Ramesh Balakrishnan is an

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film director and television producer who has worked on Tamil films and serials.

Career

Ramesh Balakrishnan graduated with an English literature degree, before going on to take a film making course at the Film and Television Institute of Chennai. He began his directorial career with the film ''

Adharmam ''Adharmam'' () is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Ramesh Balakrishnan. The film stars Murali, Ranjitha and Nassar. The film had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 14 April 1994, Puthandu (Tamil New Year). ...

'' (1994) featuring Murali and

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in the lead roles, where cinematographer

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also made his debut. His second film ''

Pagaivan ''Pagaivan'' () is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed by Ramesh Balakrishnan, starring Ajith Kumar, Sathyaraj and Anjala Zaveri. The film revolves around a kidnapping undertaken by Ajith's character and the actions that the ...

'' (1997) starring

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and

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released three years later, with the makers experiencing delays after they fell out with the lead actress

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. He then went on to make the action drama ''

Thadayam ''Thadayam'' () is a 1997 Tamil language action film directed by Ramesh Balakrishnan. The film stars Vijayashanti, Ramki and Indraja. The film, produced by Jothi Prasad Srinivasan, had musical score by Deva and was released on 28 November 1997. ...

'' (1997), and took a break before making the horror film ''

Adhu ''Adhu'' () is a 2004 Tamil-language horror film directed by Ramesh Balakrishnan, starring Sneha as a spirit possessed girl. The film, that has Aravind, a newcomer, Suha, Kazan Khan and Vijayan in supporting and Abbas in a cameo role, is a re ...

'' (2004), which starred Sneha in the lead role. Moving away from feature films, he worked for UTV Mumbai and then helped launch the

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television series on Sun TV. He then briefly headed UTV's Chennai office, before starting his own production house, Crank Mediaworks. The studio has since gone to make serials including '' Malli'', ''Agni Paarvai'' featuring

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and ''Vijay Chithiram''.

Filmography

References

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