Daniel Balaji

Daniel Balaji

History

Daniel Balaji is an Indian actor, who has predominantly appears in Tamil films. His first role was in the television serial Chitthi, where he played a character named Daniel. After the success of the show, in his second serial Alaigal, director Sunder K Vijayan, named him as Daniel Balaji thinking that he portrayed his own character in Chithi. His first film in Tamil was April Maadhathil, followed by a role in Kaadhal Kondein. His first major role was in Kaakha Kaakha as a police officer alongside Suriya who played the leading role. The film, directed by Gautham Menon was about a squad of policemen fighting organised crime in Chennai. Balaji followed this up with another major role in Menon's next film, that of the antagonist Amudhan in the blockbuster Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu. The film starred Kamal Hassan and was a police procedural focusing on a series of murders. Balaji's portrayal of both these roles received praise.

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Daniel Balaji
Daniel Balaji

Movies

Antham Kadidi Aarambam
Antham Kadidi Aarambam
Ariyavan
Thuraipandi
Jeeva, a kabaddi player rescues Jessie, a friend of his fiancée after she is taken advantage of by the gang. As Jeeva tries to protect other girls and subdue the gang, he is compelled to confront brutal and dreaded gangster Thuraipandi.
Anandham Vilayadum Veedu
Karuppan
Two half-brothers decide to build a house in which they can live together with their respective brothers and families, but an evil man plots to create a rift between the families.
Tuck Jagadish
Veerendra
Aadisesh Naidu, is a well revered man living with his family in a village known for greedy property fights among the families. His elder son Bosu Babu and younger son Jagadish are loving brothers. After Aadisesh’s unexpected demise, Bosu Babu turns against Jagadish and wants to grab his property. How Jagadish reunites his family and carries on his father’s legacy forms the plot.
Bigil
Daniel
A do-gooder don wants his footballer son to uplift the life of his people by becoming a champion, but fate draws the youngster into a life of violence. Will he be able to fulfill his father’s dream when an opportunity comes his way seven years later?
Gangs of Madras
Bhaskar/Boxy
A woman who loses her husband in a police encounter plots to take revenge on the gangsters who had framed him.
Thimiru Pudichavan
A cop tries to bring a lot of positive changes in a city which is polluted by a goon’s actions.
Vada Chennai
Thambi
A young carrom player in North Chennai becomes a reluctant participant in a war between two feuding gangsters.
Vidhi Mathi Ultaa
A youngster has a nightmare and gets the shock of his life when the events from the dream start happening in his real life.
Maayavan
Rudran
A series of murders are happening in the city, and a cop realises that they are all eerily similar. Can he find out the link and capture the murderer before it is too late?
Ippadai Vellum
Two men are wrongly arrested as being the accomplices of a most-wanted terrorist. How do they prove their innocence?
Enbathettu
A family-oriented man is caught off-guard when his number is misused by a bunch of gangsters. He then tries to find a way out this trouble, highlighting how people, especially the youth, should use technology wisely and be wary of being too exposed to it.
Bairavaa
Kottai Veeran
A loan recovery agent takes on a corrupt head of an educational institution to save his girlfriend.​
Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada
Hiren
A youngster goes on a road trip with the girl of his dreams and but an accident leads things to spiraling out of control.
Saahasam Swaasaga Saagipo
Hiren
A couple on a road trip across the country are thrown into a situation that is beyond their control.
Vai Raja Vai
Rangarajan (Raadhu)
Karthik, who has ESP, helps his friend Panda win a betting game with his power, but this lands him in trouble with Randhai, the gangster who funded the betting operation, who, now, wants him to use his power and make a killing at a casino.
Yennai Arindhaal
Gangster
Sathyadev, who is on a career break, is forced to put on his cop shoes ones again to save Thenmozhi, a young woman who is the target of a criminal organ harvesting group, led by a ghost from his past.
Gnana Kirukkan
Muli Starrer Low Budget Film
Marumugam
Mayan murders women who repulse him, all the while seeking a homely girl to marry. He finds her in Radhika but when she learns about his dark secret, he decides to kill her as well.
Paisa Paisa
