Background
Siva Balaji was born and bought up in Chennai. He is the eldest son of Manoharan Ramaswamy, an industrialist and Sivakumarai Manoharan.
Siva Balaji was born and bought up in Chennai. He is the eldest son of Manoharan Ramaswamy, an industrialist and Sivakumarai Manoharan.
He attended Karthikeyan Metriculation Higher Secondary School.
He was introduced as a hero by director Suresh Krissna through the film Idi Maa Ashokgadi Love Story (2003). He started looking after his father"s businesses when he was 17. They have two sons, Dhanvin Kangula, born on 11 February 2010 and Gagan Kangula, born on 28 November 2014.
1997–2004: early career
Siva Balaji started working in his father"s Sri Balaji Group of companies (Sri Balaji Cylinders pvr ltd, Sri Balaji Valves Pvt ltd (DPR), and Sri Srinivasa cylinders pvr ltd (hot repair unit)) when he was 17 and established his own MSB Industries (valves, regulators and components manufacturing industry) at the age of 20.
He got his first film offer in 2002 at the age of 22 which made him leave his entrepreneurship and choose films, as his father strictly advised him to choose, either films or business. He started shooting for his first film Idi Maa Ashokgadi Love Story on 23 September 2002, followed by a guest role in Ela Cheppanu and the lead role in Dost.
His major break came through the film Arya directed by Sukumar. Playing the role of Ajay, local MPs spoiled brat son, who is adamant and very possessive lover, gained him critical acclaim which made him a star in the Telugu film industry.
Reviewer from Idlebrain.com quoted "Siva is good as adamant, at times confused, lover.
He generated comedy in few scenes where he shows his frustration." Reviewer from Sify.com wrote " Siva as Ajay is very promising." lieutenant was followed by Sankranti, in which he shared screen space with actors Daggubati Venkatesh and Srikanth. 2005–present
He took up Kumkuma an emotional heart touching script in 2005. He got his debut Tamil film Englishkaran in the same year, it was a huge hit.
He got 5 releases in 2006, Pothe poni, Kokila, Sarada Saradaga, Aganthakudu and Annavaram.
He was appreciated for his performance in Annavaram, directed by Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao where he shared screen space with Pawan Kalyan. In 2007 two of his filmsPagale vennela and Chandamama were released.
Chandamama directed by Krishna Vamsi, Navdeep was another lead and movie succeeded well at the box office and gained huge applause for him in the role of good-hearted Village boy. Kajal Aggarwal, and Sindhu Menon were the heroines of the film.
Target released in 2008 and that"s a wrong choice made.
He did Masth in 2009 produced by actor Suresh. Shivaji was another lead of the film. He worked with Ravi Teja and Allari Naresh in the film, while Priyamani, and Abhinaya were the heroines.
He is currently working in Samuthirakani"s Janda Pai Kapiraju and director Upputuri Mahesh"s Jagame Maya.