Aparna Balamurali
Indian actress (born 1995)
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Aparna Balamurali (born 11 September 1995[1]) is an Indian actress and playback singer, who primarily works in Malayalam and Tamil films. She is the recipient of a National Film Award and a Filmfare Award South. Aparna is known for her roles in the films Maheshinte Prathikaaram (2016), Sunday Holiday (2017), Soorarai Pottru (2020), and Kishkindha Kaandam (2024), winning the National Film Award for Best Actress for Soorarai Pottru.[2] In 2025, Aparna was placed by Forbes Asia in their 30 Under 30 list.[3]
Early life
Aparna was born in Thrissur, Kerala, India to K. P. Balamurali Menon, a music director and Shobha Balamurali.[4] She attended Devamatha CMI Public School.[5]
Career
In 2015, Aparna's debut movie Oru Second Class Yathra was released. She rose to fame with her film named, Maheshinte Prathikaaram (2016).[6] She also starred in a comedy Oru Muthassi Gadha (2016).[7] 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.[8] Her 2018 releases are Kamuki and B. Tech.[9] She has been cast as the Tamil film's heroine in Sarvam Thaala Mayam (2019) starring G. V. Prakash Kumar.[10] Her subsequent films in Malayalam were Mr. & Ms. Rowdy (2019) and Jeem Boom Bhaa (2019).[11] She appeared as Bommi in Suriya starrer Soorarai Pottru (2020).[12] The next Tamil movie was Theethum Nandrum (2021).[13]
Filmography
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Oru Second Class Yathra | Amritha Unnikrishnan | Malayalam | [14] | |
| 2016 | Maheshinte Prathikaaram | Jimsy Augustine | [15] | ||
| Oru Muthassi Gada | Alice / Young Leelamma | [16] | |||
| 2017 | 8 Thottakkal | Meera | Tamil | [17] | |
| Sunday Holiday | Anu | Malayalam | [18] | ||
| Sarvopari Palakkaran | Anupama Neelakandan | [19] | |||
| Thrissivaperoor Kliptham | Bhageerati | [20] | |||
| Mayaanadhi | Herself | Guest appearance | [21] | ||
| 2018 | Kamuki | Achama Varghese (Achu) | [22] | ||
| B. Tech | Priya | [23] | |||
| 2019 | Allu Ramendran | Swathy | [24] | ||
| Sarvam Thaala Mayam | Sara | Tamil | [25] | ||
| Mr. & Ms. Rowdy | Poornima | Malayalam | [26] | ||
| Jeem Boom Bhaa | Muth | Cameo | [27] | ||
| 2020 | Soorarai Pottru | Sundari Nedumaaran (Bommi) | Tamil | [12] | |
| 2021 | Theethum Nandrum | Sumathi | [28] | ||
| 2022 | Veetla Vishesham | Sowmya | [29] | ||
| Sundari Gardens | Suma (Sundari Mathews) | Malayalam | [30] | ||
| Ini Utharam | Dr.Janaki Ganesh | [31] | |||
| Nitham Oru Vaanam | Mathivadani | Tamil | [32] | ||
| Kaapa | Prameela | Malayalam | [33] | ||
| 2023 | Thankam | Keerthi | [34] | ||
| 2018 | Noora, T.V Reporter | [35] | |||
| Dhoomam | Diya | [36] | |||
| Padmini | Adv. Sreedevi (Sree) | [37] | |||
| 2024 | Raayan | Meghalai | Tamil | [38] | |
| Kishkindha Kaandam | Aparna | Malayalam | [39] | ||
| Rudhiram | Swathy | [40] | |||
| 2025 | Mirage | Abirami / Anjali | [41] | ||
| Mindiyum Paranjum | Leena | [42] | |||
| 2026 | Ula † | TBA | Filming | [43] | |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Channel | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Laughing Villa season 3 | Herself | Malayalam | Surya TV | Guest; Reality show | [44] |
| 2019 | Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Keralam | Herself | Zee Keralam | Guest; Reality show | [45] | |
| 2020 | Super 4 | Herself | Mazhavil Manorama | Guest; Reality show | [46] | |
| 2022 | Puthu Puthu Arthangal | Sowmya | Tamil | Zee Tamil | Cameo; Serial | |
| Fingertip (season 2) | Shruti | ZEE5 | Web series | |||
| 2023 | Star Singer season 9 | Herself | Asianet | Guest; Reality show | [47] | |
| 2024 | Manorathangal | Bharathi | Malayalam | ZEE5 | Anthology web series Segment : Kadalkkaattu |
[48] |
| 2025 | Bigg Boss Malayalam season 7 | Herself | Asianet | Guest; Reality show | [49] | |
Other works
Discography
| Year | Song | Film | Co-singer | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)[53] | Nitham Oru Vaanam | Tamil |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Film | Award | Category | Result | Ref | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Soorarai Pottru | National Film Award | Best Actress | Won | [54] | |||
| 2022 | Filmfare Awards South | Critics Award for Best Actress – Tamil | Won | [55] | 2020 | SIIMA Awards | SIIMA Critics Award for Best Actress – Tamil | 2020 |
| Won | [56] |
