Kamal Haasan to be felicitated at IIFA 2023

Veteran actor Kamal Haasan will be felicitated with the Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema award at the IIFA 2023Haasan has been a part of the entertainment industry for many years and is known for his outstanding performances in several hit films like Chachi 420 Nayagan Mahanadi Indian Vikram and many moreHaasan 68 began his career as a child artist at the age of six in the 1960 Tamil film Kalathur Kannamma bagging the Presidents Gold Medal He won the first of his four National Awards for his performance as a school teacher whose selfless devotion to a young woman suffering from retrograde amnesia leaves him heartbroken in the 1982 Tamil film Moondram Pirai which was remade three years later in Hindi as SadmaOver the years he has distinguished himself as an actor filmmaker screenplay writer playback singer and TV host working in not just Tamil Telugu Kannada and Malayalam films but also in the Hindi and Bengali industries Recipient of the prestigious Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan Kamal Haasan is one of Indian cinemas living legendsApart from him actors and couple Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia DSouza will be awarded for Outstanding Achievement in Regional Cinema and Designer Manish Malhotra will also be honoured for Outstanding Achievement in Fashion in CinemaRiteish Deshmukh flagged off a successful career as an actor with the 2003 romantic drama Tujhe Meri Kasam Genelia was his leading lady and they went on to pair up for Masti and Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya before tying the knot on February 3 2012 A year later Riteish launched his own production house Mumbai Film Company with the comedydrama Balak Palak which won plenty of awards and accoladesIn 2014 Riteish made his debut in Marathi cinema as an actor in a double role in Lai Bhaari Genelia who also coproduced the actiondrama made a cameo appearance The film was a blockbusterThree years later the couple produced Faster Fene with Amey Wagh playing the titular character created by Bhaskar Ramchandra Bhagwat and a favourite with children the crime thriller enjoyed a successful runIn 2018 Genelia produced Mauli which had Riteish in a double role again playing twin brothers who share the same name Two years later he made a special appearance in Adrushya and in 2022 Genelia produced Ved a romantic drama that reunited them on screen with Riteish playing her husband The film was written by Riteish and marked his directorial debut It was the highestgrossing Marathi film of the year and the thirdhighest Marathi grosser of all time surpassing his own Lai BhaariTalking about Fashion designer Manish Malhotra He has been an integral part of the Hindi film industry for 33 years He introduced the concept of styling in costume design in Ram Gopal Varmas 1995 musical romance Rangeela and since then has flagged off many new trends both onscreen and off itIn 2005 the stylistentrepreneur launched his eponymous label Manish Malhotra and today has three flagship stores in Mumbai Delhi and Hyderabad His first international boutique is coming up at the Dubai Mall this yearManish has also expanded into verticals like jewellery and even has his own beauty line One of the key highlights this year is a fashion show at Sobha Realty IIFA Rocks with Manish showcasing an exclusive old world charm meets the new world collectionThe main awards night will be hosted by Abhishek Bachchan and Vicky Kaushal on May 27 in Abu Dhabi IIFA Rocks will be held on May 26Also Read Kamal Haasan roots for independent musiciansThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever