Thursday, September 07, 2006

Daniel Balaji

According to my mom (usually a reliable source of such information), Daniel Balaji, who played the psycho killer so well in Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu, is actor Murali's brother. Can someone confirm or invalidate this piece of trivia?

48 Comments:

At 2:09 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

i think murali is a kannadiga and son of a famous producer / director in bangalore called siddalingiah (hindu name). so unless 'daniel' is a punai peru, i doubt it...

 
At 2:25 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

bb you have the right information. daniel is actor murali`s bro.

 
At 5:09 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

no no.....daniel is not actor murali's brother........

 
At 5:56 AM, Blogger Shanthi said...

unga ammaa kalakkuraanga !

: )

 
At 6:30 AM, Blogger kuttichuvaru said...

I too hav heard tat he is actor Murali's cousin!!

 
At 6:52 AM, Blogger Anu said...

I think he has the 'Daniel' cos he acted in this serial called 'Chitti' or one of radhika's serials as a psycho and his name was Daniel in that serial and so the punai per...I've also heard that he is Murali's brother..not sure though

 
At 7:20 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

yes he played a psycho who used to torture his wife in Chitti( Prabha's daughter)
He had some complex abt his skin being dark. He was really good back then too, I used to hate him.


Anywhoo, Balaji ur mom's probably right I mean what are the chances that someone not only has a hindu name like Balaji and Daniel together doesn't make too much sense unless his parents were trying to do some sort of 'puratchi'

 
At 10:30 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Mike Murali and Daniel Balaji..that's an interesting combination of names :)

SK

 
At 11:57 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hold on, one second. You are not talking about "Idhayam," "Kaalamellaam Kaadhal Vaazhga" Murali (Kannadiga), are we?..

Or are we talking about the other Murali (Keralite), who acted as Jo's father in "Dumm 3;" as the inspector in "Raam," and as Raayar in "Majaa?"

He couldn't be the second Murali's brother.. that Murali is way too old.. and of course, complexion comparison has never worked to prove anything!..

But, you know, what puzzles me? If he is indeed "Idhayam" Murali's brother, wouldn't this have been great big news even after Kaakha Kaakha (where Daniel Balaji played Devadarshini's husband and fellow cop with Surya)?

Name analysis will not yield any results either. After all, wherever did the name "Raghavendra Lawrence" come from? :-)

 
At 12:06 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

or Malcolm Adhiseshiah for that matter?!!

SK

 
At 12:27 PM, Blogger KK said...

I too heard that he is the cousin brother of Murali

 
At 1:13 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

a friend of mine remarked that the guy is indeed murali's brother...i dont know...:(

 
At 2:35 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

he is mike murali's brother

 
At 3:15 PM, Blogger Balaji said...

so the tally is
Yes - 7 (anon, kuttichuvaru, anu, sivajini, kk, ram, anon)
No - 2 (anon, leo)

but no real proof yet. wish someone could give a link to an interview by either of them that talks about this...

 
At 7:39 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

yes Balaji. Ur mom is right.

 
At 9:51 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

hmmm... makes me wonder. Brothers as in same father, same mother? If that was the case, we would have heard about it earlier, as sandya mentions. Maybe kudumbamthula edho kulappam ...

 
At 11:06 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I recall reading an article/interview(?) many years back stating the same. Daniel Balaji is probably an adopted name. What are names in films? No one uses there real name.

Vikram - Kenny
Vijaykanth - Something
Satyaraj - Something
Rajnikanth - Sivaji
Karthik - Murali
Bhagyaraj - Something
Partheepan - Murthy
Vijay - Joseph(Name that was used commonly before acting)
Arya - Jamshedsomething
Shaam - Shamsudeen something

The current crop of ladies usually use their own name, but the 80s, 90s entries all had changed names for films.

-kajan

 
At 9:04 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Vikram's real name is in fact Kennedy.

 
At 10:29 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Daniel Balaji is Murali's brother(though not sure abt the cousin part of it)...Anu is right...his name was Daniel in Chithi...I remember reading an article in AnandaVikatan around the same time Chithi was airing in which Balaji said that his brother actor Murali was proud of his performance in Chithi

 
At 11:21 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous u missed another one in u r list...

