Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan, who was announced as the DMK’s nominee for a Rajya Sabha seat, is under public scrutiny following the disclosure of his assets in nomination documents filed on 6 June 2025. The documents reveal that Haasan holds assets totaling ₹305.55 crore — comprising ₹59.69 crore in movable assets and ₹245.86 crore in immovable properties. Interestingly, his liabilities have remained unchanged at ₹49 crore over the past four years.
According to his latest income tax filings for 2023–24, Haasan reported earnings of ₹78.9 crore, a massive increase from ₹22.1 crore that was reported in 2019–20, when he filed his nomination for the Assembly elections in 2021.
His movable assets alone grew by nearly ₹15 crore since 2021, when he had declared ₹45.09 crore. As for immovable properties, they are now valued at ₹245.86 crore up from ₹131.84 crore just four years ago.
Among his immovable assets, Haasan owns four commercial buildings two in Alwarpet, one in Uthandi, and another in Sholinganallur — collectively valued at about ₹111.1 crore. He also possesses agricultural land in Vilpatti village, Dindigul, worth ₹22.24 crore.
Coming to luxury vehicles, he has replaced his BMW 730 LD (bought in 2015) and Lexus LX 570 (acquired in 2018) with updated models and has added a Mercedes-Benz to his collection since 2021.
Despite his transformation into a political figure, Haasan continues to identify professionally as an “artist” and lists his education as Class 8, completed at Sir M Ct. Muthiah Chettiar Boys Higher Secondary School in Purasaiwalkam.
However, this new avatar of Kamal Haasan — now a vocal supporter of the Dravidian party — contrasts sharply with the man he once presented himself to be. Before aligning with the DMK, his declared movable assets included ₹2.43 crore in bank accounts, ₹26.1 lakh in investments like mutual funds and stocks, ₹2.39 crore in insurance, ₹36.24 crore in personal loans given, and ₹3.69 crore in vehicles — notably the BMW and Lexus he no longer owns. This brought his total movable assets to just over ₹45 crore.
His immovable assets earlier consisted of ₹17.79 crore worth of agricultural land (about 35.59 acres), and commercial properties in Chennai worth ₹92.05 crore. He also held two residential properties in Chennai valued at ₹19.5 crore and co-owned a property in London estimated at ₹2.5 crore.
On the liabilities front, Haasan declared ₹49.5 crore — of which ₹33.16 crore was attributed to housing, mortgage, insurance, and other loans. The remaining ₹15.33 crore was money owed to individuals or private entities.
What’s striking is the sudden spike in Kamal Haasan’s income and assets — from a mere ₹9 crore declared the year before, and just ₹16 crore the year prior to that, to an explosive ₹78.9 crore in 2023–24.
The timing of this upward trajectory conveniently aligning with his political compromise and DMK’s nomination to the Rajya Sabha raises more than just eyebrows. It paints the picture of a man who has not only performed well on screen but has also proven to be an adept actor off-screen, turning political loyalty into personal gain, while leaving behind those who once stood by him and his party’s original ideals.
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