Ajayan Bala
Ajayan Bala | |
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| Born | Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, actor, film director, screenplay writer |
| Years active | 2009–present |
Ajayan Bala is an Indian writer, actor, film director and screenplay writer 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, Vana Yuddham, Manithan, Thalaivi and Acted in Chithiram Pesuthadi, Vaalmiki, Madrasapattinam, Thenmerku Paruvakaatru, and Krishnaveni Panjaalai. 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)[4]
- Diya (2018)
- Lakshmi (2018)
- Nethraa (2019)
- Watchman (2019)
- Memories (2023)
- Thalaivi (2021)
- Uyir Thamizhukku (2024)
web series
[edit]- Love Bullet (7 July 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.
- ^ "Udhayanidhi Stalin's 'Manithan' joins his 'Decent Films' List - Tamil News". IndiaGlitz.com. 13 April 2016.