Personal Info:
Name: Balaji Mohan
Nick Name: Balaji
Date Of Birth: 25 May 1987
Birth Place: Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
Profession: Film Director, Screenwriter, Actor
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Biography:
Personal Life:
Balaji Mohan was born on 25 May 1987, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. He completed his schooling in Campion Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary school, Tiruchirappalli, and later he joined the Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering in Chennai for his higher studies, albeit he had decided in 10th class already that he wanted to become a film director. He discontinued his engineering course two years later and went on to join the L.V.Prasad Movie and TV Academy in Vadapalani, Chennai to learn editing and sound design. Balaji studied acting at Alchemy Institute, Adyar, Chennai. In June 2012 he got married to Aruna and he confirmed his divorce by mutual consent due to irreconcilable differences.
Career:
He began his career as an assistant director for Tamil movies called Kulir 100 [2009]. While the movie was in its pre-production stage, he got the opportunity to join the Gateway to Hollywood, a show that was sired in sony TV. Later He joined as an assistant director for Sudha K.Prasad’s Tamil movie [2010] Drohi, while simultaneously participating in Kalaignar TV’s first season of Naalaya Iyakunar. He directed five short films namely Kodi, Addi Tail, The Juniors, Mittai Veedu, and Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi for the show and was one of the winners of the series award for consistent performance. Among his works, Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi was most popular and went viral on YouTube, garnering an overwhelming response and cinematographer Nirav Shah saw the short film and initiated the idea to make it into a full-length feature movie.
The movie was made as a bilingual in Telugu and Tamil; while the original title was given for the Tamil version, the Telugu version was named Love Failure, with the cast and crew being retained for both versions. The project was completed in a record 36 days, and both versions of the movie were released simultaneously in 2012 February in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, respectively. Opening to a highly positive critical response, the movie went on to become a sleeper hit in both states. In 2012 He collaborated with Dulqure Salmaan for his second directorial venture, a bilingual titled Vaayai Moodi Pesavum in Tamil and Samsaaram Aarogyathinu Haanikaram in Malayalam. In 2015 His third movie was Maari, starring actor Dhanush and it released in June 2015.
He then produced, directed, and written a web series titled As I’m Suffering From Kadhal, in which he also played an important character and the series was made in Tamil and dubbed in Telugu. On 15 June 2017 it was released in Hotstar originals.
His Movies List:
2012 – Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi, Love Failure
2014 – Vaayai Moodi Pesavum, Samsaaram Aarogyathinu Haanikaram
2015 – Maari
2017 – Power Paandi, Velailla Pattadhari 2
2018 – Maari 2
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