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Gaana Bala

Born June 20, 1970 (age 56)

Bala Murugan, better known by his stage name Gana Bala is an Indian playback singer in Tamil cinema. He rose to prominence after rendering the songs 'Aadi Pona Aavani' and 'Nadukadalula Kappala' from the soundtrack of Attakathi. He has predominantly sung songs belonging to the gaana genre of Tamil Nadu.[1] He has been credited for reviving the gaana genre in Tamil Cinema after 'Thenisai Thendral' …

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Youth

MovieComedyRomance

Youth follows Praveen, a 15-year-old boy who enters adolescence determined to find true love before school ends. As he goes through multiple relationships and heartbreaks, he slowly begins to understand what love truly means. Along the way, the experiences shape his growth, maturity, and outlook on life.

Chithiram Pesuthadi 2

Chithiram Pesuthadi 2 · 2019

Chithiram Pesuthadi 2

MovieDramaThriller

Thiru, a hired killer, attacks a dreaded gangster with a sickle. However, he is forced to go underground after a man named Kathir witnesses his crime.

Nimirndhu Nil

Nimirndhu Nil · 2014

MovieActionThriller

Aravind, a principled young man, takes on the corrupt officers in the government. They soon launch a counter-attack. Will Aravind emerge victorious or succumb to their wiles?

Soodhu Kavvum

Soodhu Kavvum · 2013

MovieComedyThriller

Dass specialises in small time kidnapping and has his own set of rules. The primary and most important among them is not to get involved with influential people. Three jobless youngsters meet Dass and the four take up an assignment for a hefty sum that throws away this primary rule and end up being chased by a dreaded policeman.

Maan Karate

Maan Karate · 2014

Five friends meet a mystic in a forest who grants their wish — a newspaper from the future. They decide to get rich by using their knowledge of the future. They focus their efforts on Peter, a carefree youth from Royapuram, who is predicted by the newspaper to win a boxing match and present the prize money of Rs. 2 crores to the five friends. However, they are perplexed when they discover that Peter has absolutely no knowledge of boxing.

Pattathu Yaanai

Pattathu Yaanai · 2013

Pattathu Yaanai

MovieActionComedy

A bunch of wedding caterers lead by Santhanam run from trouble and land in Trichy - only to find more trouble. In Trichy, the problems are bigger than before and running away is not an option.

Vada Chennai

Vada Chennai · 2018

MovieActionCrime

Anbu, a young carrom player in North Chennai becomes inadvertently involved in an ongoing conflict between two local gangsters.

Yaan

MovieRomanceAction

Yaan is a 2014 Tamil film directed by Ravi K. Chandran. The film stars Jiiva and Thulasi Nair in lead roles.

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Youth

MovieComedyRomance

Youth follows Praveen, a 15-year-old boy who enters adolescence determined to find true love before school ends. As he goes through multiple relationships and heartbreaks, he slowly begins to understand what love truly means. Along the way, the experiences shape his growth, maturity, and outlook on life.

Playback Singer

Chithiram Pesuthadi 2

Chithiram Pesuthadi 2 · 2019

Chithiram Pesuthadi 2

MovieDramaThriller

Thiru, a hired killer, attacks a dreaded gangster with a sickle. However, he is forced to go underground after a man named Kathir witnesses his crime.

Playback Singer

Nimirndhu Nil

Nimirndhu Nil · 2014

MovieActionThriller

Aravind, a principled young man, takes on the corrupt officers in the government. They soon launch a counter-attack. Will Aravind emerge victorious or succumb to their wiles?

Lyricist

Soodhu Kavvum

Soodhu Kavvum · 2013

MovieComedyThriller

Dass specialises in small time kidnapping and has his own set of rules. The primary and most important among them is not to get involved with influential people. Three jobless youngsters meet Dass and the four take up an assignment for a hefty sum that throws away this primary rule and end up being chased by a dreaded policeman.

Playback Singer

Maan Karate

Maan Karate · 2014

Five friends meet a mystic in a forest who grants their wish — a newspaper from the future. They decide to get rich by using their knowledge of the future. They focus their efforts on Peter, a carefree youth from Royapuram, who is predicted by the newspaper to win a boxing match and present the prize money of Rs. 2 crores to the five friends. However, they are perplexed when they discover that Peter has absolutely no knowledge of boxing.

Lyricist

Pattathu Yaanai

Pattathu Yaanai · 2013

Pattathu Yaanai

MovieActionComedy

A bunch of wedding caterers lead by Santhanam run from trouble and land in Trichy - only to find more trouble. In Trichy, the problems are bigger than before and running away is not an option.

