Sriman (actor)

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{{short description|Indian actor}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2015}}
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{{Infobox person
| image =
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| name = Sriman
| birth_name = Kumaravatha Srinivasa Reddy
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1972|2|13}}
| birth_place = [[Rajamundry]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
| occupation = Actor, TV anchor
| yearsactive = 1975; 1993–present
| spouse = Namitha Reddy
| awards =
}}

'''Kumaravatha Srinivasa Reddy''' (born 13 February 1972), better known professionally as '''Sriman''', is an Indian film actor who appears primarily in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] language films, and also a few [[Telugu language|Telugu]] language films. He is primarily known for his prominent [[character actor|character]] roles in ''[[Sethu (film)|Sethu]]'' (1999), ''[[Friends (2001 film)|Friends]]'' (2001) ''[[Panchathanthiram]]'' (2002), ''[[Aayutha Ezhuthu]]'' (2004), ''[[Pokkiri]]'' (2007), ''[[Aegan]]'' (2008), ''[[Muni 2: Kanchana]]'' (2011) and ''[[Kanchana 2]]'' (2015). He is the son of noted producer Prakash Reddy.<ref name="hindu">{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/pal-of-maduraiites/article28248950.ece|title=Pal of Maduraiites|date=12 July 2004|via=The Hindu}}</ref>

==Early life==
Sriman was born in Gollala Mamidada near Rajamundry EGDT, Andhra Pradesh. His father Karri Prakash is a popular dancer. He also was an assistant dance director, production Executive in his Brothers company. Later he started his production company, which produced 24 Telugu and Kannada films. His mother Jaya Lakshmi is a house wife. He has two siblings, a brother Prabhakaran and a sister Surekha. His uncle K. S. Reddy was the first popular solo Dancer in film industry, popular dance director, acted few films and became Director. He did his schooling in Bharath Higher Secondary School Teynampet and Adyar. He did his degree in [[Pachaiyappa's College]], Chennai. He started his career as child artist in 1975 He was very fond of acting. He learnt [[Bharathanatyam]] from dance masters Vasantha mam, film dancing from Sivashankar, Kala and Raghu. Other than his dancing skills, he is also trained horse rider, well trained in martial arts from master Sekar (Kung fu) and gymnastics silambam from Gopal and Pandian masters,

With a strong film background, he started his film career as a child artiste in 1975 Telugu film ''Bangara Manushulu'',<ref name="hindu" /> but returned to continue his academic studies after acting in a few films. After his college studies he recapped his acting crown in Telugu film ''Dongalunnaru Jagartha''. The film was not successful. In the 90s, he played the hero's friend in several films.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/sriman-vikram-taught-me-nuances-in-acting/articleshow/77290640.cms|title=Sriman: Vikram taught me nuances in acting - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> He was spotted by director [[Vikraman]] and gave him a supporting role in his Tamil debut film ''[[Pudhiya Mannargal]]''. He enacted a supporting role in the [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]]-starrer ''[[Love Today (1997 film)|Love Today]]'', which he considers as a turning point in his career".<ref name="thehindu">{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article2600840.ece|title=Cinema - The Hindu}}</ref> He has frequently appeared in [[Kamal Haasan]]'s comedy films during the 2000s, including ''[[Pammal K. Sambandam]]'', ''[[Panchathantiram]]'' and ''[[Manmadan Ambu]]''.<ref name="thehindu" />

In the mid-2000s, he appeared in a series of lead roles in films with an adult theme including ''[[Sorry Enaku Kalyanamayidichu]]'' (2005), ''[[Unarchigal (2005 film)|Unarchigal]]'' (2005) and the unreleased ''Sati Savithri''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/new/29092005-4.shtml|title=Dailynews - Mr. Shakila|date=2 December 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051202101813/http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/new/29092005-4.shtml|archive-date=2 December 2005}}</ref>

