Director
Vasan Bala
6 films
Vasan Bala is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his work in Hindi cinema. He wrote the scripts for the period crime drama Bombay Velvet (2015) and the psychological thriller Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016). Bala made his directorial debut with the crime thriller Peddlers in 2012, which earned him a nomination for the Golden Camera Award at Cannes. He's also worked as an assistant director on films like Dev.D (2009), Gulaal (2009), and Trishna (2011). As a dialogue writer, he's contributed to The Lunchbox (2013) and Rukh (2017). In 2019, he released his film Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota. His latest directorial was Dharma Productions Jigra (2024), starring Alia Bhatt.
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First watchMonica, O My Darling20227.1A slick robotics expert joins a murderous plot after a passionate affair takes a sudden turn, but nothing — not even death — is what it seems to be.View filmEssential films
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6 films as director- 2024JigraDirector
- 2022Monica, O My DarlingDirector
- 2019The Man Who Feels No PainDirector
- 2015BunnyDirector
- 2013Geek OutDirector
- 2012PeddlersDirector