Bala
Acting
Born December 19, 1982, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Bala is an Indian film actor who has appeared in Malayalam and Tamil films. He made his debut in the Tamil film, Anbu (2003), before finding success as an actor in Malayalam films. Bala was born into a family closely associated with the film industry, with his grandfather being the owner of the Arunachala Studios. His father, Jeyakumar, directed over 350 films and documentaries, while his brother Siva has worked as a director and cinematographer in films. The actor made a comeback to Tamil films in 2014 after appearing as one of Ajith Kumar's four brothers in Veeram. In order to get the on screen chemistry sorted, Bala was closely associated with Ajith throughout the film's shoot and was full of praise for him after release. The film, directed by Bala's brother Siva, opened to critical and commercial success. Bala made his directorial debut through the 2012 Malayalam action film, The Hit List, in which he also played the lead role.
Filmography
- 2026Pennu Case — Tamil Husband
- 2025The Case Diary — Ranganathan
- 2024Bad Boyz — Producer Kalai Singam Dorai Raj
- 2022Shefeekkinte Santhosham — Ameer
- 2021Annaatthe — Arjun
- 20191948 Kaalam Paranjathu
- 2019Fancy Dress — Gabriel
- 2019Lucifer — Bhadran
- 2019Madura Raja
- 2019Thambi — Manimaaran MLA
- 2018Aanakallan — Surya Narayanan
- 2018Wonder Boys
- 2017Nilavariyathe
- 2016Iru Mugan
- 2016Pulimurugan — Shiva
- 2015Ennu Ninte Moideen — Kottatil Sethu Madhavan
- 2014Endrendrum
- 2014Veeram — Murugan
- 2013Cowboy — Xavier
- 2013Musafir — Sakthi
- 2012Hero — Uday
- 2012Sthalam
- 2012The Hitlist — Director, Producer, Story
- 2012Violet
- 2011Kayam — Sasikuttan
- 2011Priyappetta Nattukare
- 2010Alexander The Great — Manoj Varma
- 2010Black Stallion — Ameer Usman
- 2010Chaverpada — Visal Sabhapathy
- 2010Drona 2010 — Anandapadmanabhan
- 2010Patham Adhyayam
- 2010Ring Tone
- 2010Sahasram — Vyshakan
- 2009Puthiya Mugham — Sudhi
- 2009Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded — SP Hamid
- 2009Venalmaram
- 2008Aayudham — Anwar Abdullah
- 2008Bullet
- 2008Chempada — Manu / Harikrishnan
- 2008SMS — Kichan
- 2008Sound of Boot — Rahul Krishna
- 2007Big B — Murugan John Kurishingal
- 2007Hareendran Oru Nishkalankan? — Commissioner Rajan Joseph IPS
- 2006Kalabham — Arjun
- Bilal — Murugan John Kurishingal
Appearances as themselves (1)
- Lal Salam — Self