Bala (director)

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Bala,a famous and skillful director is from southern district of Tamil nadu.He studied in American College in Madurai.As a youngster he was not interested in studies and was inclined towards movies and movie making.He worked as an assistant director for the famous national award director and cinematographer Balu Mahendra.

Bala is known for his late success.When his first movie Sethu was released he was in his 30's, but his first movie Sethu which was named earlier as Akilan gave a break to Vikram who was also struggling in tamil cine field for more than 5 years without a hit and recognition. But when this movie was released it was a huge hit and it was remade in Kannada,Telugu and Hindi.

Bala's next film was Nandha in which he gave a career boost to Surya.He shaped him and as a director he showed what Surya is capable of. His third film Pithamagan broke all the sentiments which was prevailing in Tamil cinema. He started the movie from a graveyard which no one was dare enough to do. It was also a mega hit and it got national award for Vikram.

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