[4] Although he had initially planned to complete his education before following his passion and pursuing a career in filmmaking, he did not want to "wait for too long" after making Velicham.
After convincing his parents, he discontinued his engineering course two years later and went on to join the L. V. Prasad Film and TV Academy in Vadapalani, Chennai, to learn editing and sound design.
[2] He later joined as an assistant director for Sudha K. Prasad's Tamil film Drohi (2010),[2] while simultaneously participating in Kalaignar TV's first season of Naalaya Iyakunar.
[2][3] He directed five short films namely Kodi, The Juniors, Addi Tail, Mittai Veedu and Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi for the show and was one of the winners of the series award for consistent performance.
[citation needed] Among his works, Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi was most popular and went viral on YouTube, garnering overwhelming response.
[10] Balaji Mohan collaborated with Dulquer Salmaan for his second directorial venture, a bilingual titled Vaayai Moodi Pesavum in Tamil and Samsaaram Aarogyathinu Haanikaram in Malayalam.
[13] In 2023, Mohan produced the Tamil-language comedy drama television series Accidental Farmer & Co which streamed on SonyLiv.