Dhanya Balakrishna

Dhanya Balakrishna (born August 6, 1991) is an Indian actress who has appeared mostly in Tamil and Telugu films along with Kannada and Malayalam films. After making her debut in A. R. Murugadoss's 7am Arivu (2011), she appeared in ventures including Gautham Menon's Neethaane En Ponvasantham (2012), Atlee's Raja Rani (2013) and Srikanth Addala's Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (2013). Dhanya made her debut as female lead in Telugu with Chinni Chinni Aasa (2013).

Balakrishna began her acting career with performances in theatre, before playing a supporting role in A. R. Murugadoss's 7aum Arivu (2011) alongside Suriya and Shruti Haasan. She was next seen in two bilingual projects, portraying supporting roles - Balaji Mohan's Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi (2012) and then Gautham Menon's Neethaane En Ponvasantham (2012).

She portrayed supporting role in the 2013 Telugu film Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu as a girl who proposes to the character played by Mahesh Babu; while in Raja Rani (2013), she was seen as Nivetha, a friend of Nayantara's character. Her first leading role was in the Telugu film Chinni Chinni Aasa (2013), released in November 2013, while other projects, Chandamama Lo Amrutham and Second Hand, were released thereafter.