K. Balachander
1930 - 2014
எதிர் நீச்சல்
K. Balachander
Nagesh, R. Muthuraman
Maadhu, an orphan who lives under the staircase of a building, runs errands for everyone who lives there in return for shelter and food. He is exploited by everyone who lives there until he falls for a girl who moves into the building.
Ethir Neechal
பூவா தலைய
K. Balachander
Gemini Ganesan, Jaishankar
Ganesan is a widower and Paruvathamma is his mother in law. Shankar is the younger brother of Ganesan and he falls in love with Paruvathamma . A healthy competition takes place between evil minded S. Paruvathamma and Shankar so as to overthrow one another.
Poova Thalaiya
அவள் ஒரு தொடர்கதை
K. Balachander
Sujatha, Jai Ganesh
Kavitha, a young woman, is the sole bread winner for her family. In order to fulfill their dreams and ambitions, she puts herself through the daily grind of working in an office maintaining a tough exterior at home and at office. The delays in her marriage with her lover Tilak, frustrates him but he decides to wait for her. Eventually when Kavitha consents to marriage, Tilak springs up an unpleasant surprise.
Aval Oru Thodar Kathai
Unnal Mudiyum Thambi
K. Balachander
Kamal Haasan, Gemini Ganesan
Unnal Mudiyum Thambi is a Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role. It was a remake of Telugu film Rudraveena starring Chiranjeevi. Kamal Haasan plays the younger son of an illustrious Carnatic music maestro. he role of the father is played by legendary thespian Gemini Ganesan. The father is a strict disciplinarian who is very class conscious and cares only for his art.The maestro's eldest son was born dumb and hence had to take to an instrument, the nagaswaram, which he is quite adept at.The father looks upon his younger son to carry on his...
Unnal Mudiyum Thambi
Arangetram
K. Balachander
Prameela, Sivakumar
Lalitha is the eldest daughter of a pious and conservative Brahmin family. She has eight siblings and poverty rules reign. She decides to take up the family mantle and goes to work. Due to family needs and ill fate, she ends up as a prostitute but manages to settle all her brothers and sisters. Her family ditches her when they come to know about her dark side. Thangavelu, a man who was once rejected by her marries her. She loses her sanity in the end.
Arangetram
Major Chandrakanth
K. Balachander
Nagesh, Major Sundarrajan
When Vimala’s wayward lover Rajnikant is killed by her brother Mohan, the brother is sheltered from the police by the victim’s blind father, Major Chandrakanth. The major’s elder son, the zealous cop Srikanth, is in charge of finding Mohan, whom he finally arrests in his own house. Realising that his father knowingly sheltered a murder suspect, Srikanth arrests the blind old man as well.
Major Chandrakanth
புன்னகை மன்னன்
K. Balachander
Kamal Haasan, Revathi
Punnagai Mannan is a Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist. The film was directed by K. Balachander.The film opens with lead actor Kamal Hassan and his love interest Rekha,attempting suicide from a cliff. In this attempt, Rekha is killed but Kamal survives the fall. It is later revealed that the attempt was because of the obstacles in their love life placed by Rekha's father.At this point, Kamal is advised by his uncle (also played by Kamal) that suicide is escapist, and a sign of weakness. Kamal agrees and gets on with his...
Punnagai Mannan
