MK Balaji is an Indian playback singer, who hails from Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

, Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

. He has worked with leading music composers like Vijay Antony

Vijay Antony

-Biography and career:Antony first worked as a sound engineer, later becoming a music director. In 1998 he studied at Loyola College, Chennai after which he founded his own studio, 'Audiophiles', composing and sound engineering for TV jingles and documentaries. The soundtrack of the film Sukran,...

 and G. V. Prakash Kumar

G. V. Prakash Kumar

G. V. Prakash Kumar is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer. He has mainly scored music for Tamil, while also doing three Telugu films and a Hindi film...

. He is the lead vocalist of the fusion band V3 which won the band hunt Oohlalala judged by AR Rahman.

Biography

His launch as a playback singer was for the Tamil film Pandhayam

Pandhayam

Pandhayam is a Tamil film directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar starring Nithin Sathya, Sindhu Tolani. Joseph Vijay did a guest role as himself.-Plot:...

, directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar. The music for the movie was scored by Vijay Antony

Vijay Antony

-Biography and career:Antony first worked as a sound engineer, later becoming a music director. In 1998 he studied at Loyola College, Chennai after which he founded his own studio, 'Audiophiles', composing and sound engineering for TV jingles and documentaries. The soundtrack of the film Sukran,...

. He sang the songs Surangani and Chinna Maamiye for the film. His other hit numbers include Sexy Lady for the movie Ninaithale Inikkum (2009 film)

Ninaithale Inikkum (2009 film)

Ninaithale Inikkum is a 2009 Tamil mystery-drama film directed by Kumaravelan. The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Sakthi Vasu, Priyamani, Karthik Kumar and Anuja Iyer in the lead roles while K. Bhagyaraj and Manobala play supporting roles. The film's score was composed by Vijay Antony.The film...

starring Prithviraj

Prithviraj

Prithviraj may refer to:* Prithviraj Chauhan , a king of the Chauhan dynasty* Prithviraj Kapoor, a famous Indian theatre and cinema personality best known for his work in Hindi cinema....

, Karthik Kumar

Karthik Kumar

Karthik Kumar is a noted theatre and Kollywood actor. He is popularly known as 'Evam' Karthik, due to his theater connections.He studied chemical engineering in sri venkateshwara college of engineering,chennai.He is married to playback singer Suchitra Ramadurai.-Filmography:-External links:...

, Sakthi Vasu

Sakthi Vasu

Shakthi Vasudevan is a Tamil film actor. He is the son of film director P. Vasu and began his career in his father's films as a child artiste.-Career:...

, Priyamani

Priyamani

Priya Vasudev Mani Iyer, better known by her stage name Priyamani is an Indian film actress and model who has appeared in several Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films...

, Vellaikari for the film Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam

Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam

Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam is a 2010 Indian Tamil western film directed by Chimbu Deven, starring choreographer-turned-actor Lawrence Raghavendra, Sandhya, Lakshmi Rai and Padmapriya in lead roles. The film is a "Western adventure comedy film" based on Cowboy stories, which is set in the 17th...

 in the music of G. V. Prakash Kumar

G. V. Prakash Kumar

G. V. Prakash Kumar is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer. He has mainly scored music for Tamil, while also doing three Telugu films and a Hindi film...

, Enge Poveno for the film Angaadi Theru

Angaadi Theru

-Further reading:* Christopher, Michael & Helen Staufer . “Urban. Village. Urban-Village. Angaditheru and its mofussil department store society in Chennai”, in: manycinemas 1, 24-37, ,...

, directed by Veyil

Veyil

Veyil is a 2006 Tamil-language film directed by Vasanthabalan. Bharath and Pasupathy are the heroes where Bhavana, Priyanka and Sriya Reddy plays the female leads.-Plot:...

 Vasanthabalan

Vasanthabalan

-Career:The director began his career with Album, which failed at the box-office. His second film, produced by the prestigious S Pictures company, Veyil became a blockbuster and was shown as the Indian representative at Cannes in 2007...

  ,Indha kadhal from the movie Kanagavel Kakka,Rasikkum Seemane for the film Rasikkum Seemane, Oru Kinnathai for the film Indira Vizha. His first release in Telugu was Dailamo Dailamo for the movie Mahatma directed by Krishna Vamsi

Krishna Vamsi

Krishna Vamsi Pasupuleti is an award-winning Indian film director in Telugu Cinema.-Early life and background:...

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He has also hosted shows in Tamil channels "Paadum Office" in STAR Vijay

STAR Vijay

STAR Vijay is a popular Indian entertainment channel broadcasting in Tamil. The channel is also available in several other nations as well. The channel is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation...

, "Airtel top Jodi in Raj TV and "The Breakfast Show" in Zee Tamil

Zee Tamil

Zee Tamil is an India-based satellite television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises, Zee Network, which carries broadcasts in Tamil and other regional languages of India. As well as broadcasting in South Asia, it also reaches audiences in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, East Asia,...

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Early life

He started his singing career with various Television reality shows including Airtel Super Singer

Airtel Super Singer

Airtel Super Singer is a reality-based Indian singing competition in Tamil language that aired on STAR Vijay. The program seeks to discover the best singing talent in Tamil Nadu through a series of statewide auditions. The show is sponsored by the mobile service provider, Airtel. The show debuted...

, Raagamalika , Saptha Swarangal, SS Music Launch Pad, etc. His band V3 presented a sound track in the Oohlalala Album which consists of tracks by the winners of the show Oohlalala aired in the Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 channel

Television channel

A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...

