the Tamil version. The film also featured Manisha Koirala.

Kamal Haasan’s double role

In the film, Kamal Haasan played the role of Senapati/Indian, who is a freedom fighter and fights to eliminate corruption after seeing the growing corruption in the country after independence. At the same time, the commander’s son, who is similar to him, is a traffic inspector. Kamal Haasan played both the roles in this film. For this he used prosthetic makeup.

First Tamil film to gross 50 crores

This was the first time that such prosthetic makeup was used in Indian films. Kamal Haasan used to take 4-5 hours for this at that time. Following the success of the Tamil version of the film, it was released in Hindi three months later. After this it was released in Telugu as Bharatiyadu. All these three films proved to be blockbusters at the box office. For the first time a Tamil film earned 50 crores worldwide.

Kamal Haasan’s ‘Hindustani’ won several National Film Awards

‘Hindustani’ or ‘Indian’ won 3 National Film Awards in 1997 in three categories. Kamal Haasan for Best Actor, Thota Tharani for Best Art Direction, S. T Venky received the National Award. Apart from this, the film also received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award, Filmfare Award South. It was also nominated by India for an Oscar in the category of Best Foreign Language Film.

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