RJ Balaji
Indian actor
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2023 | Appears in the action thriller Run Baby Run, which receives a positive response from audiences. |
2022 | Acted in and co-directed the film Veetla Vishesham. |
2020 | Acted in and co-directed the film Mookuthi Amman. |
2019 | RJ Balaji appeared in the film Puppy, featuring the song 'Soththumoottai' |
2019 | Acted in the film LKG. |
2019 | RJ Balaji gets his first lead role in LKG, playing the character Lalgudi Karuppiah Gandhi |
2018 | Began working as a Tamil cricket commentator for the Indian Premier League. |
2017 | Appears in films Kaatru Veliyidai, Spyder, and Kee. |
April 2017 | Launched a new BIG FM show titled The Night Show with RJ Balaji. |
January 2017 | Participated in the pro-Jallikattu protests. |
2016 | Performed in the film Pugazh. |
March 2016 | Released a viral video urging corporate firms to consider more than exam results when recruiting from colleges, in response to a student suicide at Sri Sai Ram Engineering College. |
January 2016 | Won the Ananda Vikatan Awards for Promising Personality of Tamil Nadu and RJ of the Year. |
2015 | Acted in Naanum Rowdy Dhaan and provided relief support to victims of the South India floods. |
2015 | Played as an all-rounder for Chennai Rhinos in the Celebrity Cricket League. |
2015 | Appears in films Idhu Enna Maayam, Yatchan, and Naanum Rowdy Dhaan. Wins SIIMA Award for Best Comedian for his performance in Naanum Rowdydhaan. |
2015 | Provided relief support to flood victims during the South India floods with actor Siddharth through the 'Chennai Micro' movement, for which he received the CNN-News18 Indian of the Year award in Public Service. |
August 2015 | Joined Ananda Vikatan and Raghava Lawrence's 'Aram Seiya Virumbu' campaign. |
August 2015 | Traveled to Siachen with other Indian RJs to conduct the program 'BIG Paigham – Sarhad Ke Naam' saluting the Indian Army. |
July 2015 | Launched a new show titled Loose Talk. |
May 2015 | Served as a speaker at the first edition of TEDx Mylapore. |
February 14 2015 | Hosted a new show titled Boost with Balaji at the Techofes event at the Guindy College of Engineering. |
January 2015 | Contributed to 'Kodu Kondadu', an initiative by BIG FM and BHUMI to supply stationery, toys, and books to impoverished children. |
2014 | Appears in a brief role as a show host in Vallinam and also stars in Vaayai Moodi Pesavum. |
2014 | Acted in the film Vadacurry. |
December 12 2014 | Successfully helped spread awareness for a heart transplant patient named Kavya, who found a donor shortly after his misleadingly titled viral video. |
November 2014 | Created 'Panjumittai Productions', a YouTube channel for short videos addressing contemporary issues. |
August 2014 | Hosted 'Aiyo Amma Awards', a spoof of the Vijay Awards, on Zee Tamizh |
May 2014 | Concluded hosting 'Why This Kolaveri' on Zee Tamizh |
March 2014 | Gave an intro for 'The Madras Song', a tribute to the 375th anniversary of Chennai. |
2013 | RJ Balaji gave an interview where he credited his mother as the source of his comedic ability, stating he has only 10 percent of her comic talent. |
2013 | Makes a cameo appearance in Ethir Neechal and his full-fledged acting debut in Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru. |
2013 | Conducted the event Mr. and Ms. Techofes at the College of Engineering, Guindy's annual cultural event Techofes. |
2013 | RJ Balaji makes his voice-over debut in Puthagam, introducing lead characters played by Sathya, Sanjay, Vignesh, Rakul Preet Singh, and Aishwarya Rajesh. |
December 2013 | Began hosting 'Why This Kolaveri' on Zee Tamizh, a reality show loosely adapted from Killer Karaoke |
November 2013 | Decided to stop the '120 Rs.' segment reviewing Tamil films after criticism from the film industry. |
August 2013 | Started running the 'RJ Balaji Skool of Radio Studies'. |
August 2013 | Served as the compère of the audio launch of Kalyana Samayal Saadham. |
August 30 2013 | Served as a judge at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan's cultural event Reverberations. |
July 2013 | Judged Reflector, an event in Vidya Mandir's interschool cultural event Reflections. |
2012 | Conducted the event Mr. and Ms. Techofes at the College of Engineering, Guindy's annual cultural event Techofes. |
2012 | Named among the Top 10 Promising Personalities of Tamil Nadu by Ananda Vikatan Group. |
December 2012 | Discontinued the Cross Talk segment in response to the suicide of Jacintha Saldanha. |
August 2012 | Appeared as a guest performer at the fourth anniversary celebrations of Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi's magazine Inbox 1305. |
June 2012 | Hosted the teaser trailer release event for Maattrraan. |
March 2012 | Performed at Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering's annual cultural festival Instincts. |
December 2011 | Participated in 'Namma Ooru Website Creation Competition', an initiative by IIT Madras' Rural Technology and Business Incubator and the National Internet Exchange of India to create village-specific websites. |
November 2011 | Conducted 'Little RJ Hunt', a three-phased event organized as part of the radio station's Children's Day celebrations with BIG FM RJs Muthu and Ophelia. |
September 2011 | RJ Balaji judged Channel Surfing, a segment of Smaraneeyam, the inter-school cultural festival of Sri Sankara Senior Secondary School. |
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