Naan Than Bala

Naan Than Bala
Directed by	Kannan
Produced by	J. A. Lawrence
Starring	Vivek Shwetha Bandekar Venkatraj J
Music by	Venkat Krishi
Cinematography	Azhagiya Manalavan
Edited by	V. Vijay
Production company	SSS Entertainments
Release date	13 June 2014
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Naan Than Bala (English: I'm Bala) is a 2014 Tamil drama film directed by Kannan and produced by J. A. Lawrence under SSS Entertainments. Vivek plays the film's lead role. The film released on 13 June 2014.

Bala (Vivek), a poor priest lives in an agraharam in Kumbakonam, looking after his aged parents and performing puja at a Perumal temple. Circumstances force him to accept help from a hired killer Poochi (Venkatraj) to save his father from a jail sentence.But life takes an unfortunate turn for Bala. Unable to bear the taunts of the neighbours, Bala’s parents commit suicide. Bala is forced to leave the agraharam.He begins a new life with his friend Poochi in Kancheepuram.Vaishali (Swetha), a young Sourashtrian who sells poli on the streets, comes into his life. Soon they get engaged.Meanwhile, a close friendship develops between Bala and Poochi. When Bala learns of Poochi’s true identity. The police and the family is one of the victims are desperate to hunt down Poochi.Though Bala is a good influence on Poochi, and he reform a cold hearted killer, who has been manipulated and trained by a dangerous gangster from the time he was ten The second half is all about whether their friendship survives this war of principles.

Kannan had approached Vivek with the script and the team began preliminary work in June 2013. In November 2013, Vivek confirmed filming had started and stated he would portray the role of a Hindu priest at a Perumal temple in Kumbakonam, who gets into a relationship with a local thug. He said that he opted to move away from his usual comedy roles after being advised by director Bala and Kamal Haasan. During production, the media wrongly reported that R. Kannan who had made Settai (2013) was director of the film. He later clarified it was not him but R. Kannan.

The team held a large scale audio launch event in December 2013 at Kamala Theatre, Chennai with Mani Ratnam, Bharathiraja, K. Balachander and A. R. Rahman in attendance as chief guests. Vivek was insistent that Rahman attended the event and pushed back the launch by a week and changed the setting from Sathyam Cinemas, in order to accommodate the composer.

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Jaya TV.