Ajayan Bala

Ajayan Bala
Born	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation(s)	Writer, film director, screenplay writer
Years active	2009–present

Ajayan Bala is an award winning writer, film director and screenplay writer from Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. His book Ulaka cin̲imā varalār̲u : maun̲ayukam 1894-1929 was awarded as best book in the fine arts section by Tamil Nadu Government in 2007. He has written several fiction and non-fiction works in Tamil. He has written a history serial in the popular Tamil magazine Ananda Vikatan.

He has written story and screen play for the movies Chennaiyil Oru Naal, Vana Yuddham, Manithan, and has worked as assistant director for Chithiram Pesuthadi, Valmiki, Madrasapattinam, Thenmerku Paruvakaatru, and Krishnaveni Panjaalai. He has also directed one of the chapters in the horror anthology 6 Athiyayam.

Bibliography

Novels

• Pakalmeenkal (published as a serial in Kalki)

Short story collections

• Mayilvakanan and other stories (Marutha Pathippakam)
• Moondravathu Arai Nanbanin Kathal Kathai
• Ajayan Bala Sirukathaikal (Nathan Pathippakam)
• Muthukkal Pathu (Amrutha Pathippakam)

Translated Screenplays

• The Battle of Algiers
• Bicycle Thieves

Biographies

• Ambedkar
• Annai Theresa
• Oviyar Van Gogh
• Karl Marx
• Charlie Chaplin
• Che Guevara
• Nelson Mandela
• Nethaji Subhas Chandra Bose
• Periyar
• Martin Luther King

Other Non-Fiction

• Mudivatra Kalaignan: Marlon Brando
• Sumar Ezhuthalanum Super Star-um
• Semmozhi Sirpigal (Life of 100 Tamil scholars)
• Ulaka cin̲imā varalār̲u : maun̲ayukam 1894-1929

Filmography

As director

• 6 Athiyayam (2018) - Upcoming

As screenplay writer

• Chennaiyil Oru Naal (2013)
• Vana Yuddham (2013)
• Manithan (2016)
• Karu (2018) - Upcoming
• Lakshmi (2018) - Upcoming
• Nethra (2018) - Upcoming