| Names |
BALU MAHENDRA |
| Date of
Birth |
May 20, 1939 |
| Date of
Death |
February 13 2014 |
| Identity |
Former cinematographer, director, screenwriter and film
editor |
| General |
- His full name is
Balanathan Benjamin
Mahendran.
- He worked in various Indian film industries,
primarily in Tamil cinema.
- He developed a passion towards photography
and literature at a tender age.
- He was drawn towards film-making after witnessing some
shoots in Sri Lanka.
- He started his career as a draughtsman before gaining an
admission to the Film and Television Institute of
India (FTII) to pursue a course in
cinematography.
- He 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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