# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/balaji-sakthivel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:52:43.751Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/balaji-sakthivel"
name: "Balaji Sakthivel"
slug: "balaji-sakthivel"
description: "Balaji Sakthivel is an Indian actor and director of Tamil films. He is best known for directing the 2004 film Kaadhal."
tagline: "Indian film director (born 1964)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Balajiaa.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: "1964-01-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.79
  momentum:             22.27416921467654
  historical:           6.229001333333335
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1475260/"
    handle:    "nm1475260"
sources:
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    title: "பாலாஜி சக்திவேல்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بالاچى ساكثيڤيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaji_Sakthivel"
    title: "Balaji Sakthivel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaji_Sakthivel"
    title: "Balaji Sakthivel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB"
    title: "バーラージ・シャクティヴェール"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2"
    title: "बालाजी शक्तिवेल"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4849850"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/584919"
    title: "Balaji Sakthivel"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump