Born	Sivabalaji Manoharan 14 October 1980 (age 40)
Occupation	Actor, Television Personality, Producer, Businessman
Years active	2003–present
Spouse(s)	Madhumitha (m.2009–present)
Children	2
Parents	Manoharan Ramaswamy (father) Sivakumari (mother)

Siva Balaji (born as Siva Balaji Manoharan on 14 October 1980) is an Indian actor, television personality, and producer who is known for his works in the Telugu Film Industry. He was introduced as a hero by director Suresh Krissna through the film Idi Maa Ashokgadi Love Story (2003). He shot to fame with his performance as a hot blooded youth with gray shades in Arya (2004). He continued to star in films such as Sankranti (2005), Pote Poni (2006), Chandamama (2007), and Shambo Shiva Shambo (2010). Siva Balaji is known for appearing in several films as the solo lead, part of multistarrers, and in supporting roles. He won the Copper Nandi Award for his performance in the film Pothe Poni.

Siva Balaji is also a television personality. He appeared on the Telugu version of the Bigg Boss reality show that is broadcast on Star Maa, where he emerged as the title winner of Bigg Boss Telugu season 1.

Early life and family[edit]

Hyderabad: Television serial actor Balaji was booked by the Jubilee Hills police after a junior artiste, Bhagya Lakshmi, claimed that he had not paid her Rs 17 lakh in return for donating a kidney.

Siva Balaji was born and brought up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He attended Karthikeyan Matriculation Higher Secondary School. He has a younger sister Gayathri Lingam who is married to Yathendra Lingam, and younger brothers Prashanth Balaji and Krishna Sai. In 2009, he married actress Madhumitha, whom he paired in his film Englishkaran.^[1]^[2] They have two sons, Dhanvin Kangula, born on 11 February 2010 and Gagan Kangula, born on 28 November 2014.^[3]^[4]

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Career[edit]

1997–2004: early career[edit]

Siva Balaji started working in his father's Sri Balaji Group of companies (Sri Balaji Cylinders pvr ltd, Sri Balaji Valves Pvt ltd (DPR), and Sri Srinivasa cylinders pvr ltd (hot repair unit)) when he was 17 and established his own MSB Industries (valves, regulators and components manufacturing industry) at the age of 20. He got his first film offer in 2002 at the age of 22 which made him leave his entrepreneurship and choose films, as his father strictly advised him to choose, either films or business. He started shooting for his first film Idi Maa Ashokgadi Love Story on 23 September 2002, followed by a role in Ela Cheppanu and the lead role in Dost. His major break came through the film Arya (2004 film) directed by Sukumar. Playing the role of Ajay, local MPs spoiled brat son, who is an adamant and very possessive lover, gained him critical acclaim which made him a star in the Telugu film industry. A reviewer from Idlebrain.com quoted 'Siva is good as adamant, at times confused, lover. He generated comedy in a few scenes where he shows his frustration.'^[5] Reviewer from Sify.com wrote ' Siva as Ajay is very promising.'^[6] It was followed by Sankranti, in which he shared screen space with actors Daggubati Venkatesh and Srikanth.

2005–present[edit]

He took up Kumkuma an emotional heart touching script in 2005. He got his debut Tamil film Englishkaran in the same year. He got 5 releases in 2006, Pothe Poni, Kokila, Sarada Saradaga, Aganthakudu and Annavaram. His film Pothe Poni directed by Tammareddy Bharadwaja, won Golden Nandi Award, which got him Copper Nandi Award for the same. In 2007 two of his films- Pagale Vennela and Chandamama were released. Chandamama directed by Krishna Vamsi, Navdeep was another lead and movie succeeded well at the box office and gained huge applause for him in the role of a good-hearted village boy. Kajal Aggarwal, and Sindhu Menon were the heroines of the film. Target released in 2008 and that's a wrong choice made. He did Mast in 2009 produced by actor Suresh. Shambo Shiva Shambo directed by Samuthirakani was another milestone in his career released in 2010 and was a huge success. He worked with Ravi Teja and Allari Naresh in the film, while Priyamani, and Abhinaya were the heroines. He took up supporting roles for Janda Pai Kapiraju and Katamarayudu, both of which helped him gain more fame post his commercial failures at the box office. He appeared in the reality show Bigg Boss Telugu, which he won on 24 September 2017. Post the success and popularity of Bigg Boss, he has returned to lead roles in films, marked by his film in 2017 Snehamera Jeevitham, and has also appeared in dance show Neethone Dance. He is all set to star in a multistarrer in 2018 with Navdeep once again after Chandamama and appearing in Bigg Boss Telugu together.

Filmography[edit]

Balaji Telefilms is an Indian company which produces Indian soap operas, reality TV, comedy, game shows, entertainment and factual programming in several Indian languages.Balaji Telefilms is promoted by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor and is a public company listed at Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange of India.Its notable works include, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Kahaani. Akul Balaji (born Akula Balaji on 23 February 1979) is an Indian film actor, television host and dancer who has worked in both Kannada and Telugu languages. He started his career by acting and hosting television shows and has participated in the Kannada Film Industry for almost a decade. Balaji rose to fame by mimicing comedy actor Vadivelu in several shows for Tamil television channel Vijay TV. He has also acted in few movies including the 2018 sleeper hit Kolamaavu Kokila.

Telugu Tv Serial Actor Balaji Krishna

All films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2003	Idi Maa Ashokgadi Love Story	Ashok	Film Debut
2003	Ela Cheppanu	Amar Varma
2004	Dost	Siva
2004	Arya	Ajay
2005	Sankranti	Chinna
2005	Kumkuma	Kartik
2005	Englishkaran	Bala	Tamil film
2006	Pote Poni	Chaitanya
2006	Kokila	Abhi
2006	Sarada Saradaga	Prem
2006	Aagantakudu	Anil
2006	Annavaram	Varam's husband	Guest appearance
2007	Pagale Vennela	Balu
2007	Podarillu
2007	Chandamama	Dorababu
2008	Target	ACP Bose
2009	Mast	Balaji
2010	Shambo Shiva Shambo	Chandru
2013	Jagame Maya	Anand
2015	Janda Pai Kapiraju	Gopi
2015	Lion	Cameo appearance
2017	Katamarayudu	Sivarayudu
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