Kalaignanam (born K. M. Balakrishnan), is an Indian writer, actor, producer and director who works in

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nativ ...

films.

Early life

Kalaignanam was born in Elumalai Village.

Cinema career

Rajinikanth essayed first independent lead role in the movie

Bairavi ''Bairavi'' is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language film directed by M. Bhaskar, and produced by Kalaignanam, who also wrote the story and dialogues. It stars Rajinikanth, Sripriya and Geetha. Geetha was introduced in this film. Srikanth played the ...

produced by Kalaignanam. Bairavai movie was produced under the production company name ''Valli Velan movies''. After the success of the movie later Kalaignanam produced his movies under the production company name ''Bhairavi productions''.

Partial filmography

Books

He has written his cinema experiences as four volume of books named ''Cinema secret''.

Personal life

Kalaignanam's elder son Murugan died in September 2017.

References

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*{{IMDb name, section=bio, nm6722730 Tamil writers Tamil film directors Tamil film producers Tamil film poets Tamil actors Tamil screenwriters Living people Indian screenwriters Indian film producers Year of birth missing (living people)