MK Balaji

MK Balaji
MK Balaji
Genres	Indian music . Hip hop . Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, lyricist, television presenter, performer

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MK Balaji is an Indian singer-songwriter and a television host from Chennai. As a playback singer he has sung more than 200 songs in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. His first song a lyricist was for the movie Sethupathi. He has hosted popular TV shows in Star Vijay and Zee Tamil.

Biography[edit]

MK Balaji is the voice behind many South Indian film songs including "Rettai Kathire" from the Tamil movie Maattrraan directed by K. V. Anand starring Surya Sivakumar. He has delivered many successful songs in Tamil and Telugu. He has also collaborated with music directors like D Imman, Karthik Raja, Sundar C babu, Taj Noor, James Vasanthan, Sirpy, Sabesh–Murali and Srikanth Deva.

Live shows and tours[edit]

MK Balaji is one very few South Indian singers to perform for the Indian Premier League. He is a prominent stage performer performing for award functions, television shows, college pro shows and corporate events. His tours overseas include shows in Paris, Japan, Dubai, Kuwait, Seychelles, Malaysia, Singapore and Sri Lanka to name a few. He has also toured with music directors Harris Jayaraj and Vijay Antony on their music shows.

TV host[edit]

As a television host he has hosted television shows like Paadum Office on STAR Vijay, a Tamil version of the popular Sa Re Ga Ma Pa on Zee Tamil and many other shows.

Early music[edit]

He started his singing career with reality shows on television. His band V3, of which he was the lead singer, presented a sound track in the Oohlalala album which consists of original compositions by the winners of the show Oohlalala aired on the Tamil channel Sun TV. It was judged by the Oscar winner AR Rahman. His band was judged the winning band and he eventually got the breakthrough as a playback singer.

Discography[edit]

Below is the partial discography of the songs sung by MK Balaji.

Song title	Film/album	Music director	co singers
Hey Mama	Sethupathi	Nivas K. Prasanna	Anirudh Ravichandar
Rettai Kathirae	Maattrraan	Harris Jayaraj	Krish
Oru Oorla Rendu Raja	Oru Oorla Rendu Raja	D. Imman	Anthony Daasan
Sara Sara Saravedi	Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal	Harris Jayaraj	KK , Srilekha
Kadal Naan Thaan	Endrendrum Punnagai	Harris Jayaraj	Andreah Jerimiah , Bombay Jayashree
Vellaikari	Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam	G. V. Prakash Kumar	NSK Ramya
Enge poveno	Angadi Theru	Vijay Antony	Benny Dayal
Dhool Tucker	Dhool Tucker Single	L.V Ganesan	feat Prabhu Deva
Unnai Enni	Aayirathil Iruvar	Bharathwaj
Sexy Lady	Ninaithale Inikkum	Vijay Antony	NSK Ramya , Maya
Thulle Rani	Super Cowboy(Telugu)	G. V. Prakash Kumar	NSK Ramya
Dilamo Dilamo	Mahatma (Telugu)	Vijay Antony	Sangeetha
Tuneega Tuneega	Tuneega Tuneega	Karthik Raja

As lyricist

Song title	Film/album	Music director
"Hawa hawa"	Sethupathi	"Nivas K. Prasanna"

As TV Host

TV Show	for TV Channel
Paadum Office	Star Vijay
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa	Zee Tamil

References[edit]