Suresh Balaji is an Indian film producer, primarily working in
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...
and
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
People, culture and language
* Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka
** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...
films. He is the son of producer and actor
K. Balaji. He has produced films such as ''
Billa'', ''
Vazhvey Maayam
''Vaazhvey Maayam'' () is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by R. Krishnamoorthy, starring Kamal Haasan
Parthasarathy Srinivasan (born 7 November 1954), known professionally as Kamal Haasan, is an Indian actor, filmm ...
'', ''
Gandharvam
''Gandharvam'' is a 1993 Indian Malayalam-language romantic thriller film directed by Sangeeth Sivan and written by Dennis Joseph from a story by Alex I. Kadavil and Sangeeth Sivan. It was produced by Suresh Balaje and stars Mohanlal and Kan ...
'', ''
Ulladakkam'', ''
13 B'', ''
Yaavarum Nalam'', ''
Malamaal Weekly'', ''
Phir Milenge'' and ''
Billa 2''.
He is now working as an executive producer as well as a line producer under the banner ''Wide Angle Creations'' with his business partner George Pius. The french film ''
Dheepan
''Dheepan'' is a 2015 French crime drama film directed by Jacques Audiard and co-written by Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, and Noé Debré. The film was partly inspired by Montesquieu's '' Persian Letters'', as well as the 1971 film '' Straw Dogs'', ...
'' which won the
Palme d'Or
The (; ) is the highest prize awarded to the director of the Best Feature Film of the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festiv ...
at
68th Cannes Film Festival is a collaboration of ''Wide Angle Creations'' and French director Jacques Audiard.
Partial filmography
References
External links
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Living people
Film producers from Chennai
Tamil film producers
Malayalam film producers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Mohanlal