| 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
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