Bala

Bala Bio

Bala is a highly renowned Indian Tamil film director, screenwriter and film producer, working in the Tamil film industry. He is best known for his realistic, gritty and dark films and is widely credited with revolutionizing Tamil cinema. In fact most of his films are considered landmark films and have garnered high critical acclaim. Bala started his film career as an assistant director to National Film Award-winning director and cinematographer Balu Mahendra. He made his debut with 1999 film Sethu. The film was a big break for the film's lead actor Vikram. The film earned extraordinary reviews and was remade in 3 languages - Kannada (Huchcha), Telugu (Seshu) and Hindi (Tere Naam). Bala's next film Nandha gave an immense career boost to Suriya. His thrid film Pithamagan starring Vikram and Surya again, broke all the barriers in film making inTamil cinema. In 2009 he released Naan Kadavul in Tamil featuring Arya and Pooja Umashankar for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Director. In 2011, his fifth directorial Avan Ivan, considered his first comedy film, released, starring Vishal Krishna and Arya. While the film opened to mixed reviews by critics, the lead actors gained critical acclaim for their performances, particularly Vishal.