Bala Ganapathi William

Bala Ganapathi William
Bala Ganapathi William
	BGW Bala Ganapathi William @ Undercover Rascals 2 Film And Tamil dubbed AK 47 hero.
Born	Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia
Other names	BGW
Occupation(s)	actor, Dancer, chef, comedian
Years active	2010–present
Website	BGW – YouTube

Bala Ganapathi William, known professionally as BGW is a Malaysian actor, film director, television host, singer and producer. Bala Ganapathi William is the founder of BGW Studios companies which specialise in advertising, Malaysian Tamil film production (MKU) and film distribution, music record label and digital content.^[1]

Early life and education

William was born in Sungai Petani, Kedah.^[1]

Movies

William's feature films as a hero are Neeyum Naanum. BGW directed the film under BGW Studios in association with HK Network.

Year	Title	Language	Director	Notes
2014	Vivaagarathu	Tamil	Revathy Bawadass Kumar
2014	Vinay	Tamil	Ben G	DVD Movie (2016)
2018	Villavan: The Vigilante	Tamil	Vassan
2018	Neeyum Naanum	Tamil	Bala Ganapathi William
2021	Athigaari	Tamil	Kabilan Plondran	Telefilm^[2]
2022	Kaadhal Enbathu Saabama	Tamil	Bala Ganapathi William	TBA 2022

Music

William made his debut as a singer in his first single titled "Kaadhal Enbathu Saabama". The music was composed by Lawrence Soosai. The cast of the music video includes Bala Ganapathi, Subashini Asokan, Srithika Sri & Mugen Rao. Rapper Sheezay and Santesh penned the song's lyrics. The song was on the Malaysian Top 10 Hits chart for more than 10 weeks, and it was also the number one song on the chart continuously for seven weeks in THR Raaga.

Year	Title	Language	Director	Note
2017	"Kaadhal" Enbathu Saabama	Tamil Song	Music Video Directed by: BGW	Released worldwide on 3 August 2017
2018	"Intha Kaadhale Venam"	Tamil Song	Music Video Directed by: BGW	Released worldwide on 21 February 2018
2018	"Tokkam Illaiye"	Tamil Song	Movie Directed by: BGW	a song from Neeyum Naanum movie

Film and TV

As for 2020, William acted as lead male on more than 20 Malaysia Tamil Movies, 1,000 episodes of TV programs TV series locally and internationally.^{[citation needed]} He first appeared on television in 2009 in a program titled 'Alaram 2' on ASTRO Vaanavil, at the age of 19.^{[citation needed]} He made his debut as a host on a TV anchor in a dance competition titled Yuttha Medai which was previously known as Aattam 100 Vagai on ASTRO Vaanavil in November 2012. He made his acting debut in a TV Drama titled Vazhkai Valvatharke which was aired on ASTRO Vaanavil in 2012. Alarum Pookkal, also known as 3 Doctors is a drama that was aired on the RTM TV2 channel in 2013. It was the first drama featuring BGW as the male lead.

Rasikka Rusikka TV Show elevated William's career a bit more further in 2014. In the fourth season of Rasikka Rusikka, William traveled to Thailand and Singapore too. William completed 5 seasons of Rasikka Rusikka which 78 episodes in total for the past 5 years.

In 2014, BGW worked as an actor on the Singapore Tamil TV series Annamalai, which aired on Mediacorp Vasantham TV. Singapore TV host Nithya Rao also appeared in the series. William also worked as an assistant director and casting director for the series.

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Ref/Note
2012	Yuttha Medai	Host/Anchor	Astro Vaanavil
2012	Vazhkai Valvatharke	Supporting Role	Astro Vaanavil	Directed by: V. Nagaraj
2012	Alaigal	Host	TV2	Directed by: V. Nagaraj
2012	Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga	Lead Role	Astro Vaanavil	Deepavali special
2013	Kambatthu Pongal	Host	Astro Vaanavil	Pongal special
2013	Alarum Pookkal	Lead Male – Hero	TV2
2013	Astro Vaanavil Super Star (Backstage with BALA)	Online Host	Astro Ulagam
2013	Time Out	Participant	TV2
2013	Marakkappattavargal	Main Cast	Astro Vaanavil
2014	Rasikka Rusikka Season 1	Host	Astro Vinmeen HD
2014	Kalai Aranggam	Host / Anchor	TV2	Directed by: V. Nagaraj
2014	Kaaval Season 1	Main Cast	TV2	Directed by: V. Nagaraj
2014	Yen Nanban, Yen Uyir Telemovie	Lead Male – Hero	Astro Vaanavil	Directed by: CJ.Baskar – India
2014	Velvi 2	Lead Male – Hero	TV2	Directed by: MS.Kalai
2014	Yetho Mayakkam Telemovie	Lead Male – Hero	Astro Vinmeen HD	Directed by: Muralikrishnan Munian
2014	Annamalai Season 1	Supporting Role	MediaCorp Vasantham	Singapore Tamil Drama.^[3]
2015	Grahanam Season 1	Lead Male	TV2	Directed by: V. Nagaraj
2015	Gundhu Ponnae	Lead Male – Hero	TV2	Directed by: V. Nagaraj
2015	Annamalai Season 2	Main Cast	MediaCorp Vasantham	Singapore Tamil Drama
2015	Velicham Season 1	Host / Anchor	TV2	Directed by: V. Nagaraj
2015	Rasikka Rusikka Season 2	Host / Anchor	Astro Vinmeen HD
2016	Marma Camera Telemovie	Main Cast	Astro Vaanavil	Directed by: V. Nagaraj
2016	Velicham Season 2	Host / Anchor	TV2	Directed by: V. Nagaraj
2016	Manggalyam Tanthunanena Telemovie	Lead Male – Hero & Producer	Astro Vaanavil	Produced by: BGW Studios, Directed by: Karthik Shamalan
2017	Kaaval Season 2 (Police TV Series)	Lead Male	TV2	Directed by: V. Nagaraj
2017	Rasikka Rusikka Season 3	Host / Anchor	Astro Vinmeen HD
2017 & 2018	Rasikka Rusikka Season 4	Host / Anchor	Astro Vinmeen HD
2018	Neeyum Naanum	Inspired from Korean and Kollywood Movies (A Moment to Remember, Uyire, Kandukondein Kandukondien)	BGW & HK Network
2019	Rasikka Rusikka Season 5	Host / Anchor	Astro Vinmeen HD	^[4]
2020	Azhagin Azhaghi Beauty Pageant Season 1	Host / Anchor	Astro Vinmeen HD

