Switching from ELSS to LargeCap/Balanced/SmallCap

Hi Sreekanth, For the financial year 2017 -18 , i have invested in 2 ELSS through a distributor starting March 2017 in SIP's of 5000 each. One is Birla Sunlife Tax Relief 96 and other is Sundaram Tax saver. I am planning to switch any one of the above to a balanced\Small cap fund so that i can withdraw the lumpsum after 4 -5 years. If I do that, then under section 80C, i can have the below ELSS - 60000 Provident Fund - 54000 Term Plan - 13500 // have to invest as this should have been my first priority Either PPF or NPS - 24000 // 2000 per month just to cover the Sec 80C limit This way i can cover my sec 80C . My questions are

1. Can you let me know if i am doing the right thing by switching out either 1 of the ELSS

2.  Can i switch Sundaram Mutual ELSS fund to a HDFC Balanced or any other Small Cap fund which is not of Sundaram? 3.  Also Birla Sunlife Tax Relief 96 ELSS is through a distributer. Can i switch it to Direct under the same scheme? If Yes , then do i need to pay any excess amount for switching. 4. Also how will the distributer commision be impacted fr the above switch? 5.  If we invest in a Large cap fund, then while investing ,if we select the tenure as perpetual(lifetime), then can i sell my units any time after 1 year? Thanks, Sushant