Suresh Balaje
Suresh Balaje is an Indian film producer, primarily concentrating in Malayalam and Tamil films. He is the son of producer and actor K. Balaji. He has produced many successful ventures like Billa, Vazhvey Maayam, Gandharvam, Ulladakkam, 13 B, Yaavarum Nalam, Malamaal Weekly, Phir Milenge and Billa 2.
Suresh Balaje | |
|---|---|
| Born | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Occupation | Film producer |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Spouse(s) | Usha Suresh |
| Children | Suraj Suresh (son) Sitara Suresh (daughter) |
| Parent(s) | K. Balaji Anandavally |
| Relatives | Sujatha Suchitra Mohanlal (sister) Mohanlal (brother-in-law) Pranav Mohanlal (nephew) |
Now he is doing films as executive producer as well as Line producer under the banner Wide Angle Creations with his business partner George Pius and the French film Dheepan which won the Palme d'Or at 68th Cannes Film Festival is a collaboration of Wide Angle Creations and French director Jacques Audiard.[1]
Partial filmography
| Year | Film | Language | Banner | Cast | Director | Remake of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Thyagam | Tamil | Sujatha Arts | Sivaji Ganesan, Lakshmi, Nagesh, Thengai Srinivasan | K. Vijayan | Amanush |
| 1980 | Billa | Tamil | Sujatha Arts | Rajinikanth, Sripriya, K. Balaji, Major Sundarrajan | R. Krishnamurthy | Don |
| 1981 | Thee | Tamil | Suresh Arts | Rajinikanth, Sripriya, Suman | R. Krishnamurthy | Deewaar |
| 1982 | Vazhvey Maayam | Tamil | Suresh Arts | Kamal Haasan, Sripriya, Sridevi, Jaishankar | R. Krishnamurthy | Premabhishekam |
| 1985 | Mangamma Sapatham | Tamil | Suresh Raj Films | Kamal Haasan, Sujatha, Madhavi, Sathyaraj | K. Vijayan | Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki |
| 1985 | Viduthalai | Tamil | Suresh Raj Films | Sivaji Ganesan, Rajinikanth, Vishnuvardhan, Madhavi | K. Vijayan | Qurbani |
| 1987 | Makkal En Pakkam | Tamil | Suresh Arts | Sathyaraj, Raghuvaran, Ambika, Rajesh | Karthik Raghunath | Rajavinte Makan |
| 1989 | Dravidan | Tamil | Suresh Arts | Sathyaraj, Suparna Anand, Jaishankar, Sharat Saxena | R. Krishnamurthy | Aryan |
| 1991 | Ulladakkam | Malayalam | Sithara Combines | Mohanlal, Amala, Shobana, Murali | Kamal | -- |
| 1993 | Gandharvam | Malayalam | Sithara Combines | Mohanlal, Kanchan, Devan, Vijayakumar | Sangeeth Sivan | -- |
| 1995 | Nirnayam | Malayalam | Sithara Combines | Mohanlal, Heera Rajagopal, Lalu Alex, Sharat Saxena | Sangeeth Sivan | The Fugitive |
| 1999 | Megham | Malayalam | Sithara Combines | Mammootty, Dilip, Pooja Batra, Priya Gill | Priyadarshan | |
| 2004 | Phir Milenge | Hindi | Percept Picture Company Line Producers Wide Angle-(Suresh Balaje & George Pius) |
Shilpa Shetty, Salman Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Mita Vasisht | Revathi | -- |
| 2006 | Malamaal Weekly | Hindi | Sujatha | Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Riteish Deshmukh, Reema Sen | Priyadarshan | |
| 2007 | Kireedam | Tamil | Sujatha Cine Arts | Ajith Kumar, Trisha Krishnan, Rajkiran, Ajay | A. L. Vijay | Kireedam |
| 2009 | Yavarum Nalam | Tamil | Wide Angle (Suresh Balaje & George Pius) |
R. Madhavan, Neetu Chandra, Ravi Babu, Sachin Khedekar | Vikram Kumar | -- |
| 2009 | 13B | Hindi | Wide Angle (Suresh Balaje & George Pius) |
R. Madhavan, Neetu Chandra, Poonam Dhillon, Sachin Khedekar | Vikram Kumar | -- |
| 2012 | Billa II | Tamil | (Sunir Kheterpal, Suresh Balaje, George Pius) | Ajith Kumar, Sudhanshu Pandey, Vidyut Jamwal, Manoj K. Jayan | Chakri Toleti | Scarface |
| 2014 | Malini 22 Palayamkottai | Tamil | Wide Angle (Suresh Balaje & George Pius) |
Nithya Menen, Krish J. Sathaar, Naresh | Sripriya | 22 Female Kottayam |
| 2014 | Papanasam | Tamil | Suresh Balaje, George Pius, Sripriya, Rajkumar Sethupathi | Kamal Haasan, Gautami, Kalabhavan Mani | Jeethu Joseph | Drishyam |
| 2014 | Son épouse | French | Patrick Sobelman (executive producer) Wide Angle (Suresh Balaje & George Pius) |
Yvan Attal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Janagi | Michel Spinosa | |
| 2015 | Dheepan | French | Pascal Caucheteux Wide Angle (Suresh Balaje & George Pius) |
Antonythasan Jesuthasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby | Jacques Audiard | 68th Cannes Film Festival, Palme d'Or |
| 2015 | Drishyam | Hindi | Viacom 18 Rajkumar Theatres Pvt Ltd Wide Angle (Suresh Balaje & George Pius) |
Ajay Devgan, Shriya Saran, Tabu | Nishikant Kamat | Drishyam |
| 2015 | Thoongaa Vanam | Tamil | Raajkamal films international Sri Gokulam Films Wide Angle (Suresh Balaje & George Pius) |
Kamal Haasan, Trisha Krishnan, Prakash Raj | Rajesh M Selva | Sleepless Night |
| 2017 | Careful | Malayalam | Wide Angle Creations | V. K. Prakash | U Turn | |
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References
- "'The standing ovation Dheepan got in Cannes truly moved me'". rediff. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
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