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{{Short description|Indian writer, actor, film director and screenplay writer}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ajayan Bala
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| birth_place = [[Kancheepuram]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| other_names =
| occupation = Writer, actor, film director
| years_active = 2009–present
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'''Ajayan Bala''' is an Indian writer, actor, and film director from [[Kancheepuram]], [[Tamilnadu]]. His book ''Ulaka cin̲imā varalār̲u : maun̲ayukam 1894-1929'' was awarded as best book in the fine arts section by [[Tamil Nadu]] 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vikatan.com/oddities/miscellaneous/42750--2|title=நாயகன் - அஜயன் பாலா|first=Vikatan|last=Correspondent|website=www.vikatan.com/|date=7 January 2009 }}</ref>

He has written story and screen play for the movies ''[[Chennaiyil Oru Naal]]'', ''[[Manithan (2016 film)|Manithan]]'', and ''[[Thalaivii]]''. He has also directed one of the chapters in the [[Horror movie|horror]] [[Anthology film|anthology]] ''[[6 Athiyayam]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/tamil/en/audiotrack/interview-ajayan-bala |title=An Interview with Ajayan Bala {{!}} SBS Your Language |website=www.sbs.com.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207010519/https://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/tamil/en/audiotrack/interview-ajayan-bala |archive-date=2018-02-07}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
===Novels===
* Pakalmeenkal (published as a serial in [[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]])

===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]]

===Biographies===
* [[B. R. Ambedkar|Ambedkar]]
* [[Mother Teresa|Annai Theresa]]
* [[Vincent van Gogh|Oviyar Van Gogh]]
* [[Karl Marx]]
* [[Charlie Chaplin]]
* [[Che Guevara]]
* [[Nelson Mandela]]
* [[Subhas Chandra Bose|Nethaji Subhas Chandra Bose]]
* [[Periyar E. V. Ramasamy|Periyar]]
* [[Martin Luther King Jr.|Martin Luther King]]

===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 and writer===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Year
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" colspan="2"| Credited as
! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" scope="col" | Notes
|-
! Director !! Writer
|-
| rowspan="2"|2013 || ''[[Chennaiyil Oru Naal]]'' || {{no}} || {{partial|Screenplay}} || <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/making-a-remake/article7438722.ece|title=Making a remake|first=Vishal|last=Menon|newspaper=The Hindu|date=19 July 2015|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Vana Yuddham]]'' || {{no}} || {{partial|Dialogues}} || Tamil version
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Manithan (2016 film)|Manithan]]'' || {{no}} || {{partial|Dialogues}} ||
|-
| rowspan="3"|2018 || ''[[6 Athiyayam]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || Anthology film; segment: "Misai"
|-
|''[[Diya (film)|Diya]]'' || {{no}} || {{partial|Dialogues}} || Tamil version
|-
| ''[[Lakshmi (2018 film)|Lakshmi]]'' || {{no}} || {{partial|Dialogues}} || Tamil version
|-
| rowspan="2"|2019 || ''[[Nethraa]]'' || {{no}} || {{partial|Dialogues}} ||
|-
| ''[[Watchman (film)|Watchman]]'' || {{no}} || {{partial|Dialogues}} ||
|-
| 2021 || ''[[Thalaivii]]'' || {{no}} || {{partial|Story}} ||
|-
| 2023 || ''[[Memories (2023 film)|Memories]]'' || {{no}} || {{partial|Dialogues}} ||
|-
| 2024 || ''[[Uyir Thamizhukku]]''|| {{no}} || {{yes}} ||
|-
| 2026 || ''[[Mylanji (2026 film)|Mylanji]]'' || {{yes}} || {{Yes}} ||
|}

===As actor===
*''[[Chithiram Pesuthadi]]'' (2006)
*''[[Vaalmiki (film)|Vaalmiki]]'' (2009)
*'' [[Madrasapattinam]]'' (2010)
*''[[Thenmerku Paruvakaatru]]'' (2010)
*''[[Krishnaveni Panjaalai]]'' (2012)

===Web series ===
* ''Love Bullet'' (2021)

==References==
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Igororh at 23:45, 3 March 2026