# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/s-balachander
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:44:41.025Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/s-balachander"
name: "S. Balachander"
slug: "s-balachander"
description: "Sundaram Balachander was an Indian veena player and filmmaker. He directed, produced, and also composed music for a few of his films. Balachander was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1982. He died of a heart attack at the age of 63, while on a music tour of India."
tagline: "Indian musician (1927-1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Veena_S_Balachandar_1950.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1927-01-18"
deathDate: "1990-04-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.15
  momentum:             25
  historical:           10.04658933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0049336/"
    handle:    "nm0049336"
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    title: "சுந்தரம் பாலச்சந்தர்"
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    title: "సుందరం బాలచందర్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ایس بالاچندر"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump