Kamal Haasan cancels birthday bash; here's what he is doing instead

Tamil superstar Kamal Haasan has decided to cancel his birthday celebration today and speak at a medical camp for the rain-affected areas in Tamil Nadu.

 

IndiaToday.in  | Written by Shreya Biswas
New Delhi, November 7, 2017 | UPDATED 12:21 IST

Highlights

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    Kamal Haasan turns 63 today.
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    He cancelled his birthday celebrations last night.
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    Is spending the day at a medical camp in Tamil Nadu.

Kamal Haasan is back in the headlines. This time, it is because he chose to cancel his birthday celebrations.

Haasan, who turns 63 today, cancelled his birthday bash taking into account the heavy rains that has been taking Chennai down lately.

Last night, Haasan came to Twitter to explain why he chose to ditch his birthday bash.

"To those who love me and dislike the idea of my cancelling my birthday celeberations [sic]," Haasan tweeted with a screenshot of the message he wanted to give.

WHAT IS KAMAL HAASAN DOING ON HIS BIRTHDAY INSTEAD?

Kamal Haasan will be spending his birthday at a medical camp in the rain-affected area of Avadi. Daughter Akshaya Haasan was spotted accompanying him.

Speaking at this medical camp, Haasan said, "There is no connection of this camp with politics, but we could use this for that."

"The government is arranging for water outlets in waterlogged areas. It is equally important that medical camps detect diseases before it becomes an epidemic," an ANI report quotes Kamal Haasan. "We had a dengue epidemic last time, and for various reasons, we pretended it is not there."

Reaching out to people, Haasan insisted that instead of cutting cakes in his name, people should help build canals to help those stuck because of the waterlogging and rain.

Reports have it that Haasan is set to make a major announcement at noon today.

Considering Haasan has been actively participating in Tamil Nadu's political scenario for a while now, speculation has it that this announcement could be regarding which political party he would be joining.