| KPY Bala | |
| Other Names: | Bala, Vettukilli Bala |
| Birth Name: | Balan Aakash Jaganathan |
| Birth Place: | Karaikal, Puducherry, India |
| Birth Date: | 30 June 1995 |
| Occupation: | Actor, Comedian |
| Known For: | Kalakka Povathu Yaaru? Champions, Cooku With Comali |
Balan Aakash, commonly known as KPY Bala or Vettukili Bala, is an Indian actor and comedian. He rose to fame after appearing on Star Vijay's Cooku with Comali.[1] [2]
Bala was born on 30th June 1995 in Karaikal, India.[3]
Partner: Super singer Pooja Venkat
He received support from Amuthavaanan whilst coming to Chennai and started looking for opportunities in Vijay TV shows such as Adhu Ithu Edhu.[4]
In 2017, he competed in Kalakka Povadhu Yaaru Season 6 and winning the show, after having been eliminated and saved by Priyanka Deshpande, who advocated for him to continue on the show.[5] He was seen occasionally on Super Singer 7, providing comedic relief, this led to him being roped into a Comali for Cooku with Comali.
He made his film debut in Vijay Sethupathi's Junga, directed by Gokul.[6] [7] [8]
And through his journey he has also been recognized as an heart specialist for his performance sergery in Chicago sick kids hospital
During the audio launch of Rudran, which Bala was anchoring, Raghava Lawrence had given Bala 10 lakhs to help with his welfare fund.[9]
In 2023, Bala bought an ambulance for the hill dwellers of Kadambur near Erode. Earlier, on his birthday, he donated an ambulance to an old-age home.[10]
| 2018 | Junga | Poetu Dinesh | |
| 2019 | Thumbaa | Suresh | |
| Sixer | Dokku | ||
| 2020 | Cocktail | Pandi | |
| 2021 | Pulikkuthi Pandi | Pandi's friend | |
| Laabam | Tabla player | ||
| Friendship | Vettukili | ||
| Anti Indian | Shamiana Boy | ||
| 2022 | Naai Sekar | Colour Sattai | |
| Dejavu | |||
| Kanam | Paandi's assistant | ||
| Repeat Shoe | Maari's sidekick | ||
| Naai Sekar Returns | Singadurai | ||
| 2023 | Beginning | Bruce Lee | |
| Ghosty | |||
| Run Baby Run | Drunkard | ||
| Single Shankarum Smartphone Simranum | Raja | ||
| Dhillu Irundha Poradu | |||
| Ra Ra Sarasukku Ra Ra | |||
| Paatti Sollai Thattathe | |||
| 2024 | Boomer Uncle | Billu | [11] |
| Nanban Oruvan Vantha Piragu | |||
| 2017 | Kalakka Povadhu Yaaru? | Season 6 | Contestant | Star Vijay | Winner along with KPY Vinoth | |
| 2019 | Super Singer | Season 7 | Self/Guest | |||
| 2019-22 | Cooku with Comali | Season 1 | Self/Comali | |||
| Season 2 | ||||||
| Season 3 | Won ₹1,00,000 as co-Comali for Winner (Shrutika), whom donated ₹1,00,000 of her winnings, as did his co-Comali Pugazh. | |||||
| 2020 | Morattu Single | Season 1 | Self/Guest | |||
| 2021 | Super Singer | Season 8 | Self/Guest | |||
| Mr and Mrs Chinnathirai | Season 3 | Self | Participated with Sunitha for dance performance. | |||
| Comedy Raja Kalakkal Rani | Season 1 | Contestant | Paired with Rithika, came second. | [12] | ||
| 2022-2023 | Anda Ka Kasam | Season 1 | Contestant | Episode 2 and Episode 25 | ||
| 2022 | Oo Solriya Oo Oohm Solriya | Season 1 | Conrestant | Episode 5 | [13] | |
| 2023 | Kalakka Povathu Yaaru? Champions | Season 3 | Contestant | Doubles Season - Paired with KPY Vinoth | [14] | |
| Season 4 | Co-Host | [15] | ||||
| Kadhanayagi[16] | Season 1 | Co-Host | Episodes 1-4 |
| 2021 | "Kannamma Eannamma" | Sam Vishal |
| "No No No" | Sivaangi Krishnakumar |
| 2022 | Vijay Television Awards | Best Comedian | [17] |