Ajayan Bala is an Indian writer, film director and screenplay writer from
Thirukalukundram,
Tamilnadu
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. His book ''Ulaka cin̲imā varalār̲u : maun̲ayukam 1894-1929'' was awarded as best book in the fine arts section by
Tamil Nadu
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Government in 2007. He has written several fiction and non-fiction works in Tamil. He has written a history serial in the popular Tamil magazine Ananda Vikatan.
He has written story and screen play for the movies
Chennaiyil Oru Naal,
Vana Yuddham,
Manithan, and has worked as assistant director for
Chithiram Pesuthadi,
Vaalmiki
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,
Madrasapattinam,
Thenmerku Paruvakaatru, and
Krishnaveni Panjaalai
''Krishnaveni Panjaalai'' is an Indian Tamil-language romance film written and directed by debutant Dhanapal Padmanabhan, the film has Hemachandran, Nandana, M. S. Bhaskar, Rajiv Krishna and Bala Singh among others in lead roles. The film is s ...
. He has also directed one of the chapters in the
horror
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anthology 6 Athiyayam.
Bibliography
Novels
* Pakalmeenkal (published as a serial in
Kalki
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)
Short story collections
* Mayilvakanan and other stories (Marutha Pathippakam)
* Moondravathu Arai Nanbanin Kathal Kathai
* Ajayan Bala Sirukathaikal (Nathan Pathippakam)
* Muthukkal Pathu (Amrutha Pathippakam)
Translated Screenplays
*
The Battle of Algiers
*
Bicycle Thieves
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Biographies
*
Ambedkar
*
Annai Theresa
*
Oviyar Van Gogh
*
Karl Marx
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*
Charlie Chaplin
*
*
Nelson Mandela
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*
Nethaji Subhas Chandra Bose
*
Periyar
*
Martin Luther King
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Other Non-Fiction
* Mudivatra Kalaignan: Marlon Brando
* Sumar Ezhuthalanum Super Star-um
* Semmozhi Sirpigal (Life of 100 Tamil scholars)
* Ulaka cin̲imā varalār̲u : maun̲ayukam 1894-1929
Filmography
As director
*
6 Athiyayam (23 Feb 2018)
As writer
*
Chennaiyil Oru Naal (2013)
*
Vana Yuddham (2013) (Tamil dubbed version)
*
Manithan (2016)
*
Diya
Diya may refer to:
* ''Diya (film)'', 2018 Tamil- and Telugu-language film
* Diya (Islam), Islamic term for monetary compensation for bodily harm or property damage
* Diya (lamp), ghee- or oil-based candle often used in South Asian religious ceremo ...
(2018)
*
Lakshmi
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(2018)
*
Nethraa (2019)
*
Watchman (2019)
*
Memories
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(2021)
*
Thalaivi
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And Raj Arjun as R. M. Veerappan. ...
(2021)
*
Narkali (2021)
web series
*
love bullet
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(7 July 2021)
References
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Screenwriters from Chennai
Film directors from Chennai
Indian male screenwriters
Tamil film directors
Tamil screenwriters