Balu Anand

Balu Anand (1954 – 3 June 2016) was an Indian actor and director who worked in Tamil-language films (Kollywood). He appeared in over 100 films as an actor and directed several films, such as Naane Raja Naane Mandhiri, Annanagar Mudhal Theru and Unakkaga Piranthen.[1][2][3][4]

Balu Anand
Born	c. 1954 Kalampalayam, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Died	3 June 2016 (aged 62) Kalampalayam, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Director Actor
Years active	1985-2016

Career

Anand is known as the director of successful films Naane Raja Naane Mandhiri starring Vijayakanth and the Sathyaraj, Radha, Ambika starrer Annanagar Mudhal Theru, a remake of Malayalam film Gandhinagar 2nd Street.[5]

In the early 2000s, Anand attempted to make a comeback through two films as a director, Paapoo...Paapoo and Low Class Loganathan, but neither film was theatrically released.[6] His last directorial venture Anandha Thollai starring Powerstar Srinivasan is still unreleased.[7]

Death

Anand died of a heart attack in his home town of Kalampalayam.[8][9]

Filmography

As Director

Year	Film	Language	Cast
1985	Naane Raja Naane Mandhiri	Tamil	Vijayakanth, Raadhika, Jeevitha, Goundamani
1986	Rasigan Oru Rasigai	Tamil	Sathyaraj, Ambika, Jaishankar
1986	Endravathu Oru Naal	Tamil	Naresh Kumar, Madhuri
1988	Annanagar Mudhal Theru	Tamil	Sathyaraj, Radha, Ambika, Raghuvaran
1992	Unakkaga Piranthen	Tamil	Prashanth, Mohini, Sangeetha, Janagaraj
1993	Rajadhi Raja Raja Kulothunga Raja Marthanda Raja Gambeera Kathavaraya Krishna Kamarajan	Tamil	Mansoor Ali Khan, Nandhini, Napoleon, Srihari
1995	Sindhu Bath	Tamil	Mansoor Ali Khan, Kasthuri, Sanghavi
2013	Sandhithathum Sindithathum	Tamil	Sathya, Huda Shah, Mithra Kurian, Nizhalgal Ravi, Ganja Karuppu
2015	Athiradi	Tamil	Mansoor Ali Khan

As actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1989	Rajadhi Raja
1991	Naadu Adhai Naadu	Driver of Bullock cart
1992	Thirumathi Palanisamy	Priest
1994	En Aasai Machan	Nachimuthu
1995	Gandhi Pirantha Mann
1996	Dhinamum Ennai Gavani
	Aavathum Pennale Azhivathum Pennale	Manush
	Thayagam
	Tata Birla	Deluxe Pandiyan
1997	Dhinamum Ennai Gavani
	Pistha
	Aahaa Enna Porutham	Kunju Gounder
	Thedinen Vanthathu	Peter Pandian
	Pagaivan	Security guard
1998	Ulavuthurai	Neurotic
1999	Annan
	Suyamvaram	Kanna's father
	Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga
2000	Vaanathaippola	Ramasamy
	Unnai Kann Theduthey
	Vanna Thamizh Pattu	Velusamy
2001	Krishna Krishna	Unnikrishnan
	Alli Thandha Vaanam
2002	Unnai Ninaithu	Radha's father
2003	Anbe Sivam	Train Ticket Checker
	Diwan
	Jay Jay
2004	Settai
	Vayasu Pasanga	Vicky's father
	Super Da
	Arivumani
	En Purushan Ethir Veetu Ponnu	Rekha's father
2005	Pesuvoma	Shanmugam
	Englishkaran
2006	Kusthi
	Vattaram
	Vanjagan	Avudaiyappan
2007	Kalakkura Chandru	Police inspector
	Nee Naan Nila	Ulundurpet Uthamarasu
2008	Pazhani	Jail warden
	Kasimedu Govindan	Vedi Muthu
2009	Padikkadavan	Shanmugam
	Unnai Kann Theduthe
	Engal Aasan
	Vedappan	Vedappan's father
2010	Aattanayagann
2012	Vachathi
2016	Manithan	Constable

References

1. "Tamil actor-director Balu Anand dies of heart attack". The Indian Express. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
2. "Actor Balu Anand passes away". The Hindu. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
3. "Actor-director Balu Anand dies of heart attack". abplive. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
4. "തമിഴ് നടൻ ബാലു ആനന്ദ് അന്തരിച്ചു". Reporter Live. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
5. "Tamil actor director Balu Anand passes away". bollywoodlife. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20050306225907/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/gossip/2001/april/27-4-01.htm
7. "Tamil actor-director Balu Anand dies at 62". ibtimes. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
8. "Director Balu Anand dies of heart attack". Times of India. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
9. "Director Balu Anand dies of heart attack". Hindustan Times. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

External links

• Balu Anand at IMDb