Balaji K. Kumar is an well-known Indian film director and writer. He was born on 1st January, 1970 in Tamil Nadu, India. The director, Balaji K. Kumar is best known for his 9 Lives of Mara (2007) and Vidiyum Munn (2013). Apart, Balaji K. Kumar also will be a direct and writer of the new upcoming Indian movie Kolai (2023).

In the year 2003, Balaji K. Kumar directed the English-language film Twelve Twisted Tricks and the film’s trailer premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. The trailer won Best Trailer – No Movie award since the film was not released. His next film was 9 Lives of Mara (2007), which received many awards. He then debuted in Tamil with Vidiyum Munn (2013).

The film released to critical acclaim despite being a box office failure. A critic wrote that “Director Balaji undoubtedly is at the top of his game”. According to Balaji Kumar, “We have made Vidiyum Munn like a new generation film for a matured audience. The film deals with an universal issue”. After working on scripts, he returned after ten years with Kolai (2023), which is a based on a real incident that took place in New York in 1923.