RJ Balaji

RJ Balaji is the famous name of Balaji Patturaj. He was born on the 20th in the month of June in 1985. He is a famous Indian Radio jockey, comedian, actor based in Tamil Nadu. From his childhood, he was brought up in Chennai.

In an interview with Hindu newspaper, he says that he changed nearly twenty-seven houses and studied in ten schools. While he was pursuing a PG Diploma in Journalism at Coimbatore, he gave auditions to a famous radio station there. He became a radio jockey in the month of November 2006. In his first show, he talked about social issues.

After working for four years in Coimbatore, he came back to Chennai and started RJ'ying at BIG FM 92.7 radio station. His famous show ‘Talk it easy’made him successful RJ in Tamil Nadu. It has 16 segments. In his 4 hour show, he created a section named ‘Cross Talk’ in which he used to make calls and trick some random people.

This show went viral among Tamil Nadu Youth and also among Tamilians living abroad. Balaji stopped this show after the suicide of Jacintha Saldanha in London who was pranked by an Australian radio station in December 2012.

He started another segment named ‘120RS’ in which he reviewed Tamil movies. Many people from Tamil film industry severely criticized Balaji for his Tamil movie reviews. He also had a spat with a UTV employee for critical review of Tamil remake of Delhi Belly Click to look into! >> Read More... , Settai. After some months, he ended the segment 120rs.

Through Twitter, he expressed his decision of ending 120rs show for creating better work-life balance. He also tweeted that he cannot speak sugar coated lines and will stop reviewing Tamil movies until there is tolerance among some people from Tamil film Industry.

In 2013, in Ethir Neechal Click to look into! >> Read More... movie he played a guest role. This movie is directed by R.S. Durai. After this movie, as a Hero’s colleague in Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru, he played a complete role. His role name was Karna.

He played roles in Vaayai Moodi Pesavum Click to look into! >> Read More... , Vadacurry as Karikalan, Idhu Enna Maayam as Arun’s friend, Yatchan as Chandru, Naanum Rowdydhaan Click to look into! >> Read More... as Doshi Baba. Balaji created a YouTube channel named ‘Panjumittai Productions’, in which he uploads short videos dealing with contemporary issues.

He uploaded the third video deliberately titled ‘RJ Balaji abusing Sachin Tendulkar’ to catch the attention of majority people. This video got a heart donor for Kavya within two weeks. During 2015 Chennai floods, he helped a lot of individuals who lost their homes. He acted in Pugazh and Naanum Rowdy Dhaan, which are set to release in 2016.

Another Version Bio Added :

RJ Balaji is a radio jockey and presenter. He got fame as he was the host of the BIG FM 92.7. He was married when he was 21 years. He had a son named Mahanth. He was born on 20 June 1985. He is a comedian and an actor. He is also active in other fields along with radio jockey; he is famous for his collaborations with the television shows like Ungalil Yaar Adutha Prabhu Dheva and Why This Kolaveri Story Soon >> Read More... . He gave a shot in films like Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru (2013), Vadacurry (2014) Naanum Rowdy Dhaan (2015), Pugazh (2016) and LKG (2019). He is a cricket commentator. He has presented many inter-school cultural events in Chennai.

He has four siblings, one younger brother, three younger sisters. Balaji roamed around in the random company and give interviews. To keep himself busy, he even helps his friend, who is an AC mechanic. He has contributed to many social causes, such as providing relief support to the victims of the 2015 South Indian floods along. He did not pass in twelfth grade once. Before the news of his failure could spread in his neighborhood, he and his family shifted to another locality. He changed 24 houses and 11 schools while growing up in Chennai because his mother cannot stay in one place.

For Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism, he joined the Amrita School of Communication in Coimbatore. He doesn’t know what an RJ means, but when he saw a newspaper advertisement of a radio station that auditioned for radio jockeys, and he applied for it. He has done his graduation from the Kumararani Meena Muthiah College of Arts in B.Sc computer science in 2006. He has also played in the Celebrity Cricket League Celebrities like actors Playing Cricket is known a >> Read More... in 2015, for the team Chennai Rhinos. He was also a speaker at the TEDx Mylapore. For proving support to flood victims, he received the CNN-News18 Indian of the Year award in the category of ""Public Service.