RJ Balaji Height, Weight, Age, Wife, Children, Biography & More

Bio
Full Name	Balaji Patturaj
Nickname	Cross Talk Balaji
Profession	Radio Jockey, Presenter, Voice Artist, Actor
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 170 cm in meters- 1.70 m in feet inches- 5’ 7”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms- 80 kg in pounds- 176 lbs
Body Measurements (approx.)	- Chest: 40 inches - Waist: 30 inches - Biceps: 14 inches
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	20 June 1985 (Thursday)
Age (as of 2024)	39 Years
Birth Place	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Cancer
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
School	Attented 11 Schools
College	Kumararani Meena Muthiah College of Arts Amrita School of Communication, Coimbatore
Eduactional Qualification	B.Sc Computer Science Post Graduate Diploma in Jounalism
Debut	Film:- Ethir Neechal (2013) Radio:- Hello Coimbatore (2006)
Family	Father- Name Not Known Mother- Name Not Known Brother- 1 (Younger) Sister- 3 (Younger)
Religion	Hinduism
Hobbies	Travelling
Favourite Things
Favourite Food	South Indian Cuisine
Favourite Actor	Rajinikanth, Mahesh Babu, Kamal Haasan
Favourite Actress	Nayanthara
Favourite Radio Jockey	Senthil Kumar
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Girlfriends	Not Known
Wife/Spouse	Name Not Known
Children	Son- Mahanth Daughter- None

Some Lesser Known Facts About RJ Balaji

He was born and raised in Chennai with four younger siblings, one sister and and three brothers.

He failed 12th grade and seeing this failure as disaster, he moved from Perambur to Thiruvanmiyur.

He told in an interview that he changed 24 houses and 11 houses while growing up.

While he was preparing to pass 12th grade, he assisted his friend, as an AC mechanic and eventually passed 12th grade.

Later when he joined college, he realised that wants to be in media and wanted to be his cousin who works in NDTV.

When he was asked to write a report in English for a newspaper, he committed 47 grammatical errors in 56 word report then he dropped the journalism plan.

In 2006, he auditioned and got selected as radio jockey, though he never knew what an RJ was back then.
He started his career as a radio jockey at Radio Mirchi Coimbatore, with a three-hour morning drive show called ‘Hello Coimbatore‘ which dealt with social issues.

His talk show- Cross Talk became very popular among youngsters. He uploaded several clips of the show on SoundCloud. Those links went viral, crossing over a million hits in a single week. Not only in India, his links were downloaded in United States (over 20%), United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Seychelles, Germany and Spain.

Differnet apps have been developed on him on different platforms; android, windows and iOS.

In 2013, he debuted in the Tollywood with the movie- Ethir Neechal. Once, he and G. V. Prakash Kumar met a major car accident during the filming of ‘Kadavul Irukkan Kumaru’ but sustained only minor injuries.

He runs a YouTube channel- ‘Panjumittai Productions’ where he uploads short videos dealing with current issues.