Balu Mahendra
![Balu Mahendra](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/94QIp3LVcWwaY3xH7r02G2qlSi6.jpg)
Known For: Directing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: May 20, 1939
Day of Death: February 13, 2014 (75 years old)
Place of Birth: Batticaloa, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
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.
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Director
Sadma
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Screenplay
Sadma
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Story
Sadma
![Oomakkuyil](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/n1prUUHYauu6S8gniKFoZ6tlRkz.jpg)
Director
Oomakkuyil
Story
Vasanthame Varuga
Screenplay
Vasanthame Varuga
Director
Vasanthame Varuga
Editor
Vasanthame Varuga
![Oomakkuyil](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/n1prUUHYauu6S8gniKFoZ6tlRkz.jpg)
Dialogue
Oomakkuyil
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Director of Photography
Sadma
![Oomakkuyil](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/n1prUUHYauu6S8gniKFoZ6tlRkz.jpg)
Screenplay
Oomakkuyil
![Oomakkuyil](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/n1prUUHYauu6S8gniKFoZ6tlRkz.jpg)
Director of Photography
Oomakkuyil
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Story
Oomakkuyil
Director of Photography
Urangatha Ninaivugal
Director of Photography
Vasanthame Varuga
![Pallavi Anu Pallavi](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/w3XHqLxSk4fys80VQMqQYcTZwvS.jpg)
Director of Photography
Pallavi Anu Pallavi