Dhanya Balakrishna
Born6 August 1991
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Occupation(s)Model, Actress, Host
Years active2011-present
Spouse
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(m. 2022)​

Dhanya Balakrishna 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 7aum Arivu (2011), in a supporting role,[2] she appeared in ventures including Gautham Vasudev 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).

Early life

Dhanya Balakrishna was born in Bangalore, Karnataka. Kannada is her mother tongue.[3] She was educated at MES.[4]

Career

Dhanya 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.[5] She was next seen in two bilingual projects, portraying supporting roles -Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi (2012) and then Gautham Vasudev Menon's Neethaane En Ponvasantham (2012).[5][4]

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 Nivitha, 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. She has been part of nearly 40 movies and 10 web series. She able to speak kannada, tamil and telugu fluently.

Filmography

Films

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
20117aum ArivuMalathiTamilTamil Debut
2012Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu YeppadiRashmi
Neethaane En PonvasanthamNithya's friendTamil
Yeto Vellipoyindhi ManasuTeluguTelugu Debut
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 ChandamamaloSanjeevini
Run Raja RunSoundarya / BangaramCameo Appearance
Chinnadana Nee KosamNandhini's friend
2015Raju Gari GadhiBala Tripura Sundari
Bhale Manchi RojuMaya D'Souza
2016Nenu SailajaKeerti
Thanu VachhenantaKeerti
SavitriGayathri
2017VeedevaduDr.Gouthami Ramakrishna
Yaar IvanTamil
Jaya Janaki NayakaSweety's friendTelugu
2019Love Action DramaPriyaMalayalamMalayalam debut
PuzhikkadakanAnna
HulchulSwathiTelugu
Sarvajanikarige SuvarnavakashaJanhaviKannadaKannada Debut[6]
Software SudheerSwathiTelugu
2020Anukunnadi Okati Ayinadi OkatiDhanya
2022CarbonSwapnaTamil
JagamemayaChitraTeluguReleased on Hotstar
Nodi Swamy Ivanu Irode HeegeGajalakshmiKannada
2023Undenama
Flip FlopFilming
2020Filming

Television

YearSeriesRoleLanguageAvailabilityNotes
2017PillaSahasraTeluguViu
As I'm Suffering From KadhalMeeraTamilHotstar
2019What's Up VelakkariJessiZEE5
What's up PanimanishiTelugu
2019Rakta ChandanaaDSP Janaki AtholiKannadaWatcho
2021Alludu GaruAmmuTeluguAhaOfficial Remake of What the folks series
2022LoserMaya SivaramakrishnaZEE5Season 2
2022RecceGouri
2022Mad HouseTamilAha

References

  1. ↑ "Balaji Mohan and Dhanya Balakrishnan get married secretly".
  2. ↑ "After acting in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam, Dhanya Balakrishnan bags first Kannada film". The Indian Express. 15 October 2018. Archived from the original on 3 November 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Now I am a south Indian heroine, says Dhanya Balakrishna". The New Indian Express. 14 October 2018. The best part is that my dialogue delivery will be a lot more real because Kannada is my mother tongue, and unlike other languages, I don't have to translate it in my head, which is just a lot of effort
  4. 1 2 Yerasala, Ikyatha (30 October 2019). "Dhanya's ride to success!". Deccan Chronicle.
  5. 1 2 "The new girl on the block: Dhanya Balakrishnan". The Times of India.
  6. ↑ "Becoming lead heroine is the toughest thing I have done: Dhanya Balakrishnan". The Times of India.
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