MK Balaji

MK Balaji is an Indian singer, songwriter, composer and independent artist 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. He made a debut as an indie artist with his single Good Naai bad Aadu that takes a fun jab at meat eating animal lovers.

Biography

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.

Early music

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

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

Film songs

Song titleFilm/albumMusic directorco singersHey MamaSethupathiNivas K. Prasanna Anirudh RavichandarRettai KathiraeMaattrraanHarris Jayaraj KrishOru Oorla Rendu RajaOru Oorla Rendu RajaD. Imman Anthony DaasanSara Sara SaravediIdhu Kathirvelan KadhalHarris Jayaraj KK, SrilekhaKadal Naan ThaanEndrendrum PunnagaiHarris Jayaraj Sudha Ragunathan, Suzanne D'MelloI'm a FighterOh My DogNivas K. PrasannaYuvan Shankar Raja, Nivas K. Prasanna, MK BalajiVellaikariIrumbu Kottai Murattu SingamG. V. Prakash Kumar NSK RamyaEnge povenoAngadi TheruVijay Antony Benny DayalDhool TuckerDhool Tucker SingleL.V Ganesan feat Prabhu DevaUnnai EnniAayirathil IruvarBharadwajSexy LadyNinaithale InikkumVijay Antony NSK Ramya, MayaThulle RaniSuper Cowboy(Telugu)G. V. Prakash Kumar NSK RamyaDilamo DilamoMahatma (Telugu)Vijay Antony SangeethaTuneega TuneegaTuneega TuneegaKarthik Raja

Single Song titleFeaturing Record labelGood Naai Bad Aadu MK Balaji, Teju Ashwini, Sudhir RavichandranSaregama

As lyricist Song titleFilm/albumMusic directorSingers"Hawa hawa"Sethupathi"Nivas K. Prasanna" "Karthik, SanindhaviI'm a FighterOh My DogNivas K. Prasanna Yuvan Shankar Raja, Nivas K. Prasanna, MK BalajiGood Naai Bad Aadu "Single""MK Balaji"

As TV Host TV Showfor TV ChannelPaadum OfficeStar VijaySa Re Ga Ma PaZee Tamil