Vikram appeared in a film directed by Bala.
Bala ( born Bala Pazhanisaamy ) is an Indian film director , screenwriter , and producer , working in Tamil cinema . Pithamagan ( Son of Ancestors ) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language crime drama film written and directed by Bala . Vikram (actor) . He made his debut in the 1990 film En Kadhal Kanmani , which was followed by a series of small-budget Tamil , Malayalam and Telugu films in the 1990s , many of which went unnoticed . However , the success of Bala 's tragedy film Sethu ( 1999 ) , in which Vikram appeared as a rogue turned lover , started Vikram 's successful career as an actor .