Aparna Balamurali

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Aparna Balamurali
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Aparna Balamurali
Born (1995-09-11) 11 September 1995 (age 28)
Thrissur, Kerala, India
OccupationActress
Years active2015—present
Awards National Film Award for Best Actress (2020)

Aparna Balamurali (born 11 September 1995 [1] ) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Malayalam films, in addition to Tamil films. Aparna is recipient of a National Film Award and Filmfare Award South.

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She is known for her roles in Maheshinte Prathikaaram (2016), Sunday Holiday (2017) and Soorarai Pottru (2020). For her performance in the last of these, she won the National Film Award for Best Actress. [2]

Personal life

Aparna was born in Thrissur, Kerala, India to KP Balamurali, a music director and Shobha Balamurali . [3] She completed her schooling at Devamatha CMI Public School. [4]

Career

In 2015, Aparna's debut movie Oru Second Class Yathra was released. She rose to fame with her film named, Maheshinte Prathikaaram in 2016. [5] She also starred in comedy Oru Muthassi Gada (2016). [6] She made her Tamil debut in 8 Thottakkal (2017). She played in Sunday Holiday (2017) and Thrissivaperoor Kliptham (2017). In both films, she is paired opposite Asif Ali. [7] Besides this, she also pursued her career in Music and gave songs like Mounangal Mindumoree, Thennal Nilavinte and Thanthane. Her 2018 releases are Kamuki and B. Tech . [8] She has been cast as the Tamil film's heroine in Sarvam Thaala Mayam (2019) starring G. V. Prakash Kumar. [9] Her subsequent films in Malayalam were Mr. & Ms. Rowdy (2019) and Jeem Boom Bhaa (2019). [10] She appeared as Bommi in Suriya starrer Soorarai Pottru (2020).[ citation needed ] The next Tamil movie was Theethum Nandrum (2021). [11]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotesRef.
2015 Oru Second Class Yathra Amritha Unnikrishnan Malayalam [12]
2016 Maheshinte Prathikaaram Jimsy AugustineMalayalam [13]
Oru Muthassi Gada Alice / Young LeelammaMalayalam [14]
2017 8 Thottakkal Meera Tamil [15]
Sunday Holiday AnuMalayalam [16]
Sarvopari Palakkaran Anupama NeelakandanMalayalam [17]
Thrissivaperoor Kliptham BhageeratiMalayalam [18]
Mayaanadhi HerselfMalayalamGuest appearance [19]
2018 Kamuki Achama Varghese (Achu)Malayalam [20]
B. Tech PriyaMalayalam [21]
2019 Allu Ramendran SwathyMalayalam [22]
Sarvam Thaala Mayam SaraTamil [23]
Mr. & Ms. Rowdy PoornimaMalayalam [24]
Jeem Boom Bhaa MuthMalayalamCameo [25]
2020 Soorarai Pottru Sundari Nedumaaran (Bommi)Tamil [26]
2021 Theethum Nandrum SumathiTamil [27]
2022 Veetla Vishesham SowmyaTamil [28]
Sundari Gardens Suma (Sundari Mathews)Malayalam [29]
Ini Utharam Dr.Janaki GaneshMalayalam
Nitham Oru Vaanam MathiTamil [30]
Kaapa PrameelaMalayalam [31]
2023 Thankam KeerthiMalayalam [32]
2018 Noora, T.V ReporterMalayalam [33]
Dhoomam DiyaMalayalam [34]
Padmini Adv. Sreedevi (Sree)Malayalam [35]
Ula†TBAMalayalamFilming [36]
Mindiyum Paranjum†TBAMalayalamFilming [37]
Rudhiram†TBAMalayalamFilming [38]
TBA Raayan †TBATamilPost production [39]

Other works

YearShort Film / AlbumLanguageChannelNotes
2016MazhayayiMalayalam YouTube Music album [40]
2017NaaduMalayalamMusic album [41]
2020It's me natureMalayalamMusic album [42]
2021Bin BulayeHindiShort film [43]
2022 Puthu Puthu Arthangal Tamil Zee Tamil Serial
Fingertip (season 2) Tamil ZEE5 Web series

Discography

YearSongFilmCo-singerLanguage
2016"Mounangal Mindumoree" Maheshinte Prathikaaram Vijay Yesudas Malayalam
"Thennal Nilavinte" Oru Muthassi Gadha Vineeth Sreenivasan
"Vinnil Theliyum Meghame" Pa Va Vijay Yesudas
2017"Mannippaya Ena Ketkadhe" 8 Thottakkal Udhay Kannan Tamil
"Mazha Paadum" Sunday Holiday Arvind Venugopal Malayalam
"Thanthane"Naadu (Music Album)
2020"Kanyamariyame"Kanyamariyame (Music album)
2021"Veyil Choodum"Veyil Choodum (Music album)
"Ninnil ninnum Njan"Hased (Music album)
2022"Thada Buda Kaathu" (Promotional song) [44] Nitham Oru Vaanam Tamil

Awards and nominations

YearFilmAwardCategoryResultRef
2020 Soorarai Pottru National Film Award Best ActressWon [45]
2022 Soorarai Pottru Filmfare Award South Best Actress - Critics (Tamil)Won [46]

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References

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