Dhanya Balakrishna

Dhanya Balakrishna (born 6 August 1991) is an Indian actress who has appeared mostly in Telugu films along with Tamil, 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).

Dhanya Balakrishna
Born (1991-08-06) 6 August 1991
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
OccupationModel, actress
Years active2011-present

Early life

Dhanya Balakrishna was born on August 6, 1991 in Bangalore, Karnataka. She was educated at MES.[2]

She came to prominence after consecutively hosting SIIMA Awards along with actors Mirchi Siva and Sathish, in 2016 & 2017.[3]

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.[4] She was next seen in two bilingual projects, portraying supporting roles -Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi (2012) and then Gautham Menon's Neethaane En Ponvasantham (2012).[4][2]

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.

Filmography

Films
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
20117aum ArivuMalathiTamilTamil Debut
2012Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu YeppadiRashmi
Love FailureTeluguTelugu Debut
Neethaane En PonvasanthamNithya's friendTamil
Yeto Vellipoyindhi ManasuTelugu
2013Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettugirl who proposes to Chinnodu
Raja RaniNivethaTamil
Chinni Chinni AasaNishaTeluguDebut as lead actress
Second HandSahasra / Deepu / SwechaAlso singer for "Jo Tera Hi Ho Mera Hai"
2014Amrutham ChandamamaloSanjeeviniFirst Space Comedy Film
Run Raja RunSoundarya / BangaramCameo Appearance
Chinnadana Nee KosamNandhini's friend
2015Raju Gari GadhiBala Tripura Sundari
Bhale Manchi RojuMaya D'Souza
2016Nenu SailajaKeerti
Thanu VachhenantaKeertiFirst Telugu Zombie Comedy film
SavitriGayathri
2017VeedevaduShruthi's friend
Yaar IvanTamil
Jaya Janaki NayakaSweety's friendTelugu
2019Love Action DramaPriyaMalayalamMalayalam debut
PuzhikkadakanAnna
HulchulSwathiTelugu
Sarvajanikarige SuvarnavakashaJanhaviKannadaKannada Debut[5]
Software SudheerSwathiTelugu
2020Anukunnadi Okati Ayinadi OkatiDhanya
2021Flip FlopKannadaFilming
2020Filming

Web series
YearSeriesRoleLanguageNotes
2017PillASahasraTelugu
As I'm Suffering From KadhalMeeraTamil
2018What's Up VelakkariJessi
What's up PanimanishiTelugu
2019Rakta ChandanaaKannada

References
  1. "After acting in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam, Dhanya Balakrishna bags first Kannada film". Indian Express. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  2. Yerasala, Ikyatha (30 October 2019). "Dhanya's ride to success!". Deccan Chronicle.
  3. https://www.deccanherald.com/content/620631/ranbir-katrina-make-appearance-siima.html
  4. "The new girl on the block: Dhanya Balakrishnan - Times of India". The Times of India.
  5. "Becoming lead heroine is the toughest thing I have done: Dhanya Balakrishnan - Times of India". The Times of India.
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