The story unfolds the events happening in just four hours of a day in two cities - Kochi and Chennai. Balu (Aju Varghese) who goes to Chennai to attend an interview falls into a trap in the few minutes he goes out of the call centre office to make a phone call. He contacts his friend Kishore (Indrajith), an ad filmmaker and his friend, to help him with some money. Kishore, who is in Kochi, has an equally crucial day. His wife Surya (Mamta Mohandas) is returning to his life as the couple has been living separate for some time. Kishore sets aside his plans to reconcile with his wife to help his friend. However, he fails to gather enough money to help Balu. How money changes the life of these characters forms the rest of the story.
Crime story
Crime Story is a action drama film directed by Anil Thomas. Rahul Madhav and Vishnu Priya is playing the leading role in this film.
Daddy Cool
Shiva
The story line of the film is the escapades of a cricket crazy kid, all of eight years and his father, a cop. Antony Simon (Mammootty) is a crime branch CI , but prefers to spend his time fooling around with his son Aadi (Dhananjay). And being a Crime Branch police officer, his rather laid-back attitude is not appreciated by his peers and superiors. Richa Pallod portrays his wife who finds this irritating. The father-son duo becomes friends with the famous national cricketer Sreekanth (Govind Padmasurya) when they save him from some street fight. Once while the father-son duo was out for shopping, Adhi saw a man with the gun and screams at his father. Simon turns back and shoots him but he kills the wrong person. Simon now faces murder charges and is suspended from duty.
Muthirai
Muthirai movie revolves around a tech-savvy criminal and his friend who is a smart-con guy. They (Nithin Sathya and Daniel Balaji) together plan and execute frauds of various kinds, including cyber-crimes. The film sometimes becomes hilarious too. A political assassination plan is also unfolding parallel to the story line, which is some way related to these youths. The movie involves perfect blend of action, romance and humour.
Bhagavan
Saifudeen
Months were over after the dreaded 2008 Mumbai attacks. A terrorist group led by Saifudeen (Daniel Balaji) planned bomb blasts in five places in Kochi. At the same time, Sakriya Thomas, the Home Minister of Kerala arrived at the hospital for his wife's delivery. Meanwhile, the terrorist group was planning to kidnap the Home Minister and his newborn baby. Saifudeen kidnapped three newborn babies and Dr. Balagopal (Mohanlal) came looking for them. Meanwhile, the Home Minister is kidnapped by Saifudeen's men. In the end, Balagopal kills Saifudeen and saves Home Minister and the babies. All the terrorists were captured or killed by the police.
Polladhavan
Ravi
Prabhu is dejected when he learns that his bike has been stolen. He decides to find the people who stole the bike, but lands in trouble when he realises that his bike has been used to transport drugs.
Chirutha
A young man with a tragic past meets the daughter of a rich man and falls in love, while trying to avenge the death of his father.
Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu
Amudhan Sukumaran
DCP Raghavan sets off on the trail of the killers of Rani, the daughter of a police officer. Following this, many more murders take place, leading him to New York to capture the maniac killer.
Gharshana
Srikanth
Rama Chandra (played by Daggubati Venkatesh) is the Deputy Commissioner of Police of Hyderabad City. His upbringing as an orphan, and the special nature of his job as a policeman, have left him reluctant to form relationships with women. He doesn't have much faith in the judicial system and seeks to 'eliminate' the criminals in the town through encounters.
Kaakha Kaakha
Shrikanth
After a police team kills his brother, a drug-dealing gangster vows to kill the entire team and their respective families.
Kadhal Konden
Police Inspector
A genius-yet-introverted orphan, raised by a church priest, is sent to college where he turns out to be a social outcast. Although he is shunned by the majority of the other students, one girl shows him kindness and befriends him. Things take a turn when he falls for her, and she in turn falls for another classmate.
April Maadhathil
Suresh
Kathir comes from a poor family and aspires to study hard and start earning. After turning down many girls, he falls for Shweta, a rich girl, but both do not confess their feelings to each other.
Eravu
Kottravai
A Treasure hunt story to hunt the treasure hidden 2,000 years ago and the adventures in it.
Maane Thaene Paeye
Maane Thaene Paeye is an upcoming Indian Tamil language romantic comedy film written and directed by N. Krishna. The film features Aari and Subhasree Ganguly in the leading roles, while Daniel Balaji plays a supporting role.
Sathuranga Vettai 2