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Balu Mahendra

Sri Lankan born Indian film director (1939–2014)

Provider: Wikidata. These recorded connections are observations, not Counterpedia claims. They do not establish source support.

Data and provenance

Provider: Wikidata · Entity ID: Q3520413

Release: sha256:f33228901a35b0683356002a46df9ceb11f399d05f17abb5c7c78256cbf38ba7

Graph membership is not truth. Each relation below is an observed typed edge the local Wikimedia graph bundle already materialized — not a corroborated, verified, or admitted claim. Bounded to 40 relations via an offset-index lookup (offset_index_binary_search), never a full scan of the bundle.Serving a published subset: joined entities + 1-hop neighborhood of 35,994 exact Wikipedia–Wikidata title matches. A subject that is not itself in that subset carries only the relations the subset recorded for it, so a small count here is the published scope and not a complete relationship inventory.

Development requests are not available on this deployment. The observed entity and its graph links remain readable.

1-hop relations (40+)

Observed adjacency only. Each spoke is a typed edge already materialized in the graph, labeled by its recorded predicate — graph proximity is not support, corroboration, or admission. The links below are the accessible, no-JavaScript path to the same neighbors.

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Identity & relations (9)

→ instance of (P31)humanObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P31 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q5
→ given name (P735)BaluObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P735 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q96652267
→ birth name (P1477)பாலநாதன் மகேந்திரன் (ta)Observed
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P1477 · Direction: outgoing
→ family name (P734)MahendraObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P734 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q37243073
→ sex or gender (P21)maleObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P21 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q6581097
→ spouse (P26)ShobaObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P26 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1891741
→ spouse (P26)MounikaObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P26 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q19321759
← spouse (P26)ShobaObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P26 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q1891741
← spouse (P26)MounikaObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P26 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q19321759

Dates & events (2)

→ date of birth (P569)19 May 1939Observed
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P569 · Direction: outgoing
→ date of death (P570)13 February 2014Observed
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P570 · Direction: outgoing

Occupation & roles (4)

→ occupation (P106)screenwriterObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q28389
→ occupation (P106)cinematographerObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q222344
→ occupation (P106)film directorObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q2526255
→ occupation (P106)film editorObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q7042855

Notable works (2)

← director (P57)OomakkuyilObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P57 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q16252618
← director (P57)YathraObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P57 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q8050230

Places (5)

→ country of citizenship (P27)IndiaObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P27 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q668
→ place of birth (P19)BatticaloaObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P19 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q810963
→ country of citizenship (P27)Dominion of IndiaObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P27 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1775277
→ place of death (P20)ChennaiObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P20 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1352
→ country of citizenship (P27)British RajObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P27 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q129286

Organizations & affiliations (2)

→ educated at (P69)Film and Television Institute of IndiaObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P69 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1414326
→ educated at (P69)University of LondonObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P69 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q170027

Other connections (15)

→ Relationship name unavailable (P2031)1971Observed
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P2031 · Direction: outgoing
→ Relationship name unavailable (P140)HinduismObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P140 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q9089
→ Relationship name unavailable (P1559)பாலு மகேந்திரா (ta)Observed
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P1559 · Direction: outgoing
→ Relationship name unavailable (P7084)Category:Films directed by Balu MahendraObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P7084 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q8453033
→ Relationship name unavailable (P1559)Balu Mahendra (en)Observed
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P1559 · Direction: outgoing
→ Relationship name unavailable (P2032)2013Observed
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P2032 · Direction: outgoing
→ manner of death (P1196)natural causesObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P1196 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q3739104
→ Relationship name unavailable (P1412)EnglishObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P1412 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1860
→ award received (P166)National Film Award for Best CinematographyObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P166 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1967148
← Relationship name unavailable (P344)YathraObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P344 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q8050230
← Relationship name unavailable (P344)OomakkuyilObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P344 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q16252618
← Relationship name unavailable (P344)Unnamed subjectObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P344 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q7560473
← Relationship name unavailable (P971)Category:Films directed by Balu MahendraObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P971 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q8453033
← Relationship name unavailable (P1346)Unnamed subjectObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P1346 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q1967186
← Relationship name unavailable (P344)Unnamed subjectObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P344 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q16253186

External identifiers (1)

→ image (P18)Balu Mahendra (cropped).JPGObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P18 · Direction: outgoing

More relations exist beyond this bounded panel's cap of 40. This panel intentionally shows a small neighborhood, not the full graph.

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