==Filmography==
=== Tamil films ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Pudhiya Mannargal]]'' || ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1997 || ''[[Raasi (film)|Raasi]]'' || Rathnavelu ||
|-
| ''[[Love Today (1997 film)|Love Today]]'' || Ravi ||
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1998 || ''[[Thulli Thirintha Kaalam]]'' || Saravanan ||
|-
| ''[[Nilaave Vaa]]'' || Laasar ||
|-
| ''[[Guru Paarvai]]'' || || Guest appearance
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1999 || ''[[Nenjinile]]'' || Chandru ||
|-
| ''[[Iraniyan (film)|Iraniyan]]'' || Iraniyan's friend ||
|-
| ''[[Sethu (film)|Sethu]]'' || Sethu's friend ||
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Vallarasu]]'' ||Raheem ||
|-
|rowspan="10"| 2001 || ''[[Dheena]]'' || Auto driver ||
|-
| ''[[Friends (2001 film)|Friends]]'' || Gowtham ||
|-
| ''[[Vaanchinathan]]'' || Siva ||
|-
| ''[[Kaatrukkenna Veli]]'' || Dr. Subhash Chandra Bose ||
|-
| ''[[Krishna Krishna]]'' || Balakrishnan ||
|-
| ''[[Dosth (2001 Tamil film)|Dosth]]'' || Dharmaraj ||
|-
| ''[[Narasimha (2001 film)|Narasimha]]'' || Terrorist ||
|-
| ''[[Asokavanam (2001 film)|Asokavanam]]'' || Madhu ||
|-
| ''[[Manadhai Thirudivittai]]'' || Ashok ||
|-
| ''[[Thavasi]]'' || Thangarasu ||
|-
|rowspan="7"| 2002 || ''[[Pammal K. Sambandam]]'' || Malathi's Brother ||
|-
| ''Saptham'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Enge Enadhu Kavithai]]'' || Bhaskar ||
|-
| ''[[Panchathantiram]]'' || Hanumanth Reddy ||
|-
| ''[[Shree (2002 film)|Shree]]'' || Sivakumar ||
|-
| ''[[Jaya (film)|Jaya]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Virumbugiren]]'' || ||
|-
|rowspan="10"| 2003 || ''[[Ramachandra (film)|Ramachandra]]'' || Suresh Kumar ||
|-
| ''[[Chokka Thangam]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Vaseegara (film)|Vaseegara]]'' || Sriman ||
|-
| ''[[Pop Corn (2003 film)|Pop Corn]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Nala Damayanthi (2003 film)|Nala Damayanthi]]'' ||| Badri ||
|-
| ''[[Thayumanavan]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Thennavan]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Diwan (film)|Diwan]]'' || Duraisingam's son ||
|-
| ''[[Kadhal Kirukkan]]'' || Police Officer ||
|-
| ''[[Indru]]'' || Richard ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2004 ||''[[Aaytha Ezhuthu]]'' || Dilli ||
|-
| ''[[Kudaikul Mazhai]]'' || ||
|-
|rowspan="5"| 2005 || ''[[Sukran]]'' || Corrupt Police Officer ||
|-
| ''[[Thaka Thimi Tha]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Thullum Kaalam]]'' || Meter Govind ||
|-
| ''[[Sorry Enaku Kalyanamayidichu]]'' || Ashok ||
|-
| ''[[Unarchigal (2005 film)|Unarchigal]]'' || Ramesh ||
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2006 || ''[[Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikecei]]'' || Agandamuthu ||
|-
| ''[[Nenjirukkum Varai (2006 film)|Nenjirukkum Varai]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Kovai Brothers]]'' || ||
|-
|rowspan="7"| 2007 || ''[[Pokkiri]]'' || Saravanan ||
|-
| ''[[Viyabari]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Thoovanam]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Satham Podathey]]'' || Police inspector ||
|-
| ''[[Nam Naadu (2007 film)|Nam Naadu]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Vegam (2007 film)|Vegam]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Azhagiya Tamil Magan]]'' || Sakthi ||
|-
|rowspan="8"| 2008 || ''[[Sila Nerangalil]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Arasangam]]'' || Terrorist ||
|-
| ''[[Pandi (film)|Pandi]]'' || Rajapandi ||
|-
| ''Nalla Ponnu Ketta Paiyyan'' || Anand ||
|-
| ''[[Nayagan (2008 film)|Naayagan]]'' || Viswanath ||
|-
| ''[[Aegan]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Sadhu Miranda]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Pattaya Kelappu]]'' || Ananthakrishnan ||
