Director Balachander made women-centric movies, says Jayalalithaa

Chennai: AIADMK general secretary and former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa said Tamil director K. Balachander made women-centric movies and would dwell on problems faced by them. [caption id=“attachment_1744481” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa. PTI[/caption] Condoling his death, Jayalalithaa in a statement issued here said the legendary director also made his mark in Hindi, Telugu and Kannada movies. She said his stage plays - “Neerkumizhi”, “Major Chandrakanth”, “Ethir Neechal”, “Naanal”, “Vinodha Oppandam” - were hugely popular. Jayalalithaa said Balachander’s death was a great loss to the movie world and the void created by his demise cannot be filled by anybody else. IANS