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Vasanthabalan
Vasanthabalan in 2014
Born	Devathanam, Rajapalayam, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation(s)	Film director Screenwriter
Years active	2002 - present
Website	https://www.directorvasanthabalan.com/

Vasanthabalan (sometimes credited as Vasantha Balan) is an Indian Tamil film director and screenwriter. He has made critically acclaimed films including Veyil (2006), Angadi Theru (2010) and Kaaviya Thalaivan (2014).

Career

Vasanthabalan began his film career as an editing assistant and later became an assistant director to S.Shankar in the latter's directorial debut, Gentleman (1993). He continued to work under Shankar in three more films Kaadhalan (1994), Indian (1996) and Jeans (1998).

He later made his break as an independent director with the box-office failure Album (2002).

His second film, produced by Shankar's S Pictures, Veyil (2006) was both critically acclaimed and commercially successful. It was shown as the Indian representative at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. His next release, Angadi Theru (2010), showcased a romantic tale set in the famous Ranganathan Street in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The film won critical acclaim and was a commercial success as well. It was shortlisted for India's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2012, he released Aravaan, a period film based on the novel Kaaval Kottam, that reflects the life of people of South Tamil Nadu in the 18th century. Following that, he made the period drama Kaaviya Thalaivan (2014), which won critical acclaim.

The crime drama Jail (2021) starring G. V. Prakash Kumar and Abarnathi in main roles, and the film didn't go well as expected. He later directed the psychological thriller film Aneethi starring Arjun Das and Dushara Vijayan in lead roles. Aneethi is an impressive and powerful take on exploitation, kindness and everything in between. In 2024, the political thriller streaming television series Thalaimai Seyalagam was released to average reviews.

Filmography

References

1. "Kollywood's Top 25 Directors - Directors - Vetrimaran Balaji Sakthivel Lingusamy Vasanth Karu Pazhaniappan Simbudevan". www.behindwoods.com.
2. Ramprasad, Sinndhuja (27 November 2014). "Honest Company: The Vasanthabalan Interview". silverscreen.in. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
3. "rediff.com: 'It is a dream to have a producer like Shankar'". specials.rediff.com.
4. "Tamil Cinema News | Tamil Movie Reviews | Tamil Movie Trailers - IndiaGlitz Tamil". Archived from the original on 27 September 2010.
5. "Unmasking the Theatre of the 20s".
6. "Arjun Das and Vasanthabalan's 'Aneethi' heads to the final stage of production".
7. "Aneethi Movie Review: A Disturbing Tale of Capitalism Crippled By A Contrived Screenplay".
8. "Aneethi review: Vasanthabalan is back with yet another rooted story".
9. "Thalaimai Seyalagam Review: Strained Cliffhanger".
10. "The 6th annual Norway Tamil Film Festival - Tamilar Awards 2015 Winners announced! | NTFF". www.ntff.no. Archived from the original on 20 March 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

External links

• Vasanthabalan at IMDb

• Tamil film directors
• Living people
• Film directors from Tamil Nadu
• People from Virudhunagar district
• Filmfare Awards South winners
• 21st-century Indian people