Career
He started his career by acting and hosting shows in television and is almost a decade old in the Kannada Film Industry. He shot to fame for co-hosting the hit Kannada reality show "Pyate Hudgir Halli Lifu" on Asianet Suvarna Channel, with Kannada Star Sudeep. Originally from a small town called Rly.Kodur in Andhra Pradesh, Akul Balaji was born on 23 February 1979.
After moving to Bangalore at age 16, he trained in Bharathanatyam under Smt.Usha Datar and later joined "Natya Science Technology Engineering And Mathematics Dance Kampni" headed by Madhu Nataraj as a contemporary dancer and learned Kathak from Guru Smt.
Doctor Maya Rao. He has also dabbled in theater in Director Pawan Kumar"s adaptation of Badal Sarkar"s Evam Inderjit in 2004. He also has done an advance acting workshop under Mahesh Dattani.
From beginnings as a small screen actor, he has become an actor and television host in Karnataka. He has hosted super hit reality shows for Asianet Suvarna like "Pyate Hudgir Halli Lifu" season 1 & 2, "Halli Haida Pyateg Banda", "Pyate Mandi Kadige Bandru 1", "Pyate Mandi Kaadige Bandru 2" which was shot in Andaman Islands, "Hosa Luv Story", and "Nodi Swamy Naavirode Heege".
He hosted "Mane Munde Mahalakshmi" a game show for ETV Kannada and "INDIAN".
He hosted "Sye Ante Sye" for Zee Telugu. He also hosted the reality show called "ThaKaDiMiTha Dancing Stars" for ETV Kannada. He has acted in the following television serials: Agatha (Udaya television, 2002) Guptha Gamini (ETV Kannada) Yava Janumadha Maithri (ETV Kannada) Jagalagantiyaru (Udaya television) Pellinati Pramanalu (Zee Telugu, 2012).