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Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

14

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-01-18

Day of Death

1990-04-13 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Mylapore, Madras Presidency, British India

Also Known As

Veena Balachander

Veena S Balachander

Sundaram Balachander

S. Balachander

Biography

Sundaram Balachander (18 January 1927 – 13 April 1990) was an Indian veena player and filmmaker. He directed, produced, and also composed music for a few of his films. In 1954 he directed Andha Naal, a classic Tamil film noir thriller. Balachander was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1982.

Known For

Acting

Seeta Kalyanam

1934

Seeta Kalyanam

as

Musician at Ravana's Court

Maragatham

1959

Maragatham

as

Maranamarthanda Zamindar / Anandar

Penn

1954

Penn

as

Nadu Iravil

1970

Nadu Iravil

as

Dr. Saravanan

Sangham

1954

Sangham

as

Chandram

Bommai

1964

Bommai

as

Rani

1952

Rani

as

Production

Crew

Directing

Bommai

1964

Bommai

as