# Ajayan Bala > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ajayan_Bala > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ajayan_Bala.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajayan_Bala > Source revision: 1341580143 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Indian writer, actor, film director and screenplay writer}} {{Use British English|date=February 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Ajayan Bala | image= | caption = | birth_place = [Kancheepuram](/source/Kancheepuram), [Tamil Nadu](/source/Tamil_Nadu), India | other_names = | occupation = Writer, actor, film director | years_active = 2009–present | height = | spouse = | parents = | relatives = | website = }} '''Ajayan Bala''' is an Indian writer, actor, and film director from [Kancheepuram](/source/Kancheepuram), [Tamilnadu](/source/Tamilnadu). His book ''Ulaka cin̲imā varalār̲u : maun̲ayukam 1894-1929'' was awarded as best book in the fine arts section by [Tamil Nadu](/source/Tamil_Nadu) Government in 2007. He has written several fiction and non-fiction works in Tamil. He has written a history serial in the popular Tamil magazine Ananda Vikatan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vikatan.com/oddities/miscellaneous/42750--2|title=நாயகன் - அஜயன் பாலா|first=Vikatan|last=Correspondent|website=www.vikatan.com/|date=7 January 2009 }} He has written story and screen play for the movies ''[Chennaiyil Oru Naal](/source/Chennaiyil_Oru_Naal)'', ''[Manithan](/source/Manithan_(2016_film))'', and ''[Thalaivii](/source/Thalaivii)''. He has also directed one of the chapters in the [horror](/source/Horror_movie) [anthology](/source/Anthology_film) ''[6 Athiyayam](/source/6_Athiyayam)''.{{cite web |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/tamil/en/audiotrack/interview-ajayan-bala |title=An Interview with Ajayan Bala {{!}} SBS Your Language |website=www.sbs.com.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207010519/https://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/tamil/en/audiotrack/interview-ajayan-bala |archive-date=2018-02-07}} ==Bibliography== ===Novels=== * Pakalmeenkal (published as a serial in [Kalki](/source/Kalki_(magazine))) ===Short story collections=== * Mayilvakanan and other stories (Marutha Pathippakam) * Moondravathu Arai Nanbanin Kathal Kathai * Ajayan Bala Sirukathaikal (Nathan Pathippakam) * Muthukkal Pathu (Amrutha Pathippakam) ===Translated Screenplays=== * [The Battle of Algiers](/source/The_Battle_of_Algiers) * [Bicycle Thieves](/source/Bicycle_Thieves) ===Biographies=== * [Ambedkar](/source/B._R._Ambedkar) * [Annai Theresa](/source/Mother_Teresa) * [Oviyar Van Gogh](/source/Vincent_van_Gogh) * [Karl Marx](/source/Karl_Marx) * [Charlie Chaplin](/source/Charlie_Chaplin) * [Che Guevara](/source/Che_Guevara) * [Nelson Mandela](/source/Nelson_Mandela) * [Nethaji Subhas Chandra Bose](/source/Subhas_Chandra_Bose) * [Periyar](/source/Periyar_E._V._Ramasamy) * [Martin Luther King](/source/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.) ===Other Non-Fiction=== * Mudivatra Kalaignan: Marlon Brando * Sumar Ezhuthalanum Super Star-um * Semmozhi Sirpigal (Life of 100 Tamil scholars) * Ulaka cin̲imā varalār̲u : maun̲ayukam 1894–1929 ==Filmography== ===As director and writer=== {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#B0C4DE; text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Year ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Credited as ! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" scope="col" | Notes |- ! 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Writer |- | rowspan="2"|2013 || ''[Chennaiyil Oru Naal](/source/Chennaiyil_Oru_Naal)'' || {{no}} || {{partial|Screenplay}} || {{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/making-a-remake/article7438722.ece|title=Making a remake|first=Vishal|last=Menon|newspaper=The Hindu|date=19 July 2015|via=www.thehindu.com}} |- | ''[Vana Yuddham](/source/Vana_Yuddham)'' || {{no}} || {{partial|Dialogues}} || Tamil version |- | 2016 || ''[Manithan](/source/Manithan_(2016_film))'' || {{no}} || {{partial|Dialogues}} || |- | rowspan="3"|2018 || ''[6 Athiyayam](/source/6_Athiyayam)'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || Anthology film; segment: "Misai" |- |''[Diya](/source/Diya_(film))'' || {{no}} || {{partial|Dialogues}} || Tamil version |- | ''[Lakshmi](/source/Lakshmi_(2018_film))'' || {{no}} || {{partial|Dialogues}} || Tamil version |- | rowspan="2"|2019 || ''[Nethraa](/source/Nethraa)'' || {{no}} || {{partial|Dialogues}} || |- | ''[Watchman](/source/Watchman_(film))'' || {{no}} || {{partial|Dialogues}} || |- | 2021 || ''[Thalaivii](/source/Thalaivii)'' || {{no}} || {{partial|Story}} || |- | 2023 || ''[Memories](/source/Memories_(2023_film))'' || {{no}} || {{partial|Dialogues}} || |- | 2024 || ''[Uyir Thamizhukku](/source/Uyir_Thamizhukku)''|| {{no}} || {{yes}} || |- | 2026 || ''[Mylanji](/source/Mylanji_(2026_film))'' || {{yes}} || {{Yes}} || |} ===As actor=== *''[Chithiram Pesuthadi](/source/Chithiram_Pesuthadi)'' (2006) *''[Vaalmiki](/source/Vaalmiki_(film))'' (2009) *'' [Madrasapattinam](/source/Madrasapattinam)'' (2010) *''[Thenmerku Paruvakaatru](/source/Thenmerku_Paruvakaatru)'' (2010) *''[Krishnaveni Panjaalai](/source/Krishnaveni_Panjaalai)'' (2012) ===Web series === * ''Love Bullet'' (2021) ==References== {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bala, Ajayan}} Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Screenwriters from Chennai Category:Film directors from Chennai Category:Indian male screenwriters Category:Tamil screenwriters --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ajayan Bala](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajayan_Bala) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajayan_Bala?action=history)). 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