Roopkumar Balachandran hails from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He received his Degree in Botany from Madras University, Management Diploma holder in IATA Travel & Tourism, Astro Numerologist and working as Property consultant.
He is known to MGR fans as MGR blogger from 2005. He is an avid reader and a collector of books on MGR, authors Clive Cussler, Dan Brown and Ken Follett.