Cinemaazi remembers S Balachander on his death anniversary
13 Apr 1990
Child artiste, veena virtuoso, filmmaker, music composer, actor and poet, Sundaram Balachander was also awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1982 for his contribution to the music industry. Starting as a child artiste in Tamil films in the 1930s, he went on to compose music, as well as produce and direct films. A child prodigy who taught himself to play the veena, he became one of southern India's foremost veena players, besides establishing a steady career in cinema with films such as Baktha Thulasidas (1947), En Kanavar (1948), Kaithi (1951), Penn (1954), Andha Naal (1954), Edi Nijam (1956), Bhoologa Rambha (1958), Avan Amaran (1958), and more.
