To attain success is not easy but one has to earn to achieve it.
Early and late 50's were the beginning of new glory and success to Balu.
In 1952, Balu scripted for the play "Kaala Chakra" for the first time, in which he also portrayed a negative role. His performance was so powerful that he instantly related to the character which was so intense that he was hated by the audience. This play went on to be a successful show which fetched an unexpected profit to the proprietor Mr.Veeranna who was so enthused by Balu's performance that he gifted him a golden chain. That gesture of Mr.Veeranna made Balu extremely overjoyed and excited and elevated him as a playwright. The plays for which he scripted include "Bedara Kannappa", "Bharatha Lakshmi" and "Raamayana". He also penned poetic stanzas and lyrics for the tunes of those plays which showered recognition and created wide appreciation for his poetic lyrics. His status further upgraded, as he added luster to the play which made him more bankable. Those periods were golden one for him as all his dear beloved friends, Mr.G.V.Iyer, (Producer, Actor and Director), Dr.Raj Kumar Hero icon of Kannada cinema and Mr.Narasimha Raju (a great comedy icon in Kannada Cinema) camped together and came closer to each other in those periodical plays. Balu was an epitome of professionalism with them, those glorified days he always cherished in his enriched memory.
In 1953, he faced camera again for the film "Dazhazhi" produced by D.Shankar Singh, which also went to be a huge successful film. From then on, there was no turn back to Balu as he was anointed with film offers with substantive roles, wherein he donned and essayed various characters of anti-hero, negative character portrayals and comedian of course. He began to climb the ladder of success with illuminating insight of film flooded offers which was an apparent indication for his beaming success. There were no bounds for his contentment and happiness as his career graph soared high and he was loved by his fraternity colleagues who went on to him as “Balanna”. He became an household name for his versatile character performances. His credentials worth to be mentioned are his competent skills, his esteemed producers, directors, film fraternity colleagues and his dear loving Kannada film lovers which all attributed to propel him to great heights of a successful career. In 1964 he produced the film “Kalitharu Henne”, scripted and lyrics penned by him, a moral based film which depicted joint family values of committed responsibilities of a woman in spite of being educated. Though his never extinguishable desire to abandon stage plays were never in his dreams, but, at one stage, his busy film schedules did deter him to pursue them. His passion for acting was highly genuine to such an extent that he never emphasized on his remuneration. He neither demanded for a fat pay packet, nor was he willing to hike them deliberately even during his peak successful periods. He established a strong foothold in the Kannada film industry, all in spite of his short of hearing disability. He had no ego hassles and was always willing to undertake any offers.
A MESSAGE:- A will to achieve, passion and hard work can lead anybody to a path to success.