Srikanth

Srikanth (Tamil: ஸ்ரீகாந்த்; born 28 February 1979) is a South Indian film actor who has appeared in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam language films. He debuted in the 2002 Tamil film Roja Kootam (2002) before going on to make notable appearances in successful films such as Parthiban Kanavu (2003), April Maadhathil (2002), Bose (2004), Kana Kandaen (2005), Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule (2004), Poo (2008), Police Police (2010), Sadhurangam (2011), Nanban (2012), and Nippu (2012).

Career

Srikanth debuted in Sasi's romantic film, Roja Kootam opposite Bhumika Chawla, which won commercial and critical acclaim. Srikanth then featured in another successful venture April Madhathil alongside Sneha. He bagged 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 (actress) second time after successful venture April Maadhathil.In 2007 Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule was released to highly positive review and declared a comercial success.The film was Srikanth first telugu film.His only release in 2008 is Poo was directed by Sasi. Upon release the film opened to widespread critical acclaim and turned out to be one of the best films of that year.His next release was Police Police directed by Manmohan did resonable business in Box Office.In 2011 Sadhurangam was released to mixed reviews and declared a commercial success.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, Jeeva and Ileana D'Cruz released to highly positive reviews and became a big blockbuster.

Personal life

Srikanth was born on 28 February 1979 in Tamil Nadu. He is Brahmin. His parents—Krishnamachari(actor) and Jayanthi—encouraged him in doing films. He is younger to his brother Sudhir, a software engineer in USA. He did his schooling in SBOA Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Chennai and is a batchmate of Arya. He did his bachelor's degree in Hindustan College of Arts and Science, Chennai. He married Vandana in November 2007, a Telugu girl who completed MBA in Australia. The couple have two children son Aahil (born 28 February 2009) and daughter Ahana (born January 28, 2011)

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2002	Roja Kootam	Srikanth	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	Joot	Eashwaran	Tamil
2003	Okariki Okaru	Kameswara Rao	Telugu
2004	Bose	Bose	Tamil
2004	Varnajaalam	Sakthivel (Daniel)	Tamil
2005	Kana Kandaen	Bhaskar	Tamil
2005	Oru Naal Oru Kanavu	Cheenu	Tamil
2005	Bambara Kannaley	Muruga	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
2010	Drohi	Sami Srinivasan	Tamil
2010	Mandhira Punnagai		Tamil	Guest appearance
2011	Uppukandam Brothers Back in Action	Bobby	Malayalam
2011	Dhada	Rajiv	Telugu
2011	Sadhurangam	Thirupathisamy	Tamil
2012	Nanban	Venkat Ramakrishnan	Tamil
2012	Nippu	Sriram	Telugu
2012	Hero		Malayalam
2012	Ethiri En 3		Tamil	Filming
2012	Paagan		Tamil	Filming