Baalaji was born in Madurai and completed Master’s degree in Molecular Virology and has worked as research fellow in few reputed institutions in Chennai. Later, when he found his interest towards cinema, he acted in a short film titled “2 idli 2 vadai”, for a competitive show “Naalaiya Iyakkunar” in Kalaignar Tv. In addition to this, Baalaji completed an acting course in Raging Bull Acting Studio to take it up as his profession. He then worked as an Associate Director with Director S U Arunkumar for the film Sindhubaadh in 2019, Starring Vijay Sethupathi. Furthermore, he debuted as an actor in the feature film Chithha 2023, starring Siddharth. He is expected to appear in “Chiyaan62”, an upcoming film starring Chiyaan Vikram.