He made his debut in Tamil with the film Anbu, but today Bala is creating waves in Malayalam. His projects in Malayalam include Boot, directed by Shaji Kailash. Honey Rose and Lakshana are his leading ladies in the film. He is also acting in SMS directed by Sarjulin opposite Navya Nair. The music for this film is composed by Maestro Ilayaraja Bala has not restricted himself to the usual run-of-the-mill roles. In the film Omkaaran, he plays a deaf and dumb character while in Pramod-Pappan's Musafir his role has grey shades. Sexy Reema Sen is expected to be cast as the heroine of the film. Musafir will be shot in the beautiful locales of Dubai and Singapore. He is also doing a film called Suspense, directed by Viji Thambi. Lakshmi Sharma is the heroine. Viji made his directorial debut with Mammootty. Bala is also discussing another Malayalam film with director Vinayan. In Tamil his next release is Manjal Veyil directed by K.S.Adhiyaman.