Jean Gabin

Partial filmography:. Soon afterwards, the media reported that another of his co-stars, Gouthami, living in his house. The Musée Jean Gabin in his native town of Mériel contains his story and his war and film memorabilia. They have two teenage daughters and their marriage lasted until 2002, when media attention to his relationship with the young actress Simran resulted in their separation. Considered one of the great stars of French cinema, he was made a member of the Legion of Honor. Kamal then married Sarika. His body was cremated and with full military honors, his ashes were disbursed into the sea from a military ship. He married Vani Ganapathy, another actress, but they divorced almost immediately when Sarika, his co-star in the movie Tic, Tic, Tic claimed that she was pregnant with his child.

Gabin died of a heart attack in the Parisian suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine. In his early years, he was much spoken about for his relationship with Sri Devi, a famous actress of that time. Over the next twenty years, Gabin made close to fifty more films, including many for Gafer Films, his production partnership with fellow actor Fernandel. Like many actors, his personal life has been the subject of media gossip. Directed by Jacques Becker, his performance earned him critical acclaim and the film was a very profitable international success. He was the first Indian actor to promise that he won't act in smoking scenes in movies. However, he made a comeback in the 1954 film, Touchez pas au grisbi. Along with his daughter, Kamal has donated his eyes and also offered his body for research after his death, the first Indian celebrity to do so.

Despite this recognition, the film did not do well at the French box office and the next five years brought little more than repeated box office failures and Gabin's career seemed headed for oblivion. Though born to an affluent Iyengar family, he denied his caste identity. Nevertheless, he was cast in the lead role of the 1949 René Clément film Au-Dela Des Grilles that won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Kamal is the first actor to turn his fan club into a service organization. Following another box office failure in 1947, Gabin returned to the stage but there too, the production was another financial disaster. Some of his movies, especially Anbe Sivam (Love alone is god), have put forward his atheistic views. He then found a French producer and director willing to cast him and Marlene Dietrich together, but their film Martin Roumagnac was not a success and their personal relationship soon ended. He is a self-professed rationalist, atheist, activist, and a follower of Periyar.

In 1946, Gabin was hired by Marcel Carné to star in his film, Les Portes de la Nuit but his egotistical conduct got him fired again. His unfinished projects include Maruda Naayagam. Captured on film by the media is a scene where an anxious Marlene Dietrich is waiting in the crowd when she spots Gabin on board a battle tank and rushes to him. Both "Virumandi" and "Vasool Raja" were successes. Following D-Day, Gabin was part of the military contingent that entered a liberated Paris. Kamal Hassan renamed his recent venture Sandiyar to Virumandi owing to a protest from a community in Tamil Nadu. He then gave a stunning performance in "Vasool Raja M.B.B.S", a remake of Vidhu Vinod Chopra's "Munnabhai M.B.B.S". Undaunted, Jean Gabin joined General de Gaulle's Free French Forces where he earned the Médaille Militaire and a Croix de Guerre for his wartime valor fighting with the Allies in North Africa. He wrote screenplays for several of his films and ventured into film direction with Hey Ram, a film depicting the conflict between revolutionaries and proponents of non-violence during the Indian independence movement.

The studio refused and after Gabin remained steadfast in his demand, he was fired and the film project was shelved. He has also involved himself in film production. Scheduled to star in an RKO film, at the last minute he demanded Dietrich be given the co-starring role. Seven of his movies have been sent as India's official entry to the Oscars, more than any other person. However, his films in America proved less than successful and, a difficult personality with a very large ego, he did serious damage to his Hollywood career while working for RKO Pictures. He has also received the best actor award at the Asian Film festivals held in 1983 and 1985 for Saagara Sangamam and Swathi Muthyam, respectively. Divorced from his second wife in 1939, during his time in Hollywood, Gabin began a torrid romance with actress Marlene Dietrich. He is a three time winner of the Indian National award for best actor, for the films Nayakan, Moonram Pirai, and Indian.

Following the German occupation of France, he joined Jean Renoir and Julien Duvivier in the United States. He has played a wide range of characters including a ventriloquist, an under-world don, a freedom-fighter, a classical dancer, a blind violinist, a dwarf clown, and a mentally challenged man. Flooded with offers from Hollywood, for a time Gabin turned them all down until the outbreak of World war II. Besides Tamil, he has also performed in movies in the Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada languages. That same year he starred in the Jean Renoir masterpiece La Grande Illusion, an anti-war film that was a huge box office success and given universal critical acclaim, even running at a New York City theater for an unprecedented six months. Balachander's Telugu hit Maro Charithra. The following year, he teamed up with Duvivier again, this time in the highly successful Pepe Le Moko that became one of the top Grossing Films of 1937 worldwide which brought Gabin international recognition. However, he got his break with K.

Cast as a romantic hero in a 1936 war drama titled La Bandera, this second Duvivier directed film established Gabin as a major star. 16 Vayathinile, in which he co-acted with Rajinikanth, established him as a popular actor. However, he only gained real recognition for his performance in Maria Chapdelaine, a 1934 production directed by Julien Duvivier. He made his screen debut with the Tamil movie Kalathur Kannamma at the age of 5. Playing secondary roles, Gabin made more than a dozen films over the next four years, including films directed by Maurice and Jacques Tourneur. Kamal Haasan (born November 7, 1954) is an Indian movie star working mainly in the Tamil film industry. His performances started getting noticed and better stage roles came along that led to parts in two silent films in 1928. Two years later, he easily made the transition to talkies in a 1930 Pathé Frères production titled Chacun sa Chance.

He was part of a troupe that toured South America and upon returning to France found work at the Moulin Rouge. After completing his military service, Gabin returned to the entertainment business, working under the stage name of Jean Gabin at whatever was offered in the Parisian music halls and operettas. He continued performing in a variety of minor roles before going into he military. The son of cabaret entertainers, he worked as a laborer but at age 19 entered show business with a bit part in a Folies Bergères production.

Born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé in a hospital in Paris, France, he grew up in the family home in the village of Mériel in the Val-d'Oise département about 22 miles (35 kilometers) north of the city of Paris. Jean Gabin (May 17, 1904 - November 15, 1976) was a major French actor and war hero. L'Année sainte (1976). Deux hommes dans la ville (1973).

La Horse (1970). Le Clan des Siciliens (1969). Le Jardinier d'Argenteuil (1966). Un singe en hiver (1962).

Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959). Les Misérables (1958). Maigret Tend un Piège (1958). Crime et châtiment (1956).

Chiens perdus sans collier (1955). French CanCan (1955). Touchez pas au grisbi (1954). Martin Roumagnac (1946).

La Bête Humaine (1938). Quai des Brumes (1937). La Grande Illusion (1937). Pepé le Moko (1937).

Maria Chapdelaine (1934). Chacun sa Chance (1930).