Suresh Balaje
{{Short description|Indian film producer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Suresh Balaje
| image =
| caption = Suresh Balaje
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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| othername =
| occupation = Film producer
| yearsactive = 1980–present
| spouse = Usha Suresh
| children = 2
| parents = K. Balaji
Anandavally
| relations = Suchitra Mohanlal (sister)
Mohanlal (brother-in-law)
Pranav Mohanlal (nephew)
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Suresh Balaji is an Indian film producer, primarily working in Malayalam and Tamil films. He is the son of producer and actor K. Balaji. He has produced films such as Billa, Vazhvey Maayam, Gandharvam, Ulladakkam, 13 B, Yaavarum Nalam, Malamaal Weekly, Phir Milenge and Billa 2.
He is now working as an executive producer as well as a line producer under the banner Wide Angle Creations with his business partner George Pius. The french film Dheepan which won the Palme d'Or at 68th Cannes Film Festival is a collaboration of Wide Angle Creations and French director Jacques Audiard.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/the-standing-ovation-dheepan-got-in-cannes-truly-moved-me/20150529.htm|title='The standing ovation Dheepan got in Cannes truly moved me'|date=29 May 2015|accessdate = 30 May 2015|publisher=rediff}}
Partial filmography
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! Year ! Film ! Language ! Banner ! Director |
| 1978
| Sujatha Arts |
| 1980
| Sujatha Arts | R. Krishnamurthy |
| 1981
|Thee | Suresh Arts | R. Krishnamurthy |
| 1982
| Suresh Arts | R. Krishnamurthy |
| 1985
| Suresh Raj Films |
| 1985
| Suresh Raj Films |
| 1987
| Suresh Arts | Karthik Raghunath |
| 1989
| Suresh Arts | R. Krishnamurthy |
| 1991
| Sithara Combines | Kamal |
| 1993
| Sithara Combines |
| 1995
| Sithara Combines |
| 1999
| Sithara Combines |
| 2004
| Percept Picture Company | Revathi |
| 2006
| Sujatha |
| 2007
| Tamil | Sujatha Cine Arts |
| 2009
| Wide Angle |
| 2009
|13B | Hindi | Wide Angle |
| 2012
| (Sunir Kheterpal, Suresh Balaje, George Pius) |
| 2014
| Wide Angle | Sripriya |
| 2015
| Tamil | Suresh Balaje, George Pius, Sripriya, Rajkumar Sethupathi |
| 2014
| French | Patrick Sobelman (executive producer) | Michel Spinosa |
| 2015
| French | Pascal Caucheteux |
| 2015
| Hindi | Viacom 18 |
| 2015
| Tamil | Raajkamal films international | Rajesh M Selva |
| 2017
|Malayalam |Wide Angle Creations |V. K. Prakash |
| 2021
|Tamil |Wide Angle Creations |Mani Ratnam |
| 2022
|Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea |Malayalam |Aashirvad Cinemas, Confident Group & Moonshot Entertainments | rowspan="2" |Priyadarshan |
| 2023
|Tamil |Wide Angle Creations |
| 2025
|Malayalam |Aashirvad Cinemas & Lyca Productions |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0049384|name=Suresh Balaji}}
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Category:Film producers from Chennai
Category:Malayalam film producers