K. Balachander filmography

***K. Balachander*** has written, directed nearly 80 movies. He has worked in more than 100 movies either as director or writer in many languages. Those languages are Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada.

## Movies

|style="width:35px;"|Year|style="width:150px;"|movie|style="text-align:center; width:80px;"|Language|style="width:65px;"|Director|style="width:65px;"|Writer|style="width:65px;"|Actor|class="unsortable" style="text-align:center; width:250px;"|Notes|
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|rowspan="2"|1964|_Dheiva Thaai_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||
|_Server Sundaram_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|rowspan="5"|1965|_Oonche Log_|style="text-align:center;"|Hindi|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||
|_Poojaikku Vandha Malar_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Neerkumizhi_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||Directorial debut|||||
|_Neela Vanam_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Naanal_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|rowspan="1"|1966|_Major Chandrakanth_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||
|rowspan="2"|1967|_Anubavi Raja Anubavi_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||
|_Bama Vijayam_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|rowspan="5"|1968|_Bhale Kodalu_|style="text-align:center;"|Telugu|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||
|_Thamarai Nenjam_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Dialogue Writer|||||
|_Teen Bahuraniyan_|style="text-align:center;"|Hindi|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Sukha Dukhalu_|style="text-align:center;"|Telugu|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Ethir Neechal_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Dialogue Writer|||||
|rowspan="4"|1969|_Poova Thalaiya_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||
|_Sattekalapu Satteya_|style="text-align:center;"|Telugu|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Iru Kodugal_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil|||||
|_Chiranjeevi_|style="text-align:center;"|Telugu|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|rowspan="6"|1970|_Patham Pasali_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||
|_Sambarala Rambabu_|style="text-align:center;"|Telugu|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Bheekara Nimishangal_|style="text-align:center;"|Malayalam|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Ethiroli_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Navagraham_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Kaaviya Thalaivi_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|rowspan="7"|1971|_Naangu Suvargal_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||
|_Nootrukku Nooru_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Main Sunder Hoon_|style="text-align:center;"|Hindi|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Bomma Borusa_|style="text-align:center;"|Telugu|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Moogabrama_|style="text-align:center;"|Telugu|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Punnagai_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Lakhon Mein Ek_|style="text-align:center;"|Hindi|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|rowspan="4"|1972|_Kanna Nalama_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||
|_Aaradimanninte Janmi_|style="text-align:center;"|Malayalam|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Haar Jeet_|style="text-align:center;"|Hindi|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Velli Vizha_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|rowspan="2"|1973|_Arangetram_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||
|_Sollathaan Ninaikkiren_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|rowspan="3"|1974|_Aval Oru Thodar Kathai_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director|||
|_Naan Avanillai_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Jeevitha Rangam_|style="text-align:center;"|Telugu|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|1975|_Apoorva Raagangal_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director||||
|rowspan="4"|1976|_Manmadha Leelai_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||
|_Anthuleni Katha_|style="text-align:center;"|Telugu|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Moondru Mudichu_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Thoorpu Padamara_|style="text-align:center;"|Telugu|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|rowspan="3"|1977|_Avargal_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||
|_Pattina Pravesam_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Aaina_|style="text-align:center;"|Hindi|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|rowspan="5"|1978|_Nizhal Nijamagiradhu_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||
|_Maro Charithra_|style="text-align:center;"|Telugu|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Director|||||
|_Thappu Thalangal_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Dialogue Writer|||||
|_Thappida Thala_|style="text-align:center;"|Kannada|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Balapareekshanam_|style="text-align:center;"|Malayalam|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|rowspan="6"|1979|_Ninaithale Inikkum_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||
|_Andamaina Anubhavam_|style="text-align:center;"|Telugu|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Nool Veli_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Guppedu Manasu_|style="text-align:center;"|Telugu|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Idi Katha Kaadu_|style="text-align:center;"|Telugu|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Kazhagan_|style="text-align:center;"|Telugu|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|1980|_Varumayin Niram Sivappu_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||Filmfare Award for Best Tamil DirectorTamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director||||
|rowspan="9"|1981|_Aakali Rajyam_|style="text-align:center;"|Telugu|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||
|_Adavaalu Meeku Joharulu_|style="text-align:center;"|Telugu|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Enga Ooru Kannagi_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Tholikodi Koosindi_|style="text-align:center;"|Telugu|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||Nandi Award for Best Director|||||
|_Thillu Mullu_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Thaneer Thaneer_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil National Film Award for Best Screenplay Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director|||||
|_Ek Duuje Ke Liye_|style="text-align:center;"|Hindi|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Story Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Director|||||
|_47 Natkal_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_47 Rojulu_|style="text-align:center;"|Telugu|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|1982|_Agni Sakshi_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||||||
|rowspan="4"|1983|_Benkiyalli Aralida Hoovu_|style="text-align:center;"|Kannada|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||
|_Poikkal Kudhirai_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Zara Si Zindagi_|style="text-align:center;"|Hindi|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Kokilamma_|style="text-align:center;"|Telugu|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|rowspan="3"|1984|_Ek Nai Paheli_|style="text-align:center;"|Hindi|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||
|_Achamillai Achamillai_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||National Film Award for Best Feature Film in TamilFilmfare Award for Best Tamil Director|||||
|_Eradu Rekhegalu_|style="text-align:center;"|Kannada|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|rowspan="3"|1985|_Kalyana Agathigal_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||
|_Sindhu Bhairavi_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Mugila Mallige_|style="text-align:center;"|Kannada|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|rowspan="2"|1986|_Sundara Swapnagalu_|style="text-align:center;"|Kannada|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||
|_Punnagai Mannan_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|1987|_Manathil Uruthi Vendum_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||||||
|rowspan="2"|1988|_Rudraveena_|style="text-align:center;"|Telugu|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration|||
|_Unnal Mudiyum Thambi_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|1989|_Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director||||
|1990|_Oru Veedu Iru Vasal_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues||||
|1991|_Azhagan_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||||||
|rowspan="2"|1992|_Vaaname Ellai_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director|||
|_Dilon Ka Rishta_|style="text-align:center;"|Hindi|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||unreleased|||||
|1993|_Jathi Malli_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||||||
|1994|_Duet_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||||||
|1996|_Kalki_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||Special appearance as Movie director||||
|2001|_Paarthale Paravasam_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||100th movie||||
|2006|_Poi_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||Cameo appearance||||
|2010|_Rettaisuzhi_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||Lead role||||
|2014|_Ninaithathu Yaaro_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||Guest appearance as himself||||
|2015|_Uthama Villain_|style="text-align:center;"|Tamil|style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||style="text-align:center;"||As Margadarshi||||

## Other websites

- Official website of _Kavithalaaya_