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Balamurali Balu is an indian film music director and lyricist who has worked as predominantly in tamil film industry . His First movie was ''Madhiyal Vell'' and composed many movies like Pallu Padama Paathuka Laterly he composed movie called
Peechankai ''Peechaankai'' ( ''Left Hand'') is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language black comedy film written and directed by Ashok. It became the first Indian film to deal with a rare disease of alien hand syndrome as its main plot point. It starred R. S. Karth ...
This critically acclaimed film was his debut movie as a music composer and he got appreciated by the audience . He got many compliment sutution when working in
Peechankai ''Peechaankai'' ( ''Left Hand'') is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language black comedy film written and directed by Ashok. It became the first Indian film to deal with a rare disease of alien hand syndrome as its main plot point. It starred R. S. Karth ...
for giving a quirky value to the music to go along with the theme of the movie's script even got an award for the category Best Music Producer in the Regional Film group in 2018


Early life

Balamurali Balu is a professional music composer in south India. He has also worked as a music director and a film score composer. Balamurali Balu has been part of many projects in the Tamil cinema industry. Balamurali Balu was born and raised in
Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...
in Tamil Nadu, India. He is currently working there and based in the same city. Balamurali Balu was born on the 16th of July. He entered the music industry in Tamil cinema in 2016 and is currently pursuing the same occupation. Balamurali Balu did his college education abroad in the United States of America. He has a degree of Ph.D. from his university which is the Georgia Institute of Technology located in Georgia in the United States of America. He specialized in the field of Chemical Engineering. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in the year 2009. Balamurali Balu then worked with the Intel Technologies company. In Early Prior to his music career, Balu completed his
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from Georgia Tech in
chemical engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials int ...
in 2009 and worked as a Process Engineer with
Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It is the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, and is one of the developers of the x86 seri ...
Technologies. He is also an alumni from
Berklee College of Music Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music, it also offers college-level cours ...
.


Career

In 2017, Balu got his first break in the Tamil film industry when he got an opportunity to score music for the critically acclaimed movie ''
Peechankai ''Peechaankai'' ( ''Left Hand'') is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language black comedy film written and directed by Ashok. It became the first Indian film to deal with a rare disease of alien hand syndrome as its main plot point. It starred R. S. Karth ...
''. The music was well-received and appreciated for adding value to the quirkiness of the script. He won the Best Music Producer Award in the Regional Film Category at the Indian Recording Artists Association Awards 2018 for the movie. In 2018, Balu joined hands with director Santhosh P. Jayakumar to score music for the film ''
Hara Hara Mahadevaki ''Hara Hara Mahadevaki'' is 2017 Indian Tamil-language crime romance film written and directed by Santhosh P. Jayakumar and Produced By Thangam Cinemas. The film features Gautham Karthik and Nikki Galrani in the lead roles, while Balamurali B ...
'', which starred Gautham Karthik. The music created a lot of attention, especially with the title song "Hara Hara Mahadevaki" becoming a viral hit. With the success of ''Hara Hara Mahadevaki'', Balu continued with blockbuster ''
Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu ''Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuthu'' () is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language adult horror comedy film written and directed by Santhosh P. Jayakumar and produced by K. E. Gnanavel Raja. The film stars Gautham Karthik and VJ Sha Ra, with Yashika Anand, ...
'', his second collaboration with Jayakumar and Gautham Karthik. He later composed the biographical film '' Traffic Ramasamy'', based on the life of activist
Traffic Ramaswamy K. R. Ramaswamy (1 April 1934 – 4 May 2021), referred to by the media as Traffic Ramaswamy, was an Indian public interest litigator and social activist from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He was a mill worker, a founder member of Tamil Nadu's Home Gua ...
. Afterwards, Balu collaborated with Jayakumar for the third time with the Arya-starrer '' Ghajinikanth'', a remake of the Telugu film ''
Bhale Bhale Magadivoy ''Bhale Bhale Magadivoy'' () is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Maruthi. Produced by Bunny Vasu under the production companies GA2 Pictures and UV Creations, ''Bhale Bhale Magadivoy'' stars Nani and La ...
''. In 2019, Balu composed music for ''
Chikati Gadilo Chithakotudu ''Chikati Gadilo Chithakotudu'' () is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language adult comedy horror film directed by Santhosh P. Jayakumar and starring Adith Arun, Nikki Tamboli, Sayantani Guhathakurta, and Bhagyashree Mote. This film is a remake of th ...
'', the Telugu remake of ''Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu'', which marked his Telugu film debut.currently he is working on kuthuku pathu a temple monkey series sets to release on aha OTT.


Other work

Balu has collaborated with Lady Kash as a music producer in her albums Rap Smash and Villupaattu. He also owns Sonic Pro Studios, a music studio in
Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...
.


Discography

;Films ;Television


References


External links

Balamurali Balu IMDB {{DEFAULTSORT:Balu, Balamurali Musicians from Chennai Living people Tamil film score composers 1970 births