Awards

In 2017, William received the Best Host/Announcer Award for 2016 and 2017 from the Malaysian MGR Youth Association and Persatuan Peminat ASTRO Vaanavil Negeri Kedah. The award was presented to him by the popular Indian actor/director K. Bhagyaraj. The ceremony took place at SP Inn Hotel, Sungai Petani Kedah on 29 July 2017.

On 29 December 2017, William received the Nadigar Thilagam Sivaji Ganesan Award as Most Promising Artist of the Year 2017. This award was presented to him by Sivaji Ganesan Cultural Society, Malaysia.^{[citation needed]}

On 31 January 2019, William received the Cinefest Malaysia Award as Best Debut Director for his movie titled Neeyum Naanum.^{[citation needed]}

In April 2019, William received twin award from MICA Awards 2019 as the Best Debut Director & Best Movie for Neeyum Naanum.^{[citation needed]}

Film production

Goodbye | Short Film (Director & Cinematographer) | 2014
Annamalai Season 1 | Vasantham MediaCorp Singapore (Assistant Director & Casting Director) | 2014
Annamalai Season 2 | Vasantham MediaCorp Singapore (Assistant Director & Casting Director) | 2015
Annamalai Season 3 | Vasantham MediaCorp Singapore (Assistant Director & Casting Director) | 2016
Manggalyam Tanthunanena Telemovie | Astro Vaanavil (Producer – BGW) | 2016
Neeyum Naanum – Feature Film | Malaysian Tamil Movie (Film Director) (Production & Distribution by BGW) | 2017

Music videos

William started to produce/direct visual for music video from 2012.^{[citation needed]}

Year	Title	Director	Singer	Music Composer	Lyricist
2012	Unakkulle Mirugam – Cover Video	BGW	K.G. Ranjith	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Na. Muthukumar
2017	Kaadhal Embathu Saabama	BGW	Bala Ganapathi	Lawrence Soosai	Sheezay & Santesh
2017	Yehnulle	BGW	Anjali	Sundrra	Maney Villanz
2017	Nanba Vaa	BGW	Pillay Asbalan	Jose Franklin	Yuwaji
2018	Pen Azha Vendam	BGW	Datin Sri Shaila Nair feat Magen Vikadakavi & Aneithazef	R.Lawrence	Jai Alamandra Quest
2018	Intha Kaadhale Venam	BGW	Bala Ganapathi	Shane Extreme	BGW
2018	Saaral Katru	BGW	Pillay Asbalan	Jose Franklin	Orchid Studios, Chennai
2018	Ladybird	BGW	DK Dinesh Kumar	Princeten Charles, Germany	Psychomantra
2018	Socks Bala	BGW	Santesh	Santesh	Santesh
2018	Bells	BGW	Buggimaan	Killadi Music	Buggimaan
2019	Darling Ille	BGW	Taiping Vicky	Santesh	Gana Deena
2019	Niagara	BGW	Jigunnamaan	Killadi Music	Psychomantra

References

^ ^a ^b Sathiabalan, S. Indra. "Content is king". www.thesundaily.my.
^ "Local Tamil film 'Athigaari' arrives just in time for Deepavali".
^ "Newcomer stars in Tamil epic drama". The Straits Times. 24 December 2014. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
^ "The best films and TV shows on Astro to spice up your Deepavali long weekend | Malay Mail". 24 October 2019.

[contentIsKing-1] Sathiabalan, S. Indra. "Content is king". www.thesundaily.my.

[2] "Local Tamil film 'Athigaari' arrives just in time for Deepavali".

[3] "Newcomer stars in Tamil epic drama". The Straits Times. 24 December 2014. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

[4] "The best films and TV shows on Astro to spice up your Deepavali long weekend | Malay Mail". 24 October 2019.

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