Balaji has also played in the 2015 edition of the Celebrity Cricket League , for the team Chennai Rhinos as an all-rounder . In May 2015 , he was a speaker at the first edition of TEDx Mylapore . In August , he joined '' Ananda Vikatan '' and Raghava Lawrence 's campaign " Aram Seiya Virumbu " . During the 2015 South Indian floods , Balaji and actor Siddharth provided relief support to many of the floods ' victims , through a movement known as " Chennai Micro " . For his actions , Balaji received the CNN-News18 Indian of the Year award in the category of " Public Service " . In January , Balaji was featured in " The Most Important Job " , a four-minute video by the Murugappa Group that pays tribute to Indian farmers . Following the March 2016 suicide of Abhinath , a student of Sri Sai Ram Engineering College whose suicide was attributed by the college 's authorities to him being unhappy about studying engineering , and protesting students claiming it to be the result of his treatment by the authorities , a video of a speech by Balaji was released in the internet ; in that speech he urged corporate firms to " go beyond pass percentages and exam results when choosing colleges for campus recruitments " . The video received over 1,80,000 views . In January 2017 , Balaji participated in the pro-Jalikattu protests . The following year , he worked as the Tamil cricket commentator for matches played during that year 's Indian Premier League . Balaji describes " nonsense humour and nonstop talking " as his unique selling proposition . He also describes conversation as his strength , and states that his humour comes out of talking to people . Although he frequently talks about films on the radio , he never entertains gossip on the personal life of actors , due to his lack of interest in the same . He is notorious for his attacks on the English language and his jocular criticism of Tamil films , but popular for his irreverent sense of unique humour . According to photographer Bhargavii Mani of '' The Hindu '' , the frequent echoing of the words " Ada " and " Cha " on Balaji 's radio shows make them " exciting " . Although known to be vivacious , loud and funny in the media , Balaji has also maintained a " rather soft-spoken , shy " personality . In a 2013 interview , Balaji said that he inherited his sense of humour from his mother , who he called " the funniest person I know ... I have only 10 per cent of her comic ability "
2015 South Indian floods
2015 South Indian floods
RJ Balaji