Dhanya Balakrishna
Dhanya Balakrishna (born August 6, 1991) is an Indian actress who has appeared mostly in Tamil and Telugu films along with Kannada and Malayalam films. After making her debut in A. R. Murugadoss's 7am Arivu (2011)[1], she appeared in ventures including Gautham Menon's Neethaane En Ponvasantham (2012), Atlee's Raja Rani (2013) and Srikanth Addala's Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (2013). Dhanya made her debut as female lead in Telugu with Chinni Chinni Aasa (2013). She is credited as Dhanya Balakrishnan in the Tamil film industry.[2][3]
Dhanya Balakrishna | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Indian |
Other names | Dhanya Balakrishnan |
Occupation | Model, actress |
Years active | 2011-present |
Career
Balakrishna began her acting career with performances in theatre, before playing a supporting role in A. R. Murugadoss's 7aum Arivu (2011) alongside Suriya and Shruti Haasan.[2] She was next seen in two bilingual projects, portraying supporting roles - Balaji Mohan's Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi (2012) and then Gautham Menon's Neethaane En Ponvasantham (2012).[2][4]
Dhanya, portrayed supporting role in the 2013 Telugu film Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu as a girl who proposes to the character played by Mahesh Babu; while in Raja Rani (2013), she was seen as Nivetha, a friend of Nayantara's character. Her first leading role was in the Telugu film Chinni Chinni Aasa (2013), released in November 2013, while other projects, Amrutham Chandamamalo and Second Hand, were released thereafter.
Early life and education
Dhanya Balakrishna was born on August 6, 1991 in Bangalore, Karnataka. She was educated at MES.[4]
Dhanya Balakrishna came into light after hosting SIIMA Awards along with actors Mirchi Siva and Sathish consequently two events of SIIMA Awards 2016 & 2017[5]
Filmography
Films
Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
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2011 | 7aum Arivu | Malathi | Tamil | Tamil Debut |
2012 | Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi | Rashmi | ||
Love Failure | Telugu | Telugu Debut | ||
Neethaane En Ponvasantham | Nithya's friend | Tamil | ||
Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu | Telugu | |||
2013 | Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu | girl who proposes to Chinnodu | ||
Raja Rani | Nivetha | Tamil | ||
Chinni Chinni Aasa | Telugu | |||
Second Hand | Sahasra / Deepu / Swecha | Also singer for "Jo Tera Hi Ho Mera Hai" | ||
2014 | Amrutham Chandamamalo | Sanjeevini | ||
Run Raja Run | Soundarya / Bangaram | |||
Chinnadana Nee Kosam | Nandhini's friend | |||
2015 | Raju Gari Gadhi | Bala Tripura Sundari | ||
Bhale Manchi Roju | Maya D'Souza | |||
2016 | Nenu Sailaja | Keerti | ||
Thanu Vachhenanta | Keerti | |||
Savitri | Gayathri | |||
2017 | Veedevadu | |||
Yaar Ivan | Tamil | |||
Jaya Janaki Nayaka | Sweety's friend | Telugu | ||
2019 | Love Action Drama | Priya | Malayalam | |
Puzhikkadakan | Anna | |||
Software Sudheer | Swathi | Telugu | ||
Sarvajanikarige Suvarnavakasha | Janhavi | Kannada | Kannada Debut[3] | |
Hulchul | Swathi | Telugu | ||
2020 | Anukunnadi Okkati Ayyandhi Okati | Dhanya | Telugu | |
Flip Flop | Kannada | Filming |
Web series
Year | Series | Role | Language | Notes |
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2017 | PillA | Telugu | ||
As I'm Suffering From Kadhal | Meera | Tamil | ||
2018 | What's Up Velakkari | Jessi | Tamil, Telugu | |
2019 | Rakta Chandanaa | Kannada |
References
- "After acting in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam, Dhanya Balakrishna bags first Kannada film". Indian Express. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- "The new girl on the block: Dhanya Balakrishnan - Times of India". The Times of India.
- "Becoming lead heroine is the toughest thing I have done: Dhanya Balakrishnan - Times of India". The Times of India.
- Yerasala, Ikyatha (30 October 2019). "Dhanya's ride to success!". Deccan Chronicle.
- https://www.deccanherald.com/content/620631/ranbir-katrina-make-appearance-siima.html