Bala
Indian film director (1966-) · India · On the map · Directors
Bala is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and film producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He has been praised for "revolutionizing Tamil cinema" through his realistic, dark, and disturbing depiction of the working class on celluloid screen. His films are known to be tragic and disturbing.
Bala is read about 309 times a day, in 10 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 103 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
2025
VanangaanFilm, Director, Writer2022
VisithiranFilm, Producer2020
VarmaaFilm, Director2018
NaachiyaarFilm, Director, Writer2015
Chandi VeeranFilm, Producer2014
PisaasuFilm, Producer2013
ParadesiFilm, Director, Writer2011
Avan IvanFilm, Director, Writer2009
Naan KadavulFilm, Director, Writer2005
MaayaviFilm, Producer2002SeshuFilm, Writer2001
NandhaFilm, Director, Writer1999
Sethu...Film, Director, Writer1988
VeeduFilm, Postman (uncredited)1966Born11 July 1966
VanangaanFilm, Director, Writer2022VisithiranFilm, Producer2020VarmaaFilm, Director2018NaachiyaarFilm, Director, Writer2015Chandi VeeranFilm, Producer2014PisaasuFilm, Producer2013ParadesiFilm, Director, Writer2011Avan IvanFilm, Director, Writer2009Naan KadavulFilm, Director, Writer2005MaayaviFilm, Producer2002SeshuFilm, Writer2001NandhaFilm, Director, Writer1999Sethu...Film, Director, Writer1988VeeduFilm, Postman (uncredited)1966Born11 July 1966People around Bala
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Suriya Bala directed Pithamagan and Nandha
Ilaiyaraaja Bala directed Pithamagan and Sethu
Vikram Bala directed Pithamagan and Sethu
Yuvan Shankar Raja Bala directed Avan Ivan and Nandha
Jyothika Bala produced Maayavi (2005)
Laila Mehdin Bala directed Pithamagan and Nandha
Arya Bala directed Naan Kadavul and Avan Ivan
Atharvaa Bala directed Paradesi (2013)
Sriman Bala directed Sethu (1999)
Sivakumar Bala directed Sethu (1999)
Dhruv Vikram Bala directed Adithya Varma (2018)
Abitha Bala directed Sethu (1999)
M. Sasikumar Produced Tharai Thappattai (2016)
Priya Anand Bala directed Adithya Varma (2018)
Vijay Sethupathi Bala produced Vasantha Kumaran (2015)
Pooja Umashankar Bala directed Naan Kadavul (2009)
Banita Sandhu Bala directed Adithya Varma (2018)
Sai Dhanshika Bala directed Paradesi (2013)
Devi Sri Prasad Bala produced Maayavi (2005)
G. V. P. Prakash Kumar Bala directed Paradesi (2013)
Bhagyalakshmi Bala directed Adithya Varma (2018)
Rajendran Also in Pithamagan and Naan Kadavul
Shivani Rajashekar Produced Seshu (2002)
Karunas Also in Nandha and Pithamagan
Filmography 16
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About this person
Country
India
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1966 · age 60
