Bala
Profile
- Alias
- Born Bala Pazhanisaamy
- Age
- 60 years
- Birth Place
- Periyakulam, Theni, Tamil Nadu, India
- City
- Chennai
- Occupation
- Story, Screenplay, Producer, Editing, Director
- Languages
- Telugu, Tamil
- Height
- 5' 8"
- Weight
- 68 kg
- Eye Color
- Black
- Hair Color
- Black
- Education
- B.A (Tamil), American College, Madurai
- Spouse
- Muthumalar
- Parents
- Palanisamy, Pachiammal
Summary
Bala was born on 11 July 1966 in Narayanathevanpatty, Theni district, Tamil Nadu, India. He studied Tamil Literature at The American College in Madurai. He admitted, that, as a youngster, he was not interested in studies and had doped in his college days and was considered by many as he won't come up in life. At certain point he determined to prove himself to the society. After a struggling period he came to Chennai and entered the film industry.
Biography
He started his film career as an assistant director to National Film Award–winning director and cinematographer [[Balu Mahendra]. Bala is known for his later success. He made his directorial debut with Sethu in 1999, that gave a break to Vikram, the film's lead actor, who was also struggling in the Tamil film industry for almost a decade without a hit and recognition. More than 60 distributors saw the film and hesistated to screen it because of its tragic ending. But after multiple preview shows, the film was released on a low profile without any advertisement. But after the first days the film started running to packed houses just through 'word of mouth'.[7][8] The film was said to have initiated a 'new wave'[9] as it received raving reviews and became a huge hit. Its stupendous success led to remakes in Kannada (Huchcha), Telugu (Seshu) and Hindi (Tere Naam) languages.
