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Balachander – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="K. Balachander" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C._%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1" title="کی. بالاچاندر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کی. بالاچاندر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kailasam_Balachander" title="Kailasam Balachander – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Kailasam Balachander" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0" title="के बालाचंदर – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="के बालाचंदर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._Balachander" title="K. Balachander – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="K. Balachander" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._Balachander" title="K. Balachander – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="K. Balachander" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%86._%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D" title="ಕೆ. ಬಾಲಚಂದರ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಕೆ. ಬಾಲಚಂದರ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%86._%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%BC" title="കെ. ബാലചന്ദർ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="കെ. ബാലചന്ദർ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87._%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0" title="के. बालाचंदर – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="के. बालाचंदर" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%89._%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1" title="كى. بالاتشاندير – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="كى. بالاتشاندير" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Кайласам Балачандер – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Кайласам Балачандер" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._Balachander" title="K. Balachander – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="K. 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biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">K. Balachandar</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:K_Balachander.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/K_Balachander.jpg/220px-K_Balachander.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="313" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/K_Balachander.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="278" data-file-height="395" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Kailasam Balachandar</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1930-07-09</span>)</span>9 July 1930<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Nannilam" title="Nannilam">Nannilam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madras_Presidency" title="Madras Presidency">Madras Presidency</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">23 December 2014<span style="display:none">(2014-12-23)</span> (aged 84)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="/wiki/Playwright" title="Playwright">Playwright</a>, <a href="/wiki/Film_director" title="Film director">Film director</a>, <a href="/wiki/Film_producer" title="Film producer">Film producer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Screenwriter" title="Screenwriter">Screenwriter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Actor" title="Actor">Actor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1964–2015</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Works</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/K._Balachander_filmography" title="K. Balachander filmography">Full list</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Rajam</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1956)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3, including <a href="/wiki/Bala_Kailasam" title="Bala Kailasam">Bala Kailasam</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_K._Balachander" title="List of awards and nominations received by K. Balachander">Full list</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Honours</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kalaimamani" title="Kalaimamani">Kalaimamani</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Dadasaheb_Phalke_Award" title="Dadasaheb Phalke Award">Dadasaheb Phalke Award</a> (2010)</li><li><a href="/wiki/ANR_National_Award" title="ANR National Award">ANR National Award</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kailasam Balachandar</b> (9 July 1930 – 23 December 2014) was an Indian playwright, film director, film producer, screenwriter and actor who worked mainly in the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_cinema" title="Tamil cinema">Tamil cinema</a>. 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 <i>Iyakkunar Sigaram</i> (lit. "Director Paramount"),<sup id="cite_ref-rediff_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rediff-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> his films are usually centred on unusual or complicated interpersonal relationships and social themes. He started his film career in 1964 as a screenwriter and graduated to a director with <i><a href="/wiki/Neerkumizhi" title="Neerkumizhi">Neerkumizhi</a></i> (1965). </p><p>In a career that spanned 50 years, he had contributed to <a href="/wiki/K._Balachander_filmography" title="K. Balachander filmography">nearly 100 feature films either as a screenwriter or director</a>, thus becoming one of the most prolific filmmakers in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-forbes_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forbes-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Known among his colleagues as a tough task master,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he was credited with having nurtured numerous actors, notably <a href="/wiki/Nagesh" title="Nagesh">Nagesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sujatha_(actress)" title="Sujatha (actress)">Sujatha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajinikanth" title="Rajinikanth">Rajinikanth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chiranjeevi" title="Chiranjeevi">Chiranjeevi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jaya_Prada" title="Jaya Prada">Jaya Prada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sridevi" title="Sridevi">Sridevi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jayasudha" title="Jayasudha">Jayasudha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saritha" title="Saritha">Saritha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Renuka_(actress)" title="Renuka (actress)">Renuka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nassar_(actor)" title="Nassar (actor)">Nassar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prakash_Raj" title="Prakash Raj">Prakash Raj</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Aravind" title="Ramesh Aravind">Ramesh Aravind</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vivek_(actor)" title="Vivek (actor)">Vivek</a>. </p><p>In his film career, Balachander had won 9 <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a>, 11 <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Awards" title="Tamil Nadu State Film Awards">Tamil Nadu State Film Awards</a>, five <a href="/wiki/Nandi_Awards" title="Nandi Awards">Nandi Awards</a> and 13 <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards_South" title="Filmfare Awards South">Filmfare Awards</a>. He was honored with the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> (1987), India's fourth highest civilian award, and the <a href="/wiki/Dadasaheb_Phalke_Award" title="Dadasaheb Phalke Award">Dadasaheb Phalke Award</a>, India's highest award in cinema. </p><p>He also made films under his production house, <a href="/wiki/Kavithalaya_Productions" class="mw-redirect" title="Kavithalaya Productions">Kavithalaya Productions</a>. Apart from Tamil, he made films in other languages such as <a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hindi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi language">Hindi</a>. Towards the tail end of his career, he directed a few TV serials and made a few film appearances as well. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_background">Early life and background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Balachander&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>K. Balachander was born in <a href="/wiki/Brahmin" title="Brahmin">Tamil Brahmin</a> family<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1930 <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at <a href="/wiki/Nannilam" title="Nannilam">Nannilam</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Tanjore_District_(Madras_Presidency)" title="Tanjore District (Madras Presidency)">Tanjore district</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Tiruvarur_district" title="Tiruvarur district">Tiruvarur district</a>), India.<sup id="cite_ref-randor_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-randor-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Balachander stated that, "From my eighth year I've been seeing cinema"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and recalls that his earliest interest towards cinema grew after watching films of <a href="/wiki/M._K._Thyagaraja_Bhagavathar" title="M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar">M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar</a>, then the Superstar of Tamil cinema.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the age of twelve he was drawn to theatre and drama,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which eventually helped him develop an interest in acting, writing and directing amateur plays.<sup id="cite_ref-randor_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-randor-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His obsession towards theatre continued even while doing his graduation (in Zoology) at the <a href="/wiki/Annamalai_University" title="Annamalai University">Annamalai University</a>, as he regularly took part in stage plays.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After completing his graduation in 1949, he started his career as a school teacher in <a href="/wiki/Muthupet" title="Muthupet">Muthupet</a>, Tiruvarur district. In 1950, he moved to Madras (now Chennai) and joined the Accountant General's office as an apprentice clerk,<sup id="cite_ref-kamath_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kamath-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and during this time he joined "United Amateur Artistes", an amateur drama company.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon he formed his own troupe and it was during this time he came to prominence as an amateur playwright with <i>Major Chandrakanth</i>, written in English. As the scope of English was highly limited in Madras, he re-wrote the play in Tamil, which ultimately became a "sensation" among the people. Balachander's acting troupe consisted of people from the Tamil film industry such as <a href="/wiki/Major_Sundarrajan" title="Major Sundarrajan">Major Sundarrajan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nagesh" title="Nagesh">Nagesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Srikanth_(actor,_born_1940)" title="Srikanth (actor, born 1940)">Srikanth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sowcar_Janaki" title="Sowcar Janaki">Sowcar Janaki</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-randor_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-randor-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sunderrajan appeared in over 900 films, Nagesh in over 1,000, Sreekanth in more than 200 films, and Sowkar Janaki appeared in more than 350 films. Other plays written by Balachander include <i>Server Sundaram</i> (<i>Waiter Sundaram</i>), <i>Neerkumizhi</i> (<i>Water Bubble</i>), <i>Mezhuguvarthi</i> (<i>Candle</i>), <i>Naanal</i> (<i>Tall Grass</i>) and <i>Navagraham</i> (<i>Nine Planets</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All these produced and directed by him, were received well by the critics.<sup id="cite_ref-randor_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-randor-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Balachander&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Entry_into_films:_1960s">Entry into films: 1960s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Balachander&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Entry into films: 1960s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Balachander while working in the Accountant General's office, was offered to write the dialogues for the film <i><a href="/wiki/Dheiva_Thaai" class="mw-redirect" title="Dheiva Thaai">Dheiva Thaai</a></i> (1964) by its lead actor <a href="/wiki/M._G._Ramachandran" title="M. G. Ramachandran">M. G. Ramachandran</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Balachander was initially reluctant, as he was more theatre-oriented, but on the insistence of his friends he decided to work on the film.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By this time he was promoted as a superintendent in his office.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Avichi_Meiyappa_Chettiar" class="mw-redirect" title="Avichi Meiyappa Chettiar">Avichi Meiyappa Chettiar</a> acquired the rights of his play <i><a href="/wiki/Server_Sundaram" title="Server Sundaram">Server Sundaram</a></i>, and decided to make a film based on it. The film dealt with the story of a <a href="/wiki/Waiting_staff" title="Waiting staff">waiting staff</a> at a restaurant had Nagesh playing the lead. The film was directed by the renowned duo directors, <a href="/wiki/Krishnan%E2%80%93Panju" title="Krishnan–Panju">Krishnan–Panju</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hindu1_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hindu1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It won a lot of accolades including the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Feature_Film_in_Tamil" class="mw-redirect" title="National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil">Certificate of Merit for the third Best Feature Film in Tamil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Tamil_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Film">Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Film</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hindu1_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hindu1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this time another play written and directed by him - <i>Major Chandrakanth</i> was adapted into a film in Hindi as <i><a href="/wiki/Oonche_Log_(1965_film)" title="Oonche Log (1965 film)">Oonche Log</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Yogesh_Pawar_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yogesh_Pawar-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film won a <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Feature_Film_in_Hindi" class="mw-redirect" title="National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi">National Film Award</a>. Balachander then made his directional debut through <i><a href="/wiki/Neerkumizhi" title="Neerkumizhi">Neerkumizhi</a></i> (1965) which in turn was based on his own play.<sup id="cite_ref-hindu1_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hindu1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film's cast consisted of actors who were a part of Balachander's regular troupe.<sup id="cite_ref-hindu1_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hindu1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His following efforts included <i>Naanal</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Major_Chandrakanth_(1966_film)" title="Major Chandrakanth (1966 film)">Major Chandrakanth</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Ethir_Neechal_(1968_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethir Neechal (1968 film)">Ethir Neechal</a></i>, all based on his own plays.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Major Chandrakanth</i> was already filmed in Hindi as <i>Oonche Log</i> the previous year. <a href="/wiki/Major_Chandrakanth_(1966_film)" title="Major Chandrakanth (1966 film)"><i>Major Chandrakanth</i></a> had <a href="/wiki/Jayalalithaa" class="mw-redirect" title="Jayalalithaa">Jayalalithaa</a> playing the lead heroine role.<sup id="cite_ref-hindu1_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hindu1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1967 he made <i><a href="/wiki/Bama_Vijayam_(1967_film)" title="Bama Vijayam (1967 film)">Bama Vijayam</a></i>, a full-length comedy family drama film. Featuring an <a href="/wiki/Ensemble_cast" title="Ensemble cast">ensemble cast</a>, the film was highly successful and remade in Telugu by Balachander himself. The success of both the versions prompted a Hindi remake titled <i><a href="/wiki/Teen_Bahuraniyan" title="Teen Bahuraniyan">Teen Bahuraniyan</a></i>, produced by Gemini pictures. In 1969, Balachander made <i><a href="/wiki/Iru_Kodugal" title="Iru Kodugal">Iru Kodugal</a></i>, a family drama starring <a href="/wiki/Gemini_Ganesan" title="Gemini Ganesan">Gemini Ganesan</a>, won the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Feature_Film_in_Tamil" class="mw-redirect" title="National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil">National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1970s">1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Balachander&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 1970s, Balachander turned indie, making realist movies revolving around family and social issues.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1971 he made four films.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1973, he made <i><a href="/wiki/Arangetram_(1973_film)" title="Arangetram (1973 film)">Arangetram</a></i>, which dealt with poverty and prostitution.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film centred on the eldest daughter of a conservative Brahmin household who becomes a prostitute to settle her siblings and support her family.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamachandran2012chpt._6_(Madras)-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was ahead of its time in Tamil cinema mainly because of the controversial theme.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film also had <a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> playing his first major role as an adult actor. The actor would go on to act in 35 films under Balachander.