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Indian filmmaker and actor (born 1987)

Balaji Mohan (born 25 May 1987^[1]) is an Indian filmmaker and actor in Tamil-language films.

After discontinuing his engineering studies to pursue his passion for becoming a director, he enrolled at a film academy and attended courses and workshops, besides participating in short film contests. After shooting more than half a dozen short films, he directed his first full-length film, a romantic comedy Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi based on one of his own short films.

Early life

Balaji was born on 25 May 1987 in Tiruchirappalli.^[2] He pursued his schooling at Campion Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School, Tiruchirappalli, and later joined the Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering in Chennai for his higher studies, albeit he had decided in 10th grade already that he wanted to become a director.^[2] He recalls that his parents bought him a handycam in his third semester,^[2]