|-
|rowspan="7"| 2009 || ''[[Villu (film)|Villu]]'' || Max ||
|-
| ''[[Satrumun Kidaitha Thagaval]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Ilampuyal]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Thoranai]]'' || Ganesan ||
|-
| ''[[Engal Aasan]]'' || Kumar ||
|-
| ''[[Aarumaname]]'' || Moorthy ||
|-
| ''[[Unnaipol Oruvan (2009 film)|Unnaipol Oruvan]]'' || Aravind Babu ||
|-
|rowspan="4"| 2010 || ''[[Sura (film)|Sura]]'' || Thandapani ||
|-
| ''Indrasena '' || ||
|-
| ''Mandabam'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Manmadan Ambu]]'' || Madhanagopal's friend ||
|-
|rowspan="8"| 2011 || ''[[Muni 2: Kanchana]]'' || Raghava's brother ||
|-
| ''[[Aduthathu]]'' || Prathap ||
|-
| ''[[Vedi (film)|Vedi]]'' || Cheemachu alias Srinivasan ||
|-
| ''[[Vellore Maavattam]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Sadhurangam (2011 film)|Sadhurangam]]'' || ||
|-
| ''Anandha Thollai'' || ||
|-
| ''Naane Varuven'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Naan Aval Adhu]]'' || || Unreleased
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2012 || ''[[Billa II]]'' || Lawyer ||
|-
| ''[[Ajantha (2012 film)|Ajantha]]'' || ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2013 || ''[[Samar (2013 film)|Samar]]'' || Jayakumar ||
|-
| ''[[Naiyaandi]]'' || Paramjothy ||
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Azhagiya Pandipuram]]'' || Veera Dayalan ||
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2015 || ''[[Aambala]]'' || Naddu Ponnu's Husband ||
|-
| ''[[Kanchana 2]]'' || Dr. Prasad || [[Edison Awards (India)|Edison Award for Best Supporting Actor]]
|-
| ''[[Massu Engira Masilamani]]'' || Salesman Sripathy ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2016 || ''[[Miruthan]]'' || Mall Security ||
|-
| ''[[Muthina Kathirika]]'' || Gopi ||
|-
|rowspan="4"| 2017 || ''[[Bairavaa]]'' || PK's assistant ||
|-
| ''[[Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva]]'' || Kasi ||
|-
| ''[[Ippadai Vellum]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Ulkuthu]]'' || Sekar ||
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2018 || ''[[Sketch (2018 film)|Sketch]]'' || Bhaskar ||
|-
| ''[[Kadaikutty Singam]]'' || Adiyamaan (Safari) ||
|-
| ''[[Utharavu Maharaja]]'' || ||
|-
| 2019 || ''[[Kanchana 3]]'' || Raghava's brother ||
|-
| 2020 || ''[[Darbar (2020 film)|Darbar]]'' || Lily's cousin ||
|-
| 2021 || ''[[Master (2021 film)|Master]]'' || JD's friend ||
|-
|}

=== Telugu films ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1975 || ''Bangara Manushulu'' || || Child artiste
|-
| 1993 || ''Dongalunaru Jagartha'' || ||
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Top Hero]]'' || Dasu's son ||
|-
| 1996 || ''Maa Inti Aadapaduchu'' || ||
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Snehamante Idera]]'' || Gautham || Remake of ''Friends'' (2001)
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Seshu]]'' || Seshu's friend || Remake of ''Sethu'' (1999)
|-
| 2004 || ''Dharma'' || ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2009 || ''[[Pistha (film)|Pistha]]'' || Rambabu || Telugu version of ''Thoranai''
|-
| ''[[Unnaipol Oruvan (2009 film)|Eenadu]]'' || Aravind Babu || Telugu version of ''Unnaipol Oruvan''
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Oosaravelli]]'' || Johnny ||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Rebel (2012 film)|Rebel]]'' || Ajay ||
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Tripura (film)|Tripura]]'' || Taddi Taapaarao ||
|}2011 - Muthal thotta (film) sriman, karuna, abinaya [[muthal thotta]]

== Television==
* [[Anni (TV series)|Anni]]
* [[Comedy Junction]]
* [[Pandian Stores]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|1417060}}

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