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S. Balaiah is a Actor and Producer Indian born on 22 august 1914
Tirunelveli S. Balaiah (August 23, 1914 – July 22, 1972) was a Tamil film actor best known for playing supporting roles in the Tamil film industry. He was introduced to the cine field by director Ellis R. Dungan in Sathi Leelavathi (1936), along with MGR, N.S.Krishnan and M.K. Radha. He was one of the very few actors who excelled as a villain, as well as in character roles and comic roles. Among his villain roles, Ambikapathy (1937), Madurai Veeran (1956), Hello Mr. Zamindar, and Thiruvilayadal (1965) were classics. Balaiah also excelled in comedy roles in movies such as Kavalai Illatha Manithan (1960), Kaadhalika Neramillai (1964), Bama Vijayam (1967) and Thillana Mohanambal (1968). Actor Sivaji Ganesan had once mentioned that Balaiah was his most admired actor. Actress Manochithra is his daughter.
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Pazhani (2008)
, 2h48Directed by Perarasu, A. Bhimsingh
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Bharath, Sivaji Ganesan, S. S. Rajendran, Kushboo Sundar, R. Muthuraman, Biju Menon
Roles Pannaiyar
Agathiyar (1972)
, 2h33Genres Drama
Themes Films based on mythology, Films about religion
Actors Sirkazhi Govindarajan, Gemini Ganesan, Ramasamy Subramania Manohar, R. Muthuraman, Sridevi, Devika
Rating66%
The story is about Agathiyar muni is considered to be the embodiment of one of celestial intellectual who descended on earth to enlighten human being. During wedding of Lord Shiva and Parvathi, the earth tilted to the Northern side, as the whole world was witnessing the marriage. Lord Shiva gave the responsibility of balancing the earth to Agathiyar by going to Southern side. Agathiyar is also given additional responsibility of spreading goodness and equality. Along with this he has the added task of spreading Tamil language. Many small stories , from the heaven to earth are interwoven in the movie. The stories teach one to lead simple existence without ego. It also shows how agathiyar in this journey destroy the ego of River Kaveri , Vidhaya Mount and Ravana. Thereby teaching them the greatness of humility.
Vilaiyaattu Pillai (1970)
Genres Drama
Actors Sivaji Ganesan, Padmini Ramachandran, Kanchana, Aachi Manorama, Sennalkudi Narayana Thevar Lakshmi, Roja Ramani
Roles Muthaiah's uncle
Kaaval Dheivam (1969)
Genres Drama
Actors Sivaji Ganesan, Sowcar Janaki, Lakshmi Narayan, Nagesh, Jaishankar, Sivakumar
Aanaikundram Jail. Superintendent K. Raghavan is a man of integrity and humaneness who views the 500 inmates as 500 books that need to be perused. He stays with his wife Alamu in the bungalow adjoining the penitentiary, and the childless couple treats the prisoners with compassion and love, for they look upon the inmates as the children they never had. Chamundi who is serving a life sentence for killing one of the 2 villains who had fatally molested his teenaged daughter Sivakami, Syed who , Kesavan who ensures that he is arrested ever so often on trivial crimes, for he prefers the comforts of the prison to the uncaring outside world…. With the unusual backdrop of a prison, JK endows each character with an interesting history and subtle idiosyncrasies.
Gurudhatchanai (1969)
Genres Drama
Actors Sivaji Ganesan, Jayalalithaa, Padmini Ramachandran, R. Muthuraman, Thangavelu, S. Balaiah
Paadhukaappu (1969)
Directed by A. Bhimsingh
Actors Sivaji Ganesan, Jayalalithaa, S. Balaiah, Sundarrajan, M. N. Nambiar, Nagesh
Thillana Mohanambal (1968)
, 2h46Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Musical films
Actors Sivaji Ganesan, Padmini Ramachandran, Chittor V. Nagaiah, S. Balaiah, Aachi Manorama, Nagesh
Roles Muthurakku
Rating75%
"Sikkal" Shanmugasundaram (Sundaram) (Sivaji Ganesan) is a devoted Nadaswaram player, but is short-tempered and sensitive. He meets Mohanambal (Mohana) (Padmini), a Bharatnatyam dancer, and they fall in love with each other. Sundaram's ego prevents him from developing his relationship with Mohanambal, who asks him to play a Thillana on his Nadaswaram while she dances. Mohanambal's mother Vadivambal (C. K. Saraswathi), an influential and mercenary woman, wants her daughter to marry a wealthy man so that she can settle down in life properly. Blinded by love, she disobeys her mother, creating a rift between them. Unaware of her feelings, Sundaram decides to leave the country along with Karuppayi (Manorama), a folk dancer whom he considers to be his sister. Mohana calls him a coward and challenges him to stay, which he readily accepts. In a temple, Sundaram plays the Thillana and Mohana dances. Sundaram, impressed with Mohana's performance, crowns her the title "Thillana Mohanambal". Suddenly Nagalingam (E. R. Sahadevan), a landlord who wanted to marry Mohana, turns up to stab Sundaram with a poisoned knife out of jealousy. He came to the temple to kill Mohana.
