Ramesh Balakrishnan is an Indian 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'' (1994) featuring Murali and

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in the lead roles, where cinematographer V. Manikandan also made his debut. His second film '' Pagaivan'' (1997) starring Ajith Kumar and

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released three years later, with the makers experiencing delays after they fell out with the lead actress Anjala Zhaveri. He then went on to make the action drama '' Thadayam'' (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 rem ...

'' (2004), which starred

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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

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