Sharwanand

Sharwanand Myneni
Born	Sharwanand March 6, 1985 Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Residence	Film Nagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Other names	Anand, Sarva
Ethnicity	Telugu
Alma mater	B.Com in Wesley's college, Secunderabad, Telangana, India

Sharwanand (Telugu: శర్వానంద్) is an Indian film actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and a few Tamil films.^[1][2] In 2012, he received the Best Male Debut award for his work in the blockbuster Engeyum Eppodhum at the 1st South Indian International Movie Awards.^[3][4]

Early life

Sharwanand was born in Vijayawada, India. Sharwanand did his bachelor of commerce degree from Wesley’s and became a trained dancer. He modeled for The Hindu’s Best New Face contest. He then attended the Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute in Mumbai.

Personal life

Sharwanand hails from a very close knit business family. He was a classmate of Ram Charan and Rana Daggubati.^[5] His cousin Ram Pothineni is also an actor in the Telugu film industry.

Film career

Sharwanand first came to media attention in a Thumbs Up advertisement with Chiranjeevi. He started his career appearing in supporting roles in most of the films. He made his acting debut in Telugu with 5va Tareeku in 2003. Later, he shared screen space with popular stars like Chiranjeevi in Shankar Dada M.B.B.S. and with Venkatesh in Sankranthi and Lakshmi.

He rose to stardom with Vennela and Amma Cheppindi. Films like Gamyam, Andari Banduvaya and Prasthanam won him accolades. He then forayed into Kollywood with Kadhalna Summa Illai, a remake of Gamyam but it did not perform well at box office. His second Tamil film was Naalai Namadhe directed by Vinayan. His third film was Engeyum Eppodhum. In 2012,under his banner Sarvaa Arts, he became a Producer with his film, Ko Ante Koti.

He got his commercial breakthrough with the film, Run Raja Run which was one of the blockbusters of the year 2014. This film, produced by UV Creations, was the second venture after their first blockbuster film, Mirchi. Sharwanand's portrayal of the lead, Raja, won him accolades. His new look in the film saw him in bright and colorful outfits. His next film 'Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju' with Nithya Menen directed by Kranthi Madhav received positive applause from critics and ran as a decent movie.

His upcoming projects include Cheran's bilingual (Telugu/Tamil) directorial venture with Nithya Menen.

Filmography

As actor

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role(s)	Co-Star	Notes
2003	5va Tareeku
2004	Gowri
2004	Yuvasena - 4 the people
2004	Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.	As Love failure boy
2005	Sankranthi	Vamsi
2005	Vennela	Ritesh
2006	Lakshmi	Lakshmi Narayana's brother
2006	Amma Cheppindi	Bose	Sriya Reddy
2006	Veedhi	Suryam
2007	Classmates	Murali	Kamalinee Mukherjee
2008	Gamyam	Abhi	Kamalinee Mukherjee
2009	Kadhalna Summa Illai	Abhiram	Kamalinee Mukherjee	Remake of Gamyam
2009	Naalai Namadhe			Tamil film
2009	Raju Maharaju	Kalyan	Surveen Chawla
2010	Andari Banduvaya	Nandu	Padmapriya
2010	Prasthanam	Mitra	Ruby Parihar
2011	Engeyum Eppodhum	Gautham	Ananya	Tamil film. Dubbed into Telugu as Journey
2012	Nuvva Nena	Anand	Shriya Saran
2012	Ko Antey Koti	Vamsi	Priya Anand	Also producer
2013	Satya 2	Satya	Anaika Soti
2014	Run Raja Run	Raja	Seerat Kapoor	Nominated: Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu
2015	JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai	JK	Nithya Menen	Tamil film
2015	Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju	Raja Ram	Nithya Menen
2016	Express Raja	Raja	Surabhi
2016	Raja Dhi Raja	Jayakumar	Nithya Menen

References

1. "Accidental success". The Hindu. September 21, 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
2. http://filmcircle.com/satya-2-review-rgvs-businessman/ Satya 2 Review
3. "Award for Engeyum Eppodhum director". Behindwoods. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
4. "Engeyum Eppothum movie gets honored". Supergoodmovies.com. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
5. "Sharwanand interview - Telugu Cinema interview - Telugu film hero". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 3 August 2015.