Srikanth (actor)

Srikanth
Srikanth at the Curtain Raiser of Chepauk Super Gillies
Born (1979-02-28) 28 February 1979[1][2]
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation Film actor
Years active 2002–present
Spouse(s) Vandana (m 2007)[3]

Srikanth is an Indian film actor known for his works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He debuted in the romance film Roja Kootam (2002) and went on to star in more such films including April Maadhathil (2002), Manasellam and Parthiban Kanavu (2003), before attempting action roles in Joot and Bose (2004). In the following years, his films failed to achieve commercial success, which led him to venture into the Telugu and Malayalam film industries. He also did small role in K.Balachanders tele serial in Jannal.[4][5]

Personal life

Srikanth married Vandana in November 2007, a Telugu girl who completed MBA in Australia. The couple has two children: a son [6] and a daughter. (born January 28, 2011).[7][8][9]

Career

Srikanth debuted in Sasi's romantic film Roja Kootam, which was a commercial success.[10] Srikanth then featured in another successful venture April Madhathil alongside Sneha. He won the Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actor for his role in Parthiban Kanavu, directed by Karu Pazhaniappan. His first released in 2004 is Bose which he paired with Sneha second time after successful venture April Maadhathil.

Srikanth's Straight Telugu film is Okariki Okaru was released in 2003 had got highly positive review and declared a commercial success. But Srikanth Introduced as Sriram due to one more Hero Meka Srikanth already present in tollywood. His only release in 2008 is Poo was directed by Sasi. His next release was Police Police. In 2011 Sadhurangam was released to mixed reviews. The film was completed in 2006 but the film remained unreleased for five years. The project was released on 7 October 2011. In 2012, he was first seen in S. Shankar's comedy-drama Nanban, which featured him as part of an all-star cast including Vijay, Jiiva and Ileana D'Cruz, and released to highly positive reviews. He also started doing Malayalam films in the 2010s, starring in Uppukandam Brothers Back in Action (2011) and Hero.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2002Roja KootamIllangoTamilITFA Best New Actor Award[11]
April MadhathilKathirTamil
2003ManasellamBalaTamil
Parthiban KanavuParthibanTamilTamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actor[12]
Okariki OkaruKameswara Rao (Telugu)
Rahul (Tamil)		TeluguDubbed in Tamil as Unnai Partha Naal Mudhal
JootEashwaranTamil
2004VarnajaalamSakthivel (Daniel)Tamil
BoseBoseTamil
2005Kana KandaenBhaskarTamil
Oru Naal Oru KanavuCheenuTamil
Bambara KannaleyArumugamTamil
2006Mercury PookkalKarthikTamil
UyirSundarTamil
Kizhakku Kadalkarai SalaiGaneshanTamil
2007Adavari Matalaku Ardhalu VeruleVasuTelugu
2008Vallamai TharayoSekarTamilGuest appearance
PooThangarasuTamil
2009Indira VizhaSanthosh SrinivasanTamil
2010Rasikkum SeemaneNandhuTamil
Police PoliceRanadhirTeluguDubbed in Tamil as Kutrapirivu
DrohiSami SrinivasanTamil
Mandhira PunnagaiTamilGuest appearance
2011Uppukandam Brothers Back in ActionBobbyMalayalamDubbed in Tamil as Chathriya Vamsam
DhadaRajivTelugu
SadhurangamThirupathisamyTamil
2012NanbanVenkat RamakrishnanTamil
NippuSriramTeluguDubbed in Tamil as Rowdy Raja
HeroPremanandMalayalam
PaaganSubramaniTamil
2013BuddyNeil FernandezMalayalam
2014Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam IyakkamHimselfTamilCameo appearance
2015Om Shanti OmVasuTamil
2016SowkarpettaiShakthi/VetriTamil
NambiarRamachandranTamil
2017LieAadiTelugu
2018Swapnathekkal SundaramTBAMalayalamDelayed
Un Kadhal IrundhaalTBATamilFilming

References

  1. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0820241/
  2. ↑ http://www.tamilspider.com/resources/3280-Biography-Tamil-Actor-Srikanth-Popular-Actor.aspx
  3. ↑ https://www.oneindia.com/2007/07/07/actor-srikanth-admits-to-marriage-with-vandana-1183818947.html
  4. ↑ Anupama Subramanian (28 August 2013) "‘I belong to Tamil films’". Deccan Chronicle.
  5. ↑ "Interview with Sriram". IndiaGlitz. 22 April 2004
  6. ↑ "Special birthday bash for Srikanth and son".
  7. ↑ MALATHI RANGARAJAN. "Friend paves the way". The Hindu.
  8. ↑ "It's baby time in Kollywood". The Times of India.
  9. ↑ "SrikanthVandana: Maestros gesture".
  10. ↑ Roja Koottam. The Hindu. 1 March 2002
  11. ↑ http://www.veenaimovies.com/CineAwardView.asp?Pfp=171540488&Ay=2003&Am=6
  12. ↑ "Tamilnadu State Film Awards – awards for Vikram, Jyotika". cinesouth.com. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
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