Geetha Kailasam

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Geetha Kailasam
OccupationActress
Years active1996-2004
2018-present
Spouse Bala Kailasam
Parent K. Balachander (father-in-law)

Geetha Kailasam is an Indian film producer and actress who has been predominantly working on Tamil language films. Her father-in-law K. Balachander was a veteran film director and her husband Bala Kailasam was also a filmmaker. [1] She produced films under the production banner Minbimbangal.

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Career

She pursued her career as a chartered accountant, although she initially developed a firm interest and passion towards pursuing her career in acting. [2] [1] [3] [4] Following her marriage with K. Balachander's son, Bala Kailasam, she took over the control of the Minbimbangal film production banner by auditing financial statements and later gradually began concentrating on producing commercial feature films, while also balancing her career aspirations as a chartered accountant. [1] She encouraged young female artists to utilise their skills effectively in order to stay relevant in the film industry, as such artists were under the watchful eyes of her during film shooting sessions funded by her film production company Minbimbangal. [2] [5]

She produced television soap operas like Anni and Sahana, which were under the helm of her father-in-law K. Balachander's direction, as he also handled the story and screenplay of such television soap operas. [1] In April 2018, she directed her debut theatre play titled Oru Sila Pala Nimidamum Pechum as a tribute to K. Balachander and the play was based on the struggles women face in daily life. [3] [6] Following her husband's death in 2014, she made the decision to act in films to look after her family as a breadwinner and asked for callsheets from filmmakers to cast her in films. [2]

In 2019, she was signed up to play a role in Ganesh Babu's directorial venture Kattil , after being approached with the script narrated by Ganesh Babu to her, and upon listening to the script, she felt that there is a scope for her in terms of showcasing her acting potential. [7] She began playing supporting roles in films, primarily in characterisation of motherhood roles including Maamannan (2023), Star (2024), Lubber Pandhu (2024), Amaran (2024) and Angammal (2024). [8] [9] [10] [11] Her performance in the war action film, Amaran was critically acclaimed for her blend of humorous and serious emotional sequences during her dialogues with lead actor Sivakarthikeyan, playing the role of his mother to showcase a curious case of a paradoxical mother-son relationship due to the creative differences that erupt between them over the military. [12] [13] Geetha's sufficient screen presence elevated the characterization of her, which had been one of the main pillars of the film's engaging screenplay. [14]

Filmography

As an actor

Films

Television series

As a producer

Television series

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