Ramesh Balakrishnan

Ramesh Balakrishnan
Ramesh Balakrishnan
Other names	Ramesh Krishnan
Occupation	Director
Years active	1994–present

Ramesh Balakrishnan is an Indian film director and television producer who has worked on Tamil films and serials.^[1]

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 Ranjitha in the lead roles, where cinematographer V. Manikandan also made his debut. His second film Pagaivan (1997) starring Ajith Kumar and Sathyaraj released three years later, with the makers experiencing delays after they fell out with the lead actress Anjala Zhaveri.^[2] He then went on to make the action drama Thadayam (1997), and took a break before making the horror film Adhu (2004), which starred Sneha in the lead role.^[3]

Moving away from feature films, he worked for UTV Mumbai and then helped launch the Mahabharatham 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 Simran and Vijay Chithiram.

Filmography[]

Year	Film	Notes
1994	Adharmam
1997	Pagaivan
1997	Thadayam
2004	Adhu

References[]

^ Kumar, S. R. Ashok (8 March 2014). "Audio Beat: Snehavin Kadalargal - Her point of view". The Hindu.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". www.thehindu.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2004. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] Kumar, S. R. Ashok (8 March 2014). "Audio Beat: Snehavin Kadalargal - Her point of view". The Hindu.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Archived copy". www.thehindu.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2004. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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