T. S. Balaiah

Biography

Tirunelveli S. Balaiah (August 22, 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 directorEllis 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, andThiruvilayadal (1965) were classics. Balaiah also excelled in comedy roles in movies such asKavalai 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.

Most Famous Work

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Thiruvilayadal

(1965) Hemanatha Bagavathar

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Parthiban Kanavu

(1960) Marappa Bhupathi

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Madurai Veeran

(1956) Narasappan

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Thillana Mohanambal

(1968) Muthurakku

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Prasanna

(1950) Ayyappan

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Paava Mannippu

(1961) Manickam Pillai

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Aryamala

(1941) Balarayan

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Kalathur Kannamma

(1960) Ramalingam

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1972	N/A	Agathiyar 1972-01-14 Movie
1971	N/A	Arutperunjothi 1971-06-05 Movie
1968	N/A	Harichandra 1968-11-02 Movie
	Muthurakku	Thillana Mohanambal 1968-07-27 Movie
1967	N/A	Karpooram 1967-12-09 Movie
	Vedachalam	Ooty Varai Uravu 1967-11-01 Movie
	Ethiaraj	Bama Vijayam 1967-02-24 Movie
1966	N/A	Yaarukkaga Azhudhaan 1966-04-14 Movie
1965	N/A	Ennathan Mudivu 1965-08-13 Movie
	Hemanatha Bagavathar	Thiruvilayadal 1965-07-31 Movie
	N/A	Hello Mister Zamindar 1965-05-01 Movie
	N/A	Vazhkai Padagu 1965-03-26 Movie
	Chokkalingam Pannaiyar	Pazhani 1965-01-14 Movie
1964	Vishwanathan	Kadhalikka Neramillai 1964-02-27 Movie
1963	Nallamuthu Naicker	Arivaali 1963-02-28 Movie
1961	N/A	Paalum Pazhamum 1961-09-09 Movie
	Venkatachalam	Ellam Unakkaga 1961-07-01 Movie
	Manickam Pillai	Paava Mannippu 1961-03-16 Movie
1960	Marappa Bhupathi	Parthiban Kanavu 1960-06-03 Movie
	Ramalingam	Kalathur Kannamma 1960-03-15 Movie
1959	N/A	Bhaaga Pirivinai 1959-10-31 Movie
	N/A	Maragatham 1959-08-21 Movie
1958	N/A	Ponnu Vilayum Bhoomi 1958-12-31 Movie
	Minister Neelakalakantam	Athisaya Thirudan 1958-12-12 Movie
	N/A	Kadan Vaangi Kalyanam 1958-09-17 Movie
	N/A	Vazha Vaitha Daivam 1958-08-28 Movie
	N/A	Kathavarayan 1958-03-27 Movie
1957	N/A	Neelamalai Thirudan 1957-09-20 Movie
	N/A	Pudhumai Pithan 1957-08-02 Movie
	N/A	Allauddin Adhbhuta Deepam 1957-03-29 Movie
	N/A	Puthu Vazhvu 1957-03-08 Movie
1956	N/A	Thaaikkuppin Thaaram 1956-09-04 Movie
	Narasappan	Madurai Veeran 1956-04-12 Movie
	N/A	Sadharam 1956-04-12 Movie
1955	N/A	Maman Magal 1955-10-04 Movie
1954	Madhu	Ratha Paasam 1954-08-14 Movie
1952	N/A	Andhaman Kaidhi 1952-03-13 Movie
1951	N/A	Or Iravu 1951-04-11 Movie
1950	N/A	Ezhai Padum Paadu 1950-11-06 Movie
	Shankar	Chandrika 1950-08-24 Movie
	Ayyappan	Prasanna 1950-08-17 Movie
1948	N/A	Mohini 1948-10-30 Movie
1947	N/A	Raja Kumari 1947-04-11 Movie
1946	N/A	Valmiki 1946-04-13 Movie
1945	Vikram	Meera 1945-11-03 Movie
1941	Balarayan	Aryamala 1941-03-08 Movie
1936	Ramanathan	Sathi Leelavathi 1936-03-28 Movie
	N/A	Iru Sahodarargal 1936-01-01 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv