And Mr. Balu Mahendra did editing, cinematography, writing, all of it. So the crew was very small”. Shivarajkumar sings special song for Kamal Haasan at Thug Life audio launch.

Kamal told IANS, “You can’t take away a film from a filmmaker like Mani Ratnam or Balu Mahendra. So what he was trying to do is give me a formidable character, and was actually elevating the ...

And Mr. Balu Mahendra did editing, cinematography, writing, all of it. So the crew was very small”. He further mentioned,“Balu was one of the earliest guys from FTII, Pune who came to Chennai ...

Producer Durai Veera Sakthi of VAU Media Entertainment has started a new film titled ‘Peranbum Perungobamum’. The upcoming movie marks the directorial debut of Veteran filmmaker Balu Mahendra ...

(Balu Mahendra fictionalised his strange love for Shoba in Moondram Pirai, remade in Hindi as Sadma). Shoba is an equal match for Rajinikanth in Mullum Malarum, the flower to his thorn.

How Balu Mahendra's Julie Ganapathi Differs From Stephen King’s Misery. Julie Ganapathi doesn’t go back to the source material in any ways that Rob Reiner’s Misery doesn’t, ...

Vinothraj, who looks up to veteran directors Balu Mahendra, Satyajit Ray and Adoor Gopalakrishnan, said the location and timing of the shoot for “Koozhangal” was as crucial as the story of the ...

The Balu Mahendra Library, opened just weeks before his seventh death anniversary last month, is housed on the first floor of an old building belonging to a cooperative society.

Balu Mahendra, known for his films such as Sadma, died Thursday morning of a heart attack. S. Bridget Leena. Updated 14 Feb 2014, 01:32 AM IST.

Moondram Pirai was a response to another tragedy – the suicide of director Balu Mahendra’s young wife Shoba. One of Southern cinema’s most gifted actresses, Shoba killed herself on May 1 ...

Remembering Balu Mahendra On the late filmmaker’s birth anniversary, MetroPlus checks out his studio and film school, his most regular haunts Published - May 18, 2017 05:36 pm IST .