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In his film career, Balachander had won 9 National Film Awards, 11 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, five Nandi Awardsand 13 Filmfare Awards. He was honored with the Padma Shri(1987), India's fourth highest civilian award, and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in cinema.
This following is the list of films to which K. Balachander has contributed. He has written and directed nearly 80 films and has worked in more than 100 films either as director or writer in predominantly Tamil-language films.
K. Balachander was born on 9 July 1930 in Nannilam, Madras Presidency, British India. He was a writer and director, known for Ek Duuje Ke Liye (1981), Thaneer Thaneer (1981) and Apoorva Raagangal (1975). He was married to Rajam. He died on 23 December 2014 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Dec 24, 2014 · Dadasaheb Phalke awardee K Balachander, an ace Tamil director who launched popular actors like Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan, passed away in Chennai on Tuesday after prolonged illness. He was 84. Balachander had been admitted to a city hospital after he fell unconscious at his residence last week.
Dec 23, 2014 · The veteran filmmaker, who was born on July 9, 1930 at Nannilam in the then composite Thanjavur District (now Thiruvarur), was a trendsetter in South Indiancinema, who courageously touched unconventional and sometimes controversial themes in his movies.
Jul 11, 2020 · Folks, we are of course talking of K Balachander, whose 90th birth anniversary fell on July 9. To celebrate the stellar career of a lion-hearted director, who made movies about and for the...
Dec 23, 2014 · K Balachander, who died at the age of 84 in Chennai on Tuesday after battling a series of aliments, was the unlikeliest of mavericks. The veteran of the Tamil stage, cinema and television was an...
Kailasam Balachandar (9 July 1930 – 23 December 2014) was an Indian playwright, film director, film producer, screenwriter and actor who worked mainly in the Tamil cinema. He was well known for his distinct film-making style, and the Indian film industry knew him as a master of unconventional themes and hard-hitting contemporary subject matter.
Dec 24, 2014 · One of the rare personalities in the Indian film industry, KB or KB sir as he was known, mastered the art of filmmaking by drawing his storylines from social themes and family issues. A pioneer in making women-centric films, Balachander captured heroism in the lives of ordinary women in south Indian cinema, which were rare in the 1960 and '70.
Dec 23, 2014 · HYDERABAD, 12/01/2011: Film Director K. Balachander, addressing the media after revived ANR International Award, in Hyderabad. Photo: Nagara Gopal. Popularly referred to in the Tamil film...
