Bangalore, Aug 10 - In his five-decade-long career he has acted in more than 150 films in different Indian languages, directed movies and won several awards. Kamal Haasan, one of the finest actors of Indian cinema, completes 50 years in showbiz this year and fans are busy preparing to celebrate his remarkable journey.

'Kamal Haasan completes 50 years of his meritorious journey in the film industry. He has acted in the films of all the four South Indian languages and even in Hindi and Bengali films. No other actor in the country has achieved such distinctions in his career and created milestones for himself. Kamal fans all around are planning to celebrate this event in a grand manner,' said Prakash, secretary of the Kamal Fans Association in Karnataka.

He says that they are co-ordinating with Kamal's fans in Chennai to organise an event Aug 12 - the day his first film was released way back in 1960.

Kamal gave his first short in 1959 for the film 'Kalaththoor Kannamma' when he was only five years old. Produced by AVM Productions and directed by Bhim Singh, the film was released Aug 12, 1960. While Gemini Ganesan and Savitri played lead roles, Kamal featured as a child artist and had even sung a popular song 'Ammavum Neeye Appavum Neeye' in it.

Kamal had won the best child actor National Award for his performance in his debut film.

He also won the best actor national awards for 'Moondram Pirai' (1982), 'Nayagan' (1987) and 'Indian' (1996). In 1988, he won the Best Actor Filmfare Award for 'Pushpak', a black comedy that didn't have any dialogue. Apart from that, he has won several honours like Nandi awards and Tamil Nadu state film awards.