Bala Ganapathi William

Bala Ganapathi William @ BGW
Born	Bala Ganapathi William 16th January 1990 Sungai Petani, Kedah
Residence	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Occupation	Actor, Anchor, TV Host, Producer, Director
Years active	2012 - present

Bala Ganapathi William is a Malaysian actor, anchor and producer of Indian origin in Malaysian Tamil Cinema / Malaysian Indian Cinema.^[1] He is also known by his initials BGW. He is the founder and CEO of BGW STUDIOS, a Film and TV Production company in Malaysia.

Early life and education

Bala Ganapathi William was born to a Malaysian Indian family in Sungai Petani, Kedah. He finished his primary education at SJK (T) Saraswathy, a Tamil school in Sungai Petani, Kedah. He completed his secondary education at SMK Bandar Sungai Petani in 2007. After completing his secondary education, he was selected for an intercultural student exchange program under AFS Intercultural Programs from 2008 until 2009 at Japan. In 2009, he joined AIMST University in Kedah and finished his pre-engineering/foundation in engineering course. In 2010, he was studying for bachelor's in Honors Mechatronic Engineering at UCSI University.

Selected Filmography

Bala Ganapathi William made his feature film debut appearance in Malaysia's Tamil language movie, Vivaagarathu.^[2][3][4] Beside acting, BGW has also produced movies, tv programs and digital medias such as music videos, short films and etc.

Movie

Television

Bala Ganapathi William appeared for the first time on television on 2009 in a program titled 'Alaram 2' on ASTRO Vaanavil, at the age of 19. He made his debut as a host, TV anchor in a dance competition titled Yuttha Medai which was previously known as Aattam 100 Vagai in ASTRO Vaanavil in November 2012. He made his debut in acting in a TV Drama titled 'Alarum Pookkal', also knowns as '3 Doctors' which was aired in RTM TV2 channel in 2013.

His program Rasikka Rusikka was a big hit among all in 2014, ASTRO Vinmeen HD. Rasikka Rusikka is a street food program whereby Bala Ganapathi William travels on a bike and tastes all the best street foods throughout Malaysia. In 2015, once again Bala Ganapathi William was the anchor for Rasikka Rusikka Season 2. The Season 2 of Rasikka Rusikka program was on air in Malaysia & Singapore TV channels simultaneously. In 2017, Rasikka Rusikka program made come back in Season 3 after a year gap. During this season, Bala Ganapathi William travels on a Ford Ranger 4 wheel drive in Peninsular Malaysia the search the best local foods. The season 3 of this program received a very good response and feedbacks from viewers.

Bala Ganapathi William rasikka rusikka

Film Production

• Goodbye | Short Film (Director & Cinematographer) | 2014
• Annamalai Season 1 | Vasantham MediaCorp Singapore (Assistant Director & Casting Director) | 2014
• Annamalai Season 2 | Vasantham MediaCorp Singapore (Assistant Director & Casting Director) | 2015
• Annamalai Season 3 | Vasantham MediaCorp Singapore (Assistant Director & Casting Director) | 2016
• Manggalyam Tanthunanena Telemovie^[12] | Astro Vaanavil (Producer - BGW Studios) | 2016
• Neeyum Naanum - Feature Film | Malaysian Tamil Movie (Film Director) + (Production & Distribution by BGW Studios) | 2017

Music Video

• Paarkamal Pogirai^[13][14] (2013)
• Boomi Athirum^[15] (2015)
• Moga Mazhaiyeh^[16] (2016)
• Uyir Moochinai^[17] (2016)

TV Commercials

• Rohini Nanari Juice

References