Director Balachander passes away(July 09,1930 - Dec 23,2014)

 

Doyen of Tamil celluloid world and one of tinsel town’s most respected film directors K Balachander is no more.

He is survived by his wife, son and a daughter.

The 84-year-old director, who moulded superstars Rajinikanth and Kamal Hassan into fine actors, was declared dead by the doctors around 7 pm after prolonged illness.

K Balachander, who had developed urinary tract infection, high fever and other age-related ailments, was admitted at a private hospital last Monday.
Soon after he was admitted in serious condition, the veteran director was kept in the ICU and was under supervision of senior doctors in the hospital.

“He had suffered a cardiac arrest in the evening. Since his fever was not fully under control, his health conditions deteriorated in the last two days,” hospital sources said.

Director K Balachander was given an emotional send-off in Chennai on Wednesday Dec 24,2014, where his last rites were held. Hordes of fans, friends and people from the film fraternity gathered to bid adieu to the filmmaker who died of a cardiac arrest in Chennai on Tuesday Dec 23,2014 at the age of 84