T. S. B. K. Moulee

T. S. B. K. Moulee (born: March 14, 1947 Thiruvidaimarudur Sambamoorthy Ganapathy Balakrishna Sastrigal Mouli) is an Indian film director, writer, playwright, and actor known for his works in Telugu and Tamil cinema. His films include Patnam Vachina Pativrathalu, the biographical sports drama film Ashwini, Kamal Haasan's Pammal K. Sambandam, and Nala Damayanthi.

Three of his popular plays were translated into Telugu and Bengali and were staged in Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal with a record of 4000 stage shows. He received the Kalaimamani Award for "Best Writer" in 1985 and the Nandi Award for five films. He has acted in more than 100 films in Tamil and Telugu apart from working as an actor.

Early life Mouli is the son of Harikatha exponent T. S. Balakrishna Sastrigal. Mouli was interested in acting and played parts in stage plays from his school days. As a school-going kid, he was fascinated by the plays of T. K. Shanmugam and Singanallur Venkataramana Iyer Sahasranamam, both noted personalities in producing stage plays at that time.

Although he pursued a BTech degree, he said he "could not resist the temptation to write plays". His first feature film was Ivargal Vidhyasamaanavargal, which according to himself, "proved commercially viable" but his second film Matravai Neril, which he got to make, even before his first was completed, was commercially successful. The film made with newcomers, took just 25 days to complete the shoot, and ran for 100 days. He later directed two films under K. Balachander's banner, Anne Anne and Oru Pullanguzhal Adupputhugirathu and wrote the comedy track in Balachander's directorial Nizhal Nijamagiradhu besides acting in it. His film Vaa Indha Pakkam was dubbed in Telugu and introduced Mouli to the Telugu industry. The same producer approached him to do a direct Telugu film. He did not know the language but with the help of popular Telugu writer Jandhyala who translated his script, he made the film Patnam Vachina Pativrathalu with Chiranjeevi and Radhika. The film was successful, running for 280 days. he made over 20 Telugu films in the next 15 years.

Personal life Mouli is married and has two children – a daughter and a son. His daughter Shravanthi is a carnatic singer. He has a brother, S. B. Khanthan who is also a film and creative director.

Filmography As director Year Film Language Notes 1980 Mattravai Neril Tamil Ivargal Vidhiyasamanavargal 1981 Vaa Intha Pakkam 1982 Nandri, Meendum Varuga Oru Varisu Uruvagiradhu Patnam Vachina Pativrathalu Telugu 1983 Oru Pullanguzhal Aduppuppthugirathu Tamil Anney Anney 1985 Porutham 1986 Patnam Pilla Paleturi Chinnodu Telugu 1987 Rowdy Police Akshintalu Chandamama Rave 1988 O Bharya Katha Jeevana Ganga 1989 Paila Pacheesu 1990 Manasu Mamatha 1991 Manchi Roju Ashwini 1992 Hello Darling Lachipadama Adhrustam 1993 Aadarsham Aarambham Inspector Ashwini 1994 O Thandri O Koduku Andharu Andhare 1995 Aunty Miss 420 1996 Akka Bagunnava Pellala Rajyam 2000 Madhuri 2002 Pammal K. Sambandam Tamil 2003 Nala Damayanthi

As writer

As actor Films Note: all films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted. Year Film Role Notes 1973 Suryakanthi Sama 1974 Kai Niraya Kasu Ramu's Boss Anbai Thedi 1975 Anbe Aaruyire Alamelu's husband Maalai Sooda Vaa 1978 Nizhal Nijamagiradhu Manmatha Naidu 1983 Oru Pullanguzhal Adupputhukirathu 1984 Mahanagaramlo Mayagadu Telugu film 1985 Anney Anney Krishnagiri Oru Malarin Payanam 1986Unnidathil Naan Francis 1989 Apoorva Sagodharargal Mano's father 1992PranadaataTelugu film 1997 Pistha Dharmaraj 1998 Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen Viswanathan (Radha's father) Kaathala Kaathala Balamurugan Time Natarajan 1999 Unnai Thedi Sivaraman 2000 Sandhitha Velai Sivaraman Pennin Manathai Thottu Ganapathy 2001 Alli Thandha Vaanam Lakshmipathi Kunguma Pottu Gounder School principal 2003 Nala Damayanthi Immigration Officer Director of this movie 2004 Cheppave Chirugali Nirmala's father Telugu film 2006 Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam Chandramohan Unakkum Enakkum Krishnayya 2008 Poi Solla Porom Krishnayya Pirivom Santhippom Annamalai 2009 Thiru Thiru Thuru Thuru Srinivasan 2010 Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai Karthik's father Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam Bilagiri James Kadhal 2 Kalyanam 2011 180 S. V. S. Murthy Bilingual film 2013 Pattathu Yaanai 2018 Seethakaathi Parasuraman 2019 Embiran Jeya's grandfather 2020 Mookuthi Amman Engels' grandfather 2021 Maara Velayya Amazon Prime film

As dubbing artist Year Film Actor Notes1982 Nandri, Meendum Varuga Prathap Pothan 1982 Oru Vaarisu Uruvaagirathu Prathap Pothan

Television Year Title Role Channel 1997Nimmathi Ungal Choice Mouli Sun TV 2008 KolangalMouli Raj 2008–2009 Kalasam Lawyer 2010–2015 Nadhaswaram Chockalingam 2015–2018 Kula Deivam Sundaram/Arunachalam 2018–2019 Kalyanamam Kalyanam Sivaprakasam Vijay TV 2019–2020 Kalyana Veedu Music Director Manikkavasan Sun TV