Balaji Tharaneetharan

Writer and director · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Balaji Tharaneetharan is a Tamil film director and he made directorial debut with 2012 comedy film Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom. The film released on 30 November 2012 to very positive reviews from critics

Biography from TMDB.

From: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Works as: Writer and director
Titles: 5 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 19% in 30 days

What are Balaji Tharaneetharan's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Ideas.

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

49%

Ideas

19%

Self

15%

Power

9%

Society

8%

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful

2

Hopeful

2

Romantic

1

Melancholic

1

Tense

1

Other

2

How their films linger

Hopeful3 Feel-good2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Balaji Tharaneetharan's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Balaji Tharaneetharan's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

10 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.

Baththa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Director · Writer
Emakku Thozhil Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Actor
Modern Love Chennai(2023)
Show 2 episodes · Adaptation · Writer
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
Mugizh(2021)
Lyricist
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Tughlaq Durbar(2021)
Dialogue
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Oru Pakka Kathai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Director · Dialogue · Screenplay · Story
Seethakaathi(2018)
Director · Dialogue · Screenplay · Story
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Raja Ranguski (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Costume Designer
Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom(2012)
Director · Screenplay · Story
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Varnam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Screenplay

Career shape

A full career of 10 titles from 2011 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Seethakaathi (2018)

$11K worldwide

Highest rated

Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom (2012)

Midcredits 99^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting1 of 10Directing4 of 10Writing8 of 10 · 44^thOther crew1 of 10

10 titles, 4 with more than one role — writing and directing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

2010s4 · crew2020s6 · 1 acting · 5 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Balaji Tharaneetharan work with?

People who share at least 2 of Balaji Tharaneetharan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bagavathi Perumal shares the most, 2.

Actors

Bagavathi Perumal2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Bagavathi Perumal
Rajkumar2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Rajkumar
Vijay Sethupathi2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Vijay Sethupathi

Editors

R. Govindaraj2 titles See all 2 shared titles with R. Govindaraj