Background
MK was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
MK was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
He started his career as a playback singer for the Tamil film Pandhayam, directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar. He went on to sing hits like Sexy Lady from Ninaithale Inikkum in the music of Vijay Antony., Vellaikari Nee for the film Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam in the music of G. V. Prakash Kumar, Enge Poveno for the film Angaadi Theru, directed by Veyil Vasanthabalan. His first release in Telugu was Dailamo Dailamo for the movie Mahatma directed by Krishna Vamsi after which he sang many songs in Telugu including Tuneega Tuneega for the movie tuneega Tuneega.
He has worked with many other music directors like Karthik Raja, Sundar C babu, Taj Noor, James Vasanthan, Sirpy, Sabesh Murali and Srikanth Deva. MK Balaji, a prominent stage performer has performed for various events like the Indian Premier League Edition 1 and 3, College Pro shows and Corporate events. His tours overseas include shows in Dubai, Seychelles, Malaysia, Singapore, and Sri Lanka. His band V3 has adjudged the best band in Oohlalala Band hunt amidst thousands of bands that was adjudged by Academy Award winner AR Rahman.
As a television host, he has hosted television shows like "Paadum Office" in STAR Vijay and Tamil version of the popular SaReGaMaPa in Zee Tamil.