Today is the 85th birth anniversary of veteran filmmaker and Dadasaheb phalke award winner K Balachander.
He introduced a long list of technicians and actors in his career spanning nearly five decades.
The two biggest stars of the Indian film industry – Kamal Hassan and Rajinikanth are among those whom he mentored.
Balachander was the recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2010. He has directed over 100 films in all major South Indian languages.
His most prolific decades in cinema were the 1970s and the 1980s, while in the 1990s he focused on television serials.
