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Mouli

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Alias: T. S. B. K. Moulee
City: Chennai
Occupation: Actor, Director
Height: 5' 8"
Eye Color: Black
Hair Color: Black
Religion: Hinduism
Favourite Actors: Kamal Hassan

Summary

Thiruvidaimarudur Sambamoorthi Ganapathigal Balakrishna Sastrigal Moulee is an Indian stage and film actor, director and playwright. He is the son of noted Harikatha exponent T. S. Balakrishna Sastrigal. B.Chandra Mouli, popularly known as Mouli, has stamped his authority on different facets of the film industry viz,. Drama, Script Writing, Acting and Direction. He has directed films in Tamil and Telugu with great success.

Biography

Moulee was interested in acting and played parts in stage plays right from his school days. As a school-going kid, he was fascinated by the plays of T. K. Shanmugam and Singanallur Venkataramana Iyer Sahasranamam, both noted personalities in producing stage plays at that time. In his college days, he was a part of Y. G. Parthasarathy's United Artists Association. However, Moulee first came into limelight in 1969 when he wrote the screenplay for and acted in the play "Flight No. 172". The play was an enormous success and ran for thirty continuous years.

Facts & Trivia

His celluloid scripts include Kamalhassan's 'Pammal K. Sambandam', who later made him to direct a movie for his own banner Rajjkamal films starring R.Madhavan coming as 'Nala Damayanthi' in the year 2003.. Three of his popular plays were translated into Telugu and Bengali and were staged by eminent troupes in Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal with a record of 4000 stage shows. He is known for his distinct filmmaking style. Most of his scripts have hard-hitting social themes with the right mix of comedy. He has written and directed 21 films in Tamil and 24 films in Telugu. He received the Kalamamani Award for Best Writer in 1985 and the Nandhi Award for five films. He has acted in more than 100 movies in Tamil and Telugu. He has done supporting roles in movies like ‘Thiruvilayaadal’, ‘Pirivom Sandhippom',‘Irumbukkotai Murattu Singam’ and ‘Kadal to Kalyanam