Daniel Balaji

Acting

Daniel Balaji

Born — Died

1975-12-02 — 2024-03-29

Place of birth

Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

39 titles

T. C. Balaji, better known as Daniel Balaji was an Indian actor, who predominantly worked in Tamil film industry and in some Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam films. After beginning his career in 1998 as a unit production manager on the set of Kamal Haasan's unreleased Marudhanayagam, he acted in television serials before breaking into the film industry. His first major role was in Kaakha Kaakha (2003) as a police officer alongside Suriya, who played the leading role. Balaji also had gained recognition for his performance as the antagonist in the Dhanush-starrer Polladhavan (2007), which was a success with critics and audiences alike.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 5 titles

2010s · 18 titles

Vada Chennai poster
7.8

A proficient carrom player sets foot in the world of crime and joins forces with local gangsters to settle their feuds. However, he decides to take them down when they plan to wipe out his locality.

Vada Chennai

2018

Bigil poster
6.3

A do-gooder don wants his footballer son to uplift the life of his people by becoming a champion, but fate draws the youngster into a life of violence. Will he be able to fulfill his father’s dream when an opportunity comes his way seven years later?

Bigil

2019

Maayavan poster
6.7

A series of murders are happening in the city, and a cop realises that they are all eerily similar. Can he find out the link and capture the murderer before it is too late?

Maayavan

2017

Yennai Arindhaal poster
6.9

Sathyadev, who is on a career break, is forced to put on his cop shoes ones again to save Thenmozhi, a young woman who is the target of a criminal organ harvesting group, led by a ghost from his past.

Yennai Arindhaal

2015

Bangalore Underworld poster
6.0

Kannada movie set in the backdrop of Bengaluru which follows the life of Maalik who worked under two notorious dons.

Bangalore Underworld

2017

Thimiru Pudichavan poster
5.3

A cop tries to bring a lot of positive changes in a city which is polluted by a goon’s actions.

Thimiru Pudichavan

2018

Bairavaa poster
5.5

A loan recovery agent takes on a corrupt head of an educational institution to save his girlfriend.​

Bairavaa

2017

Vai Raja Vai poster
5.7

Karthik, who has ESP, helps his friend Panda win a betting game with his power, but this lands him in trouble with Randhai, the gangster who funded the betting operation, who, now, wants him to use his power and make a killing at a casino.

Vai Raja Vai

2015

Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada poster
5.1

A youngster goes on a road trip with the girl of his dreams and but an accident leads things to spiraling out of control.

Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada

2016

Ippadai Vellum poster
5.2

Two men are wrongly arrested as being the accomplices of a most-wanted terrorist. How do they prove their innocence?

Ippadai Vellum

2017

No artwork available
2.0

Mayan murders women who repulse him, all the while seeking a homely girl to marry. He finds her in Radhika but when she learns about his dark secret, he decides to kill her as well.

Marumugam

2014

Paisa Paisa poster
4.6

The story unfolds the events happening in just four hours of a day in two cities - Kochi and Chennai. Balu (Aju Varghese) who goes to Chennai to attend an interview falls into a trap in the few minutes he goes out of the call centre office to make a phone call. He contacts his friend Kishore (Indrajith), an ad filmmaker and his friend, to help him with some money. Kishore, who is in Kochi, has an equally crucial day. His wife Surya (Mamta Mohandas) is returning to his life as the couple has been living separate for some time. Kishore sets aside his plans to reconcile with his wife to help his friend. However, he fails to gather enough money to help Balu. How money changes the life of these characters forms the rest of the story.

Paisa Paisa

2013

Enbathettu poster
NR

A family-oriented man is caught off-guard when his number is misused by a bunch of gangsters. He then tries to find a way out this trouble, highlighting how people, especially the youth, should use technology wisely and be wary of being too exposed to it.

Enbathettu

2017

Saahasam Swaasaga Saagipo poster
6.1

A couple on a road trip across the country are thrown into a situation that is beyond their control.

Saahasam Swaasaga Saagipo

2016

Crime story poster
NR

Crime Story is a action drama film directed by Anil Thomas. Rahul Madhav and Vishnu Priya is playing the leading role in this film.

Crime story

2012

Gangs of Madras poster
6.8

A woman who loses her husband in a police encounter plots to take revenge on the gangsters who had framed him.

Gangs of Madras

2019

Vidhi Mathi Ultaa poster
4.0

A youngster has a nightmare and gets the shock of his life when the events from the dream start happening in his real life.

Vidhi Mathi Ultaa

2018

Gnana Kirukkan poster
NR

Muli Starrer Low Budget Film

Gnana Kirukkan

2014

2000s · 11 titles

Gharshana poster
7.1

Rama Chandra (played by Daggubati Venkatesh) is the Deputy Commissioner of Police of Hyderabad City. His upbringing as an orphan, and the special nature of his job as a policeman, have left him reluctant to form relationships with women. He doesn't have much faith in the judicial system and seeks to 'eliminate' the criminals in the town through encounters.

Gharshana

2004

Chirutha poster
5.2

A young man with a tragic past meets the daughter of a rich man and falls in love, while trying to avenge the death of his father.

Chirutha

2007

Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu poster
7.1

DCP Raghavan sets off on the trail of the killers of Rani, the daughter of a police officer. Following this, many more murders take place, leading him to New York to capture the maniac killer.

Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu

2006

Kaakha Kaakha poster
7.4

After a police team kills his brother, a drug-dealing gangster vows to kill the entire team and their respective families.

Kaakha Kaakha

2003

Polladhavan poster
7.2

Prabhu is dejected when he learns that his bike has been stolen. He decides to find the people who stole the bike, but lands in trouble when he realises that his bike has been used to transport drugs.

Polladhavan

2007

Black poster
7.1

Devin Carlos Padaveedan and Shanmugham, who run a crime syndicate, turn foes when the latter wants to turn a new leaf and live a normal life.

Black

2004

Kadhal Konden poster
7.8

A genius-yet-introverted orphan, raised by a church priest, is sent to college where he turns out to be a social outcast. Although he is shunned by the majority of the other students, one girl shows him kindness and befriends him. Things take a turn when he falls for her, and she in turn falls for another classmate.

Kadhal Konden

2003

April Maadhathil poster
4.6

Kathir comes from a poor family and aspires to study hard and start earning. After turning down many girls, he falls for Shweta, a rich girl, but both do not confess their feelings to each other.

April Maadhathil

2002

Daddy Cool poster
5.2

Simon, a police officer, accidentally kills a man, unaware that he is a local goon. To take revenge against Simon, a gang of thugs kidnap his son, but he is determined to save him.

Daddy Cool

2009

Bhagavan poster
2.2

When a group of terrorists kidnap the home minister of Kerala and three newborn babies from his hospital, Dr Balagopal takes it upon himself to rescue them.

Bhagavan

2009

Muthirai poster
3.0

Muthirai movie revolves around a tech-savvy criminal and his friend who is a smart-con guy. They (Nithin Sathya and Daniel Balaji) together plan and execute frauds of various kinds, including cyber-crimes. The film sometimes becomes hilarious too. A political assassination plan is also unfolding parallel to the story line, which is some way related to these youths. The movie involves perfect blend of action, romance and humour.

Muthirai

2009