A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
Born:
July 5, 1946
Died:
May 15, 2018
Balakumaran was an Indian Tamil writer and author of over 200 novels, 100 short stories, and dialogue/screenplay writer for 23 films.[2] He also contributed to Tamil periodicals such as Kalki, Ananda Vikatan and Kumudam.[3] His Notable works as a dialogue writer in Tamil Cinema includes Nayakan, Guna, Baashha and Pudhupettai.
Dialogue:
1981 Raja Paarvai
1987 Nayakan
1991 Gunaa
1993 Gentleman
1994 Kaadhalan
1995 Baasha
1995 Ragasiya Police
1997 Ullasam
1998 Jeans
1998 Velai
2000 Mugavari
2001 Citizen
2001 Majunu
2003 Kadhal Sadugudu
2004 Adhu
2004 Manmadhan
2005 Thotti Jaya
2006 Pudhupettai
Director:
1981 Raja Paarvai
1987 Nayakan
1988 Idhu Namma Aalu
1991 Gunaa
1993 Gentleman
1994 Kaadhalan
1995 Baasha
1995 Ragasiya Police
1997 Ullasam
1998 Jeans
1998 Velai
2000 Mugavari
2001 Citizen
2001 Majunu
2003 Kadhal Sadugudu
2004 Adhu
2004 Manmadhan
2005 Thotti Jaya
2006 Pudhupettai
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While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
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