He made his debut in the 2009 film, Pattalam produced by N. Linguswamy, before featuring as the lead actor in Kaadhal Solla Vandhen (2010) and Nagarvalam (2017).
Produced by N. Linguswamy and featuring Nadhiya Moidu in a key role, the film did not perform as well as anticipated at the box office.
He was then selected to play the lead role in Boopathy Pandian's Kaadhal Solla Vandhen (2010) after the film went through a change of cast.
[1] He then appeared in Meiyyazhagi (2013) portraying a man with cerebral palsy and the film had a low-profile release and received mixed reviews.
[4][5] With a few films where he plays chocolate boy role in his kitty, Yuthan Balaji has opted for a high action web series in the late 2018 and taken the avatar of a gangster in Vella Raja.