Avvai Shanmughi (1996)
Avvai Shanmughi saw Kamal Haasan reprising the role of Robin Williams in the Hollywood super-hit Mrs Doubtfire.
Like always, the veteran Tamil actor didn't disappoint. Putting on make-up that reportedly took five hours each day, Kamal donned the role of a senior Brahmin lady named Avvai Shanmughi, assuming charge of his daughter, now in the custody of his estranged wife (Meena).
Indeed, during production, reports floated around that actors were often fooled by the elderly lady sitting in a corner on the sets, never once suspecting that it could be Kamal.
Directed by K S Ravikumar, the movie was remade as Chachi 420 in Hindi.
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