Balu Mahendra
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1939-05-20 (75 years old)
Deathday
2014-02-13
Place of Birth
Batticaloa, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
Also known As
Balanathan Benjamin Mahendran
பாலு மகேந்திரா
Balu Mahendra
Biography
Balanathan Benjamin Mahendran or commonly known as Balu Mahendra, was an Indian cinematographer, director, screenwriter and film editor. Born into a Sri Lankan Tamil household, Mahendra developed a passion towards photography and literature at a tender age. He was drawn towards film-making after witnessing the shoot of David Lean's The Bridge on the River Kwai in Sri Lanka. He started his career as a literary editor before gaining an admission to the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) to pursue a course in cinematography. Mahendra entered films as a cinematographer in the early 1970s and gradually rose to becoming a film-maker by t...
Acting
2013
as Grandfather
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as Himself
Production
1985
as Director
1982
as Director
2005
as Director
2013
as Director
2013
as Editor
2003
as Director
1987
as Director
1985
as Director
1992
as Director
1992
as Editor
1974
as Cinematography
1973
as Cinematography
1988
as Director
1988
as Editor
1980
as Director
1977
as Director
1995
as Editor
1995
as Screenplay
1983
as Director
1979
as Director
1993
as Director
1993
as Editor
1983
as Screenplay
1983
as Story
1982
as Director
1997
as Director
1997
as Editor
1976
as Director of Photography
1984
as Director
1982
as Director
2005
as Screenplay
2005
as Dialogue
2005
as Editor
1989
as Editor
1989
as Director
1989
as Screenplay
1983
as Director
1995
as Director
1996
as Editor
1996
as Dialogue
1996
as Director
1996
as Screenplay
2001
as Director
1977
as Screenplay
1979
as Screenplay
1980
as Screenplay
1992
as Story
1992
as Director
1992
as Screenplay
1992
as Editor
1991
as Director
1983
as Screenplay
1983
as Story
1983
as Editor
1983
as Director
1985
as Screenplay
1983
as Screenplay
1983
as Dialogue
1982
as Screenplay
1982
as Dialogue
1993
as Director of Photography
1983
as Director of Photography
1982
as Director of Photography
1987
as Director of Photography
1987
as Editor
1987
as Screenplay
2005
as Director of Photography
1997
as Screenplay
1996
as Director of Photography
2003
as Screenplay
2001
as Screenplay
2003
as Director of Photography
2001
as Story
2013
as Director of Photography
2005
as Story
2001
as Director of Photography
2003
as Editor
2001
as Dialogue
1997
as Story
1996
as Story
2013
as Story
2013
as Screenplay
2013
as Producer
1997
as Director of Photography
1983
as Director of Photography
1992
as Story
1983
as Director of Photography
1989
as Producer
1988
as Dialogue
1985
as Director of Photography
1984
as Screenplay
1989
as Dialogue
1988
as Screenplay
1984
as Dialogue
1992
as Screenplay
1991
as Director of Photography
1988
as Director of Photography
1983
as Director of Photography
1995
as Director of Photography
1983
as Story
1984
as Director of Photography
1992
as Director of Photography
1983
as Director of Photography
1992
as Director of Photography
1989
as Director of Photography
1975
as Story
1980
as Director of Photography
1979
as Director of Photography
1978
as Director of Photography
1977
as Story
1975
as Director of Photography
1975
as Director of Photography
1982
as Screenplay
1974
as Director of Photography
1982
as Editor
1977
as Director of Photography
1975
as Director of Photography
1974
as Director of Photography
1980
as Director of Photography
1973
as Director of Photography
1979
as Story
1978
as Director of Photography
1975
as Director of Photography
1979
as Director of Photography
1982
as Director of Photography
1982
as Director of Photography
1973
as Director of Photography
1982
as Story
1978
as Director of Photography
1975
as Story
1982
as Dialogue
1982
as Screenplay
1979
as Director of Photography
1976
as Director of Photography
1972
as Director of Photography
1985
as Screenplay
1985
as Director of Photography
1985
as Dialogue
2005
as Original Story
1988
as Writer
1980
as Writer
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