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made his directorial debut in Hindi films with the film <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aaina_(1977_film)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aaina (1977 film) (page does not exist)">Aaina</a></i> starring <a href="/wiki/Mumtaz_(Indian_actress)" title="Mumtaz (Indian actress)">Mumtaz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rajesh_Khanna" title="Rajesh Khanna">Rajesh Khanna</a> in 1977, which was remake of <i><a href="/wiki/Arangetram_(1973_film)" title="Arangetram (1973 film)">Arangetram</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The same year, he made <i><a href="/wiki/Sollathaan_Ninaikkiren" title="Sollathaan Ninaikkiren">Sollathaan Ninaikkiren</a></i>, based on a novel by Manian. The following year he made <i><a href="/wiki/Naan_Avanillai_(1974_film)" title="Naan Avanillai (1974 film)">Naan Avanillai</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made the film on the insistence of <a href="/wiki/Gemini_Ganesan" title="Gemini Ganesan">Gemini Ganesan</a>, who also produced and enacted the lead role.<sup id="cite_ref-gemini_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gemini-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is based on the Marathi play <i><a href="/wiki/To_Mee_Navhech" title="To Mee Navhech">To Mee Navhech</a></i>, revolved around a man who deceives and marries five women performing nine roles.<sup id="cite_ref-gemini_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gemini-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film met with commercial failure. However, Gemini Ganesan was adjudged the <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Tamil_Actor" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor">Best Tamil Actor</a> at the following year's Filmfare Awards ceremony.<sup id="cite_ref-gemini_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gemini-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following that, Balachander's made <i><a href="/wiki/Aval_Oru_Thodar_Kathai" title="Aval Oru Thodar Kathai">Aval Oru Thodar Kathai</a></i> (1974),<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> his second female-centric film after <i>Arangetram</i> that dealt with the story of a working woman who hails from a middle-class family.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVelayutham200838_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVelayutham200838-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Inspired by the 1960 <a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_West_Bengal" title="Cinema of West Bengal">Bengali film</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Meghe_Dhaka_Tara_(1960_film)" title="Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960 film)">Meghe Dhaka Tara</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDeep_Focus199887_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeep_Focus199887-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it explored the emotions of a young woman who happens to be the sole earner for her family.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVelayutham200838_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVelayutham200838-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He decided to cast an actress who worked as a child actress till then, as his film heroine with the film Mondru Moodichu and gave break to Sridevi.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film <i><a href="/wiki/Aboorva_Raagangal" class="mw-redirect" title="Aboorva Raagangal">Aboorva Raagangal</a></i> was an original story about an inter-generational romance involving two families. It marked the acting debut of <a href="/wiki/Rajinikanth" title="Rajinikanth">Rajinikanth</a>, who would go on to establish himself as a leading actor.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It won critical acclaim in spite of its controversial theme; it won three National Film Awards including the award for the "Best Feature Film in Tamil".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>During this period he made films mostly with <a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> as the lead actor. In 1976, he made three films: <i><a href="/wiki/Manmadha_Leelai_(1976_film)" title="Manmadha Leelai (1976 film)">Manmadha Leelai</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Anthuleni_Katha" title="Anthuleni Katha">Anthuleni Katha</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Moondru_Mudichu" title="Moondru Mudichu">Moondru Mudichu</a></i>. <i>Manmadha Leelai</i> explores the life of a womaniser, played by <a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a>, who gets himself involved in affairs with women.<sup id="cite_ref-lakshmi_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lakshmi-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Often considered ahead of its time, it achieved cult status and is considered a "trendsetter" in Tamil cinema.<sup id="cite_ref-lakshmi_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lakshmi-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Anthuleni Katha</i>, a Telugu remake of <i>Aval Oru Thodar Kathai</i> had <a href="/wiki/Jaya_Prada" title="Jaya Prada">Jaya Prada</a> in her first starring role. received equal acclaim in <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a> as in the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu. <i><a href="/wiki/Avargal" title="Avargal">Avargal</a></i> (1977) follows the life of a divorcée as she traverses relationships in reverse, from divorce, to marriage, to falling in love. <i><a href="/wiki/Varumayin_Niram_Sigappu" class="mw-redirect" title="Varumayin Niram Sigappu">Varumayin Niram Sigappu</a></i> (1980) was a drama that charts the travails and conflict of being unemployed in a bombastic and harsh city. <i><a href="/wiki/47_Natkal" title="47 Natkal">47 Natkal</a></i> (1981) traces the adversities of a newlywed Indian woman living with an scurrilous, expatriate husband in a Parisian suburb. The film was a launchpad for its lead actor <a href="/wiki/Chiranjeevi" title="Chiranjeevi">Chiranjeevi</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bollywood_success_and_Tamil_film_career_1981-99">Bollywood success and Tamil film career 1981-99</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Balachander&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Bollywood success and Tamil film career 1981-99"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_President,_Smt._Pratibha_Devisingh_Patil_presenting_the_Dada_Sahab_Phalke_Award_2010_to_Shri_K._Balachander,_at_the_58th_National_Film_Awards_function,_in_New_Delhi_on_September_09,_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/The_President%2C_Smt._Pratibha_Devisingh_Patil_presenting_the_Dada_Sahab_Phalke_Award_2010_to_Shri_K._Balachander%2C_at_the_58th_National_Film_Awards_function%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_September_09%2C_2011.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/The_President%2C_Smt._Pratibha_Devisingh_Patil_presenting_the_Dada_Sahab_Phalke_Award_2010_to_Shri_K._Balachander%2C_at_the_58th_National_Film_Awards_function%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_September_09%2C_2011.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/The_President%2C_Smt._Pratibha_Devisingh_Patil_presenting_the_Dada_Sahab_Phalke_Award_2010_to_Shri_K._Balachander%2C_at_the_58th_National_Film_Awards_function%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_September_09%2C_2011.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2150" data-file-height="1611" /></a><figcaption>Balachander receiving Dada Sahab Phalke Award from president <a href="/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil">Pratibha Patil</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Balachander re-entered the Hindi film industry after <i>Aaina</i> through <i><a href="/wiki/Ek_Duuje_Ke_Liye" title="Ek Duuje Ke Liye">Ek Duuje Ke Liye</a></i> in 1981. He gave <a href="/wiki/Rati_Agnihotri" title="Rati Agnihotri">Rati Agnihotri</a> her debut Hindi film with Ek Duje Ke Liye.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The project was a remake of his own Telugu film <i>Maro Charitra</i> had <a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> repeating his role as a lead actor. The film marked the Bollywood debut of various artists including <a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madhavi_(actress)" class="mw-redirect" title="Madhavi (actress)">Madhavi</a> and <a href="/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" title="S. P. Balasubrahmanyam">S. P. Balasubrahmanyam</a>. Like the original, <i>Ek Duuje Ke Liye</i> emerged as a major box-office success and earned critical acclaim. Balachander received the <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Screenplay" title="Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay">Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay</a>, apart from two other nominations – for <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Director" title="Filmfare Award for Best Director">Best Director</a> and <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Story" title="Filmfare Award for Best Story">Best Story</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song "Tere Meere Beach Mein" became so popular, eventually winning a <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Lyricist" title="Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist">Filmfare Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/Anand_Bakshi" title="Anand Bakshi">Anand Bakshi</a> and a <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer">National Film Award</a> for Balasubrahmanyam.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>He made <i><a href="/wiki/Sindhu_Bhairavi_(film)" title="Sindhu Bhairavi (film)">Sindhu Bhairavi</a></i> (1985), which is about the intellectual collision and subsequent romance between a lofty Carnatic musician and his ardent critic. He has worked with a variety of music directors like V.Kumar, M.S.Viswanathan, Ilaiyaraja, Maragathamani, <a href="/wiki/V._S._Narasimhan" title="V. S. Narasimhan">V. S. Narasimhan</a> and A.R.Rahman. The actors who were regular in his films in the period 1963 to 1990 were Gemini Ganeshan, Sowcar Janaki, Nagesh, Jayanthi, Sujatha, Saritha, Rajnikanth and Kamal Haasan.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_years">Later years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Balachander&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Later years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1998, he planned a film titled <i>Thillana Thillana</i> featuring <a href="/wiki/Prashanth" title="Prashanth">Prashanth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karthik_(actor)" title="Karthik (actor)">Karthik</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meena_(actress)" title="Meena (actress)">Meena</a> and <a href="/wiki/Simran_(actress)" title="Simran (actress)">Simran</a>, but the venture failed to develop.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His later films include <i><a href="/wiki/Parthale_Paravasam" class="mw-redirect" title="Parthale Paravasam">Parthale Paravasam</a></i> (2001) and <i><a href="/wiki/Poi_(film)" title="Poi (film)">Poi</a></i> (2006). In 2003 he penned and produced all time hit film <a href="/wiki/Thirumalai" title="Thirumalai">Thirumalai</a> starring <a href="/wiki/Vijay_(actor)" title="Vijay (actor)">Vijay (actor)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jyotika" class="mw-redirect" title="Jyotika">Jyotika</a>. In which became a turning point in vijay's career, made him an action hero. <sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television_career">Television career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Balachander&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Television career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The period starting from the late 1980s till the late 1990s saw Balachander venturing into Television and making a number of Television series including <i>Kai Alavu Manasu</i>, <i>Rail Sneham</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-serial_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-serial-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Ramany vs Ramany(a.k.a. Ramani vs Ramani)</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-serial_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-serial-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Oru Koodai Paasam</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-serial_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-serial-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Kadhal_Pagadai" title="Kadhal Pagadai">Kadhal Pagadai</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-malathi_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-malathi-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Premi" title="Premi">Premi</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-serial_33-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-serial-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Jannal</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-malathi_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-malathi-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Kasalavu_Nesam" class="mw-redirect" title="Kasalavu Nesam">Kasalavu Nesam</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Anni_(TV_series)" title="Anni (TV series)">Anni</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-lakshmi2_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lakshmi2-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like his earlier films, most of his serials focussed on women, and portrayed them as strong personalities.<sup id="cite_ref-lakshmi2_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lakshmi2-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kasalvu Nesam was one of his comedy hits, starring <a href="/wiki/Venu_Arvind" title="Venu Arvind">Venu Aravind</a>. In 2003, he made <i>Sahana</i>, that touted to be the sequel of his 1985 film <i>Sindhu Bairavi</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-lakshmi2_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lakshmi2-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On venturing into Television, he noted "This medium helps to reach out to the public. That's why I am into making serials".<sup id="cite_ref-lakshmi2_35-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lakshmi2-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, Balachander returned to theatre after a 40-year hiatus through the play <i>Pournami</i>, which had <a href="/wiki/Renuka_(actress)" title="Renuka (actress)">Renuka</a> playing the lead role.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Balachander&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1956, Balachander married Rajam while he was working at the Accountant General's Office.<sup id="cite_ref-forbes_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forbes-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple had two sons named Kailasam and Prasanna and a daughter Pushpa Kandaswamy, who is the chairwoman of their production house <a href="/wiki/Kavithalaya_Productions" class="mw-redirect" title="Kavithalaya Productions">Kavithalaya Productions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kailasam was an entrepreneur while Prasanna, a <a href="/wiki/Chartered_Accountant" class="mw-redirect" title="Chartered Accountant">Chartered Accountant</a>, is the managing director and CEO of a leading investment bank in India. Balachander's elder son, <a href="/wiki/Bala_Kailasam" title="Bala Kailasam">Bala Kailasam</a>, died on 15 August 2014 after contracting <a href="/wiki/Pneumonia" title="Pneumonia">pneumonia</a>, at the age of 54. He was the head of the television production company Minbinbangal, and delivered memorable series in Tamil includes, <i>Balachandarin Chinnathirai</i>, <i>Kaialavu Manasu</i>, <i>Rail Sneham</i>, and <i>Marma Desam</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Balachander&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following a <a href="/wiki/Neurosurgery" title="Neurosurgery">neurosurgery</a> in November 2014, Balachander was admitted to Kauvery Hospital in <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a> on 15 December.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reports suggested that he was suffering from fever and from a <a href="/wiki/Urinary_tract_infection" title="Urinary tract infection">urinary tract infection</a>, but was recovering well.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, on 23 December 2014 he died due to complications from the urinary infection and other age-related ailments.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Yogesh_Pawar_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yogesh_Pawar-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was cremated with full state honours the next day.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Style,_critique_and_public_perception"><span id="Style.2C_critique_and_public_perception"></span>Style, critique and public perception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Balachander&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Style, critique and public perception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Balachander is revered as one of the best directors India has ever produced. His ideas were original and his subjects were complex ideas expressed via art. He is also known for introducing new faces to the film industry. He has introduced over 100 actors in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages. Balachander had long associations with some senior artists in the South Indian film industry like <a href="/wiki/Gemini_Ganesan" title="Gemini Ganesan">Gemini Ganesan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sowcar_Janaki" title="Sowcar Janaki">Sowcar Janaki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nagesh" title="Nagesh">Nagesh</a> and <a href="/wiki/R._Muthuraman" title="R. Muthuraman">Muthuraman</a>. Even though he was not the one to discover them, he played a prominent role in shaping their careers. