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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' …

Known For

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.

Scene

MovieActionComedy

A serious crime hunt with a not so serious team.

Kabali

MovieActionCrime

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

Vada Chennai

Vada Chennai · 2018

MovieCrimeDrama

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

Yennai Arindhaal

Yennai Arindhaal · 2015

Yennai Arindhaal

MovieThrillerAction

Sathyadev, who is on a career break, is forced to put on his cop shoes ones again to save Thenmozhi, a young woman who is the target of a criminal organ harvesting group, led by a ghost from his past.

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.

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?

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.

Filmography

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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

Scene

MovieActionComedy

A serious crime hunt with a not so serious team.

Playback Singer

Kabali

MovieActionCrime

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

Playback Singer

Vada Chennai

Vada Chennai · 2018

MovieCrimeDrama

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

Lyricist

Yennai Arindhaal

Yennai Arindhaal · 2015

Yennai Arindhaal

MovieThrillerAction

Sathyadev, who is on a career break, is forced to put on his cop shoes ones again to save Thenmozhi, a young woman who is the target of a criminal organ harvesting group, led by a ghost from his past.

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

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

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

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

Vai Raja Vai

Vai Raja Vai · 2015

MovieRomanceThriller

Karthik, who has ESP, helps his friend Panda win a betting game with his power, but this lands him in trouble with Randhai, the gangster who funded the betting operation, who, now, wants him to use his power and make a killing at a casino.

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

Yaan

MovieRomanceAction

Chandru, a jobless man, vows to get a job after the father of his girlfriend opposes their relationship. His joy on getting a job in an Islamic nation ends when he is nabbed there for carrying drugs.

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

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

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

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...

Vekkai

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

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

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

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

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

Cuckoo

MovieRomanceDrama

Visually-challenged Tamizh and Suthanthirakodi fall in love with each other, but her self-centred brother wants to marry her off to his friend, which leads to the lovers' separation. Can their love help them find each other?

Lyricist

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