Enga Oor Raja (1968)
Directed by P. Madhavan
Genres Drama
Actors Sivaji Ganesan, Jayalalithaa, Sowcar Janaki, M. N. Nambiar, Nagesh, Aachi Manorama
Harichandra (1968)
Directed by K. S. Prakash Rao
Actors Sivaji Ganesan, G. Varalakshmi, S. Balaiah, Thangavelu, M. N. Nambiar, V K Ramasamy
Rating76%
Bama Vijayam (1967)
, 2h32Directed by Kailasam Balachander
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Rajasree, S. Balaiah, Sundarrajan, Nagesh, Sowcar Janaki, Rajshree
Roles Ethiaraj
Rating78%
A middle-class joint family is living happily run by the responsible father Ethiraj, a retired headmaster. He has three sons – Maheshwaran, Raman, and Krishnan. Maheswaran is a Hindi professor, married to Parvathi and they have 5 children. Raman, a clerk in high-court is married to Sita and they have two children. Krishnan, a medical representative is married to Rukmani. Apart from them, Sumathi, the younger sister of Sita also stays in the same house, as she is pursuing higher studies in the same city. Though it’s a joint family, the father has set up his three sons in three different portions in the same house, and takes turns to eat in each of his son’s house, to avoid any possibility of problems between them. The sons give their salaries to their father, and all the financial matters are dealt by him efficiently. He is respected and feared by everyone in the family. Wrong-doers in the house-hold are made to stand on a bench by him as punishment.
Ooty Varai Uravu (1967)
, 2h37Directed by C. V. Sridhar
Genres Drama
Actors Sivaji Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya, R. Muthuraman, S. Balaiah, V K Ramasamy, Nagesh
Roles Vedachalam
Rating76%
A wealthy businessman from Ooty, Vedachalam (T. S. Balaiah), is married to Sundari and has a son, Ravi (Sivaji Ganesan) who is now taking care of the family business. Vedachalam is also secretly married to Sivakami and has a daughter (L. Vijayalakshmi), by the second marriage. After Sivakami's death, his daughter decides to seek him out and sets out to Ooty to confront him with proofs of his second marriage.
Petralthan Pillaya (1966)
, 2h48Genres Drama
Actors M. G. Ramachandran, B. Saroja Devi, Sowcar Janaki, Madras Rajagopala Radhakrishnan Naidu, S. A. Ashokan, Thangavelu
Roles The old policeman
Rating66%
Jeeva (Sowkar Janaki) is a mother unable to afford the cost of raising a young boy. She abandons him in a temple where a tramp, Anandhan (M. G. Ramachandran), discovers him. Anandhan tries to get rid of the boy, but he eventually becomes attached to him. Anandhan names the boy Kannan (Baby Shaguila) and educates him, despite his poor financial condition. After five years, Kannan's biological mother, Jeeva, her husband Sekhar (S. A. Ashokan) and social services try to find her son.
Anubavam Pudhumai (1966)
Actors R. Muthuraman, Rajasree, T. R. Ramachandran, Aachi Manorama, S. Balaiah, V.S. Raghavan
Thiruvilayadal (1965)
, 2h35Genres Fantasy
Themes Dance films, Films based on mythology, Films about religion, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Sivaji Ganesan, R. Muthuraman, Kommareddy Savitri, Nagesh, Aachi Manorama, K.B.Sundarambal
Roles Hemanatha Bagavathar
Rating80%
Lord Shiva gives a sacred fruit, brought by the sage Narada, to his elder son Vinayaka as a prize for outsmarting his younger brother Muruga in a competition to win it. Angered by his father's decision, Muruga, dressed as a hermit, goes to Palani, despite Avvaiyar's attempts to convince him to return to Mount Kailash. His mother, goddess Parvati, arrives there and narrates the stories of four of Shiva's divine games to calm Muruga.
Panam Padaithavan (1965)
, 2h48Actors M. G. Ramachandran, Sowcar Janaki, Ramasamy Subramania Manohar, K. R. Vijaya, Nagesh, S. Balaiah
Rating69%
In India of the 60s... While making to Calcutta, accompanied with his young brother, Balu (Nagesh), for a championship of athlètisme, Raja (MGR), an accomplished sportsman, stemming from a rich rustic tamil family, got acquainted with Shanti (K. R. Vijaya) and with his father, Masilamani, very modest condition.