MK Balaji
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| Genres | Indian music . Hip hop . Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, lyricist, television presenter, performer |
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.
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.
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.
As a television host he has hosted television shows like Paadum OfficeonSTAR Vijay, a Tamil version of the popular Sa Re Ga Ma Pa on Zee Tamil and many other shows.
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.
Below is the partial discography of the songs sung by MK Balaji.
| Song title | Film/album | Music director | co singers |
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| 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 | Sudha Ragunathan, Suzanne D'Mello |
| I'm a Fighter | Oh My Dog | Nivas K. Prasanna | Yuvan Shankar Raja, Nivas K. Prasanna, MK Balaji |
| 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 | Bharadwaj | |
| 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 |
| Song title | Featuring | Record Label |
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| Good Naai Bad Aadu | MK Balaji, Teju Ashwini, Sudhir Ravichandran | Saregama |
| Song title | Film/album | Music director | Singers |
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| "Hawa hawa" | Sethupathi | "Nivas K. Prasanna" | "Karthik, Sanindhavi |
| I'm a Fighter | Oh My Dog" | Nivas K. Prasanna | Yuvan Shankar Raja, Nivas K. Prasanna, MK Balaji |
| Good Naai Bad Aadu | "Single" | "MK Balaji" |
| TV Show | for TV Channel |
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| Paadum Office | Star Vijay |
| Sa Re Ga Ma Pa | Zee Tamil |
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