Playback Singer

Vada Chennai

Vada Chennai · 2018

MovieActionCrime

Anbu, a young carrom player in North Chennai becomes inadvertently involved in an ongoing conflict between two local gangsters.

Lyricist

Yaan

MovieRomanceAction

Yaan is a 2014 Tamil film directed by Ravi K. Chandran. The film stars Jiiva and Thulasi Nair in lead roles.

Playback Singer

Kabali

MovieActionCrime

A gangster in Malaysia goes in search of his family after 25 years of imprisonment.

Playback Singer

Rajavum 5 Koojavum

Rajavum 5 Koojavum · 2022

Rajavum 5 Koojavum

A group of 6 friends plans to travel to Srilanka. The hurdles and issues faced by the gang during their journey and the secretive reason behind it forms the crux.

Playback Singer

Trisha Illana Nayanthara

Trisha Illana Nayanthara · 2015

Trisha Illana Nayanthara

MovieRomanceAction

A young man falls in love with his childhood friends only to keep breaking up with them, not realising that he will always end up as a loser.

Playback Singer

Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani

Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani · 2014

Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani

MovieComedyRomance

An uneducated and naive young man from a family of Siddha doctors wants to marry an educated woman so that he won't be cheated in life. He marries a girl lying that he is a doctor but the girl has her own secrets...

Kadhal Mattum Vena

Kadhal Mattum Vena · 2019

Kadhal Mattum Vena

MovieDramaRomance

A romantic film directed by Sam Khan, starring Sam Khan, Elizabeth and Divyanganaa Jain in the lead roles.

Playback Singer

Annanukku Jey

Annanukku Jey · 2018

MovieComedyDrama

The son of a toddy seller decides to become a politician to take on bar owner who tries to bring down his father.

Playback Singer

Trip

MovieHorrorFantasy

A group of friends mistake two harmless individuals for murderers during a trip to the forest, leading to series of events that turns serious by the minute, putting them all in danger.

Playback Singer

Attakathi

Attakathi · 2012

MovieComedyRomance

Dinakaran, a college student who becomes the leader of a gang, is unlucky in love. Soon, he tries to find true romance in Poornima, a woman who rejected him once before.

Lyricist

Jo & Jo

Jo & Jo · 2022

MovieDramaComedy

Jo & Jo is a coming of age comedy-drama that tells the story of how a few youngsters in a village enjoy their life when the world itself shuts down due to covid19 pandemic and how their life fell apart after an unexpected event happened.

Playback Singer

Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya

Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya · 2013

Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya

Shiva and his friends fall for Sowmya, who has just moved into their locality. They are forced into a competition to win over the girl.

Lyricist

Naan Sigappu Manithan

Naan Sigappu Manithan · 2014

Naan Sigappu Manithan

MovieActionDrama

Indran suffers from narcolepsy, a sleep disorder that makes him fall asleep at the slightest excitement. He meets Meera and they fall in love but one night, they are attacked by unknown persons. Indran panics and goes into sleep, while Meera is raped. Indran must rely hard on his wits to find the assailants and overcome his condition get his revenge.

Playback Singer

Pizza

MovieThrillerComedy

Michael, a pizza delivery boy, lives with Anu, an aspiring horror fiction writer. One day, on a delivery run, he goes to a bungalow, where mysterious events begin to unfold.

Playback Singer

Vekkai

Playback Singer

Paradesi

Paradesi · 2013

MovieDramaHistory

Before independence during the 1940's depicts the lives of poor carefree villagers who are lured to work in tea plantation farms and how they are forced to live rest of their lives as slaves with no traces of hope and freedom.

Playback Singer

Inimey Ippadithan

Inimey Ippadithan · 2015

Inimey Ippadithan

MovieComedyRomance

Seenu is in love with Maha but his parents fix up his marriage with Akhila. However, circumstances force him to stay silent every time he tries to reveal his love affair.

Lyricist

Piragu

Piragu (English: Then) is a 2007 Tamil crime drama film directed by N. Jeeva. The film features Hamsavardhan, Keerthi Chawla and Sunitha Varma in lead roles, with Vadivelu, Kadhal Dhandapani, Malaysia Vasudevan, Sabitha Anand and Emey playing supporting roles. The film, produced by R. Saravana and S. K. Chandhrasekar, had musical score by Srikanth Deva and was released on 21 September 2007.