Kailasam Balachander
Personal
Other names: KB கே.பி.
Job / Known for: Director, writer and producer of Tamil cinema
Left traces: films that explored unconventional themes
Born
Date: 1930-07-09
Location: IN Nannilam, Madras Presidency, British India
Died
Date: 2014-12-23 (aged 84)
Resting place: IN Besant Nagar crematorium, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Death Cause: Urinary tract infection and cardiac arrest
Family
Spouse: Rajam (1956 - 2014)
Children: Kailasam, Prasanna and Pushpa Kandaswamy
Parent(s): Saraswati and Dandapani Kailasam
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K. Balachander was an Indian filmmaker and playwright 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. Balachander's films are well known for their portrayal of women as bold personalities and central characters. Popularly referred to as Iyakkunar Sigaram (lit. "Director Paramount"), his films are usually centred on unusual or complicated interpersonal relationships and social themes. He started his film career in 1964 as a screenwriter and graduated to a director with Neerkumizhi (1965). In a career that spanned 50 years, he had contributed to nearly 100 feature films either as a screenwriter or director, thus becoming one of the most prolific filmmakers in the country. Known among his colleagues as a tough task master, he was credited with having nurtured numerous actors, notably Nagesh, Sujatha, Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, Chiranjeevi, Jaya Prada, Sridevi, Jayasudha, Saritha, Renuka, Nassar, Prakash Raj, Ramesh Aravind and Vivek. In his film career, Balachander had won 9 National Film Awards, 11 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, five Nandi Awards and 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. He also made films under his production house, Kavithalaya Productions. Apart from Tamil, he made films in other languages such as Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. Towards the tail end of his career, he directed a few TV serials and made a few film appearances as well.
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