Sivaji Ganesan was the first Indian actor to play 9 roles in a film. The film Sivaji Ganesan is well known for starring Sivaji Ganesan in nine distinct roles: the basic emotions - wonder, fear, compassion, anger, peace, love, courage, repulsion and happiness. Navarathri traces Nalina's (the female protagonist) experience of these nine emotions on nine consecutive nights. Kamal Hassan broke this record by playing 10 different roles in his 2008 film Dasavathaaram.