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rajinikanth" title="Rajinikanth">Rajinikanth</a>, two leading film actors in <a href="/wiki/Tamil_cinema" title="Tamil cinema">Tamil cinema</a>, are often referred to as products of Balachander who has paired with each of them or worked with them as a trio in several films during the 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rajinikanth was chosen by Balachander to play a key supporting character in <i><a href="/wiki/Apoorva_Raagangal" title="Apoorva Raagangal">Apoorva Raagangal</a></i> (1975) after noting that "there was something special about him". Sridevi, Srividhya, Jayapradha, Jayasudha, Jayachithra, Sujatha, Saritha were notable heroines that were introduced by Balachander. Nassar, <a href="/wiki/Delhi_Ganesh" title="Delhi Ganesh">Delhi Ganesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charle" title="Charle">Charlie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madan_Bob" class="mw-redirect" title="Madan Bob">Madan Bob</a> were some of the notable supporting actors introduced by him. After working in a few <a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a> films, <a href="/wiki/Prakash_Raj" title="Prakash Raj">Prakash Raj</a> was relaunched as an actor in Tamil cinema through his debut <i><a href="/wiki/Duet_(1994_film)" title="Duet (1994 film)">Duet</a></i> (1994) and had also performed in some of Balachander's soap opera productions in the 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Through <i><a href="/wiki/Manathil_Uruthi_Vendum" class="mw-redirect" title="Manathil Uruthi Vendum">Manathil Uruthi Vendum</a></i>, Balachander launched <a href="/wiki/Vivek_(actor)" title="Vivek (actor)">Vivek</a> as an actor, who initially worked with him as his assistant writer, and later went on to become a leading comedy actor. He also launched <a href="/wiki/A.R._Rahman" class="mw-redirect" title="A.R. Rahman">A.R. Rahman</a> in the film <a href="/wiki/Roja_(film)" title="Roja (film)">Roja</a> which was his production. </p><p>When the old era was dominated by commercial action films, Balachander directed socially themed films with women as protagonists usually centred on unusual or complicated interpersonal relationships and social themes. He portrayed women as headstrong, intelligent and independent people.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Balachander revealed that many of his messages from his films, he has drawn inspiration from poet Subramaniya Bharathi whom he had admired since his childhood.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Screenwriter Gopu (of Gopu-Babu) said that he used to begin his script from the ending and then construct the plot.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Balachander&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/K._Balachander_filmography" title="K. Balachander filmography">K. Balachander filmography</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_nomination">Awards and nomination</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Balachander&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Awards and nomination"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_K._Balachander" title="List of awards and nominations received by K. Balachander">List of awards and nominations received by K. Balachander</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Documentary">Documentary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Balachander&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Documentary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A documentary is getting ready about him. <a href="/wiki/Ravisubramaniyan" title="Ravisubramaniyan">Ravisubramaniyan</a> is selected by <a href="/wiki/Kavithalaya_Productions" class="mw-redirect" title="Kavithalaya Productions">Kavidalaya</a> for making documentary, to be released on 9 July 2020, the 90th birthday of the veteran Indian filmmaker.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://minnambalam.com/public/s%e0%ae%95%e0%af%87-%e0%ae%aa%e0%ae%bf-%e0%ae%aa%e0%af%86%e0%ae%a3%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%95%e0%ae%b3%e0%af%88-%e0%ae%b9%e0%af%80%e0%ae%b0%e0%af%8b%e0%ae%86%e0%ae%95%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%95/">[51]</a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Balachander&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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Balachander</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">As a<br />director</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Neerkumizhi" title="Neerkumizhi">Neerkumizhi</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Naanal_(film)" title="Naanal (film)">Naanal</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Major_Chandrakanth_(1966_film)" title="Major Chandrakanth (1966 film)">Major Chandrakanth</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bama_Vijayam_(1967_film)" title="Bama Vijayam (1967 film)">Bama Vijayam</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Anubavi_Raja_Anubavi" title="Anubavi Raja Anubavi">Anubavi Raja Anubavi</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Edhir_Neechal_(1968_film)" title="Edhir Neechal (1968 film)">Edhir Neechal</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thamarai_Nenjam" title="Thamarai Nenjam">Thamarai Nenjam</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bhale_Kodallu" title="Bhale Kodallu">Bhale Kodallu</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Poova_Thalaiya_(1969_film)" title="Poova Thalaiya (1969 film)">Poova Thalaiya</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sattekalapu_Satteyya" title="Sattekalapu Satteyya">Sattekalapu Satteyya</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Iru_Kodugal" title="Iru Kodugal">Iru Kodugal</a></i> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Patham_Pasali" title="Patham Pasali">Patham Pasali</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ethiroli" title="Ethiroli">Ethiroli</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Navagraham" title="Navagraham">Navagraham</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kaviya_Thalaivi" title="Kaviya Thalaivi">Kaviya Thalaivi</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Naangu_Suvargal" title="Naangu Suvargal">Naangu Suvargal</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nootrukku_Nooru" title="Nootrukku Nooru">Nootrukku Nooru</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bomma_Borusa" title="Bomma Borusa">Bomma Borusa</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Punnagai" title="Punnagai">Punnagai</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kanna_Nalama" title="Kanna Nalama">Kanna Nalama</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Velli_Vizha" title="Velli Vizha">Velli Vizha</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Arangetram_(1973_film)" title="Arangetram (1973 film)">Arangetram</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sollathaan_Ninaikkiren" title="Sollathaan Ninaikkiren">Sollathaan Ninaikkiren</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Naan_Avanillai_(1974_film)" title="Naan Avanillai (1974 film)">Naan Avanillai</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aval_Oru_Thodar_Kathai" title="Aval Oru Thodar Kathai">Aval Oru Thodar Kathai</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aaina_(1974_film)" title="Aaina (1974 film)">Aaina</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Apoorva_Raagangal" title="Apoorva Raagangal">Apoorva Raagangal</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Manmadha_Leelai_(1976_film)" title="Manmadha Leelai (1976 film)">Manmadha Leelai</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Anthuleni_Katha" title="Anthuleni Katha">Anthuleni Katha</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Moondru_Mudichu" title="Moondru Mudichu">Moondru Mudichu</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Avargal" title="Avargal">Avargal</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pattina_Pravesam" title="Pattina Pravesam">Pattina Pravesam</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nizhal_Nijamagiradhu" title="Nizhal Nijamagiradhu">Nizhal Nijamagiradhu</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Maro_Charitra" title="Maro Charitra">Maro Charitra</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thappida_Thala" title="Thappida Thala"><i>Thappida Thala</i> / <i>Thappu Thalangal</i></a> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ninaithale_Inikkum_(1979_film)" title="Ninaithale Inikkum (1979 film)">Ninaithale Inikkum / Andamaina Anubhavam</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Idi_Katha_Kaadu" title="Idi Katha Kaadu">Idi Katha Kaadu</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nool_Veli" title="Nool Veli"><i>Nool Veli</i> / <i>Guppedu Manasu</i></a> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Varumayin_Niram_Sivappu" title="Varumayin Niram Sivappu">Varumayin Niram Sivappu</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i>Aakali Rajyam</i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aadavaallu_Meeku_Joharlu_(1981_film)" title="Aadavaallu Meeku Joharlu (1981 film)">Aadavaallu Meeku Joharlu</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tholi_Kodi_Koosindi" title="Tholi Kodi Koosindi">Enga Ooru Kannagi</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tholi_Kodi_Koosindi" title="Tholi Kodi Koosindi">Tholi Kodi Koosindi</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thillu_Mullu" title="Thillu Mullu">Thillu Mullu</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ek_Duuje_Ke_Liye" title="Ek Duuje Ke Liye">Ek Duuje Ke Liye</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thanneer_Thanneer" title="Thanneer Thanneer">Thanneer Thanneer</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/47_Natkal" title="47 Natkal">47 Natkal</a></i> / <i><a href="/wiki/47_Natkal" title="47 Natkal">47 Rojulu</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Agni_Sakshi_(1982_film)" title="Agni Sakshi (1982 film)">Agni Sakshi</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Benkiyalli_Aralida_Hoovu" title="Benkiyalli Aralida Hoovu">Benkiyalli Aralida Hoovu</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Poikkal_Kudhirai_(1983_film)" title="Poikkal Kudhirai (1983 film)">Poikkal Kudhirai</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Zara_Si_Zindagi" title="Zara Si Zindagi">Zara Si Zindagi</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kokilamma" title="Kokilamma">Kokilamma</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ek_Nai_Paheli" title="Ek Nai Paheli">Ek Nai Paheli</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Achamillai_Achamillai" title="Achamillai Achamillai">Achamillai Achamillai</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eradu_Rekhegalu" title="Eradu Rekhegalu">Eradu Rekhegalu</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kalyana_Agathigal" title="Kalyana Agathigal">Kalyana Agathigal</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sindhu_Bhairavi_(film)" title="Sindhu Bhairavi (film)">Sindhu Bhairavi</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mugila_Mallige" title="Mugila Mallige">Mugila Mallige</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sundara_Swapnagalu" title="Sundara Swapnagalu">Sundara Swapnagalu</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Punnagai_Mannan" title="Punnagai Mannan">Punnagai Mannan</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Manathil_Urudhi_Vendum" title="Manathil Urudhi Vendum">Manathil Urudhi Vendum</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rudraveena_(film)" title="Rudraveena (film)">Rudraveena</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Unnal_Mudiyum_Thambi" title="Unnal Mudiyum Thambi">Unnal Mudiyum Thambi</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pudhu_Pudhu_Arthangal" title="Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal">Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal</a></i> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Oru_Veedu_Iru_Vaasal" title="Oru Veedu Iru Vaasal">Oru Veedu Iru Vaasal</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Azhagan" title="Azhagan">Azhagan</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vaaname_Ellai" title="Vaaname Ellai">Vaaname Ellai</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jaathi_Malli" title="Jaathi Malli">Jaathi Malli</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Duet_(1994_film)" title="Duet (1994 film)">Duet</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kalki_(1996_film)" title="Kalki (1996 film)">Kalki</a></i> (1996)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Paarthale_Paravasam" title="Paarthale Paravasam">Paarthale Paravasam</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Poi_(film)" title="Poi (film)">Poi</a></i> (2006)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Writer only</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Deiva_Thai" title="Deiva Thai">Deiva Thai</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Server_Sundaram" title="Server Sundaram">Server Sundaram</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Poojaikku_Vandha_Malar" title="Poojaikku Vandha Malar">Poojaikku Vandha Malar</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Neela_Vaanam" title="Neela Vaanam">Neela Vaanam</a></i> (1965)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/K._Balachander_filmography" title="K. Balachander filmography">Filmography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_K._Balachander" title="List of awards and nominations received by K. Balachander">Awards and nominations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavithalayaa_Productions" title="Kavithalayaa Productions">Kavithalayaa Productions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_Chandrakanth_(play)" title="Major Chandrakanth (play)"><i>Major Chandrakanth</i> (play)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Awards_for_K._Balachander92" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#e8e8ff;"><div id="Awards_for_K._Balachander92" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Awards for K. Balachander</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-size:114%"><div style="padding:0px"> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Recipients_of_Padma_Shri_in_Art75" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Padma_Shri_Award_Recipients_in_Art" title="Template:Padma Shri Award Recipients in Art"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Padma_Shri_Award_Recipients_in_Art" title="Template talk:Padma Shri Award Recipients in Art"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Padma_Shri_Award_Recipients_in_Art" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Padma Shri Award Recipients in Art"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Recipients_of_Padma_Shri_in_Art75" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Recipients of <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> in Art</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Omkarnath_Thakur" title="Omkarnath Thakur">Omkarnath Thakur</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sthanam_Narasimha_Rao" title="Sthanam Narasimha Rao">Sthanam Narasimha Rao</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudhir_Khastgir" title="Sudhir Khastgir">Sudhir Khastgir</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwaram_Venkataswamy_Naidu" title="Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu">Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debaki_Bose" title="Debaki Bose">Debaki Bose</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shambhu_Maharaj" title="Shambhu Maharaj">Shambhu Maharaj</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nargis" title="Nargis">Nargis</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devika_Rani" title="Devika Rani">Devika Rani</a> (1958)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/K._K._Hebbar" title="K. K. Hebbar">K. K. Hebbar</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bismillah_Khan" title="Bismillah Khan">Bismillah Khan</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghunath_Krishna_Phadke" title="Raghunath Krishna Phadke">Raghunath Krishna Phadke</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Kumar" title="Ashok Kumar">Ashok Kumar</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehboob_Khan" title="Mehboob Khan">Mehboob Khan</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melville_de_Mellow" title="Melville de Mellow">Melville de Mellow</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinayak_Pandurang_Karmarkar" title="Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar">Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adi_Pherozeshah_Marzban" title="Adi Pherozeshah Marzban">Adi Pherozeshah Marzban</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._C._Sorcar" title="P. C. Sorcar">P. C. Sorcar</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guru_Kunchu_Kurup" title="Guru Kunchu Kurup">Guru Kunchu Kurup</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Nagayya" title="V. Nagayya">V. Nagayya</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravishankar_Raval" title="Ravishankar Raval">Ravishankar Raval</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrinalini_Sarabhai" title="Mrinalini Sarabhai">Mrinalini Sarabhai</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivaji_Ganesan" title="Sivaji Ganesan">Sivaji Ganesan</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._F._Husain" title="M. F. Husain">M. F. Husain</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumitra_Charat_Ram" title="Sumitra Charat Ram">Sumitra Charat Ram</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Bhanumathi" title="P. Bhanumathi">P. Bhanumathi</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daji_Bhatawadekar" title="Daji Bhatawadekar">Daji Bhatawadekar</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasant_Desai" title="Vasant Desai">Vasant Desai</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siddheshwari_Devi" title="Siddheshwari Devi">Siddheshwari Devi</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Rafi" title="Mohammed Rafi">Mohammed Rafi</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sashadhar_Mukherjee" title="Sashadhar Mukherjee">Sashadhar Mukherjee</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinjamuri_Venkata_Lakshmi_Narasimha_Rao" title="Vinjamuri Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao">Vinjamuri Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._R._Acharekar" title="M. R. Acharekar">M. R. Acharekar</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Begum_Akhtar" title="Begum Akhtar">Begum Akhtar</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharan_Rani_Backliwal" title="Sharan Rani Backliwal">Sharan Rani Backliwal</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikhil_Banerjee" title="Nikhil Banerjee">Nikhil Banerjee</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Dutt" title="Sunil