Kamal Haasan, who has long been expected to join politics, will launch a mobile application to connect with his fans on his birthday today. The actor held back on the details of when he would launch his own party but said the application would be the first step in his political journey. "This will be the first step. I'm confident that you will contribute funds to me generously as you have in the past for our welfare activities," Haasan said on Sunday at Kelambakkam to celebrate the 39th anniversary of his welfare association Kamal Haasan Narpani Iyakkam. The mobile app, he said, will track all financial transactions. Haasan, who is 63 today, said he will not deposit the money raised in Swiss banks but will bring back cash stashed in them.

Kamal Haasan