Balu Varghese

Balu Varghese is an Indian actor and singer who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He began his acting career as a child actor in Chanthupottu (2005).

Balu Varghese
Balu Varghese in 2024
Born	(1991-10-26) 26 October 1991 (age 33) Kochi, Kerala, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2005–present
Spouse	Aileena Catherin ​ (m. 2020)​
Relatives	Lal (uncle) Alex Paul (uncle) Lal Jr. (cousin)

Early life and career

Balu Varghese was born in Kochi. He is the son of E. J. Varghese and Neena Varghese. He is also the nephew of Malayalam actor Lal and music director Alex Paul. He made his acting debut in 2005, by playing a child artist in Chanthupottu.^[1] He later starred in Lal Jr.’s directorial debut film Honey Bee.

Personal life

He married Aileena Catherin Amon on 2 February 2020.^[2] They have a son named Ezekiel Amy Varghese, who was born on March 31, 2021^[3][4]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

• All films are in Malayalam language unless otherwise noted.

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2005	Chanthupottu	Younger Kumaran	Child artist
2006	Oruvan	Young Shivan
2007	Arabikkatha	Young Cuba Mukundan
2008	Thalappavu	Young S. Raveendran Pillai
2010	Kanmazha Peyyum Munpe	Ijas
	Paappi Appacha	Vijeesh
2011	Manikiakkallu	Basheer
	Arjunan Saakshi	Selvam
2012	Cobra	Young Kari		[5]
2013	Maad Dad	Young Eesho
	Honey Bee	Ambrose Perera		[6]
	Bicycle Thieves	Sabu	Cameo Role
2014	Happy Journey	Freddy
	Hi I'm Tony	Sameer	Cameo Role
	Ithihasa	Vikki		[7]
	Money Ratnam	Joppa's son
2015	Namasthe Bali	Freakan Fakrudeen
	Onnam Loka Mahayudham	Bijesh
	Oru Second Class Yathra	Kumar
	Aana Mayil Ottakam	Ram	Lead role
	Appavum Veenjum	Jithu
2016	Style	Prayagan a.k.a. Di Caprio
	King Liar	Antappan		[8]
	Darvinte Parinamam	Ravi
	Inspector Dawood Ibrahim	unknown	Cameo role
	Marubhoomiyile Aana	Martin
	Kavi Uddheshichathu..?	Karal
2017	Honey Bee 2	Ambrose Perera		[9]
	Ezra	Unknown	Cameo role
	Sarvopari Palakkaran	Joymon
	Honey Bee 2.5	Himself	Cameo role
	Chunkz	Romario	Lead role	[10]
	Tharangam	Joy C		[11]
2018	Vallikkudilile Vellakkaran	Tom Joseph
	Premasoothram	Prakashan	Lead Role	[12]
	Ladoo	Rahul		[13]
2019	Vijay Superum Pournamiyum	Roshan	Also playback singer	[14]
	Oru Kuprasidha Payyan	Jinesh		[15]
	Muhabathin Kunjabdulla			[16]
	Janamaithri	Jack Daniels	Cameo Role
	Under World	Frog catcher	Cameo Role
	Happy Sardar	Iqbaal Moos
	Puzhikkadakan	Sebastian / Seban
2021	Operation Java	Anthony	Lead Role	[17]
	Tsunami	Boby Francis	Lead Role Also playback singer	[18]
	Ellam Sheriyakum			[19]
	Jan.E.Man	Monichchan	Lead Role	[20]
	Sumesh and Ramesh	Ramesh	Lead Role	[21]
2022	Vichithram	Joyner
2023	Charles Enterprises	Ravi		[22]
	Maharani			[23]
2024	Manjummel Boys	Sixen		[24]
	Nadikar	Lenin		[25]
	Pallotty 90's Kids			[26]
	Pushpaka Vimanam			[27]
2025	Ennu Swantham Punyalan			[28]
	Sumathi Valavu †	TBA		[29]
TBA	1 Princess Street †	TBA		[30]
	Alankam †	TBA		[31]
	Al Karama †	TBA		[32]
	Aanaparambile World Cup †	TBA	Aanaparambile World Cup	[33]
	Bha. Bha. Ba. †	TBA		[34]