Suresh Balaje

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)

Suresh Balaji 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.

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, Gauthami, 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 Rajkamal films
Sri Gokulam Films
Wide Angle (Suresh Balaje & George Pius) 		Kamal Haasan, Trisha Krishnan, Prakash Raj Rajesh M Selva Sleepless Night

References

  1. ↑ "'The standing ovation Dheepan got in Cannes truly moved me'". rediff. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
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