Junior Balaiah Age, Death, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Birth name	Raghu Balaiah [1]India Today
Profession	Actor
Physical Stats & More
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Salt and Pepper
Career
Debut	Film: Melnaattu Marumagal (1975) TV: Chithi (2000–2001) as James on Sun TV Web Series: Mugilan (2020) on ZEE 5
Last Film	Yennanga Sir Unga Sattam (2021)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	28 June 1953 (Sunday)
Birthplace	Sundankottai, Tamil Nadu
Date of Death	2 November 2023
Place of Death	Valasaravakkam, Chennai
Age (at the time of death)	70 Years
Death Cause	Heart attack [2]The US Sun
Zodiac sign	Cancer
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Chennai
Religion	In 2010, he started following Evangelism and then Christianity.
Caste	Nadar [3]The Hindu
Relationships & More
Marital Status (at the time of death)	Married
Family
Wife/Spouse	• Suzanna • Sethu Parvathy
Children	Son- Rohit Daughter- Niveditha
Parents	Father- T. S. Balaiah (actor) Mother- Mallika
Siblings	Brother(s)- 2 • Ganesh Balaya (singer) • Saibaba (singer) Sister- Manochithra (actor)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Junior Balaiah

• Junior Balaiah was an Indian actor who appeared majorly in Tamil films. He was famous for being the son of actor T. S. Balaiah. Over 40 years of his career, he appeared primarily in supporting roles. He has also acted as a comedian and villain in various Tamil films. He died on 2 November 2023 due to a heart attack at his residence in Chennai.

• Balaiah’s father died in 1972, three days before his first film as an actor was released. The film titled Suttaan Sutten which M. R. Radha directed featured Balaiah as Radha’s son. The film also featured Balaiah’s father, but after he died, the shooting was stopped.

• He appeared in many films but was unable to match the success of his father.

• He took out many loans, and because of this, he became bankrupt. He started practising Christianity and set up a healing centre called Healing Stripes Ministry.

• Some of his popular films include Karagattakaran (1989), Sundara Kandam (1992), Cheran Chozhan Pandian (1998), Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani (2014), and Nerkonda Parvai (2019). The film Nerkonda Paarvai was the Tamil remake of the Bollywood film Pink (2016).
  

  Poster of the film Nerkonda Parvai (2019)

• Apart from movies, Balaiah also worked in TV shows like Vazhkai (2000-2001) as Prabhakar’s father and Chinna Papa Periya Papa (2014) Season 1 as Masanam.
  

  Poster of the television show Chinna Papa Periya Papa

• In 2014, Balaiah announced his plan to start a film production company to give his son a chance to become an actor.

• Balaiah was an active participant in the activities of the Nadigar Sangam (South Indian Artistes Association).

• On 2 November 2023, Balaiah passed away at his residence in Chennai due to a heart attack. He later suffered asphyxiation.