Dutt">Sunil Dutt</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durga_Khote" title="Durga Khote">Durga Khote</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamini_Krishnamurthy" title="Yamini Krishnamurthy">Yamini Krishnamurthy</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shankar%E2%80%93Jaikishan" title="Shankar–Jaikishan">Shankar–Jaikishan</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayodhya_Prasad" title="Ayodhya Prasad">Ayodhya Prasad</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akkineni_Nageswara_Rao" title="Akkineni Nageswara Rao">Akkineni Nageswara Rao</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._T._Rama_Rao" title="N. T. Rama Rao">N. T. Rama Rao</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devi_Lal_Samar" title="Devi Lal Samar">Devi Lal Samar</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyjayanthimala" title="Vyjayanthimala">Vyjayanthimala</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khwaja_Ahmad_Abbas" title="Khwaja Ahmad Abbas">Khwaja Ahmad Abbas</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Abraham_Cheulkar" title="David Abraham Cheulkar">David Abraham Cheulkar</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._S._Bendre" title="N. S. Bendre">N. S. Bendre</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._D._Burman" title="S. D. Burman">S. D. Burman</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._Saroja_Devi" title="B. Saroja Devi">B. Saroja Devi</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indrani_Rahman" title="Indrani Rahman">Indrani Rahman</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balraj_Sahni" title="Balraj Sahni">Balraj Sahni</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._N._Swamy_(artist)" title="S. N. Swamy (artist)">S. N. Swamy (artist)</a> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sukumar_Bose" title="Sukumar Bose">Sukumar Bose</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prem_Dhawan" title="Prem Dhawan">Prem Dhawan</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratna_Fabri" title="Ratna Fabri">Ratna Fabri</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gemini_Ganesan" title="Gemini Ganesan">Gemini Ganesan</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritwik_Ghatak" title="Ritwik Ghatak">Ritwik Ghatak</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damayanti_Joshi" title="Damayanti Joshi">Damayanti Joshi</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Halim_Jaffer_Khan" title="Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan">Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Jamshed_Khandalavala" title="Karl Jamshed Khandalavala">Karl Jamshed Khandalavala</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhaviah_Krishnan" title="Madhaviah Krishnan">Madhaviah Krishnan</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Kumar" title="Rajendra Kumar">Rajendra Kumar</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pankaj_Mullick" title="Pankaj Mullick">Pankaj Mullick</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalamandalam_Krishnan_Nair" title="Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair">Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Relangi_(actor)" title="Relangi (actor)">Relangi</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gummadi_(actor)" title="Gummadi (actor)">Gummadi</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Raghav_Rao" title="Vijay Raghav Rao">Vijay Raghav Rao</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Satyanarayana_Sarma" title="V. Satyanarayana Sarma">V. Satyanarayana Sarma</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maisnam_Amubi_Singh" title="Maisnam Amubi Singh">Maisnam Amubi Singh</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._B._Sundarambal" title="K. B. Sundarambal">K. B. Sundarambal</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avinash_Vyas" title="Avinash Vyas">Avinash Vyas</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Balamuralikrishna" title="M. Balamuralikrishna">M. Balamuralikrishna</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sankho_Chaudhuri" title="Sankho Chaudhuri">Sankho Chaudhuri</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manna_Dey" title="Manna Dey">Manna Dey</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tripti_Mitra" title="Tripti Mitra">Tripti Mitra</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vazhenkada_Kunchu_Nair" title="Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair">Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chenganoor_Raman_Pillai" title="Chenganoor Raman Pillai">Chenganoor Raman Pillai</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._N._Dandayudhapani_Pillai" title="K. N. Dandayudhapani Pillai">K. N. Dandayudhapani Pillai</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanta_Rao" title="Shanta Rao">Shanta Rao</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_(composer)" title="Ravi (composer)">Ravi</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahir_Ludhianvi" title="Sahir Ludhianvi">Sahir Ludhianvi</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siyaram_Tiwari_(musician)" title="Siyaram Tiwari (musician)">Siyaram Tiwari (musician)</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiranjeet_Chakraborty" title="Chiranjeet Chakraborty">Chiranjeet Chakraborty</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girija_Devi" title="Girija Devi">Girija Devi</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasudeo_S._Gaitonde" title="Vasudeo S. Gaitonde">Vasudeo S. Gaitonde</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Janah" title="Sunil Janah">Sunil Janah</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalgudi_Jayaraman" title="Lalgudi Jayaraman">Lalgudi Jayaraman</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhimsen_Joshi" title="Bhimsen Joshi">Bhimsen Joshi</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahendra_Kapoor" title="Mahendra Kapoor">Mahendra Kapoor</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Kumar_(artist)" title="Ram Kumar (artist)">Ram Kumar (artist)</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hrishikesh_Mukherjee" title="Hrishikesh Mukherjee">Hrishikesh Mukherjee</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vazhuvoor_Ramaiah_Pillai" title="Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai">Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samta_Prasad" title="Samta Prasad">Samta Prasad</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._K._Radha" title="M. K. Radha">M. K. Radha</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghu_Rai" title="Raghu Rai">Raghu Rai</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Reddy_(artist)" title="Krishna Reddy (artist)">Krishna Reddy</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waheeda_Rehman" title="Waheeda Rehman">Waheeda Rehman</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juthika_Roy" title="Juthika Roy">Juthika Roy</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suchitra_Sen" title="Suchitra Sen">Suchitra Sen</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gubbi_Veeranna" title="Gubbi Veeranna">Gubbi Veeranna</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitara_Devi" title="Sitara Devi">Sitara Devi</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._N._Krishnan" title="T. N. Krishnan">T. N. Krishnan</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kishan_Maharaj" title="Kishan Maharaj">Kishan Maharaj</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramanathapuram_C._S._Murugabhoopathy" title="Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy">Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thikkurissy_Sukumaran_Nair" title="Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair">Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uma_Sharma" title="Uma Sharma">Uma Sharma</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._G._Thakur_Singh" title="S. G. Thakur Singh">S. G. Thakur Singh</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaifi_Azmi" title="Kaifi Azmi">Kaifi Azmi</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pushkar_Bhan" title="Pushkar Bhan">Pushkar Bhan</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mani_Madhava_Chakyar" title="Mani Madhava Chakyar">Mani Madhava Chakyar</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bindhyabasini_Devi" title="Bindhyabasini Devi">Bindhyabasini Devi</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naina_Devi_(singer)" title="Naina Devi (singer)">Naina Devi</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girish_Karnad" title="Girish Karnad">Girish Karnad</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shriram_Lagoo" title="Shriram Lagoo">Shriram Lagoo</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelucharan_Mohapatra" title="Kelucharan Mohapatra">Kelucharan Mohapatra</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nutan" title="Nutan">Nutan</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._D._Ramanathan" title="M. D. Ramanathan">M. D. Ramanathan</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Som_Nath_Sadhu" title="Som Nath Sadhu">Som Nath Sadhu</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emani_Sankara_Sastry" title="Emani Sankara Sastry">Emani Sankara Sastry</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kripal_Singh_Shekhawat" title="Kripal Singh Shekhawat">Kripal Singh Shekhawat</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manik_Varma" title="Manik Varma">Manik Varma</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Gopalakrishnan" title="M. S. Gopalakrishnan">M. S. Gopalakrishnan</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasraj" title="Jasraj">Jasraj</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amjad_Ali_Khan" title="Amjad Ali Khan">Amjad Ali Khan</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopi_Krishna_(dancer)" title="Gopi Krishna (dancer)">Gopi Krishna</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjukta_Panigrahi" title="Sanjukta Panigrahi">Sanjukta Panigrahi</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basavaraj_Rajguru" title="Basavaraj Rajguru">Basavaraj Rajguru</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyanam_Raghuramayya" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalyanam Raghuramayya">Kalyanam Raghuramayya</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Sathyu" title="M. S. Sathyu">M. S. Sathyu</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._G._Subramanyan" title="K. G. Subramanyan">K. G. Subramanyan</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gitchandra_Tongbra" title="Gitchandra Tongbra">Gitchandra Tongbra</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._J._Yesudas" title="K. J. Yesudas">K. J. Yesudas</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyam_Benegal" title="Shyam Benegal">Shyam Benegal</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghunath_Mohapatra" title="Raghunath Mohapatra">Raghunath Mohapatra</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Narayan" title="Ram Narayan">Ram Narayan</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._V._Narayanaswamy" title="K. V. Narayanaswamy">K. V. Narayanaswamy</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._Nagendra_Rao" title="R. Nagendra Rao">R. Nagendra Rao</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Somasundaram" title="S. Somasundaram">S. Somasundaram</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parveen_Sultana" class="mw-redirect" title="Parveen Sultana">Parveen Sultana</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhanraj_Bhagat" title="Dhanraj Bhagat">Dhanraj Bhagat</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhupen_Hazarika" title="Bhupen Hazarika">Bhupen Hazarika</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheik_Chinna_Moulana" title="Sheik Chinna Moulana">Sheik Chinna Moulana</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alla_Rakha" title="Alla Rakha">Alla Rakha</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jehangir_Sabavala" title="Jehangir Sabavala">Jehangir Sabavala</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Rasool_Santosh" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghulam Rasool Santosh">Ghulam Rasool Santosh</a> (1977)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/B._V._Karanth" title="B. V. Karanth">B. V. Karanth</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namagiripettai_Krishnan" title="Namagiripettai Krishnan">Namagiripettai Krishnan</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambhir_Singh_Mura" title="Gambhir Singh Mura">Gambhir Singh Mura</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dashrath_Patel" title="Dashrath Patel">Dashrath Patel</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._H._Raza" title="S. H. Raza">S. H. Raza</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padma_Subrahmanyam" title="Padma Subrahmanyam">Padma Subrahmanyam</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allah_Jilai_Bai" title="Allah Jilai Bai">Allah Jilai Bai</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ammannur_Madhava_Chakyar" title="Ammannur Madhava Chakyar">Ammannur Madhava Chakyar</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabbar_Patel" title="Jabbar Patel">Jabbar Patel</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virendra_Prabhakar" title="Virendra Prabhakar">Virendra Prabhakar</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gautam_Vaghela" title="Gautam Vaghela">Gautam Vaghela</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirkazhi_Govindarajan" title="Sirkazhi Govindarajan">Sirkazhi Govindarajan</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gautam_Vaghela" title="Gautam Vaghela">Gautam Vaghela</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirkazhi_Govindarajan" title="Sirkazhi Govindarajan">Sirkazhi Govindarajan</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharafat_Hussain_Khan" title="Sharafat Hussain Khan">Sharafat Hussain Khan</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Mahata" title="Nepal Mahata">Nepal Mahata</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handel_Manuel" title="Handel Manuel">Handel Manuel</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulam_Mohammed_Sheikh" title="Gulam Mohammed Sheikh">Gulam Mohammed Sheikh</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghubir_Singh_(photographer)" title="Raghubir Singh (photographer)">Raghubir Singh</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sobha_Singh_(painter)" title="Sobha Singh (painter)">Sobha Singh</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habib_Tanvir" title="Habib Tanvir">Habib Tanvir</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganga_Devi_(painter)" title="Ganga Devi (painter)">Ganga Devi</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purushottam_Das" title="Purushottam Das">Purushottam Das</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adoor_Gopalakrishnan" title="Adoor Gopalakrishnan">Adoor Gopalakrishnan</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhupen_Khakhar" title="Bhupen Khakhar">Bhupen Khakhar</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Kingsley" title="Ben Kingsley">Ben Kingsley</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinay_Chandra_Maudgalya" title="Vinay Chandra Maudgalya">Vinay Chandra Maudgalya</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roshan_Kumari" title="Roshan Kumari">Roshan Kumari</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mavelikara_Krishnankutty_Nair" title="Mavelikara Krishnankutty Nair">Mavelikara Krishnankutty Nair</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._Rajam" title="N. Rajam">N. Rajam</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raja_and_Radha_Reddy" title="Raja and Radha Reddy">Raja and Radha Reddy</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nek_Chand" title="Nek Chand">Nek Chand</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Gopal_Vijayvargiya" title="Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya">Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanti_Dave" title="Shanti Dave">Shanti Dave</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asa_Singh_Mastana" title="Asa Singh Mastana">Asa Singh Mastana</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laxman_Pai" title="Laxman Pai">Laxman Pai</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smita_Patil" title="Smita Patil">Smita Patil</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palghat_R._Raghu" title="Palghat R. Raghu">Palghat R. Raghu</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naseeruddin_Shah" title="Naseeruddin Shah">Naseeruddin Shah</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shankar_Bapu_Apegaonkar" title="Shankar Bapu Apegaonkar">Shankar Bapu Apegaonkar</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanika_Banerjee" title="Kanika Banerjee">Kanika Banerjee</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subrata_Mitra" title="Subrata Mitra">Subrata Mitra</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Singhajit_Singh" title="Rajkumar Singhajit Singh">Rajkumar Singhajit Singh</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hisam-ud-din_Usta" title="Hisam-ud-din Usta">Hisam-ud-din Usta</a> (1986)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">K. Balachander</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumudini_Lakhia" title="Kumudini Lakhia">Kumudini Lakhia</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijaya_Mehta" title="Vijaya Mehta">Vijaya Mehta</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._Ramani" title="N. Ramani">N. Ramani</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aparna_Sen" title="Aparna Sen">Aparna Sen</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naresh_Sohal" title="Naresh Sohal">Naresh Sohal</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jitendra_Abhisheki" title="Jitendra Abhisheki">Jitendra Abhisheki</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shabana_Azmi" title="Shabana Azmi">Shabana Azmi</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teejan_Bai" title="Teejan Bai">Teejan Bai</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bikash_Bhattacharjee" title="Bikash Bhattacharjee">Bikash Bhattacharjee</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zakir_Hussain_(musician)" title="Zakir Hussain (musician)">Zakir Hussain</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chindodi_Leela" title="Chindodi Leela">Chindodi Leela</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudharani_Raghupathy" title="Sudharani Raghupathy">Sudharani