Balasekaran

{{Short description|Indian film director}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Balasekaran | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Dhanabalan | birth_date = 9 January | birth_place = Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | years_active = 1997–2013 | spouse = | occupation = Film director, writer }}

'''Balasekaran''' is an Indian film director and writer of Tamil and Telugu-language films. He is known for his work ''Love Today'', starring Vijay. He was once an assistant to K. Balachander.<ref name="film">{{cite web|author=Krishna, Sandhya|title=Kodambakkam Babies|publisher=Indolink|date=12 December 1997|access-date= 22 February 2008|url=http://indolink.com/tamil/cinema/People/97/Dec/kuttisp1.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981202080525/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/People/97/Dec/kuttisp1.htm|archive-date=2 December 1998|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

He also worked in Tamil serials as writer in ''Nandini'' and ''Lakshmi Stores''.

==Career== After ''Love Today'', Balasekaran started work on a film titled ''Sollamalae'' for producer R. B. Choudary but later opted out. The producer released a film with the same name and a different script, later in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=GOKUL'S HOME PAGE|url=http://www.geocities.ws/gokima/gcnjul.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924043236/http://www.geocities.ws/gokima/gcnjul.html |archive-date=24 September 2015 |access-date=2020-08-30|website=geocities.ws/gokima}}</ref> Following the relative success of his ''Thulli Thirindha Kaalam'' (1997), Kavithalayaa signed him on for a further film titled ''Uyirezhuthu'', though the project eventually did not materialise.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/gossip/27-04-98/uyir.htm |title=Dinakaran |website=www.dinakaran.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041023150320/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/gossip/27-04-98/uyir.htm |archive-date=23 October 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He subsequently began making ''Solli Vidu'' for Vivekananda Pictures in mid-1998, with newcomers Raghuram, the son of producer Thiruppur Mani, and Simran.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/interviews/simran/simran.htm |title=SIMRAN |website=www.dinakaran.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980615070331/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/interviews/simran/simran.htm |archive-date=15 June 1998 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Simran was later replaced by Jyothika, who herself was later replaced by Poonam. Supporting actors such as Radhika, Raghuvaran and Prakash Raj were also signed up, but the film was later shelved.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/cinenews/15-06-98/balasek.htm |title=Dinakaran |website=www.dinakaran.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050312052242/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/cinenews/15-06-98/balasek.htm |archive-date=12 March 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/cinenews/20-11-98/vijai.htm |title=Dinakaran |website=www.dinakaran.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050205063435/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/cinenews/20-11-98/vijai.htm |archive-date=5 February 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2003, the director was signed on by producer Prakash Raj to direct a film titled ''Thillalangadi'' starring Prabhu Deva and Sneha. However the film failed to proceed and the venture was shelved.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Reel Talk|url=http://chennaionline.com/reeltalk/11reeltalk17th.asp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031130232032/http://chennaionline.com/reeltalk/11reeltalk17th.asp|archive-date=2003-11-30|access-date=|website=chennaionline.com}}</ref>

== Filmography == {{BLP unreferenced section|date= December 2022}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Film ! Language ! Notes |- | 1997 | ''Love Today'' | Tamil | |- | 1998 | ''Thulli Thirindha Kaalam'' | Tamil | |- | rowspan="2"|2001 | ''Priyamaina Neeku'' | Telugu | partially reshot in Tamil as <br /> ''Kadhal Sugamanathu'' (2003) |- | ''Snehamante Idera'' |Telugu | |- | 2003 || ''Taarak'' || Telugu | |- | 2004 || ''Ammayi Bagundi'' |Telugu | |- | 2007 | ''Arya'' || Tamil || |- | 2012 | ''Vinayaga'' | Tamil | partial reshot version of ''Vinayakudu'' (2008) |- | 2013 | ''Oruvar Meethu Iruvar Sainthu'' || Tamil || |}

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