Actor · Telugu cinema
Adarsh Balakrishna
Adarsh Balakrishna movies: 31 Telugu films on file, 2007–2026. Earliest on file: Happy Days (2007). Latest release: Euphoria (6 February 2026).
- Films on file
- 31 (31 as actor)
- Years on file
- 2007–2026
- Born
- 10 February 1984 · February birthdays (Wikidata)
- Selected films on file
- Sarainodu, Govindudu Andarivadele, Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava
- Record
- Q16745143 on Wikidata
Aadarsh Balakrishna (born 10 February 1984) is an Indian actor known mainly for villain roles in Telugu films. He is also known as the runner-up of the first season of Bigg Boss Telugu.
Early life and cricket
Aadarsh was born in Bangalore and moved to Hyderabad as a child, where he studied at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Public School and St. Andrews High School. He graduated in commerce from Nizam College in 2005–06. A keen cricketer who hoped to play for India, he represented Hyderabad at state level and played for Osmania University.
Iqbal
While he was training at St. John’s Cricket Academy, Nagesh Kukunoor’s team spotted him while looking for a real cricketer to play Kamal in Iqbal, opposite Shreyas Talpade. He won the role after an audition. Produced by Subhash Ghai’s Mukta Searchlight Films, Iqbal was a critical and commercial success and won a National Award in 2005.
Telugu films
His big break in Telugu came with Sekhar Kammula‘s Happy Days (2007), where he played Sanjay, a senior bully at an engineering college, a role that established him as a screen villain. He followed it with Vinayakudu (2008) and Ride (2009), and appeared in Krishna Vamsi‘s Govindudu Andarivadele. He has worked with directors including Gopichand Malineni and Ram Gopal Varma.
Kannada debut
He made his Kannada debut in the second lead of Nooru Janmaku, directed by Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar.
Cricket and television
He plays for the Telugu Warriors in the Celebrity Cricket League, where he is considered one of their key players. He was also runner-up in the grand finale of Bigg Boss Telugu Season 1.
Career on file
Adarsh Balakrishna appears in 31 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 2007 to 2026. The earliest of them is Happy Days (2007), and the most recent release is Euphoria (2026). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Sarainodu (2016), Govindudu Andarivadele (2014) and Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava (2018). Other recent releases on file are Thalli Manasu (2025), Mix Up (2024) and Rangamarthanda (2023).
Brahmanandam is the most frequent co-star, sharing seven films with Adarsh Balakrishna, followed by Prakash Raj (3) and Jagapati Babu (3). Among directors, Krishna Vamsi and Gopichand Malineni each cast Adarsh Balakrishna in two films, more than any other director. Music on six of them is by S. Thaman, with Gopi Sundar (2) and Kaala Bhairava (2) next. Across these films the credits on file name 30 different directors, 25 music directors and 79 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 21 of them; they average 140 minutes, and the longest is Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava at 162 minutes. 14 of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 2000s (4), 2010s (15) and 2020s (12).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.