Raghupathy</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudarshan_Sahoo" title="Sudarshan Sahoo">Sudarshan Sahoo</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kudrat_Singh" title="Kudrat Singh">Kudrat Singh</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umayalpuram_K._Sivaraman" title="Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman">Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jitendra_Abhisheki" title="Jitendra Abhisheki">Jitendra Abhisheki</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adyar_K._Lakshman" title="Adyar K. Lakshman">Adyar K. Lakshman</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haku_Shah" title="Haku Shah">Haku Shah</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Subramaniam" title="L. Subramaniam">L. Subramaniam</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratan_Thiyam" title="Ratan Thiyam">Ratan Thiyam</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upendra_Trivedi" title="Upendra Trivedi">Upendra Trivedi</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Agashe" title="Mohan Agashe">Mohan Agashe</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Aravindan" title="G. Aravindan">G. Aravindan</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prabha_Atre" title="Prabha Atre">Prabha Atre</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asgari_Bai" title="Asgari Bai">Asgari Bai</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulab_Bai" title="Gulab Bai">Gulab Bai</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balwantrai_Bhatt" title="Balwantrai Bhatt">Balwantrai Bhatt</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diwaliben_Bhil" title="Diwaliben Bhil">Diwaliben Bhil</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raj_Bisaria" title="Raj Bisaria">Raj Bisaria</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._M._Ganapathy" title="S. M. Ganapathy">S. M. Ganapathy</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishamber_Khanna" title="Bishamber Khanna">Bishamber Khanna</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishen_Khanna" title="Krishen Khanna">Krishen Khanna</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allu_Ramalingaiah" title="Allu Ramalingaiah">Allu Ramalingaiah</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarun_Majumdar" title="Tarun Majumdar">Tarun Majumdar</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhavi_Mudgal" title="Madhavi Mudgal">Madhavi Mudgal</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Om_Puri" title="Om Puri">Om Puri</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanak_Rele" title="Kanak Rele">Kanak Rele</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leela_Samson" title="Leela Samson">Leela Samson</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharajapuram_Santhanam" title="Maharajapuram Santhanam">Maharajapuram Santhanam</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapila_Vatsyayan" title="Kapila Vatsyayan">Kapila Vatsyayan</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranbir_Singh_Bisht" title="Ranbir Singh Bisht">Ranbir Singh Bisht</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharat_Gopy" title="Bharat Gopy">Bharat Gopy</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Mustafa_Khan_(singer)" title="Ghulam Mustafa Khan (singer)">Ghulam Mustafa Khan</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hafeez_Ahmed_Khan" title="Hafeez Ahmed Khan">Hafeez Ahmed Khan</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanno_Khurana" title="Shanno Khurana">Shanno Khurana</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratima_Barua_Pandey" title="Pratima Barua Pandey">Pratima Barua Pandey</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manu_Parekh" title="Manu Parekh">Manu Parekh</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shivkumar_Sharma" title="Shivkumar Sharma">Shivkumar Sharma</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurcharan_Singh_(painter)" title="Gurcharan Singh (painter)">Gurcharan Singh (painter)</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharda_Sinha" title="Sharda Sinha">Sharda Sinha</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alarmel_Valli" title="Alarmel Valli">Alarmel Valli</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaya_Bachchan" title="Jaya Bachchan">Jaya Bachchan</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pankaj_Charan_Das" title="Pankaj Charan Das">Pankaj Charan Das</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biren_De" title="Biren De">Biren De</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srirangam_Gopalaratnam" title="Srirangam Gopalaratnam">Srirangam Gopalaratnam</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabri_Khan" title="Sabri Khan">Sabri Khan</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunita_Kohli" title="Sunita Kohli">Sunita Kohli</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madurai_N._Krishnan" title="Madurai N. Krishnan">Madurai N. Krishnan</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Kumar" title="Manoj Kumar">Manoj Kumar</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meera_Mukherjee" title="Meera Mukherjee">Meera Mukherjee</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asha_Parekh" title="Asha Parekh">Asha Parekh</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nataraja_Ramakrishna" title="Nataraja Ramakrishna">Nataraja Ramakrishna</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagaban_Sahu" title="Bhagaban Sahu">Bhagaban Sahu</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anandji_Virji_Shah" title="Anandji Virji Shah">Anandji Virji Shah</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyanji_Virji_Shah" title="Kalyanji Virji Shah">Kalyanji Virji Shah</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kalyanji-Anandji" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalyanji-Anandji">Kalyanji-Anandji</a>) (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundari_K._Shridharani" title="Sundari K. Shridharani">Sundari K. Shridharani</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapan_Sinha" title="Tapan Sinha">Tapan Sinha</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muthiah_Sthapati" title="Muthiah Sthapati">Muthiah Sthapati</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Viswanath" title="K. Viswanath">K. Viswanath</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chitra_Visweswaran" title="Chitra Visweswaran">Chitra Visweswaran</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dipali_Barthakur" title="Dipali Barthakur">Dipali Barthakur</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mammootty" title="Mammootty">Mammootty</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunja_Bihari_Meher" title="Kunja Bihari Meher">Kunja Bihari Meher</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnarao_Sable" title="Krishnarao Sable">Krishnarao Sable</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zohra_Sehgal" title="Zohra Sehgal">Zohra Sehgal</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Ibomcha_Sharma" title="K. Ibomcha Sharma">K. Ibomcha Sharma</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/U._Srinivas" title="U. Srinivas">U. Srinivas</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Javed_Akhtar" title="Javed Akhtar">Javed Akhtar</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saryu_Doshi" title="Saryu Doshi">Saryu Doshi</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sulochana_Latkar" title="Sulochana Latkar">Sulochana Latkar</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumati_Mutatkar" title="Sumati Mutatkar">Sumati Mutatkar</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shobha_Deepak_Singh" title="Shobha Deepak Singh">Shobha Deepak Singh</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagmohan_Sursagar" title="Jagmohan Sursagar">Jagmohan Sursagar</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_V._Sutar" title="Ram V. Sutar">Ram V. Sutar</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kanhai_Chitrakar" title="Kanhai Chitrakar">Kanhai Chitrakar</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shekhar_Kapur" title="Shekhar Kapur">Shekhar Kapur</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hema_Malini" title="Hema Malini">Hema Malini</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anjolie_Ela_Menon" title="Anjolie Ela Menon">Anjolie Ela Menon</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shubha_Mudgal" title="Shubha Mudgal">Shubha Mudgal</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alyque_Padamsee" title="Alyque Padamsee">Alyque Padamsee</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._R._Rahman" title="A. R. Rahman">A. R. Rahman</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramanand_Sagar" title="Ramanand Sagar">Ramanand Sagar</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" title="S. P. Balasubrahmanyam">S. P. Balasubrahmanyam</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aamir_Raza_Husain" title="Aamir Raza Husain">Aamir Raza Husain</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padmaja_Phenany_Joglekar" title="Padmaja Phenany Joglekar">Padmaja Phenany Joglekar</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Tayab_Khan" title="Mohammed Tayab Khan">Mohammed Tayab Khan</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Kothari" title="Sunil Kothari">Sunil Kothari</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nerella_Venu_Madhav" title="Nerella Venu Madhav">Nerella Venu Madhav</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohanlal" title="Mohanlal">Mohanlal</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shobha_Naidu" class="mw-redirect" title="Shobha Naidu">Shobha Naidu</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._V._S._Raju" title="D. V. S. Raju">D. V. S. Raju</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avadhanam_Sita_Raman" title="Avadhanam Sita Raman">Avadhanam Sita Raman</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siramdasu_Venkata_Rama_Rao" title="Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao">Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thota_Tharani" title="Thota Tharani">Thota Tharani</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._D._Amaradeva" title="W. D. Amaradeva">W. D. Amaradeva</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raj_Begum" title="Raj Begum">Raj Begum</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishwa_Mohan_Bhatt" title="Vishwa Mohan Bhatt">Vishwa Mohan Bhatt</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pushpa_Bhuyan" title="Pushpa Bhuyan">Pushpa Bhuyan</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajan_Devadas" title="Rajan Devadas">Rajan Devadas</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darshana_Jhaveri" title="Darshana Jhaveri">Darshana Jhaveri</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Latif_Khan" title="Abdul Latif Khan">Abdul Latif Khan</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mani_Krishnaswami" title="Mani Krishnaswami">Mani Krishnaswami</a> (2002)</li> <li>Fazal Mohammad (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manorama_(Tamil_actress)" title="Manorama (Tamil actress)">Manorama</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govind_Nihalani" title="Govind Nihalani">Govind Nihalani</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mani_Ratnam" title="Mani Ratnam">Mani Ratnam</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiran_Segal" title="Kiran Segal">Kiran Segal</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navaneetham_Padmanabha_Seshadri" title="Navaneetham Padmanabha Seshadri">Navaneetham Padmanabha Seshadri</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saroja_Vaidyanathan" title="Saroja Vaidyanathan">Saroja Vaidyanathan</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._H._Vinayakram" title="T. H. Vinayakram">T. H. Vinayakram</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jahnu_Barua" title="Jahnu Barua">Jahnu Barua</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Denzongpa" title="Danny Denzongpa">Danny Denzongpa</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kshetrimayum_Ongbi_Thouranisabi_Devi" title="Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranisabi Devi">Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranisabi Devi</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rita_Ganguly" title="Rita Ganguly">Rita Ganguly</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranjana_Gauhar" title="Ranjana Gauhar">Ranjana Gauhar</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadashiv_Vasantrao_Gorakshkar" title="Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar">Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rakhee_Gulzar" title="Rakhee Gulzar">Rakhee Gulzar</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemi_Chandra_Jain" title="Nemi Chandra Jain">Nemi Chandra Jain</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/O._P._Jain" title="O. P. Jain">O. P. Jain</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aamir_Khan" title="Aamir Khan">Aamir Khan</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shafaat_Ahmed_Khan" title="Shafaat Ahmed Khan">Shafaat Ahmed Khan</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._M._Soundararajan" title="T. M. Soundararajan">T. M. Soundararajan</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukumari" title="Sukumari">Sukumari</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satish_Vyas_(musician)" title="Satish Vyas (musician)">Satish Vyas</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharathiraja" title="Bharathiraja">Bharathiraja</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maguni_Charan_Das" title="Maguni Charan Das">Maguni Charan Das</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manoranjan_Das" title="Manoranjan Das">Manoranjan Das</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._K._Datar" title="D. K. Datar">D. K. Datar</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadri_Gopalnath" title="Kadri Gopalnath">Kadri Gopalnath</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hariharan_(singer)" title="Hariharan (singer)">Hariharan (singer)</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purshottam_Das_Jalota" title="Purshottam Das Jalota">Purshottam Das Jalota</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishn_Kanhai" title="Krishn Kanhai">Krishn Kanhai</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heisnam_Kanhailal" title="Heisnam Kanhailal">Heisnam Kanhailal</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anupam_Kher" title="Anupam Kher">Anupam Kher</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikkil_Sisters_%E2%80%93_Kunjumani_%26_Neela" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikkil Sisters – Kunjumani & Neela">Sikkil Sisters – Kunjumani & Neela</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keezhpadam_Kumaran_Nair" title="Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair">Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudha_Ragunathan" title="Sudha Ragunathan">Sudha Ragunathan</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haridwaramangalam_A._K._Palanivel" title="Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel">Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veernala_Jayarama_Rao" title="Veernala Jayarama Rao">Veernala Jayarama Rao</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharati_Shivaji" title="Bharati Shivaji">Bharati Shivaji</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singh_Bandhu" title="Singh Bandhu">Singh Bandhu</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhajan_Sopori" title="Bhajan Sopori">Bhajan Sopori</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neyyattinkara_Vasudevan" title="Neyyattinkara Vasudevan">Neyyattinkara Vasudevan</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzaffar_Ali" title="Muzaffar Ali">Muzaffar Ali</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shameem_Dev_Azad" class="mw-redirect" title="Shameem Dev Azad">Shameem Dev Azad</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Boyer" title="M. Boyer">M. Boyer</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._S._Chithra" title="K. S. Chithra">K. S. Chithra</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yumlembam_Gambhini_Devi" title="Yumlembam Gambhini Devi">Yumlembam Gambhini Devi</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shah_Rukh_Khan" title="Shah Rukh Khan">Shah Rukh Khan</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Sadiq_Khan" title="Ghulam Sadiq Khan">Ghulam Sadiq Khan</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavita_Krishnamurti" title="Kavita Krishnamurti">Kavita Krishnamurti</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaturbhuj_Meher" title="Chaturbhuj Meher">Chaturbhuj Meher</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumkum_Mohanty" title="Kumkum Mohanty">Kumkum Mohanty</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punaram_Nishad" title="Punaram Nishad">Punaram Nishad</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kedar_Nath_Sahoo" title="Kedar Nath Sahoo">Kedar Nath Sahoo</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sougaijam_Thanil_Singh" title="Sougaijam Thanil Singh">Sougaijam Thanil Singh</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunnakudi_Vaidyanathan" title="Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan">Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komala_Varadan" title="Komala Varadan">Komala Varadan</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puranchand_Wadali" class="mw-redirect" title="Puranchand Wadali">Puranchand Wadali</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ileana_Citaristi" title="Ileana Citaristi">Ileana Citaristi</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehmood_Dhaulpuri" title="Mehmood Dhaulpuri">Mehmood Dhaulpuri</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shree_Lal_Joshi" title="Shree Lal Joshi">Shree Lal Joshi</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surinder_Kaur" title="Surinder Kaur">Surinder Kaur</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashid_Khan_(musician)" title="Rashid Khan (musician)">Rashid Khan (musician)</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasundhara_Komkali" title="Vasundhara Komkali">Vasundhara Komkali</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yashodhar_Mathpal" title="Yashodhar Mathpal">Yashodhar Mathpal</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhup_Mudgal" title="Madhup Mudgal">Madhup Mudgal</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavungal_Chathunni_Panicker" title="Kavungal Chathunni Panicker">Kavungal Chathunni Panicker</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyama_Charan_Pati" title="Shyama Charan Pati">Shyama Charan Pati</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gayatri_Sankaran" title="Gayatri Sankaran">Gayatri Sankaran</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prasad_Sawkar" title="Prasad Sawkar">Prasad Sawkar</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aribam_Syam_Sharma" title="Aribam Syam Sharma">Aribam Syam Sharma</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shobana" title="Shobana">Shobana</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanaka_Srinivasan" title="Kanaka Srinivasan">Kanaka Srinivasan</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pankaj_Udhas" title="Pankaj Udhas">Pankaj Udhas</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Babu" title="Mohan Babu">Mohan Babu</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geeta_Chandran" title="Geeta Chandran">Geeta Chandran</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astad_Deboo" title="Astad Deboo">Astad Deboo</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neelamani_Devi" title="Neelamani Devi">Neelamani Devi</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Remo_Fernandes" title="Remo Fernandes">Remo Fernandes</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Gopinathan" title="P. Gopinathan">P. 