 SUN TV

Sun TV (India)

Sun TV is a regional Indian cable television station. It is the flagship channel of the Chennai-based Sun Network. It was founded and currently owned by Kalanidhi Maran. It was the first fully privately owned television channel in India when it emerged in 1992...

. It was judged by the Oscar winner AR Rahman.He works in Globalscholar,Chennai.

Discography

Song title	Film/Album	Music Director
"Sexy lady"	Ninaithale Inikkum (2009 film) Ninaithale Inikkum (2009 film) Ninaithale Inikkum is a 2009 Tamil mystery-drama film directed by Kumaravelan. The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Sakthi Vasu, Priyamani, Karthik Kumar and Anuja Iyer in the lead roles while K. Bhagyaraj and Manobala play supporting roles. The film's score was composed by Vijay Antony.The film...	Vijay Antony Vijay Antony -Biography and career:Antony first worked as a sound engineer, later becoming a music director. In 1998 he studied at Loyola College, Chennai after which he founded his own studio, 'Audiophiles', composing and sound engineering for TV jingles and documentaries. The soundtrack of the film Sukran,...
"Vellaikari"	Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam is a 2010 Indian Tamil western film directed by Chimbu Deven, starring choreographer-turned-actor Lawrence Raghavendra, Sandhya, Lakshmi Rai and Padmapriya in lead roles. The film is a "Western adventure comedy film" based on Cowboy stories, which is set in the 17th...	G. V. Prakash Kumar G. V. Prakash Kumar G. V. Prakash Kumar is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer. He has mainly scored music for Tamil, while also doing three Telugu films and a Hindi film...
"Enge poveno"	Angadi Theru	Vijay Antony Vijay Antony -Biography and career:Antony first worked as a sound engineer, later becoming a music director. In 1998 he studied at Loyola College, Chennai after which he founded his own studio, 'Audiophiles', composing and sound engineering for TV jingles and documentaries. The soundtrack of the film Sukran,...
"Thulle Rani"	Super Cowboy	G. V. Prakash Kumar G. V. Prakash Kumar G. V. Prakash Kumar is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer. He has mainly scored music for Tamil, while also doing three Telugu films and a Hindi film...
"Dilamo Dilamo"	Mahatma (Telugu)	Vijay Antony Vijay Antony -Biography and career:Antony first worked as a sound engineer, later becoming a music director. In 1998 he studied at Loyola College, Chennai after which he founded his own studio, 'Audiophiles', composing and sound engineering for TV jingles and documentaries. The soundtrack of the film Sukran,...
"Siru Siru"	Markandeyan	Sundar C Babu Sundar C Babu Sundar C Babu is a music composer who composes music for Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films in India. He is the son of an eminent Veena Vidhwan Dr.Chitti Babu and Sudakshina Devi and his brothers are Rangasai and Radhakrishnan. Under his father's guidance, Babu began his film composing in the year...
"Indha kadhal "	Kanagavel Kakka	Vijay Antony Vijay Antony -Biography and career:Antony first worked as a sound engineer, later becoming a music director. In 1998 he studied at Loyola College, Chennai after which he founded his own studio, 'Audiophiles', composing and sound engineering for TV jingles and documentaries. The soundtrack of the film Sukran,...
"Thavaniyellam"	Milaga	Sabesh Murali
"Marudhani poo"	Vamsam	Taj Noor
"Pallanguzhi"	Bayam Ariyan	P.C.Shivan
"Dhara Dhiri"	Bayam Ariyan	P.C.Shivan
"Lavender Pennae"	365 Kadhal Kadithangal	Paul J
"Alappara"	365 Kadhal Kadithangal	Paul J
"Pudhusa Pudhusa"	Madurai to theni	Xavi Xavi Xavier Hernández i Creus , commonly known as Xavi Hernández or simply Xavi , is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club FC Barcelona, where he has spent his entire 14-year career....
"Oru Kinnathai"	Indira Vizha	"Yateesh"
"Surangani"	Pandhayam	Vijay Antony Vijay Antony -Biography and career:Antony first worked as a sound engineer, later becoming a music director. In 1998 he studied at Loyola College, Chennai after which he founded his own studio, 'Audiophiles', composing and sound engineering for TV jingles and documentaries. The soundtrack of the film Sukran,...
"Rasikkum Seemane"	Rasikkum Seemane	Vijay Antony Vijay Antony -Biography and career:Antony first worked as a sound engineer, later becoming a music director. In 1998 he studied at Loyola College, Chennai after which he founded his own studio, 'Audiophiles', composing and sound engineering for TV jingles and documentaries. The soundtrack of the film Sukran,...
"I Know you love Me"	Ayudha Porattam	"Nandhan Raj"
"Mittai Penne"	Mittai	Sabesh Murali
"Penillame"	Pugaipadam	Gangai Amaran Gangai Amaran Gangai Amaran is a Music director, Lyricist, Script writer, Actor and Film director in Tamil films. He is the younger brother of noted music director Ilayaraaja and father of actors Venkat Prabhu and Premji Amaren.-As script writer:...
"Un Kangal"	Pandi	Srikanth Deva Srikanth Deva Srikanth Deva is a music director of Tamil films. He made his debut as music director in the Tamil movie Doubles in 2000. He is the son of Tamil music director Deva.-Biography:...
"Un Sparisam"	Anbu Karangal	"Jayanth"
"Edhuvum Seivom"	Oohlalala Album	"V3"