FILM DIRECTOR

K. Balachander

1930 - 2014

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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. Balachander's films are well known for their portrayal of women as bold personalities and central characters. Popularly referred to as Iyakkunar Sigaram (lit. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. K. Balachander is the 1,742nd most popular film director (down from 1,684th in 2019), the 1,091st most popular biography from India (down from 976th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Indian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, K. Balachander ranks 1,742 out of 2,041. Before him are Rob Minkoff, Peter Lord, Alex Kurtzman, Rakhshān Banietemad, Greg Berlanti, and Dean DeBlois. After him are Tatsuya Ishihara, Gary Trousdale, Frank Coraci, Bill Pope, Bud Yorkin, and Ti West.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, K. Balachander ranks 632. Before him are Don Edmunds, Robert Ashley, Yuriy Tyukalov, Frank Adams, Leila Seth, and Sally Ann Howes. After him are Joan Sims, Allison Hayes, Timothy Findley, Wendy Beckett, Basu Chatterjee, and Tom Mboya. Among people deceased in 2014, K. Balachander ranks 542. Before him are Krzysztof Krauze, Alex Chandre de Oliveira, Maicon Pereira de Oliveira, Bob Houbregs, Russell Johnson, and Audrey Long. After him are André Wohllebe, Eduardo Campos, Michael Glawogger, Anja Niedringhaus, Sitara Devi, and Vugar Gashimov.

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In India

Among people born in India, K. Balachander ranks 1,091 out of 1,861. Before him are Geetanjali Shree (1957), Gulshan Kumar (1956), Ashok Gehlot (1951), Silk Smitha (1960), Sudha Chandran (1965), and Twinkle Khanna (1974). After him are Shobhna Samarth (1916), Narendra Dabholkar (1945), P. A. Sangma (1947), Bombayla Devi Laishram (1985), Manohar Parrikar (1955), and Toru Dutt (1856).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, K. Balachander ranks 33. Before him are Subhash Ghai (1945), Sooraj Barjatya (1965), Ebrahim Alkazi (1925), V. Shantaram (1901), Imtiaz Ali (1971), and Sanjay Leela Bhansali (1963). After him are AR Murugadoss (1974), Aditya Chopra (1971), Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1922), Aishwarya R. Dhanush (1982), David Dhawan (1955), and Mehboob Khan (1907).

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