Balu Mahendra
Personal Info:
KNOWN FOR
Directing
GENDER
male
BIRTHDAY
1939-05-20
DAY OF DEATH
2014-02-13
PLACE OF BIRTH
Batticaloa, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
ALSO KNOWN AS
Balanathan Benjamin Mahendranபாலு மகேந்திரா
Balu Mahendra
BIOGRAPHY
Balanathan Benjamin Mahendran or commonly known as Balu Mahendra, was an Indian cinematographer, director, screenwriter and film editor. Born into a Sri Lankan Tamil household, Mahendra developed a passion towards photography and literature at a tender age. He was drawn towards film-making after witnessing the shoot of David Lean's The Bridge on the River Kwai in Sri Lanka. He started his career as a literary editor before gaining an admission to the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) to pursue a course in cinematography. Mahendra entered films as a cinematographer in the early 1970s and gradually rose to becoming a film-maker by the end of the decade.
POPULAR MOVIES
acting
- 2013
production
- 2013
- 1989
directing
- 2013
- 2005
- 2003
- 1997
- 1995
- 1993
- 1992
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987
- 1985
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982
- 1980
- 1979
- 1977
writing
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005
- 2003
- 1995
- 1989
- 1989
- 1988
- 1988
- 1987
- 1985
- 1985
- 1985
- 1983
- 1983
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982
- 1980
editing
- 2013
- 2005
- 2003
- 1997
- 1996
- 1995
- 1993
- 1992
- 1992
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987
- 1983
- 1982
camera
- 2005
- 2003
- 1995
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987
- 1985
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982
- 1982
- 1980
- 1980
- 1979
- 1979
- 1978
- 1976
- 1975
- 1974
crew
- 1974
- 1973