Aparna Balamurali (born 11 September 1995) is an Indian film actress and playback singer who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema industry and a few Tamil films.She is best known for her role as Jimsy in Maheshinte Prathikaaram (2016) and Anu in Sunday Holiday (2017).She was signed to play the lead actress, pairing with Suriya for the first time in his upcoming Indian Tamil-language action drama film Soorarai Pottru directed by Sudha Kongara. She also learned the Madurai slang of Tamil for the film.

Personal life

Aparna hails from Thrissur in Kerala, India. She was born to K. P. Balamurali and Sobha Balamurali. Her father Balamurali is a music director who has composed several musical albums, while her mother Sobha is a lawyer who has also worked as playback singer in some Malayalam films. Singer-composer K. P. Udayabhanu is her paternal great-uncle. Aparna is trained in Indian classical music and classical dance styles such as Bharatanatyam, Mohiniyattam, and Kuchipudi. She studied architecture at Global Institute of Architecture in Palakkad.