Biography

Balakrishnan Thevar (born 25 April 1972), fondly called Bala, is associated with the Indian film industry as associate director, executive producer and actor. He has straddled the world of both feature and ad films in different capacities. One of the landmark movies he has been a part of, on the Direction team is Neerja, which bagged two honours at the 64th National Film Awards.

Bala forayed into the Indian film industry in 2007 with Gandhi, My Father, as the director's assistant and supervising sound editor. He also acted in this Feroz Abbas Khan-directed film. Thereafter, he worked with leading production houses like Dharma Productions (Kurbaan, Student of the Year, Ungli) and Sanjay Leela Bhansali Films, Viacom 18 Motion Pictures & Shabinaa Khan's (Gabbar is Back), Hari Om Entertainment and Farah Khan's (Joker), amongst others and auteur directors like Pankaj Kapur (Mausam), Rensil D'Silva (Kurbaan) and Ram Madhvani's (Neerja). In the recently released film, Noor (21 April 2017), directed by Sunhil Sippy, he was on board as associate director.

He has gained global cinematic experience by working on German films and a Hollywood movie, (Basmati Blues), directed by Dan Baron.