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Nassar (Tamil: நாசர்)
(also spelled Nasser, Naasar or Nazar) is a Tamil
actor, producer, writer, director, lyricist, and singer.
He has appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and
English films. He is often cited as part of India's specialist character
actors, along with the likes of Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri
and Nana Patekar. He is proficient in Urdu, English, Hindi,
Arabic, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. Nassar is married to
Kameela and they have three sons.
Nassar was born on 5 March 1956 as Muhammad Hanif, in an interior
village called Naththam, in Chengalpattu
district, Tamilnadu. He studied in St.
Joseph's Higher Secondary School (Chengalpattu). He moved to Chennai
(then Madras) after school, where he obtained a B.Sc degree in Botany
at Madras Christian College. At Madras
Christian College, he was the president of the Dramatic Society.
Muhammad Hanif changed his name to Nasser after his idol- the
Egyptian President Gamel Abdel Nasser. The change was made official in
1976.
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Despite his experience in acting in school where he was a popular
actor and his experience as President of the Dramatic Society in
Christian College, he failed to get a proper acting role in any movie
for some time. He worked during this time as a tailor's apprentice, salesman and waiter to supplement
his meagre income. He also acted in a few low budget dramas to earn a
living. During this time he visited several studios and directors
looking for a break.
His first movie was Etho Oru
Oorula where he played the role of the villainous cousin of the hero
Chandrashekar.
He began to slowly appear in a number of films, mostly in negative
roles, in the early and middle 80s. Though until the early 90s Nasser
played almost only negative roles, he matured to supporting and
character roles and comedy roles later and today is better known for his
supporting roles.
Filmography
As actor
As director
- Popcorn (2003)
- Maayan (2001)
- Devathai
(1997)
- Avathaaram (1995)
Awards
- Best Actor award for his role in the film Aavaaram Poo
- Best Villain award for his role in the film Thamizh
- Best Supporting Actor award for his role in the film Em Magan
- Tamil nadu Government's Kalaimamani Award
- Andhra Pradesh Government's Nandi Award (Best Villain award)
for his role in the film Chanti
Titles
- The South Indian Actors Association has conferred on him the title Kalaichelvan
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