Gaana Bala

Sound

June 20, 1970 (56 years)

Biography

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' Deva.[2][3] He has also penned lyrics for some of his songs.

Filmography

7.7

Youth

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.

7.8

Vada Chennai

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

6.0

Kabali

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

4.2

Pattathu Yaanai

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.

7.1

Soodhu Kavvum

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.

6.9

Pizza

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.

7.0

Jo & Jo

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.

5.1

Annanukku Jey

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

6.9

Attakathi

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.

6.2

Naan Sigappu Manithan

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.

7.3

Cuckoo

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?

5.3

Trisha Illana Nayanthara

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.

5.6

Inimey Ippadithan

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.

4.0

Chithiram Pesuthadi 2

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.

5.2

Yaan

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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Vekkai

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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.

4.5

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.

4.7

Trip

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.

7.6

Paradesi

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.