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N. Sircar</a> <a href="/wiki/18th_National_Film_Awards" title="18th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1970)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prithviraj_Kapoor" title="Prithviraj Kapoor">Prithviraj Kapoor</a> <a href="/wiki/19th_National_Film_Awards" title="19th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1971)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pankaj_Mullick" title="Pankaj Mullick">Pankaj Mullick</a> <a href="/wiki/20th_National_Film_Awards" title="20th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1972)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruby_Myers" title="Ruby Myers">Ruby Myers</a> <a href="/wiki/21st_National_Film_Awards" title="21st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1973)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._N._Reddy" class="mw-redirect" title="B. N. Reddy">B. N. Reddy</a> <a href="/wiki/22nd_National_Film_Awards" title="22nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1974)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhirendra_Nath_Ganguly" title="Dhirendra Nath Ganguly">Dhirendranath Ganguly</a> <a href="/wiki/23rd_National_Film_Awards" title="23rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1975)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanan_Devi" title="Kanan Devi">Kanan Devi</a> <a href="/wiki/24th_National_Film_Awards" title="24th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1976)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nitin_Bose" title="Nitin Bose">Nitin Bose</a> <a href="/wiki/25th_National_Film_Awards" title="25th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1977)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raichand_Boral" title="Raichand Boral">Rai Chand Boral</a> <a href="/wiki/26th_National_Film_Awards" title="26th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1978)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sohrab_Modi" title="Sohrab Modi">Sohrab Modi</a> <a href="/wiki/27th_National_Film_Awards" title="27th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1979)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paidi_Jairaj" class="mw-redirect" title="Paidi Jairaj">Paidi Jairaj</a> <a href="/wiki/28th_National_Film_Awards" title="28th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1980)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">1981–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Naushad" title="Naushad">Naushad</a> <a href="/wiki/29th_National_Film_Awards" title="29th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1981)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._V._Prasad" title="L. V. Prasad">L. V. Prasad</a> <a href="/wiki/30th_National_Film_Awards" title="30th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1982)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durga_Khote" title="Durga Khote">Durga Khote</a> <a href="/wiki/31st_National_Film_Awards" title="31st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1983)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> <a href="/wiki/32nd_National_Film_Awards" title="32nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1984)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Shantaram" title="V. Shantaram">V. Shantaram</a> <a href="/wiki/33rd_National_Film_Awards" title="33rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1985)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._Nagi_Reddy" class="mw-redirect" title="B. Nagi Reddy">B. Nagi Reddy</a> <a href="/wiki/34th_National_Film_Awards" title="34th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1986)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raj_Kapoor" title="Raj Kapoor">Raj Kapoor</a> <a href="/wiki/35th_National_Film_Awards" title="35th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1987)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Kumar" title="Ashok Kumar">Ashok Kumar</a> <a href="/wiki/36th_National_Film_Awards" title="36th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1988)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lata_Mangeshkar" title="Lata Mangeshkar">Lata Mangeshkar</a> <a href="/wiki/37th_National_Film_Awards" title="37th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1989)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akkineni_Nageswara_Rao" title="Akkineni Nageswara Rao">Akkineni Nageswara Rao</a> <a href="/wiki/38th_National_Film_Awards" title="38th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1990)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhalji_Pendharkar" title="Bhalji Pendharkar">Bhalji Pendharkar</a> <a href="/wiki/39th_National_Film_Awards" title="39th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1991)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhupen_Hazarika" title="Bhupen Hazarika">Bhupen Hazarika</a> <a href="/wiki/40th_National_Film_Awards" title="40th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1992)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Majrooh_Sultanpuri" title="Majrooh Sultanpuri">Majrooh Sultanpuri</a> <a href="/wiki/41st_National_Film_Awards" title="41st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1993)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilip_Kumar" title="Dilip Kumar">Dilip Kumar</a> <a href="/wiki/42nd_National_Film_Awards" title="42nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1994)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dr._Rajkumar" title="Dr. Rajkumar">Dr. Rajkumar</a> <a href="/wiki/43rd_National_Film_Awards" title="43rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1995)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivaji_Ganesan" title="Sivaji Ganesan">Sivaji Ganesan</a> <a href="/wiki/44th_National_Film_Awards" title="44th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1996)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavi_Pradeep" title="Kavi Pradeep">Pradeep</a> <a href="/wiki/45th_National_Film_Awards" title="45th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1997)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._R._Chopra" title="B. R. Chopra">B. R. Chopra</a> <a href="/wiki/46th_National_Film_Awards" title="46th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1998)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hrishikesh_Mukherjee" title="Hrishikesh Mukherjee">Hrishikesh Mukherjee</a> <a href="/wiki/47th_National_Film_Awards" title="47th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1999)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asha_Bhosle" title="Asha Bhosle">Asha Bhosle</a> <a href="/wiki/48th_National_Film_Awards" title="48th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2000)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">2001–2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> <a href="/wiki/49th_National_Film_Awards" title="49th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2001)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dev_Anand" title="Dev Anand">Dev Anand</a> <a href="/wiki/50th_National_Film_Awards" title="50th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2002)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrinal_Sen" title="Mrinal Sen">Mrinal Sen</a> <a href="/wiki/51st_National_Film_Awards" title="51st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2003)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adoor_Gopalakrishnan" title="Adoor Gopalakrishnan">Adoor Gopalakrishnan</a> <a href="/wiki/52nd_National_Film_Awards" title="52nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2004)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyam_Benegal" title="Shyam Benegal">Shyam Benegal</a> <a href="/wiki/53rd_National_Film_Awards" title="53rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2005)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapan_Sinha" title="Tapan Sinha">Tapan Sinha</a> <a href="/wiki/54th_National_Film_Awards" title="54th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2006)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manna_Dey" title="Manna Dey">Manna Dey</a> <a href="/wiki/55th_National_Film_Awards" title="55th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2007)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._K._Murthy" title="V. K. Murthy">V. K. Murthy</a> <a href="/wiki/56th_National_Film_Awards" title="56th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2008)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._Ramanaidu" title="D. Ramanaidu">D. Ramanaidu</a> <a href="/wiki/57th_National_Film_Awards" title="57th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2009)</span></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">K. Balachander</a> <a href="/wiki/58th_National_Film_Awards" title="58th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2010)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soumitra_Chatterjee" title="Soumitra Chatterjee">Soumitra Chatterjee</a> <a href="/wiki/59th_National_Film_Awards" title="59th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2011)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pran_(actor)" title="Pran (actor)">Pran</a> <a href="/wiki/60th_National_Film_Awards" title="60th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2012)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulzar" title="Gulzar">Gulzar</a> <a href="/wiki/61st_National_Film_Awards" title="61st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2013)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shashi_Kapoor" title="Shashi Kapoor">Shashi Kapoor</a> <a href="/wiki/62nd_National_Film_Awards" title="62nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2014)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Kumar" title="Manoj Kumar">Manoj Kumar</a> <a href="/wiki/63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2015)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Viswanath" title="K. Viswanath">K. 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L. Puram Sadanandan">S. L. Puram Sadanandan</a> <a href="/wiki/15th_National_Film_Awards" title="15th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1967)</span></a></li> <li>Pandit Anand Kumar <a href="/wiki/16th_National_Film_Awards" title="16th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1968)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puttanna_Kanagal" title="Puttanna Kanagal">Puttanna Kanagal</a> <a href="/wiki/17th_National_Film_Awards" title="17th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1969)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> <a href="/wiki/18th_National_Film_Awards" title="18th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1970)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapan_Sinha" title="Tapan Sinha">Tapan Sinha</a> <a href="/wiki/19th_National_Film_Awards" title="19th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1971)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulzar" title="Gulzar">Gulzar</a> <a href="/wiki/20th_National_Film_Awards" title="20th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1972)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrinal_Sen" title="Mrinal Sen">Mrinal Sen</a> and Ashish Burman <a href="/wiki/21st_National_Film_Awards" title="21st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1973)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> <a href="/wiki/22nd_National_Film_Awards" title="22nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1974)</span></a></li> <li>No Award <a href="/wiki/23rd_National_Film_Awards" title="23rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1975)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Tendulkar" title="Vijay Tendulkar">Vijay Tendulkar</a> <a href="/wiki/24th_National_Film_Awards" title="24th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1976)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyadev_Dubey" title="Satyadev Dubey">Satyadev Dubey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shyam_Benegal" title="Shyam Benegal">Shyam Benegal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Girish_Karnad" title="Girish Karnad">Girish Karnad</a> <a href="/wiki/25th_National_Film_Awards" title="25th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1977)</span></a></li> <li>T. S. Ranga and <a href="/wiki/T._S._Nagabharana" title="T. S. Nagabharana">T. S. Nagabharana</a> <a href="/wiki/26th_National_Film_Awards" title="26th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1978)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sai_Paranjpye" title="Sai Paranjpye">Sai Paranjpye</a> <a href="/wiki/27th_National_Film_Awards" title="27th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1979)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrinal_Sen" title="Mrinal Sen">Mrinal Sen</a> <a href="/wiki/28th_National_Film_Awards" title="28th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1980)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">1981–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">K. Balachander</a> <a href="/wiki/29th_National_Film_Awards" title="29th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1981)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrinal_Sen" title="Mrinal Sen">Mrinal Sen</a> <a href="/wiki/30th_National_Film_Awards" title="30th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1982)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._V._Iyer" title="G. V. Iyer">G. V. Iyer</a> <a href="/wiki/31st_National_Film_Awards" title="31st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1983)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adoor_Gopalakrishnan" title="Adoor Gopalakrishnan">Adoor Gopalakrishnan</a> <a href="/wiki/32nd_National_Film_Awards" title="32nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1984)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhabendra_Nath_Saikia" title="Bhabendra Nath Saikia">Bhabendra Nath Saikia</a> <a href="/wiki/33rd_National_Film_Awards" title="33rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1985)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhadeb_Dasgupta" title="Buddhadeb Dasgupta">Budhdhadeb Dasgupta</a> <a href="/wiki/34th_National_Film_Awards" title="34th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1986)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adoor_Gopalakrishnan" title="Adoor Gopalakrishnan">Adoor Gopalakrishnan</a> <a href="/wiki/35th_National_Film_Awards" title="35th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1987)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arundhati_Roy" title="Arundhati Roy">Arundhati Roy</a> <a href="/wiki/36th_National_Film_Awards" title="36th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1988)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._T._Vasudevan_Nair" title="M. T. Vasudevan Nair">M. T. Vasudevan Nair</a> <a href="/wiki/37th_National_Film_Awards" title="37th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1989)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._S._Sethumadhavan" title="K. S. Sethumadhavan">K. S. Sethumadhavan</a> <a href="/wiki/38th_National_Film_Awards" title="38th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1990)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._T._Vasudevan_Nair" title="M. T. Vasudevan Nair">M. T. Vasudevan Nair</a> <a href="/wiki/39th_National_Film_Awards" title="39th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1991)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._T._Vasudevan_Nair" title="M. T. Vasudevan Nair">M. T. Vasudevan Nair</a> <a href="/wiki/40th_National_Film_Awards" title="40th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1992)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> <a href="/wiki/41st_National_Film_Awards" title="41st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1993)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._T._Vasudevan_Nair" title="M. T. Vasudevan Nair">M. T. Vasudevan Nair</a> <a href="/wiki/42nd_National_Film_Awards" title="42nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1994)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saeed_Akhtar_Mirza" title="Saeed Akhtar Mirza">Saeed Akhtar Mirza</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ashok_Mishra" title="Ashok Mishra">Ashok Mishra</a> <a href="/wiki/43rd_National_Film_Awards" title="43rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1995)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agathiyan" title="Agathiyan">Agathiyan</a> <a href="/wiki/44th_National_Film_Awards" title="44th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1996)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rituparno_Ghosh" title="Rituparno Ghosh">Rituparno Ghosh</a> <a href="/wiki/45th_National_Film_Awards" title="45th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1997)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Mishra" title="Ashok Mishra">Ashok Mishra</a> <a href="/wiki/46th_National_Film_Awards" title="46th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1998)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madampu_Kunjukuttan" title="Madampu Kunjukuttan">Madampu Kunjukuttan</a> <a