Vasan Bala

Vasan Bala is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his work in Hindi cinema. He wrote the scripts for the period crime drama Bombay Velvet (2015) and the psychological thriller Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016). Bala made his directorial debut with the crime thriller Peddlers in 2012, which earned him a nomination for the Golden Camera Award at Cannes. He's also worked as an assistant director on films like Dev.D (2009), Gulaal (2009), and Trishna (2011). As a dialogue writer, he's contributed to The Lunchbox (2013) and Rukh (2017). In 2019, he released his film Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota. His latest directorial was Dharma Productions Jigra (2024), starring Alia Bhatt.

Works

Jigra

When Ankur is wrongfully imprisoned and sentenced to death in a foreign country, his steely sister Satya is driven by a lethal resolve to break him free.

Release Date:2024-10-10

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:44

The Great Indian Kapil Show

Comedian Kapil Sharma hosts this laugh-out-loud variety talk show with celebrity guests, hilarious antics and his signature supporting cast.

Release Date:2024-03-30

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:6

Satya - ab tak pachchees

The film is a compendium of several anecdotes, memories and observations of people who were directly involved in the making of Satya. At the same time, it presents views and commentary on Satya's legacy from people within the industry, whom Varma's film has greatly impacted.

Release Date:2023-07-11

Character:Himself

Vote Count:1

Cinema Marte Dum Tak

Jaspal Neelam, Vinod Talwar, Dilip Gulati and Kishan Shah directors of the golden age of 'B-movies' take you for a behind-the-scenes look at the making of their films.

Release Date:2023-01-17

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:6

Vote Count:2

Monica, O My Darling

A slick robotics expert joins a murderous plot after a passionate affair takes a sudden turn, but nothing — not even death — is what it seems to be.

Release Date:2022-11-11

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:78

83

On the 25th of June 1983, the Lord’s Cricket Ground witnessed one of the biggest underdog stories in the history of sports. Fourteen inspired players - led by a man's self-belief and conviction - fought against all odds and orchestrated India’s greatest sporting triumph by beating the two-time World Champions West Indies.

Release Date:2021-12-23

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:55

Ray

From a satire to a psychological thriller, four short stories from celebrated auteur and writer Satyajit Ray are adapted for the screen in this series.

Release Date:2021-06-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:24

The Man Who Feels No Pain

Leveraging his ability to withstand pain, a young man trains to follow in the footsteps of his martial arts hero.

Release Date:2019-03-21

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:66

Rukh

Away from home in a boarding school, 18-year-old Dhruv is ignorant about the ongoing crisis in his family. His life takes an unexpected turn as he gets the news of his father’s death in a car accident. As he copes with the tragedy, hidden truths begin to unravel. Even as his mother Nandini struggles to shield him, Dhruv starts looking for answers. Was his father's death an accident or a premeditated murder? The search leads to a series of unexpected revelations, as he discovers the shades of his father’s personality he had never seen before.

Release Date:2017-10-27

Department:Writing

Job:Dialogue

Vote Count:6

Raman Raghav 2.0

A corrupt cop and a serial killer obsessed with a psychopath from the '60s get caught up in a ruthless cat-and-mouse game.

Release Date:2016-06-24

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:117

Bombay Velvet

An ordinary man, who goes against all odds to forge his own destiny and become a star in the glittering sky of 'Bombay,' thriving on jazz and violence.

Release Date:2015-05-15

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

Vote Count:42

Bunny

A girl and a guy pop sleeping pills around a bonfire. You won’t believe what happens next.

Release Date:2015-02-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Bombay Mirror

In times like ours, when all are groping around in the dark to find their belief systems. A satire on the unpredictability of human nature, Bombay Mirror is actually a dig on fanaticism.

Release Date:2014-04-17

Son of Abish

Son Of Abish is a variety comedy talk show with host Abish Mathew.

Release Date:2014-02-01

Character:Himself

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:5

The Other Way

In the glitz and the glamour of a Bollywood dominated industry that India has today, we narrate the story of a parallel film-making community whose aim is not to create cliched blockbusters, but to tell a meaningful and thought provoking story through the medium of cinema.

Release Date:2014-01-01

Character:Self

Vote Count:1

Geek Out

The dual lives we lead, that virtual alter ego we all have nurtured and empowered, The Indian "Geek" today is no longer that lad who sat in a corner. He could be that carefully framed pic on Instagram to that deadly opinionated Twitter handle or maybe that pop philosophy spitting Facebook page or that revolutionary blog that was created to change the world or just plain drowned into the Audio-Visual black hole "You-Tube". Day dreaming now has a new address, the world wide web. Dream on ! May the force be with the Geek !

Release Date:2013-06-03

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:1

Peddlers

The lives of a rookie cop, a streetwise orphan and a beautiful young ex-teacher collide explosively in the drug underworld of Mumbai in this edgy, powerhouse thriller that exemplifies the verve and excitement of India's new independent cinema.

Release Date:2012-05-21

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Aamir

A doctor of Indian origin returning to Mumbai from London is forced to participate in a terrorist plot.

Release Date:2008-06-06

Character:Messenger at Airport

Vote Count:55