# Balasekaran
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{{Short description|Indian film director}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Balasekaran
| image =
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| birth_name = Dhanabalan
| birth_date = 9 January
| birth_place = [Coimbatore](/source/Coimbatore), [Tamil Nadu](/source/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](/source/Tamil_language) and [Telugu](/source/Telugu_language)-language films. He is known for his work ''[Love Today](/source/Love_Today_(1997_film))'', starring [Vijay](/source/Vijay_(actor)). He was once an assistant to [K. Balachander](/source/K._Balachander).[{{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}}]
He also worked in Tamil serials as writer in [''Nandini''](/source/Nandini_(TV_series)) and ''[Lakshmi Stores](/source/Lakshmi_Stores)''.
==Career==
After ''Love Today'', Balasekaran started work on a film titled ''Sollamalae'' for producer [R. B. Choudary](/source/R._B._Choudary) but later opted out. The producer released a film with the same name and a different script, later in 1998.[{{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}}] Following the relative success of his ''[Thulli Thirindha Kaalam](/source/Thulli_Thirindha_Kaalam)'' (1997), [Kavithalayaa](/source/Kavithalayaa) signed him on for a further film titled ''Uyirezhuthu'', though the project eventually did not materialise.[{{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}}] He subsequently began making ''Solli Vidu'' for [Vivekananda Pictures](/source/Vivekananda_Pictures) in mid-1998, with newcomers Raghuram, the son of producer Thiruppur Mani, and [Simran](/source/Simran_(actress)).[{{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}}] Simran was later replaced by Jyothika, who herself was later replaced by Poonam. Supporting actors such as [Radhika](/source/Radhika_Sarathkumar), [Raghuvaran](/source/Raghuvaran) and [Prakash Raj](/source/Prakash_Raj) were also signed up, but the film was later shelved.[{{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}}][{{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}}]
In 2003, the director was signed on by producer [Prakash Raj](/source/Prakash_Raj) to direct a film titled ''Thillalangadi'' starring [Prabhu Deva](/source/Prabhu_Deva) and [Sneha](/source/Sneha_(actress)). However the film failed to proceed and the venture was shelved.[{{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}}]
== Filmography ==
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Language
! Notes
|-
| 1997
| ''[Love Today](/source/Love_Today_(1997_film))''
| [Tamil](/source/Tamil_language)
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[Thulli Thirindha Kaalam](/source/Thulli_Thirindha_Kaalam)''
| Tamil
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2001
| ''[Priyamaina Neeku](/source/Priyamaina_Neeku)''
| [Telugu](/source/Telugu_language)
| partially reshot in Tamil as
''Kadhal Sugamanathu'' (2003)
|-
| ''[Snehamante Idera](/source/Snehamante_Idera)''
|Telugu
|
|-
| 2003 || ''[Taarak](/source/Taarak)'' || Telugu
|
|-
| 2004 || ''[Ammayi Bagundi](/source/Ammayi_Bagundi)''
|Telugu
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[Arya](/source/Arya_(2007_film))'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 2012
| ''Vinayaga''
| Tamil
| partial reshot version of ''[Vinayakudu](/source/Vinayakudu_(film))'' (2008)
|-
| 2013
| ''[Oruvar Meethu Iruvar Sainthu](/source/Oruvar_Meethu_Iruvar_Sainthu)'' || Tamil ||
|}
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