filmmaker

Last week, K Balachander was at Suchitra FilmClub, Bangaolre to participate in a discussion about his award winning film Thaneer Thaneer. Here is the transcript of the discussion.

Q & A with K.Balachander.

Q) When Kannada filmmakers like Girish Kasaravalli and Malayalam Directors like Adoor Gopala Krishnan are making films with a conviction and seriousness towards film as an art form, why is it that most Tamil film makers, who are not less talented, are making films using a middle path to the so called safe formula of 'not too commercial not too serious and artistic? What is your opinion about this being a director who followed the same path?

A) The answer for such a long question is actually very simple. It