Balaji Venugopal

Balaji Venugopal is an Indian actor, who has worked in Tamil films. Beginning his career as a radio host and television anchor, Balaji appeared in films including Poi Solla Porom, Madrasapattinam (2010) and Nanban (2012), before playing a leading role in the noir comedy Sutta Kadhai (2013).^[1]

Balaji Venugopal
Occupation(s)	Actor, Radio Jockey, TV host
Years active	2008–present

Career

After beginning his career as a radio jockey in Radio Mirchi, He is currently working as a prime time radiokey in Hello FM.^[2][3] Balaji became a television presenter for Vijay TV hosting a show Vasool Rani, he then went on to host Raagamaalika on Jaya TV. He made his acting debut with Poi Solla Porom (2008) and then appeared in films including Madrasapattinam (2010), Nanban and Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi (2012), before playing a leading role in the noir comedy Sutta Kadhai (2013).^[4] He has played the antagonist role in Naaigal Jaakirathai (2015).

In 2015, Venugopal became the creative head of a new YouTube channel called Madras Meter, which features several comedy skit videos in Tamil and has attracted over 250,000 subscribers. He made his directorial debut with Lucky Man (2023) starring Yogi Babu and Balaji Venugopal Directed a Web Series for Shortflix "Paani Poori" which was promoted by Aravindh Bahuleyan (TWP)

Filmography

Actor

Year	Movie	Role	Notes
2008	Poi Solla Porom	Stage Director
2010	Madrasapattinam	Veerasekhara Murali
2012	Nanban	Ragging senior
2012	Thaandavam	Meenakshi's cousin
2012	Maalai Pozhudhin Mayakathilaey	Satish
2012	Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi	Ramakrishnan
2013	Settai	Neelakantan
2013	Sutta Kadhai	Venky
2013	Endrendrum Punnagai	Balaji
2014	Aadama Jaichomada	Dhayalan
2014	Naaigal Jaakirathai	Anbu
2014	Thottal Thodarum	Gowtham
2015	Idhu Enna Maayam	Bharath
2016	Pencil	Arun Kumar
2016	Iru Mugan	Manish
2017	Ticket
2017	Sathya	Vasanth Menon
2017	Velaikkaran	Saffron Assistant Senior Manager
2018	Tik Tik Tik	Team head
2018	Kanaa	Bank Manager
2021	Lift	Vice President of AMRAK
2023	Lucky Man	RJ	Also director

Lyricist

Year	Movie	Song(s)	Notes
2023	Lucky Man	Thottu Thavazhum, Oru Vari Kadhai, Edhudhan Inga

Television

Year	Show	Channel	Notes
2005	Vasool Rani	Star Vijay
2006-2010	Raagamaalika	Jaya TV