href="/wiki/47th_National_Film_Awards" title="47th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1999)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharathiraja" title="Bharathiraja">Bharathiraja</a> <a href="/wiki/48th_National_Film_Awards" title="48th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2000)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">2001–2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neelakanta_(director)" title="Neelakanta (director)">Neelakanta</a> <a href="/wiki/49th_National_Film_Awards" title="49th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2001)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aparna_Sen" title="Aparna Sen">Aparna Sen</a> <a href="/wiki/50th_National_Film_Awards" title="50th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2002)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goutam_Ghose" title="Goutam Ghose">Goutam Ghose</a> <a href="/wiki/51st_National_Film_Awards" title="51st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2003)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Tyagi" title="Manoj Tyagi">Manoj Tyagi</a> and Nina Arora <a href="/wiki/52nd_National_Film_Awards" title="52nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2004)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Jha" title="Prakash Jha">Prakash Jha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manoj_Tyagi" title="Manoj Tyagi">Manoj Tyagi</a> and Shridhar Raghavan <a href="/wiki/53rd_National_Film_Awards" title="53rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2005)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abhijat_Joshi" title="Abhijat Joshi">Abhijat Joshi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Hirani" title="Rajkumar Hirani">Rajkumar Hirani</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra" title="Vidhu Vinod Chopra">Vidhu Vinod Chopra</a> <a href="/wiki/54th_National_Film_Awards" title="54th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2006)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feroz_Abbas_Khan" title="Feroz Abbas Khan">Feroz Abbas Khan</a> <a href="/wiki/55th_National_Film_Awards" title="55th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2007)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sachin_Kundalkar" title="Sachin Kundalkar">Sachin Kundalkar</a> <a href="/wiki/56th_National_Film_Awards" title="56th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2008)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFD98D;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Screenplay" title="Screenplay">Original</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>P. F. Mathews and Harikrishna <a href="/wiki/57th_National_Film_Awards" title="57th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2009)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vetrimaaran" title="Vetrimaaran">Vetrimaaran</a> <a href="/wiki/58th_National_Film_Awards" title="58th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2010)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nitesh_Tiwari" title="Nitesh Tiwari">Nitesh Tiwari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vikas_Bahl" title="Vikas Bahl">Vikas Bahl</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Vijay_Maurya" title="Vijay Maurya">Vijay Maurya</a> <a href="/wiki/59th_National_Film_Awards" title="59th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2011)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sujoy_Ghosh" title="Sujoy Ghosh">Sujoy Ghosh</a> <a href="/wiki/60th_National_Film_Awards" title="60th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2012)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Sheshadri" title="P. Sheshadri">P. Sheshadri</a> <a href="/wiki/61st_National_Film_Awards" title="61st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2013)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srijit_Mukherji" title="Srijit Mukherji">Srijit Mukherji</a> <a href="/wiki/62nd_National_Film_Awards" title="62nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2014)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juhi_Chaturvedi" title="Juhi Chaturvedi">Juhi Chaturvedi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Himanshu_Sharma" title="Himanshu Sharma">Himanshu Sharma</a> <a href="/wiki/63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2015)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syam_Pushkaran" title="Syam Pushkaran">Syam Pushkaran</a> <a href="/wiki/64th_National_Film_Awards" title="64th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2016)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajeev_Pazhoor" title="Sajeev Pazhoor">Sajeev Pazhoor</a> <a href="/wiki/65th_National_Film_Awards" title="65th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2017)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rahul_Ravindran" title="Rahul Ravindran">Rahul Ravindran</a> <a href="/wiki/66th_National_Film_Awards" title="66th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2018)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaushik_Ganguly" title="Kaushik Ganguly">Kaushik Ganguly</a> <a href="/wiki/67th_National_Film_Awards" title="67th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2019)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudha_Kongara" title="Sudha Kongara">Sudha Kongara</a> and Shalini Usha Nair <a href="/wiki/68th_National_Film_Awards" title="68th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2020)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFD98D;width:1%">Adapted</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Gopal Krishan Pai and <a href="/wiki/Girish_Kasaravalli" title="Girish Kasaravalli">Girish Kasaravalli</a> <a href="/wiki/57th_National_Film_Awards" title="57th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2009)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anant_Mahadevan" title="Anant Mahadevan">Anant Mahadevan</a> and Sanjay Pawar <a href="/wiki/58th_National_Film_Awards" title="58th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2010)</span></a></li> <li>Avinash Deshpande Nigdi <a href="/wiki/59th_National_Film_Awards" title="59th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2011)</span></a></li> <li>Bhavesh Mandalia and <a href="/wiki/Umesh_Shukla" title="Umesh Shukla">Umesh Shukla</a> <a href="/wiki/60th_National_Film_Awards" title="60th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2012)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panchakshari_Hiremath" title="Panchakshari Hiremath">Panchakshari</a> <a href="/wiki/61st_National_Film_Awards" title="61st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2013)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshy_Mangalath" title="Joshy Mangalath">Joshy Mangalath</a> <a href="/wiki/62nd_National_Film_Awards" title="62nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2014)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishal_Bhardwaj" title="Vishal Bhardwaj">Vishal Bhardwaj</a> <a href="/wiki/63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2015)</span></a></li> <li>Sanjay Krishnaji Patil <a href="/wiki/64th_National_Film_Awards" title="64th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2016)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayaraj" title="Jayaraj">Jayaraj</a> <a href="/wiki/65th_National_Film_Awards" title="65th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2017)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sriram_Raghavan" title="Sriram Raghavan">Sriram Raghavan</a> , Arijit Biswas, Yogesh Chandekar, <a href="/wiki/Hemanth_M._Rao" title="Hemanth M. Rao">Hemanth M. Rao</a> and Pooja Ladha Surti <a href="/wiki/66th_National_Film_Awards" title="66th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2018)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srijit_Mukherji" title="Srijit Mukherji">Srijit Mukherji</a> <a href="/wiki/67th_National_Film_Awards" title="67th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2019)</span></a></li> <li>– <a href="/wiki/68th_National_Film_Awards" title="68th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2020)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFD98D;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dialogue" title="Dialogue">Dialogue</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pandiraj" title="Pandiraj">Pandiraj</a> <a href="/wiki/57th_National_Film_Awards" title="57th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2009)</span></a></li> <li>Sanjay Pawar <a href="/wiki/58th_National_Film_Awards" title="58th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2010)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girish_Kulkarni" title="Girish Kulkarni">Girish Kulkarni</a> <a href="/wiki/59th_National_Film_Awards" title="59th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2011)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anjali_Menon" title="Anjali Menon">Anjali Menon</a> <a href="/wiki/60th_National_Film_Awards" title="60th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2012)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumitra_Bhave%E2%80%93Sunil_Sukthankar" title="Sumitra Bhave–Sunil Sukthankar">Sumitra Bhave</a> <a href="/wiki/61st_National_Film_Awards" title="61st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2013)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishal_Bhardwaj" title="Vishal Bhardwaj">Vishal Bhardwaj</a> <a href="/wiki/62nd_National_Film_Awards" title="62nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2014)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juhi_Chaturvedi" title="Juhi Chaturvedi">Juhi Chaturvedi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Himanshu_Sharma" title="Himanshu Sharma">Himanshu Sharma</a> <a href="/wiki/63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2015)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tharun_Bhascker" title="Tharun Bhascker">Tharun Bhascker</a> <a href="/wiki/64th_National_Film_Awards" title="64th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2016)</span></a></li> <li>Sambit Mohanty <a href="/wiki/65th_National_Film_Awards" title="65th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2017)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Churni_Ganguly" title="Churni Ganguly">Churni Ganguly</a> <a href="/wiki/66th_National_Film_Awards" title="66th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2018)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srijit_Mukherji" title="Srijit Mukherji">Srijit Mukherji</a> <a href="/wiki/67th_National_Film_Awards" title="67th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2019)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madonne_Ashwin" title="Madonne Ashwin">Madonne Ashwin</a> <a href="/wiki/68th_National_Film_Awards" title="68th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2020)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">2021–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFD98D;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Screenplay" title="Screenplay">Original</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Shahi Kabir <a href="/wiki/69th_National_Film_Awards" title="69th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2021)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anand_Ekarshi" title="Anand Ekarshi">Anand Ekarshi</a> <a href="/wiki/70th_National_Film_Awards" title="70th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2022)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFD98D;width:1%">Adapted</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Leela_Bhansali" title="Sanjay Leela Bhansali">Sanjay Leela Bhansali</a> and <a href="/wiki/Utkarshini_Vashishtha" title="Utkarshini Vashishtha">Utkarshini Vashishtha</a> <a href="/wiki/69th_National_Film_Awards" title="69th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2021)</span></a></li> <li>– <a href="/wiki/70th_National_Film_Awards" title="70th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2022)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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V. Karanth">B. V. Karanth</a> (1980)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">1981–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Tendulkar" title="Vijay Tendulkar">Vijay Tendulkar</a> (1981)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">K. Balachander</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salim-Javed" class="mw-redirect" title="Salim-Javed">Salim-Javed</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Tendulkar" title="Vijay Tendulkar">Vijay Tendulkar</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrinal_Sen" title="Mrinal Sen">Mrinal Sen</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goutam_Ghose" title="Goutam Ghose">Goutam Ghose</a> & <a href="/wiki/Partha_Banerjee" title="Partha Banerjee">Partha Banerjee</a> (1986)</li> <li><i>no award</i> (1987)</li> <li><i>no award</i> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nasir_Hussain" title="Nasir Hussain">Nasir Hussain</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Kumar_Subramaniam" title="Shiv Kumar Subramaniam">Shiv Kumar Subramaniam</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basu_Chatterjee" title="Basu Chatterjee">Basu Chatterjee</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapan_Sinha" title="Tapan Sinha">Tapan Sinha</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aziz_Mirza" title="Aziz Mirza">Aziz Mirza</a> & <a href="/w/index.php?title=Manoj_Lalwani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Manoj Lalwani (page does not exist)">Manoj Lalwani</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Bhatt" title="Robin Bhatt">Robin Bhatt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Javed_Siddiqui" title="Javed Siddiqui">Javed Siddiqui</a> & <a href="/wiki/Akash_Khurana" title="Akash Khurana">Akash Khurana</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sooraj_Barjatya" title="Sooraj Barjatya">Sooraj Barjatya</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aditya_Chopra" title="Aditya Chopra">Aditya Chopra</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Santoshi" title="Rajkumar Santoshi">Rajkumar Santoshi</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subhash_Ghai" title="Subhash Ghai">Subhash Ghai</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karan_Johar" title="Karan Johar">Karan Johar</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Matthew_Matthan" title="John Matthew Matthan">John Matthew Matthan</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: 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href="/w/index.php?title=Nina_Arora&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nina Arora (page does not exist)">Nina Arora</a> & <a href="/wiki/Manoj_Tyagi" title="Manoj Tyagi">Manoj Tyagi</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaideep_Sahni" title="Jaideep Sahni">Jaideep Sahni</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anurag_Basu" title="Anurag Basu">Anurag Basu</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yogendra_Vinayak_Joshi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yogendra Vinayak Joshi (page does not exist)">Yogendra Vinayak Joshi</a> & <a href="/wiki/Upendra_Sidhaye" title="Upendra Sidhaye">Upendra Sidhaye</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Hirani" title="Rajkumar Hirani">Rajkumar Hirani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra" title="Vidhu Vinod Chopra">Vidhu Vinod Chopra</a> & <a href="/wiki/Abhijat_Joshi" title="Abhijat Joshi">Abhijat Joshi</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anurag_Kashyap" title="Anurag Kashyap">Anurag Kashyap</a> & <a href="/wiki/Vikramaditya_Motwane" title="Vikramaditya Motwane">Vikramaditya Motwane</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akshat_Verma" title="Akshat Verma">Akshat Verma</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Chauhan_(screenwriter)" title="Sanjay Chauhan (screenwriter)">Sanjay Chauhan</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tigmanshu_Dhulia" title="Tigmanshu Dhulia">Tigmanshu Dhulia</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chetan_Bhagat" title="Chetan Bhagat">Chetan Bhagat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abhishek_Kapoor" title="Abhishek Kapoor">Abhishek Kapoor</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Supratik_Sen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Supratik Sen (page does not exist)">Supratik Sen</a> & <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pubali_Chaudhari&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pubali Chaudhari (page does not exist)">Pubali Chaudhari</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Hirani" title="Rajkumar Hirani">Rajkumar Hirani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abhijat_Joshi" title="Abhijat Joshi">Abhijat Joshi</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juhi_Chaturvedi" title="Juhi Chaturvedi">Juhi Chaturvedi</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shakun_Batra" title="Shakun Batra">Shakun Batra</a> & <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ayesha_Devitre&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ayesha Devitre (page does not exist)">Ayesha Devitre</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shubhashish_Bhutiani" title="Shubhashish Bhutiani">Shubhashish Bhutiani</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sriram_Raghavan" title="Sriram Raghavan">Sriram Raghavan</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Arijit_Biswas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arijit Biswas (page does not exist)">Arijit Biswas</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pooja_Ladha_Surti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pooja Ladha Surti (page does not exist)">Pooja Ladha Surti</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Yogesh_Chandekar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yogesh Chandekar (page does not exist)">Yogesh Chandekar</a> & <a href="/wiki/Hemanth_M._Rao" title="Hemanth M. Rao">Hemanth M. Rao</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoya_Akhtar" title="Zoya Akhtar">Zoya Akhtar</a> & <a href="/wiki/Reema_Kagti" title="Reema Kagti">Reema Kagti</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohena_Gera" title="Rohena Gera">Rohena Gera</a> (2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Tamil_Director147" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Director_%E2%80%93_Tamil" title="Template:Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Director_%E2%80%93_Tamil" title="Template talk:Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Director_%E2%80%93_Tamil" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Tamil_Director147" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards_South" title="Filmfare