List of awards and nominations received by K. Balachander

Starting his career as a playwright, he made his cinematic debut as a dialog writer for Dheiva Thaai in 1964.

[1] The following year he made his directional debut through Neer Kumizhi a film based on his own play.

[1] His Maro Charitra and its Hindi remake Ek Duuje Ke Liye were huge box-office success and received critical acclaim.

[1] Rudraveena fetched him the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration in 1988.

Balachander holds the record for being nominated for the Filmfare Best Tamil Director Award most number of times, being eighteen.