What is K. Balachander?
[[File:K Balachander.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Balachander in 2005]] '''Kailasam Balachander''' (9 July 1930 – 23 December 2014) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[movie director]], [[screenwriter]] and producer. He was born in [[Nannilam]], [[Madras presidency]], [[British India]]. Balachander was known for directing ''[[Neerkumizhi]]'' (1965). Balachander died from a [[urinary tract infection]] in [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India, aged 84.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/K-Balachander-veteran-Tamil-film-director-dies-at-84/articleshow/45619435.cms | title=K Balachander, veteran Tamil film director, dies at 84 | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Janani Sampath | date=23 December 2014 | accessdate=23 December 2014}}</ref> ==More reading== * {{cite book|last=Ramachandran|first=Naman|title=Rajnikant: The Definitive Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3mzyPGSfwKMC|year=2012|publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin Books Limited]]|isbn=978-81-8475-796-5}} * {{cite book|last=Velayutham|first=Selvaraj|title=Tamil Cinema: The Cultural Politics of India's other Film Industry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kuPaE3v22zAC&pg=PA38|year=2008|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-203-93037-3}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} * {{IMDb name|0049335}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Balachander, K.}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Indian movie directors]] [[Category:Deaths from urinary tract infection]] [[Category:Infectious disease deaths in India]] [[Category:Indian movie producers]] [[Category:Indian screenwriters]] [[Category:Tamil directors]] {{bio-stub}}