Ramesh Balakrishnan
{{Short description|Indian film director}}
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Ramesh Balakrishnan is an Indian film director and television producer who has worked on Tamil films and serials.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/audio-beat-snehavin-kadalargal-her-point-of-view/article5764181.ece|title = Audio Beat: Snehavin Kadalargal - Her point of view|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 8 March 2014|last1 = Kumar|first1 = S. R. Ashok}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/index1.html |title=INDOlink Tamil Cinema - Tamil-Thirai-Valai |accessdate=2015-10-16 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924042414/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/index1.html |archivedate=2015-09-24 }} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/10/22/stories/2004102202790300.htm |title=The Hindu : Entertainment / Film Review : Adhu |website=www.thehindu.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041215183610/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/10/22/stories/2004102202790300.htm |archive-date=15 December 2004 |url-status=dead}}
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
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