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Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1991-06-08

Place of Birth

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Dhanya Balakrishna

Biography

Dhanya Balakrishna (born August 6, 1991) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Telugu and Tamil cinema, alongside appearances in Kannada and Malayalam films. After working in theatre, she made her screen debut in *7 Aum Arivu* (2011), followed by the bilingual release *Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi* (2012) and its Telugu version *Love Failure* (2012). In 2013, Balakrishna gained wider recognition with supporting roles in *Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu* and *Raja Rani*, playing her first leading role that same year in *Chinni Chinni Aasa*. Her subsequent Telugu releases included *Amrutham Chandamamalo* (2014), the horror comedy *Raju Gari Gadhi* (2015), *Bhale Manchi Roju* (2015), *Nenu Sailaja* (2016), and *Jaya Janaki Nayaka* (2017). Balakrishna expanded across South Indian industries in 2019, making her Malayalam debut in *Love Action Drama* and her Kannada debut in *Sarvajanikarige Suvarnavakasha*. In streaming, she starred in the series *As I'm Suffering From Kadhal* (2017), *What's Up Panimanishi* (2018), and *Loser* (2022). Her later film credits include *Carbon* (2022), *Lal Salaam* (2024), *RAM* (2024), and *The 100* (2025).

Known for

Sikandar

Sikandar

A tragic accident pushes the powerful Sikandar to protect the less fortunate by standing up to corruption and greed — using any means necessary.

Mad Company

Mad Company

AK,once a popular actor gets expelled from the industry for his attitude that is misunderstood by the insiders. He starts up a venture that is committed to bridge the gap between ordinary folks and the relationships they miss in their lives.

As I'm Suffering From Kadhal

As I'm Suffering From Kadhal

The different problems that arise between couples before they tie the knot and after, the issues faced by couples who don’t believe in the concept of marriage and the complications in the life of a divorcee.

What's Up Velakkari

What's Up Velakkari

What's Up Velakkari is a ZEE5 Tamil Original. The story revolves around a modern city-bred husband, an old-fashioned wife who hails from a village, and an ultra-modern maid who hails from the city. Situations turn hilarious when the husband starts to get attracted towards the maid, making the wife change her outlook to be a modern woman. Will the wife be able to make her husband get attracted towards her over the maid?

Recce

Recce

Set in the backdrop of Anantapur, in 1993, A dual murder takes place, setting off a series of unforeseen consequences and twists after a cop named Lenin embarks on an investigation.

Chhaliya

Chhaliya

Chhaliya web series story revolves around a girl named Dhanya (Dhanya Balakrishnan). She is the light-hearted and fun-loving girl who loves to goes Party. Dhanya is living with her lover Rishi (Anirudh Tothapalli). One Day, she was shocked about her bad situation after-party night and didn’t understand what will happen after this lousy situation. But what was this critical situation? After Party, she wakeups and she finds herself to be pregnant, but she doesn’t know anything about this. From this, She and her boyfriend tri to memorizing everything from the day of the Party, due to it’s happened. In this situation, she gets contacted by a crazy stalker who seems to have certain clues regarding her pregnancy. Who is responsible for this situation? Will her boyfriend be able to save Dhanya?

Veedevadu

Veedevadu

A man is arrested for murdering his wife and sent to a prison in Goa. A cop assigned to the case believes there is more to this than meets the eye. What's the mystery here?

Undenaama

Undenaama

Venky is a software engineer by profession who wishes to get married as soon as possible. What difficulties will Venky face from society, family and friends?

Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu

Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu

The romantic lives of two people – Varun and Nithya, are chronicled in this film from their school days until their adult lives. They fall in love multiple times and keep breaking up over minor issues. But deep down, they are so madly in love with each other that they keep giving themselves another chance.

Love Action Drama

Love Action Drama

Dineshan is in love with Shoba, but she insists he give up smoking and drinking before marriage. It’s easier said than done, but will love triumph?

Savitri

Savitri

Savitri is a girl who is fascinated with wedding ceremonies. When she gets engaged, she travels to Shirdi and in the train she meets a doctor Rishi, who falls in love with her. Meanwhile, his parents arrange a marriage for him but he rejects the girl without meeting her. The twist is that the alliance is with none other than Savitri. What happens next forms the rest of the story.

Raju Gari Gadhi

Raju Gari Gadhi

More than thirty people were killed in a haunted house in Nandigama. A TV channel plans a reality show by sending seven participants to spend seven days in that haunted palace. They were lured by an attractive prize money of 3 crore. But they will soon come to know that they are surrounded by ghosts and evil spirits in that palace. Will they survive or is there any uncovered secret about the place?

Jaya Janaki Nayaka

Jaya Janaki Nayaka

Gagan is very much in love with Sweety aka Janaki, a sweet-natured girl, ever willing to lend a helping hand to those in need. But she ends up rejecting Gagan and later finds herself in a situation from which there seems no escape. Why did Sweety reject Gagan and what does he do when he finds her in a dangerous predicament.

Krishna Leela

Krishna Leela

A yoga expert named Vihari returns to India, where he encounters Brundha and discovers they were lovers in a past life. Bound by a centuries-old curse, their journey explores destiny, reincarnation, and the eternal quest for love.

Neethaane En Ponvasantham

Neethaane En Ponvasantham

Childhood friends Varun and Nithya are in love with each other but due to different career choices, they break up with each other. Years later, Varun meets her and tries his best to win her back.