Srikanth (actor)

This article is about Srikanth, an actor active since 2002. For the actor Sreekanth, see Sreekanth.
Srikanth

Srikanth in 2011
Born (1979-02-28) 28 February 1979
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation Film actor
Years active 2002–present
Spouse(s) Vandana

Srikanth is an Indian film actor who mainly appears in Tamil films. 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.[1][2]

Career

Srikanth debuted in Sasi's romantic film Roja Kootam, which was a commercial success.[3] 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 ensemble 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.

Personal life

Srikanth married Vandana in November 2007, a Telugu woman, who completed her MBA in Australia. The couple has two children, a son named Aahil (born on February 28, 2009)[4] and a daughter named Ahana (born on January 28, 2011).[5][6][7]

Filmography

Year Film Role Language Notes
2002 Roja Kootam Illango Tamil ITFA Best New Actor Award
2002 April Madhathil Kathir Tamil
2003 Manasellam Bala Tamil
2003 Parthiban Kanavu Parthiban Tamil Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actor
2003 Okariki Okaru Kameswara Rao Telugu Dubbed in Tamil as Unnai Partha Naal Mudhal
2003 Joot Eashwaran Tamil
2004 Varnajaalam Sakthivel (Daniel) Tamil
2004 Bose Bose Tamil
2005 Kana Kandaen Bhaskar Tamil
2005 Oru Naal Oru Kanavu Cheenu Tamil
2005 Bambara Kannaley Arumugam Tamil
2006 Mercury Pookkal Karthik Tamil
2006 Uyir Sundar Tamil
2006 Kizhakku Kadalkarai Salai Santosh Tamil
2007 Adavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule Vasu Telugu
2008 Vallamai Tharayo Sekar Tamil Guest appearance
2008 Poo Thangarasu Tamil
2009 Indira Vizha Santhosh Srinivasan Tamil
2010 Rasikkum Seemane Nandhu Tamil
2010 Police Police Ranadhir Telugu Dubbed in Tamil as Kutrapirivu
2010 Drohi Sami Srinivasan Tamil
2010 Mandhira Punnagai Tamil Guest appearance
2011 Uppukandam Brothers Back in Action Bobby Malayalam Dubbed in Tamil as Chathriya Vamsam
2011 Dhada Rajiv Telugu
2011 Sadhurangam Thirupathisamy Tamil
2012 Nanban Venkat Ramakrishnan Tamil
2012 Nippu Sriram Telugu Dubbed in Tamil as Rowdy Raja
2012 Hero Premanand Malayalam
2012 Paagan Subramani Tamil
2013 Buddy Neil Fernandez Malayalam
2014 Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam Himself Tamil Cameo appearance
2015 Om Shanti Om Vasu Tamil
2016 Sowkarpettai Shakthi/Vetri Tamil
2016 Ethiri En 3 Tamil Post-production
2016 Nambiar Ramachandran Tamil Filming
2016 Saamiyattam Tamil Filming

References

  1. Anupama Subramanian (28 August 2013) "‘I belong to Tamil films’". Deccan Chronicle.
  2. "Interview with Sriram". IndiaGlitz. 22 April 2004
  3. "The Hindu : Roja Koottam". The Hindu. 1 March 2002
  4. "Special birthday bash for Srikanth and son". indiaglitz.com. 24 February 2010
  5. Malathi Rangarajan (23 June 2012). "Friend paves the way". The Hindu.
  6. "It’s baby time in Kollywood". The Times of India. 16 July 2009
  7. "Srikanth-Vandana: Maestro's gesture". indiaglitz.com.

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