Tamil director Bala has bagged the best director award for Naan Kadavul for the year 2008. Naan kadavul’ also won the award for best make up.
Image – Director Bala with Aarya on the sets of Naan Kadavul : credit: thehindu)
Bala has revolutionized Tamil cinema with films like- Sethu, Nandha, Pithamagan and Nan Kadavul. His film Pithamagan had fetched best actor National Award for actor Vikram.
Bala, who has so far directed four films, dedicated this award to his guru director Balu Mahendra. He said ” It was Balu Mahendra who had groomed me”.
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Last year, Priyadarshan’s Tamil film Kanchivaram won the best film and tamil actor Prakash Raj the best actor award for Kanchivaram.