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Bala

Born December 19, 1982 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India45 films

Bala is an Indian film actor who has appeared in Malayalam and Tamil films. He made his debut in the Tamil film, Anbu (2003), before finding success as an actor in Malayalam films.

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Bala was born into a family closely associated with the film industry, with his grandfather being the owner of the Arunachala Studios. His father, Jeyakumar, directed over 350 films and documentaries, while his brother Siva has worked as a director and cinematographer in films.

The actor made a comeback to Tamil films in 2014 after appearing as one of Ajith Kumar's four brothers in Veeram. In order to get the on screen chemistry sorted, Bala was closely associated with Ajith throughout the film's shoot and was full of praise for him after release. The film, directed by Bala's brother Siva, opened to critical and commercial success.

Bala made his directorial debut through the 2012 Malayalam action film, The Hit List, in which he also played the lead role.

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Filmography

45 films as actor
  1. TBABilalMurugan John Kurishingal
  2. 2026Pennu CaseTamil Husband
  3. 2025The Case DiaryRanganathan
  4. 2024Bad BoyzProducer Kalai Singam Dorai Raj
  5. 2022Shefeekkinte SanthoshamAmeer
  6. 2021AnnaattheArjun
  7. 2019ThambiManimaaran MLA
  8. 2019Fancy DressGabriel
  9. 2019Madura Raja
  10. 2019LuciferBhadran
  11. 20191948 Kaalam Paranjathu
  12. 2018AanakallanSurya Narayanan
  13. 2018Wonder Boys
  14. 2017Nilavariyathe
  15. 2016PulimuruganShiva
  16. 2016Iru Mugan
  17. 2015Ennu Ninte MoideenKottatil Sethu Madhavan
  18. 2014Endrendrum
  19. 2014VeeramMurugan
  20. 2013MusafirSakthi
  21. 2013CowboyXavier
  22. 2012The Hitlist
  23. 2012HeroUday
  24. 2012Violet
  25. 2012Sthalam
  26. 2011Priyappetta Nattukare
  27. 2011KayamSasikuttan
  28. 2010ChaverpadaVisal Sabhapathy
  29. 2010SahasramVyshakan
  30. 2010Ring Tone
  31. 2010Alexander The GreatManoj Varma
  32. 2010Drona 2010Anandapadmanabhan
  33. 2010Black StallionAmeer Usman
  34. 2010Patham Adhyayam
  35. 2009Puthiya MughamSudhi
  36. 2009Sagar Alias Jacky ReloadedSP Hamid
  37. 2009Venalmaram
  38. 2008ChempadaManu / Harikrishnan
  39. 2008SMSKichan
  40. 2008Bullet
  41. 2008AayudhamAnwar Abdullah
  42. 2008Sound of BootRahul Krishna
  43. 2007Hareendran Oru Nishkalankan?Commissioner Rajan Joseph IPS
  44. 2007Big BMurugan John Kurishingal
  45. 2006KalabhamArjun