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

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films.

Early life

Kalaignanam was born in Elumalai Village.

Cinema career

Rajinikanth Shivaji Rao Gaikwad (born 12 December 1950), known professionally as Rajinikanth, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. In a career spanning over five decades, he has done 170 films that includes films in Tamil, Hindi, ...

essayed first independent lead role in the movie Bairavi 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 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)