director #bala . . Call it an icing on the cake. Tamil director Balas critically acclaimed Naan Kadavul has fetched him a National Award for Best Director. The day after he won the most coveted award, his one-time assistant Sasikumar called on Bala and gifted a cake that read: To the one who deserves . It was deserving, indeed. Sasikumar should know. It was on Balas sets where he pruned his directorial skills, eventually enabling him make the classic film, Subramaniapuram. The message in the cake was a fitting tribute to his mentor. But the award for Bala was no cakewalk. In the fray for Best Director award were stalwarts like Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Shyam Benegal, M S Sathyu and T V Chandran. Incidentally, Sasikumar was also in the competition with Subramaniapuram.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 07:52:32 +0000
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