T. S. B. K. Moulee

T. S. B. K. Moulee (born: March 14, 1947 Thiruvidaimarudur Sambamoorthi Ganapaadigal Balakrishna Sastrigal Mouli) is an Indian film director, writer, playwright, thespian and actor known for his works in Tamil cinema and Telugu cinema.[1] His celluloid scripts include Kamal Haasan's Pammal K. Sambandam, the biographical sports drama film Ashwini, and Nala Damayanthi in the year 2003.[2]

T. S. B. K. Moulee
Born (1947-03-14) 14 March 1947
Madras, India
NationalityIndian
Other namesMouli, B Chandra Mouli, B C Mouli
OccupationActor, film director
Years active1973–present

Three of his popular plays were translated into Telugu and Bengali and were staged by eminent troupes in Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal with a record of 4000 stage shows.[3][4] He received the Kalaimamani Award for "Best Writer" in 1985 and the Nandi Award for five films. He has acted in more than 100 films in Tamil and Telugu. He has done supporting roles in films like Thiruvilayaadal Aarambam, Pirivom Sandhippom, Irumbukkotai Murattu Singam and Kadhal to Kalyanam.[5]

Early life

Mouli is the son of noted Harikatha exponent T. S. Balakrishna Sastrigal. Mouli was interested in acting and played parts in stage plays right from his school days. As a school-going kid, he was fascinated by the plays of T. K. Shanmugam and Singanallur Venkataramana Iyer Sahasranamam, both noted personalities in producing stage plays at that time.

Although he pursued a BTech degree, he said he "could not resist the temptation to write plays".[1] At 19, he wrote a 45-minute play and staged it at a function organised to felicitate actor Sivaji Ganesan for his Padma Shri award.[1] In his college days, he was a part of Y. G. Parthasarathy's United Artists Association. However, Mouli first came into limelight in 1969 when he wrote the screenplay for and acted in the play "Flight No. 172". The play was an enormous success and ran for thirty continuous years.

He then ventured into film direction despite not having worked as assistant director to anybody.[6] In an interview he said "Actually neither acting nor direction was my goal when I got a chance to venture into cinema. I just wanted to be a writer. But when a producer approached me to make one of my plays into a film and offered me direction too, I took it up".[6] His first feature film was Ivargal Vidhyasamaanavargal, which according to himself, "proved commercially viable" but his second film Matravai Neril, which he got to make, even before his first was completed, was his big break.[6] The film made with newcomers, took just 25 days to complete the shoot, and ran for 100 days.[1] He later directed two films under K. Balachander's banner, Anne Anne and Oru Pullanguzhal Adupputhugirathu and wrote the comedy track in Balachander's directorial Nizhal Nijamagiradhu besides acting in it.[1] His film Vaa Indha Pakkam was dubbed in Telugu and introduced Mouli to the Telugu industry. The same producer approached him to do a direct Telugu film. He did not know the language but with the help of popular Telugu writer Jandhyala who translated his script, he made the film Patnam Vachina Pativrathalu with Chiranjeevi and Radhika. The film was a high success, running for 280 days. From then on, he made over 20 Telugu films in the next 15 years.[1]

Personal life

Mouli is married and has two children – a daughter and a son. His daughter Shravanthi is a carnatic singer. He has a brother, S. B. Khanthan who is also a film and creative director.

Selective filmography

As director and writer
YearFilmLanguageRoleNotes
2003Nala DamayanthiTamilDirection & Script
2002Pammal K. SambandamTamilDirection & Screenplay
2000MadhuriTeluguDirection
1997ManaammaieDirection
1996Pellala RajyamTeluguDirection
1996Akka BagunnavaTeluguDirection
1995Miss 420TeluguDirection
1995AuntyTeluguDirection
1994Andharu AndhareTeluguDirection
1994O Thandri O KodukuTeluguDirection
1993Inspector AswaniTeluguDirection
1993AarambhamTeluguDirection
1993AadarsamTeluguDirection
1992AdhrustamTeluguDirection
1992Hello Darling LachipadamaTeluguDirection
1991AshwiniTeluguDirection
1991Manchi RojuTeluguDirection
1989Manasu MamathaDirection
1989Paila PacheesuTeluguDirection
1988Jeevana GangaTeluguDirection
1988O Bharya KathaTeluguDirection
1987Chandamama RaveTeluguDirection
1987AkshintaluTeluguDirection
1987Rowdy PoliceTeluguDirection
1986Patnam Pilla Paleturi ChinnoduTeluguDirection
1985PoruthamTamilDirection
1983Anney AnneyTamilDirection
1983Oru Pullanguzhal AduppuppthugirathuTamilDirection
1982Patnam Vachina PativrathaluTeluguDirection
1982Oru Varisu UruvagiradhuTamilDirection
1982Nandri, Meendum VarugaTamilDirection
1981Vaa Intha PakkamTamilDirection
1980Ivargal VidhiyasamanavargalTamilDirection
1980Mattravai NerilTamilDirection

As actor
Films
YearFilmLanguageNotes
1973SuryakanthiTamilDebut Film
1974Kai Niraya KasuTamil
1974Anbai ThediTamil
1975Anbe AaruyireTamil
1975Maalai Sooda VaaTamil
1978Nizhal NijamagiradhuTamil
1983Oru Pullanguzhal AdupputhukirathuTamil
1984Mahanagaramlo MayagaduTelugu
1985Anney AnneyTamil
1985Oru Malarin PayanamTamil
1989Apoorva SagodharargalTamil
1997PisthaTamil
1998Unnidathil Ennai KoduthenTamil
1998Kaathala KaathalaTamil
1998TimeTamil
1999Unnai ThediTamil
2000Sandhitha VelaiTamil
2000Pennin Manathai ThottuTamil
2001Alli Thandha VaanamTamil
2001Kunguma Pottu GounderTamil
2003Nala DamayanthiTamilDirector of this movie
2004Cheppave ChirugaliTelugu
2006Thiruvilaiyaadal AarambamTamil
2006Unakkum EnakkumTamil
2008Poi Solla PoromTamil
2008Pirivom SanthippomTamil
2009Thiru Thiru Thuru ThuruTamil
2010Theeradha Vilaiyattu PillaiTamil
2010Irumbu Kottai Murattu SingamTamil
2010Kadhal 2 KalyanamTamil
2011180Tamil
2013Pattathu YaanaiTamil
2018SeethakaathiTamil
2019EmbiranTamil
TBAVinodhanTamil

Television
Year Title Role Channel
1997Nimmathi Ungal choiceMouliSun TV
2008KolangalMouli Raj
2008–2009KalasamLawyer
2010–2015NadhaswaramChockalingam
2015–2018Kula DeivamSundaram/Arunachalam
2018–2019Kalyanamam KalyanamSivaprakasamVijay TV
2018–PresentKalyana VeeduMusic Director ManikkavasanSun TV

References
  1. T. SARAVANAN. "Mouli and the moolah". The Hindu.
  2. "TSB's genius remembered". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 21 August 2009.
  3. Malathi Rangarajan (1 October 2004). "Fun-filled 'Flight' for a noble cause". The Hindu.
  4. "Welcome to KutcheriBuzz.com". kutcheribuzz.com.
  5. http://popcorn.oneindia.in/artist-biography/15780/1/mouli.html
  6. "My first break". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 25 January 2008.
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