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Aparna Balamurali

Indian actress (born 1995)

In this Indian name, the name Balamurali is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Aparna.

Aparna Balamurali
Aparna in 2024
Born	Aparna Balamurali Menon (1995-09-11) 11 September 1995 (age 30) Thrissur, Kerala, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2015—present

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

Key
†	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]
2016	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]
2018	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	Malayalam	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	Malayalam		^[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]
2025	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
2022	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	Malayalam	Asianet	Guest; Reality show	^[49]

Other works

Year	Title	Language	Channel	Notes
2016	Mazhayayi	Malayalam	YouTube	Music album	^[9]
2017	Naadu				^[50]
2020	It's me nature				^[51]
2021	Bin Bulaye	Hindi		Short film	^[52]

Discography

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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)
2021	"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]

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External links

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