# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/r-balki
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:44:03.493Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/r-balki"
name: "R. Balki"
slug: "r-balki"
description: "R. Balakrishnan, popularly known as R. Balki, is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and former Group Chairman of the advertising agency Lowe Lintas (India). He is best known for directing the films Cheeni Kum (2007), Paa (2009), Pad Man (2018), Chup: Revenge of The Artist (2022), and Ghoomer (2023)."
tagline: "Indian filmmaker, screenwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/R._Balki.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: "1965-04-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.98
  momentum:             0.104257167680278
  historical:           11.182232
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2669564/"
    handle:    "nm2669564"
sources:
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    title: "آر بالکی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "আর. বাল্কি"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "R. Balki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "آر. بالکی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "R. Balki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "R・バールキ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ਆਰ. ਬਾਲਕੀ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ஆர். பால்கி"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7273486"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "R. Balki"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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