Bhavna Balakrishnan | |
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Born | Bhavna Balakrishnan 22 May 1986 |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Great Lakes Institute of Management |
Occupation(s) | anchor, commentator, play back singer, classical dancer, video jockey, radio jockey |
Known for | 2019 Cricket World Cup commentator |
Spouse | Nikhil Ramesh |
Bhavana Balakrishnan (born 25 May 1985) is an Indian television anchor, cricket commentator, video jockey, playback singer and dancer. [1] She is one of the most popular sports journalists in India after Mayanti Langer. [2] She currently works as a broadcaster for Star Sports and has hosted several programmes for the channel.[ citation needed ] Balakrishnan was one of the women to commentate during the 2019 Cricket World Cup. [3] [4] [5] Bhavana mostly does her hosting and presenting work in Tamil, while also being fluent in Hindi. [6]
Balakrishnan began her career as a radio jockey for a brief period and ventured into television. She joined Raj TV as a host, and the first television show she hosted was Beach Girls Show. She later joined Star Vijay channel and became a full-time anchor with the channel in 2011. Her first programme with Vijay TV was Super Singer Junior , and she also hosted Airtel Super Singer until 2017. She has hosted other shows with the channel including the "Fun Unlimited" season of Jodi Number One . [7] [8]
In 2017, she joined Star Sports as a sports journalist and hosted broadcasts of for the Indian Premier League (IPL) and Pro Kabaddi League. She served as a commentator for Star Sports Tamil during the 2018 IPL season and was one of just two female presenters during the 2018 Indian Premier League. [9] In 2019, she hosted the Tamil version of Indian celebrity talk show Famously Filmfare.
Balakrishnan made her debut as singer in 2018 and released her first single The MashUp Series by BB. [10] [11]
She married Mumbai based businessman Nikhil Ramesh and currently resides in Mumbai. [12]