Kamal Haasan & Rajinikanth pay tribute to their mentor K Balachander on his 90th birthday

Today, July 09, 2020, is  90th birth anniversary of legendary Tamil filmmaker and director, K Balachander. Both Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth have often credited ir success to K Balachander, who was ir mentor during beginning of ir career. On  90th birth anniversary of K Balachander, several South Indian actors took to social media to pay ir respects to industry legend. Even Tamil superstars Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth took to social media where y praised ir late mentor. 

Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth pay tribute to K Balachander

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Taking to social media, Kamal Haasan shared a heartfelt tribute in memory of K Balachander. In his post, Kamal Haasan revealed how he heard K Balachander's name even as a teenr. He n talked about how late filmmaker helped in his life. Kamal Haasan called K Balachander his benefactor, mentor, collaborator, and even deemed his as a far figure. Kamal Haasan n said that he felt pride of a far and paid tribute to K Balachander for his contributions to cinema. 

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Rajinikanth also shared a video online where he talked about his relationship with K Balachander. In his video, Rajinikanth revealed that he would t have become an actor if t for K Balachander's help. Rajinikanth ded that he would have been stuck doing villain roles and small supporting roles without K Balachander's introduction. beloved Tamil star n credited K Balachander for all his popularity and wealth. 

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Rajinikanth furr revealed that K Balachander helped him work on his negatives and showcased his positives to world and to himself. Rajinikanth ded that Balachander me his an actor by giving him contracts for four films and introducing him to Tamil film industry. Finally, Rajinikanth ended his video by saying that after his family, K Balachander was everything to him. 

K Balachander is often considered to be one of pioneers of Tamil cinema. filmmaker worked in over 100 films in span of his 50-year career. K Balachander was also awarded  Pma Shri Award and  Dasaheb Phalke Award for his contributions to cinema. 

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