T. S. B. K. Moulee

T. S. B. K. Moulee
Born	Thiruvidaimarudur Sambamoorthy Ganapathy Balakrishna Sastrigal Mouli (1947-03-14) 14 March 1947 (age 78) Kanadukathan, Madras State, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Mouli, B Chandra Mouli, B C Mouli
Occupation(s)	Actor, film director
Years active	1973–present

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. ^[1] His celluloid scripts include Kamal Haasan's Pammal K. Sambandam, the biographical sports drama film Ashwini , and Nala Damayanthi in the year 2003. ^[2]

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. ^{[3] [4]} 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. He has done supporting roles in films like Thiruvilayaadal Aarambam, Pirivom Sandhippom, Irumbukkotai Murattu Singam and Kadhal to Kalyanam. ^[5]

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". ^[1] At 19, he wrote a 45-minute play and staged it at a function organised to felicitate actor Sivaji Ganesan for his Padma Shri award. ^[1] In his college days, he was a part of Y. G. Parthasarathy's United Artists Association. However, Mouli first came into limelight in 1969 when he wrote the screenplay for and acted in the play "Flight No. 172". The play was a success and ran for thirty continuous years^{[ citation needed ]}.

He then ventured into film direction despite not having worked as assistant director to anybody. ^[6] In an interview he said "Actually neither acting nor direction was my goal when I got a chance to venture into cinema. I just wanted to be a writer. But when a producer approached me to make one of my plays into a film and offered me direction too, I took it up". ^[6] 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. ^[6] The film made with newcomers, took just 25 days to complete the shoot, and ran for 100 days. ^[1] 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. ^[1] 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. ^[1]

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 and writer

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

As writer only

Year	Film	Notes
1974	Penn Ondru Kanden
1979	Veettukku Veedu Vasappadi	dialogues only
1982	Hitler Umanath

As actor

Films

• Note: all films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1973	Suryakanthi
1974	Kai Niraya Kasu
1974	Anbai Thedi
1975	Anbe Aaruyire
1975	Maalai Sooda Vaa
1978	Nizhal Nijamagiradhu
1983	Oru Pullanguzhal Adupputhukirathu
1984	Mahanagaramlo Mayagadu		Telugu film
1985	Anney Anney
1985	Oru Malarin Payanam
1986	Unnidathil Naan	Francis
1989	Apoorva Sagodharargal
1992	Pranadaata		Telugu film
1997	Pistha
1998	Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen
1998	Kaathala Kaathala
1998	Time
1999	Unnai Thedi
2000	Sandhitha Velai
2000	Pennin Manathai Thottu
2001	Alli Thandha Vaanam
2001	Kunguma Pottu Gounder
2003	Nala Damayanthi		Director of this movie
2004	Cheppave Chirugali		Telugu film
2006	Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam
2006	Unakkum Enakkum
2008	Poi Solla Porom
2008	Pirivom Santhippom
2009	Thiru Thiru Thuru Thuru
2010	Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai
2010	Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam
2010	Kadhal 2 Kalyanam
2011	180		Bilingual film
2013	Pattathu Yaanai
2018	Seethakaathi
2019	Embiran
2020	Mookuthi Amman
2021	Maara	Velayya	Amazon Prime film

As dubbing artist

Year	Film	Actor	Notes
1982	Nandri, Meendum Varuga	Prathap Pothan
1982	Oru Vaarisu Uruvaagirathu	Prathap Pothan

Television

Year	Title	Role	Channel
1997	Nimmathi Ungal choice	Mouli	Sun TV
2008	Kolangal	Mouli 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

References

1. T. SARAVANAN (12 June 2014). "Mouli and the moolah". The Hindu.
2. "TSB's genius remembered". The Hindu . Chennai, India. 21 August 2009. Archived from the original on 28 August 2009.
3. Malathi Rangarajan (1 October 2004). "Fun-filled 'Flight' for a noble cause". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 6 April 2005.
4. "Welcome to KutcheriBuzz.com". kutcheribuzz.com.
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
6. "My first break". The Hindu . Chennai, India. 25 January 2008. Archived from the original on 28 January 2008.

External links

• Mouli at IMDb