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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Balasekaran<br />
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| birth_name = Dhanabalan<br />
| birth_date = 9 January<br />
| birth_place = [[Coimbatore]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
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| yearsactive = 1997–present<br />
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| occupation = Film director, writer<br />
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'''Balasekaran''' is an Indian film director and writer of [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language films. He is well known for his work ''[[Love Today (1997 film)|Love Today]]'', starring [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]]. He was once an assistant to [[K. Balachander]].<ref name="film">{{cite web|author=Krishna, Sandhya|title=Kodambakkam Babies|publisher=Indolink|date=12 December 1997|access-date= 22 February 2008|url=http://indolink.com/tamil/cinema/People/97/Dec/kuttisp1.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981202080525/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/People/97/Dec/kuttisp1.htm|archive-date=2 December 1998|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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He also worked in Tamil serials as writer in [[Nandini (TV series)|''Nandini'']] and ''[[Lakshmi Stores]]''.<br />
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==Career==<br />
After ''Love Today'', Balasekaran started work on a film titled ''Sollamalae'' for producer [[R. B. Choudary]] but later opted out. The producer released a film with the same name and a different script, later in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=GOKUL'S HOME PAGE|url=http://www.geocities.ws/gokima/gcnjul.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-30|website=geocities.ws/gokima}}</ref> Following the relative success of his ''[[Thulli Thirindha Kaalam]]'' (1997), [[Kavithalayaa]] signed him on for a further film titled ''Uyirezhuthu'', though the project eventually did not materialise.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20041023150320/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/gossip/27-04-98/uyir.htm</ref> He subsequently began making ''Solli Vidu'' for [[Vivekananda Pictures]] in mid-1998, with newcomers Raghuram, the son of producer Thiruppur Mani, and [[Simran (actress)|Simran]] in the lead roles.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19980615070331/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/interviews/simran/simran.htm</ref> Simran was later replaced by Jyothika, who herself was later replaced by Poonam. Supporting actors such as [[Raadhika]], [[Raghuvaran]] and [[Prakash Raj]] were also signed up, but the film was later shelved.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20050312052242/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/cinenews/15-06-98/balasek.htm</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20050205063435/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/cinenews/20-11-98/vijai.htm</ref><br />
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In 2003, the director was signed on by producer [[Prakash Raj]] to direct a film titled ''Thillalangadi'' starring [[Prabhu Deva]] and [[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]]. However the film failed to proceed and the venture was shelved.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Reel Talk|url=http://chennaionline.com/reeltalk/11reeltalk17th.asp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031130232032/http://chennaionline.com/reeltalk/11reeltalk17th.asp|archive-date=2003-11-30|access-date=|website=chennaionline.com}}</ref><br />
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== Filmography ==<br />
* ''[[Love Today (1997 film)|Love Today]]'' (1997)<br />
* ''[[Thulli Thirindha Kaalam]]'' (1998)<br />
* ''[[Priyamaina Neeku]]'' (Telugu)<br />
* ''[[Snehamante Idera]]'' (2001) (Telugu)<br />
* ''[[Ammayi Bagundi]]'' (2001) (Telugu) (story)<br />
* ''[[Arya (2007 film)|Arya]]'' (2007)<br />
* ''[[Vinayakudu (film)|Vinayaka]]'' (2012) (partial reshoot)<br />
* ''[[Oruvar Meethu Iruvar Sainthu]]'' (2013)<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:20th-century Indian film directors]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian film directors]]<br />
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