RJ Balaji Wikipedia. RJ Balaji. Born. Balaji Patturaj11. June 1. 98. 5 age 3. Nationality. Indian. Other names. Cross Talk Balaji. Occupation. Radio jockey, presenter, actor. Years active. 20. Balaji Patturaj born 2. June 1. 98. 5, popularly known as RJ Balaji, is an Indian radio jockey, presenter, comedian and actor based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He is best known as the host of the BIG FM 9. Take it Easy and its now defunct segment Cross Talk, where he made prank calls to unsuspecting victims. Although mainly a radio jockey, Balaji is also active in other fields he is known for his association with the television shows Ungalil Yaar Adutha Prabhu Dheva and Why This Kolaveri, and for his performance in the films Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru 2. Vadacurry 2. 01. Heres a complete list of all the available movies on Netflix in the US. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get. Naanum Rowdy Dhaan 2. Pugazh 2. 01. 6. He has also been a presenter at many inter school cultural events in Chennai, and has contributed to many social causes, such as providing relief support to the victims of the 2. South Indian floods along with other actors. Early lifeeditBalaji was born on 2. June2 1. 98. 5,3 and was raised in Chennai. He is having four siblings, one younger brother, three younger sisters. He said that his father abandoned his family at an unspecified point. Balaji said in a 2. The Hindu that he changed 2. Chennai, because his mother just cannot stay in one place. She would move from Perambur to Thiruvanmiyur to Mylapore. Watch Series 1 Of Skins Online more. He failed in the twelfth grade once, while his friends passed. Before the news of his failure could spread in his neighbourhood, Balaji and his family shifted to another locality he saw this failure as a disaster. Balaji roamed around in random company and even assisted his friend, an AC mechanic, to keep himself occupied. Balaji eventually passed in the twelfth grade, and when he was in college, he realised that his strength was in interaction, and that the attention and acclaim he received in his college culturals gave him confidence and he realised that he had to be in the media. After completing his B. Watch Hatchet II Online Mic. Sc computer science from the Kumararani Meena Muthiah College of Arts in 2. Balaji joined the Amrita School of Communication in Coimbatore for a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism,8 because he wanted to become like his cousin who worked at NDTV, but when he was asked to write a report on his hostels canteen, the 5. English journalism was not what he was interested in. At that time he saw a newspaper advertisement of a radio station Radio Mirchi Coimbatore that auditioned for radio jockeys and he applied for it,69 though he never knew what an RJ was back then. He said that he almost did not get selected then1. November 2. 00. 6. He has not completed his journalism course since. Balaji started his career as a radio jockey at Radio Mirchi Coimbatore, where he hosted a three hour morning drive show called Hello Coimbatore which dealt with social issues. After four years he quit the job as he didnt want to sound angry all the time and returned to Chennai where his family and friends were living. He joined at BIG FM 9. Take it Easy was conceived. The evening prime time show was created to give people a break from the serious stuff that they have to deal with during work hours and relax with the nonsense. Balaji created another segment in Take it Easy, titled Cross Talk, where he made prank calls to unsuspecting victims, nominated by a friend, cousin, co worker or neighbour. On how the segment developed, Balaji said, I was assigned to do a serious socially relevant show in the beginning but Big FM gave me the chance to talk about anything in Take It Easy. Once when I was talking to a couple about something serious, people who listened found it funny. Thats how Cross Talk happened. Balaji described Radio Mirchis Senthil Kumar, who taught him radio and its basics at Coimbatore, as his favourite RJ, and said, whatever I am right now is because of him. Cross Talk became very popular among youths 4 Balaji uploaded several clips of the show on Sound. Cloud. The links went viral, crossing over a million hits in a single week. Besides India, most of the downloads were in the United States over 2. United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Seychelles, Germany and Spain. The show earned him the moniker Cross Talk Balaji. In November 2. Balaji and BIG FM RJs Muthu and Ophelia conducted Little RJ Hunt, a three phased event organised as part of the radio stations Childrens Day celebrations. Balaji won the RJ of the Year Tamil and Best Programme Broadcast after 1. Tamil awards for Take it Easy at the 2. Indian Excellence in Radio Awards. Later he was named amongst the Top 1. Promising Personalities of Tamil Nadu in 2. Ananda Vikatan Group. Balaji was the host for the 2. BIG Manasa Thotta Singer that was conducted by BIG FM. He has also been running the RJ Balaji Skool of Radio Studies since August 2. Three apps on Balaji have been developed an Android app simply named RJ Balaji,2. OS app titled RJ Balaji Official,2. Windows Phone app as well. In December 2. 01. Balaji discontinued Cross Talk, in response to the death of Jacintha Saldanha. In November 2. 01. Rs. on his show where he reviewed Tamil films, after he had been severely criticised by actors and producers from the Tamil film industry. A few months before, he had also been threatened by an employee from UTV Motion Pictures for his review of Settai. Via Twitter, he announced, I am a normal guy who wants to do good work everyday and go home happy. I cant really handle aftermath of every show on films. After a lot of thought, I have decided not to speak about films until theres tolerance and maturity among certain people from film fraternity, which is most unlikely to happen. So, 1. 20 show is no more. He further stated, I dont want to keep taking my work home. I have a one and half year old child and my wife is concerned about the phone calls I keep getting. As of July 2. 01. Hindi and English language films. In July 2. 01. 3, Balaji said that he would try remaining a radio jockey for at least 1. Chennai,3. 0 and reiterated this in November 2. After Indias Minister of Information and Broadcasting. Prakash Javadekar told in the Rajya Sabha that legal action would be taken against radio jockeys who ridicule members of parliament, Balaji in August 2. Deccan Chronicle, When I was a teenager I would fight with my sister for a room. Today parliamentarians are doing the same thing, fighting like teenagers. How can I not make fun of them, while fearing that even television anchors like Arnab Goswami and Rajdeep Sardesai would be banned soon. In January 2. 01. Balaji, radio jockeys Girigiri, Ananthi, Mirdhula and actor R. Sarathkumar contributed to Kodu Kondadu, an initiative by BIG FM and the non governmental organisation BHUMI to supply impoverished children with stationary, toys and books. In February, he was a host of the BIG Tamil Melody Awards at Chennai Trade Centre. In July 2. 01. 5, Balaji launched a new show titled Loose Talk. The following month, he left with many other Indian RJs for Siachen to conduct a program titled BIG Paigham  Sarhad Ke Naam saluting the Indian Army. In January 2. 01. Ananda Vikatan Awards for Promising Personality of Tamil Nadu and RJ of the Year. As a presentereditAlongside his radio career, Balaji has been active in other fields as well. He stated, It is nice to do a lot of things so that you are constantly on your feet. Watch A Home At The End Of The World Online Hollywoodreporter. In September 2. Channel Surfing, a segment of Smaraneeyam, the inter school cultural festival of Sri Sankara Senior Secondary School. Balaji was a performer at Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineerings annual cultural festival Instincts in March 2. He hosted the teaser trailer release event for Maattrraan in June 2. In August 2. 01. 2, Balaji was a guest performer at the fourth anniversary celebrations of Kiruthiga Udhayanidhis magazine Inbox 1.