Awards South">Filmfare Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Director_%E2%80%93_Tamil" title="Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil">Best Tamil Director</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1972–1990</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/P._Madhavan" title="P. Madhavan">P. Madhavan</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._C._Tirulokchandar" title="A. C. Tirulokchandar">A. C. Tirulokchandar</a> (1973)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">K. Balachander</a> (1974)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">K. Balachander</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._P._Muthuraman" title="S. P. Muthuraman">S. P. Muthuraman</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._P._Muthuraman" title="S. P. Muthuraman">S. P. Muthuraman</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharathiraja" title="Bharathiraja">Bharathiraja</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahendran_(filmmaker)" title="Mahendran (filmmaker)">Mahendran</a> (1979)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">K. Balachander</a> (1980)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">K. Balachander</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balu_Mahendra" title="Balu Mahendra">Balu Mahendra</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Jagannathan" title="A. Jagannathan">A. Jagannathan</a> (1983)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">K. Balachander</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fazil_(Indian_filmmaker)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fazil (Indian filmmaker)">Fazil</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mani_Ratnam" title="Mani Ratnam">Mani Ratnam</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharathiraja" title="Bharathiraja">Bharathiraja</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balu_Mahendra" title="Balu Mahendra">Balu Mahendra</a> (1988)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">K. Balachander</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mani_Ratnam" title="Mani Ratnam">Mani Ratnam</a> (1990)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1991–2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mani_Ratnam" title="Mani Ratnam">Mani Ratnam</a> (1991)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">K. Balachander</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Shankar" title="S. Shankar">Shankar</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Shankar" title="S. Shankar">Shankar</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mani_Ratnam" title="Mani Ratnam">Mani Ratnam</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agathiyan" title="Agathiyan">Agathiyan</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheran_(director)" title="Cheran (director)">Cheran</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheran_(director)" title="Cheran (director)">Cheran</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bala_(director)" title="Bala (director)">Bala</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Menon" title="Rajiv Menon">Rajiv Menon</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheran_(director)" title="Cheran (director)">Cheran</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mani_Ratnam" title="Mani Ratnam">Mani Ratnam</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bala_(director)" title="Bala (director)">Bala</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheran_(director)" title="Cheran (director)">Cheran</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Shankar" title="S. Shankar">Shankar</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasanthabalan" title="Vasanthabalan">Vasanthabalan</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ameer_Sultan" title="Ameer Sultan">Ameer Sultan</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Sasikumar" title="M. Sasikumar">M. Sasikumar</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priyadarshan" title="Priyadarshan">Priyadarshan</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasanthabalan" title="Vasanthabalan">Vasanthabalan</a> (2010)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2011–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vetrimaaran" title="Vetrimaaran">Vetrimaaran</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balaji_Sakthivel" title="Balaji Sakthivel">Balaji Sakthivel</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bala_(director)" title="Bala (director)">Bala</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AR_Murugadoss" title="AR Murugadoss">AR Murugadoss</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Raja" title="Mohan Raja">Mohan Raja</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudha_Kongara" title="Sudha Kongara">Sudha Kongara</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pushkar%E2%80%93Gayathri" class="mw-redirect" title="Pushkar–Gayathri">Pushkar–Gayathri</a> (2017)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Telugu_Director182" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Director_%E2%80%93_Telugu" title="Template:Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Director_%E2%80%93_Telugu" title="Template talk:Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Director_%E2%80%93_Telugu" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Telugu_Director182" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards_South" title="Filmfare Awards South">Filmfare Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Director_%E2%80%93_Telugu" title="Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu">Best Telugu Director</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1972–1980</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/K._V._Reddy" title="K. V. Reddy">K. V. Reddy</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Rama_Rao" title="T. Rama Rao">T. Rama Rao</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Viswanath" title="K. Viswanath">K. Viswanath</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Viswanath" title="K. Viswanath">K. Viswanath</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bapu_(director)" title="Bapu (director)">Bapu</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Raghavendra_Rao" title="K. Raghavendra Rao">K. Raghavendra Rao</a> (1977)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">K. Balachander</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dasari_Narayana_Rao" title="Dasari Narayana Rao">Dasari Narayana Rao</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bapu_(director)" title="Bapu (director)">Bapu</a> (1980)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1981–1990</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dasari_Narayana_Rao" title="Dasari Narayana Rao">Dasari Narayana Rao</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Viswanath" title="K. Viswanath">K. Viswanath</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Viswanath" title="K. Viswanath">K. Viswanath</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jandhyala" title="Jandhyala">Jandhyala</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singeetam_Srinivasa_Rao" title="Singeetam Srinivasa Rao">Singeetam Srinivasa Rao</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Viswanath" title="K. Viswanath">K. Viswanath</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Viswanath" title="K. Viswanath">K. Viswanath</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._V._Raghu" title="M. V. Raghu">M. V. Raghu</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mani_Ratnam" title="Mani Ratnam">Mani Ratnam</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Raghavendra_Rao" title="K. Raghavendra Rao">K. Raghavendra Rao</a> (1990)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1991–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kranthi_Kumar" title="Kranthi Kumar">Kranthi Kumar</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Viswanath" title="K. Viswanath">K. Viswanath</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Raghavendra_Rao" title="K. Raghavendra Rao">K. Raghavendra Rao</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._V._Krishna_Reddy" title="S. V. Krishna Reddy">S. V. Krishna Reddy</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Viswanath" title="K. Viswanath">K. Viswanath</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Vamsi" title="Krishna Vamsi">Krishna Vamsi</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dasari_Narayana_Rao" title="Dasari Narayana Rao">Dasari Narayana Rao</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Vamsi" title="Krishna Vamsi">Krishna Vamsi</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._Gopal" title="B. Gopal">B. Gopal</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Vijaya_Bhaskar" title="K. Vijaya Bhaskar">K. Vijaya Bhaskar</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001–2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Teja_(director)" title="Teja (director)">Teja</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Vamsi" title="Krishna Vamsi">Krishna Vamsi</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunasekhar" title="Gunasekhar">Gunasekhar</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukumar" title="Sukumar">Sukumar</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trivikram_Srinivas" title="Trivikram Srinivas">Trivikram Srinivas</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puri_Jagannadh" title="Puri Jagannadh">Puri Jagannadh</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sekhar_Kammula" title="Sekhar Kammula">Sekhar Kammula</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krish_(director)" class="mw-redirect" title="Krish (director)">Krish</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._S._Rajamouli" title="S. S. Rajamouli">S. S. Rajamouli</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krish_(director)" class="mw-redirect" title="Krish (director)">Krish</a> (2010)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2011–2018</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Srinu_Vaitla" title="Srinu Vaitla">Srinu Vaitla</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._S._Rajamouli" title="S. S. Rajamouli">S. S. Rajamouli</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trivikram_Srinivas" title="Trivikram Srinivas">Trivikram Srinivas</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_Kumar" title="Vikram Kumar">Vikram Kumar</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._S._Rajamouli" title="S. S. Rajamouli">S. S. Rajamouli</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vamshi_Paidipally" title="Vamshi Paidipally">Vamshi Paidipally</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._S._Rajamouli" title="S. S. Rajamouli">S. S. Rajamouli</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nag_Ashwin" title="Nag Ashwin">Nag Ashwin</a> (2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sukumar" title="Sukumar">Sukumar</a> (2020–2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._S._Rajamouli" title="S. S. Rajamouli">S. S. Rajamouli</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venu_Yeldandi" title="Venu Yeldandi">Venu Yeldandi</a> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Filmfare_Lifetime_Achievement_Award_–_South179" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #EEDD82"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Filmfare_Lifetime_Achievement_Award_%E2%80%93_South" title="Template:Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Filmfare_Lifetime_Achievement_Award_%E2%80%93_South" title="Template talk:Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Filmfare_Lifetime_Achievement_Award_%E2%80%93_South" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Filmfare_Lifetime_Achievement_Award_–_South179" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards_South" title="Filmfare Awards South">Filmfare</a> <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Lifetime_Achievement_Award_%E2%80%93_South" title="Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South">Lifetime Achievement Award – South</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">1983–1989</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" title="S. P. Balasubrahmanyam">S. P. Balasubrahmanyam</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sowcar_Janaki" title="Sowcar Janaki">Sowcar Janaki</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivaji_Ganesan" title="Sivaji Ganesan">Sivaji Ganesan</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thikkurissy_Sukumaran_Nair" title="Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair">Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Bhanumathi" title="P. Bhanumathi">P. Bhanumathi</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akkineni_Nageswara_Rao" title="Akkineni Nageswara Rao">Akkineni Nageswara Rao</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilaiyaraaja" title="Ilaiyaraaja">Ilaiyaraaja</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">1990–1999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Padmini_(actress)" title="Padmini (actress)">Padmini</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._T._Vasudevan_Nair" title="M. T. Vasudevan Nair">M. T. Vasudevan Nair</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._V._Prasad" title="L. V. Prasad">L. V. Prasad</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gemini_Ganesan" title="Gemini Ganesan">Gemini Ganesan</a> (1993)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">K. Balachander</a>, <a href="/wiki/K._Viswanath" title="K. Viswanath">K. Viswanath</a>, <a href="/wiki/B._Saroja_Devi" title="B. Saroja Devi">B. Saroja Devi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madhu_(actor)" title="Madhu (actor)">Madhu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hrishikesh_Mukherjee" title="Hrishikesh Mukherjee">Hrishikesh Mukherjee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soumitra_Chatterjee" title="Soumitra Chatterjee">Soumitra Chatterjee</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagesh" title="Nagesh">Nagesh</a> & <a href="/wiki/Manorama_(Tamil_actress)" title="Manorama (Tamil actress)">Manorama</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_(Telugu_actor)" title="Krishna (Telugu actor)">Krishna</a> & <a href="/wiki/Sharada_(actress)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharada (actress)">Sharada</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nedumudi_Venu" title="Nedumudi Venu">Nedumudi Venu</a> & <a href="/wiki/S._Janaki" title="S. Janaki">S. Janaki</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allu_Ramalingaiah" title="Allu Ramalingaiah">Allu Ramalingaiah</a> & <a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_(actress)" title="Lakshmi (actress)">Lakshmi</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandari_Bai" title="Pandari Bai">Pandari Bai</a> & <a href="/wiki/Mugur_Sundar" title="Mugur Sundar">Mugur Sundar</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._Ramanaidu" title="D. Ramanaidu">D. Ramanaidu</a> & <a href="/wiki/Sheela" title="Sheela">Sheela</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">2001–2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Viswanathan" title="M. S. Viswanathan">M. S. Viswanathan</a> & <a href="/wiki/Dasari_Narayana_Rao" title="Dasari Narayana Rao">Dasari Narayana Rao</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Raghavendra_Rao" title="K. Raghavendra Rao">K. Raghavendra Rao</a> & <a href="/wiki/Vishnuvardhan_(actor)" title="Vishnuvardhan (actor)">Vishnuvardhan</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._J._Yesudas" title="K. J. Yesudas">K. J. Yesudas</a> & <a href="/wiki/Vijayashanti" title="Vijayashanti">Vijayashanti</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._R._Vijaya" title="K. R. Vijaya">K. R. Vijaya</a> & <a href="/wiki/Ramoji_Rao" title="Ramoji Rao">Ramoji Rao</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thilakan" title="Thilakan">Thilakan</a> & <a href="/wiki/Sukumari" title="Sukumari">Sukumari</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnam_Raju" title="Krishnam Raju">Krishnam Raju</a> & <a href="/wiki/P._Susheela" title="P. Susheela">P. Susheela</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivakumar" title="Sivakumar">Sivakumar</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jaya_Prada" title="Jaya Prada">Jaya Prada</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veturi" title="Veturi">Veturi</a> (<a href="/wiki/56th_Filmfare_Awards_South" title="56th Filmfare Awards South">2008</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambareesh" title="Ambareesh">Ambareesh</a> & <a href="/wiki/K._P._A._C._Lalitha" title="K. P. A. C. Lalitha">K. P. A. C. 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Sasi</a> & <a href="/wiki/Radhika_Sarathkumar" title="Radhika Sarathkumar">Radhika Sarathkumar</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Babu" title="Mohan Babu">Mohan Babu</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijaya_Nirmala" title="Vijaya Nirmala">Vijaya Nirmala</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaikala_Satyanarayana" title="Kaikala Satyanarayana">Kaikala Satyanarayana</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hariharan_(director)" title="Hariharan (director)">Hariharan</a> (2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">2020–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Puneeth_Rajkumar" title="Puneeth Rajkumar">Puneeth Rajkumar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Allu_Aravind" title="Allu Aravind">Allu Aravind</a> (2020–2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srinath_(Kannada_actor)" title="Srinath (Kannada actor)">Srinath</a> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Award_for_Best_Director85" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Award_for_Best_Director" title="Template:Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Award_for_Best_Director" title="Template talk:Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Award_for_Best_Director" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Award_for_Best_Director85" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Award_for_Best_Director" title="Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director">Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1967–1980</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=C._N._Shanmugam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="C. 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