Actor

Balu Mahendra

Directing

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Acting credits

Early stage

Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

TMDB popularity

2.5

Moderate attention

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Movies: 42Series: 0Crew credits: 41

TMDB ID: 584297

IMDb ID: nm0536818

Known for: Directing

Born: May 20, 1939

Died: February 13, 2014

Age: 74

Place of birth: Batticaloa, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1972 - 2005

Years active: 34

Wikidata: Q3520413

Also known as

Balanathan Benjamin Mahendran • பாலு மகேந்திரா

Other jobs

Director (16)Director of Photography (15)Editor (5)Cinematography (2)Original Story (1)Screenplay (1)Story (1)

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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 the end of the decade.

Movies

Movie credits linked with Balu Mahendra.