Surya - Saravanan.

 
At 11:54 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

not kennedy. kenny

 
At 1:13 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

vikram's original name is john kennedy, kenny is a nickname.

 
At 4:01 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

guess vikram is john kennedy after all..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_%28actor%29

sk

 
At 8:39 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

ooops me v late in asserting this
...he is bro but step !!!
u 4got 2 add..revathi was asha:)

 
At 8:43 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

and s.j.suryah is either justin or vincent

 
At 5:45 AM, Blogger narayanan said...

now i see where you got the inspiration to see so many movies :-)

 
At 3:24 PM, Blogger Potpourri said...

rambha is vijayalakshmi :)
romba mukhyam!!! couldn't help it..

 
At 5:16 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Balaji, this is off the topic, what do you think of doing an article on top 10 best interval scenes in tamil movies? Breaks that really set us up for the second half and leave us wanting more. Baasha comes to mind what do you say?

 
At 6:08 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nope balaji is a personal friend of mine! He is not related to Murali or anyone else!!

 
At 11:18 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

leonardvijay, balaji is "not related to murali OR ANYONE ELSE"
apo avar enna, avatharam-aa?? (courtesy: crazy mohan!)

 
At 8:14 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

he IS step bro but doesnt like to advertise that leo..thats what authentic reliable source says..i specifically asked for bb's sake!

 
At 11:50 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

ram, LOL

You can take that in the traditional sense of LOL, or as LOLlu

 
At 5:27 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Went through the whole chat transcript at Galatta.com just now with Daniel Balaji. No luck there either. None of the bozos (for lack of a better word!) asked anything about his link to actor Murali. So, there goes that!...

 
At 1:31 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

He is a frend of mine & he is my brothers ex-roomate. But its been yrs since I even spoke to Balaji.
I remember my brother saying that he is related to Murali, but not sure how! I guess cousin brother.

 
At 8:41 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

hey lol!!!
cause balaji is murali's cousin
i know this because he my uncle..........

 
At 8:43 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

i mean he's a my uncle
NOT
he my uncle

 
At 2:53 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi Danny how are you

 
At 4:21 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

am happy to see balaji's profile...
is any one know his mobil no...

 
At 1:07 AM, Blogger Unknown said...

hi this kannan from thanjavur in vettaiyadu vilaiyaddu movie is very nice that "ela eappadida eventa meatuna" is really nice iam 4 more times watching that movie for u!

 
At 2:51 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Iam a very big fan of Balaji.
He is so cute.

 
At 4:10 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I knw Balaji, I asked him directly -is he brother of Actor Murali, but he said it was a hoax, so people dnt spread it.

His name was balaji, and Daniel is gifted from the serial 'chitti'

 
At 1:58 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi this is Sapthanaa,
I anot sure why is this confusion if danniel balaji i murali's bro or not....
Danniel balaji is Murali's cousin. Iam a close friend ofhim. he is a teluguite.. and its his personal storuy of why he is a kannadiga's cousin. His real name is Balaji. He stays in Walasaravakkam Chennai. A real chain smoker and a humerous guy..... Awesome person to be a friend with.. one should be gifted to be his friend.. he just makes u feel so light and makes u laugh so much........ Now a adays he is so busy with his carrer that we hardly speak to each other.. where ever iam .. I never forget his birthday and atleast mail him to say a hi.. once in a month.........

 
At 5:51 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

hai balaji pls ur contact number pls
my mail id rasheed_sm02@yahoo.co.in

 
At 5:52 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

hai balaji pls ur contact number pls
my mail id rasheed_sm02@yahoo.co.in

 
At 1:16 AM, Blogger Sarvam said...

i love your style the way... ur tattoo's r too flummoxing... when did u do that ?

 
At 9:25 AM, Blogger Unknown said...

l like danel balaji

 
At 2:12 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey balaji, a friend of mine says that he has sex with u all the time and that u r gay too... Well i know its gonna be little hard to admit that. But u need to be open about it. Love u loads...

 
At 2:14 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi balaji... My name is john...
Id: johnpinter007@yahoo.co.in... Please mail me.. Would love to be ur friend.

 

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