Balachander aamir khan biography

A Dadasaheb Phalke award winner, Balachander, breathed his last at a hospital in Chennai Tuesday.
Aamir Khan and K Balachander had last met in 2008 at the Gollapudi Memorial Award ceremony in Chennai.
K Balachander, who passed away on Tuesday night in a Chennai hospital, changed the way Tamil cinema was made and perceived.

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Glamour

Chennai, Dec 23 (PTI): Eminent filmmaker and Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner K Balachander died here today at a private hospital after prolonged illness.

Hailed as "Iyakunar Sigaram" (Peak among directors) in Tamil film industry Balachander, 84, was hospitalised following age related ailments on December 3. He breathed his last at 7.02 pm today, Hospital authorities said.

He is survived by his wife, son and daughter. His other son, Kailasam died on August 15 this year. A multi-lingual filmmaker, Balachander debuted with his Tamil film 'Neerkumizhi' (by adapting his play of the same title) in 1965. He has directed films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi and has written, directed and produced more than 100 films.

He has launched more than 65 actors, actresses and technicians in the Tamil film industry.

His blockbuster movies include 'Aval Oru Thodarkathai', (Tamil) which was remade as 'Anthulaney Katha' in Telugu, 'Maro Charitra' (Telugu), 'Ek Dhuje Ke Liye' (Hindi), and 'Thillu Mullu' (remake of Golmaal in Hindi).

He introduced several top stars including Rajinika

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Aamir's memorable evening with K Balachander

Bollywood star Aamir Khan has revealed that one of his most memorable moments in his entire 25 years in cinema was the evening he spent with veteran director K Balachander, who passed away a couple of days ago on December 23.
With the Indian film fraternity mourning the loss of one of its greatest filmmakers, paying his last respects to the legendary director, Aamir Khan tweeted, "Mr.K. Balachander passed away on 23rd. A sad day for Indian cinema. His contribution to cinema has been immense. And what a humble man. One of my most memorable evenings in my entire 25 years was with Mr. Balachander. The generosity and warmth that he showed me will stay with me forever. My heartfelt condolences to the family."
Aamir Khan, met the legendary director when he was recently in the Tamil Nadu for the opening ceremony of the 11th Chennai Film Festival (CIFF). Aamir chatted for about thirty minutes with K balachander then and now recalls it as one of his most memorable evenings.

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The Balachander touch: The director who rocked the roots of Tamil cinema

The camera opens to a lanky loin-clothed boy walking towards the audience carrying a water pot on his head. He gets distracted by a cinema star's (Rajnikanth) photograph lying on the path. He picks it up with great difficulty still managing to balance the pot which is precariously perched on his head. A gush of wind takes the photo away from his hands; the boy tries to catch it and breaks the pot. The water gets immediately absorbed by the parched land, the boy tries to save it in vain. Cut. Title card "Thaneer Thaneer" ( Water! Water!) appears on the screen. A film which dealt with water scarcity and corruption, the message of which was conveyed even before the title was shown in a dialogue-less two minute interlude.

The man behind the camera was K Balachander and this scene was referred to as the 'Balachander touch'. The term which was given to a particular style of filmmaking: where a dialogue-less exchange or minimal but pointed dialogue was used to convey a message in place of a detailed verbose r