Bharathiraja: A towering titan who injected raw, rural realism into Tamil cinema – CNBC TV18
The National Award-winning director, affectionately revered as 'Iyakkunar Imayam' (The Everest of Directors), had been battling prolonged age-related ailments and recurring respiratory complications for several months. Veteran filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor P Bharathiraja, a towering titan of Indian cinema who broke the shackles of studio-bound filmmaking to inject raw, rural realism into Tamil screenplays, died at his residence here early…
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