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Despite the ‘regime change’, the Sri Lanka Navy occupying Champoor and the Sri Lankan Police have chased away the 162 families, who were clearing their plots to prepare for resettlement in the 1,430 acres of lands appropriated by Colombo under the so-called SEZ. The occupying Sri Lanka Navy was blocking the uprooted Tamils from resettling in their lands.
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Their lands, seized by Colombo under the so-called ‘Special Economic Zone’ (SEZ) were to be handed over to a Chinese-owned corporate. He leaves behind his wife Akila and son Sangi Mahendra.įollowing the election of Maithiripala Sirisena as new Sri Lankan President, the uprooted families from a section of the 5th Division and 7th Division of Champoor situated along both the sides of Champoor main road, started to clear their lands for resettlement. His recent film Thalaimu’raika’l where he was the cinematographer, editor, director and main actor won him much acclaim. Watching the shooting in Kandy of the English film ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’ (1957) by the famous Director David Lean as a young student from Batticaloa was his inspiration to become a cinematographer and director.īala and Vetrimaaran who won the Indian National awards for their films Naan Kadavu’l and Aadu Ka’lam respectively were his film students and assistant directors. Pirapaharan, he was prepared to help the artists from the de-facto state of Tamil Eelam during the times of the peace process, the artist further said. Following a conversation with the LTTE leader Mr V. Moonraam Pi’rai (Tamil) which was later made in Hindi, titled ‘Sadma’ was a well made film although he made some compromises for the mainstream Indian cinema, says Mr Sivapalan adding that Balu Mahendra, in his young days brought out hand written little magazines in Tamil in Batticaloa.Īn Eezham Tamil artist who met him recently said that Balu Mahendra was passionate about the Tamil language and to his country of birth, although he was not open about it. Santhiyaraagam and Veedu in Tamil were two of his later films, which established him as a formidable force in Indian cinema.īalu Mahendra in the tradition of great film makers of the world Akira Kurosawa of Japan, Majid Majeedi of Iran, Satyajit Ray of Bengal, Adoor Gopalakrishnan of Kerala and Lester James Pieris of Ceylon, was a poet who used his shots, scenes and sequences, not words to write his poetry on celluloid, says Attorney-at-Law and an experienced theatric Mr K Sivapalan from Trincomalee, paying tribute to Balu Mahnedra.
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Debuting as a cinematographer in the 1974 Malayalam movie Nellu, for which he won a state award, Balu Mahendra went on to win five national awards and three Filmfare awards subsequently both as a director and a cinematographer, and is widely regarded as a trendsetter in Indian cinema.īalu Mahendra’s first film as a director, Kokilaa, a Kannada film won him the National Award. Born in Batticaloa on, Balu Mahendra was a 1966 batch Diploma holder in Cinematography from the prestigious Pune Film Institute of India. Following a brief phase of poor health, Mahendra died of cardiac arrest in February 2014.Veteran Tamil Eelam born filmmaker Balendranathan Mahendra, popularly known as Balu Mahendra passed away in Chennai on Thursday. During the tail end of his career, he established a film school in Chennai, which offers courses in cinematography, direction and acting. Along with Bharathiraja and Mahendran, he is regarded as a trendsetter in Tamil cinema. Since then, he directed over 20 films in a span of 36 years. Upon completion of his diploma, he entered Malayalam cinema as a cinematographer in the early 1970s.Īfter working in over 20 films as a cinematographer, Mahendra made his directorial debut in 1977 with the Kannada film Kokila.
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In 1966, he moved to India and gained admission to the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) to pursue a course in motion picture photography. He graduated from the London University and started his career as a draughtsman with the Sri Lankan Government. After witnessing the shoot of David Lean's The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) during a school trip in Sri Lanka, he was drawn towards filmmaking. Mahendran developed a passion for photography and literature at a young age. He was the recipient of six National Film Awards (including two for Best Cinematography), five Filmfare Awards South and several state government awards. Widely regarded as an auteur, Mahendra usually scripted and edited his films apart from shooting them. Wikipedia (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition:īalanathan Benjamin Mahendran ( – 13 February 2014), commonly known as Balu Mahendra, was a Sri Lankan born Indian cinematographer, director, screenwriter and film editor who worked predominantly in Tamil cinema.