Aadarsh Balakrishna


Aadarsh Balakrishna is an Indian film actor born on 10 February 1984 in Bangalore. He is primarily known for his negative roles in Telugu films. He is also the runner up of reality TV show Bigg Boss Telugu 1.

Early life

His father, Balakrishna, is a businessman while his mother Uma is a homemaker. He has a younger sister, Apoorva, who is an architect. Aadarsh studied at Sophia High School, Bangalore until Standard 3. His family then moved to Hyderabad where he continued his schooling at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Public School and St. Andrews High School. He completed his graduation from Nizam College in 2005–06, majoring in Commerce. He was a cricketer and nurtured an ambition to play for India. He represented Hyderabad in various state level categories and also played for Osmania University.

Career

Aadarsh aspired to become a cricketer as a child and played at state level in his teens. While he was training at St John's Cricket Academy, he was spotted by Nagesh Kukunoor's team, who were on the lookout for a real cricketer to play the role of 'Kamal' opposite Shreyas Talpade and was asked to audition for Iqbal. He was given the role of Kamal, and Iqbal went on to become a critical and commercial success. It was produced by Subhash Ghai's Mukta Searchlight Films and won a National Award in 2005. Later, Aadarsh got his big break in Tollywood with the movie Happy Days directed by Sekhar Kammula which was a major blockbuster in 2007. He played Sanjay, a senior bully in the movie, set against an engineering college backdrop. His character was a memorable one and he made his mark as a 'Bad Guy' in Tollywood. He was then seen in Vinayakudu directed by Sai Kiran Avidi and Ride directed by Ramesh Varma which also went on to become successes at the box office.
Aadarsh within a short span worked with directors like Nagesh Kukunoor, Sekhar Kammula, Gopichand Mallineni and Ram Gopal Varma among others. He made his Kannada film debut in Nooru Janmaku where he played the 2nd lead, directed by Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar, a national award-winning director. He was seen in the film directed by Krishna Vamsi, titled Govindudu Andarivadele with Ram Charan.
Aadarsh also represents the Telugu Warriors in the Celebrity Cricket League and is one of their mainstays. He was runner up in GRAND FINALE of Big Boss Telugu Season 1.
He will be seen playing the role of an Indian Research and Analysis Wing agent in Ullu App's upcoming web-series titled Peshawar, which is based on 2014 Peshawar school massacre. His role is loosely based on the real life hero, who was popularly known as 'Black Tiger'.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
2005IqbalKamalNagesh KukunoorHindi Film
2007Happy DaysSanjaySekhar KammulaTelugu Film
2008VinayakuduAnanth NaiduSai Kiran AdiviTelugu Film
2009RideGajaRamesh VarmaTelugu Film
2009Evaraina EpudainaRajaMarthand K ShankarTelugu Film
2010Maro CharitraMaddyRavi YadavTelugu Film
2010Maa Annayya BangaramJonnalagadda SrinivasTelugu Film
2011Cricket Girls and BeerVijayUmesh ShirupalliTelugu Film
2010Nooru JanmakuJeevanNagathihalli ChandrasekharKannada Film
2010KSD AppalarajuBabu GaruRam Gopal VarmaTelugu Film
2012GeniusNizamuddinOhmkkarTelugu Film
2012BodyguardGopichand MalineniTelugu Film
2014Nee Jathaga NenundaliJaya RavindraTelugu Film
2014Govindudu AndarivadeleBaachiKrishna VamsiTelugu Film
2015Superstar KidnapJaiA. Sushanth ReddyTelugu Film
2016Seethamma Andalu Ramayya SitraluSeetha's suitorSrinivas GavireddyTelugu Film
2016SarrainoduPaddam VeerendraBoyapati SrinuTelugu Film
2016JaguarAryaMahadevBilingual
Kannada-Telugu Film
2017Babu Baga BusyNaveen MedaramTelugu Film
2017WinnerGopichand MalineniTelugu film
2017PSV Garuda VegaPraveen SattaruTelugu Film
2018VijethaKiranRakesh SashiTelugu Film
2018NeevevaroBlind sculptorHari NathTelugu Film
2018W/O RamRockyVijay YelakantiTelugu Film
2018Aravinda Sametha Veera RaghavaBasi Reddy's henchmanTrivikram SrinivasTelugu Film
2019ChanakyaRAW agentThiruTelugu Film
2019RanarangamSeshuSudheer VarmaTelugu Film
2020AswathamaJagadishRamana TejaTelugu Film

Television