Ajayan Bala
Ajayan Bala | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, actor, film director |
| Years active | 2009–present |
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.[1]
He has written story and screen play for the movies Chennaiyil Oru Naal, Manithan, and Thalaivii. He has also directed one of the chapters in the horror anthology 6 Athiyayam.[2]
Bibliography
[edit]Novels
[edit]- Pakalmeenkal (published as a serial in Kalki)
Short story collections
[edit]- Mayilvakanan and other stories (Marutha Pathippakam)
- Moondravathu Arai Nanbanin Kathal Kathai
- Ajayan Bala Sirukathaikal (Nathan Pathippakam)
- Muthukkal Pathu (Amrutha Pathippakam)
Translated Screenplays
[edit]Biographies
[edit]- Ambedkar
- Annai Theresa
- Oviyar Van Gogh
- Karl Marx
- Charlie Chaplin
- Che Guevara
- Nelson Mandela
- Nethaji Subhas Chandra Bose
- Periyar
- Martin Luther King
Other Non-Fiction
[edit]- Mudivatra Kalaignan: Marlon Brando
- Sumar Ezhuthalanum Super Star-um
- Semmozhi Sirpigal (Life of 100 Tamil scholars)
- Ulaka cin̲imā varalār̲u : maun̲ayukam 1894–1929
Filmography
[edit]As director
[edit]- 6 Athiyayam (23 Feb 2018)
As writer
[edit]- Chennaiyil Oru Naal (2013) [3]
- Vana Yuddham (2013) (Tamil dubbed version)
- Manithan (2016)
- Diya (2018)
- Lakshmi (2018)
- Nethraa (2019)
- Watchman (2019)
- Memories (2023)
- Thalaivii (2021)
- Uyir Thamizhukku (2024)
As actor
[edit]- Chithiram Pesuthadi (2006)
- Vaalmiki (2009)
- Madrasapattinam (2010)
- Thenmerku Paruvakaatru (2010)
- Krishnaveni Panjaalai (2012)
Web series
[edit]- Love Bullet (2021)
References
[edit]- ^ Correspondent, Vikatan (7 January 2009). "நாயகன் - அஜயன் பாலா". www.vikatan.com/.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "An Interview with Ajayan Bala | SBS Your Language". www.sbs.com.au. Archived from the original on 7 February 2018.
- ^ Menon, Vishal (19 July 2015). "Making a remake". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.