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{{Short description|Telugu actor and Telugu comedian}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox person
| birthname = Surya Kumar Bhagvandas
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1957|7|27}}
| birth_place = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]]
| alma_mater =
| yearsactive = 1985-present
| parents =
| spouse = Anita Sylvia Bhagvandas
| children =
| occupation = Actor, dubbing artist
}}

'''Surya Kumar Bhagvandas''' (born 1957) is an Indian actor in the Telugu film industry portraying characters in supporting roles.

Surya started his film career as an actor with the 1986 Telugu movie ''[[Vikram (1986 Telugu film)|Vikram]]''. He has been awarded four [[Nandi awards]] in his acting career spanning thirty-five years, two for TV performances as best villain (''Preminchu'', ''Premalo Jeevinchu'') and best supporting actor (''Janani Janmabhoomi'') and two for film performances in films ''[[Sindhooram]] and [[Show (film)|Show]]''. In [[G. Neelakanta Reddy]]'s [[Show (film)|Show]], he played the male lead opposite [[Manjula Ghattamaneni|Manjula]]. This performance brought him a special jury Nandi award in 2001. Surya has acted in more than 600 films and television episodes till date.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/interview_actorsurya.html|title=Telugu Cinema Etc - Idlebrain.com|website=www.idlebrain.com}}</ref>

==Early life==
Surya's father [[Lieutenant Colonel]] R. D. Bhagvandas and mother Prabhavathi Bhagvandas and the family moved to [[Hyderabad]] and started a school called 'Trinity Public School'. He was a teacher for 28 years and for several years his teaching and acting jobs ran concurrently. He joined the second batch of Students from Madhu Film Acting School (1984) after completing Bachelor of Arts in English literature and Bachelor Of Education and was awarded the gold medal for most outstanding student.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jeevi|title=Interview with Actor Surya|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/interview_actorsurya.html|website=idlebrain.com|access-date=10 November 2002}}</ref>

==Awards==
;[[Nandi Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ipr.ap.nic.in/New_Links/Film.pdf|title=నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)|trans-title=A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)|publisher=[[Andhra Pradesh (magazine)|Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh]]|access-date=21 August 2020}}(in [[Telugu language|Telugu]])</ref>
* [[Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] - ''[[Sindhooram]]'' (1997)
* [[Nandi Special Jury Award|Special Jury Award]] - ''[[Show (film)|Show]]'' (2001)

==Filmography==
;Actor
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# ''[[Vikram (1986 Telugu film)|Vikram]]'' (1986)
# ''[[Kaliyuga Pandavulu]]'' (1986)
# ''[[Sindhooram]]'' (1997)
# ''[[Housefull (1999 film)|Housefull]]'' (1999; Tamil)
# ''[[Thammudu (film)|Thammudu]]'' (1999)
# ''[[Premaku Velayara]]'' (1999)
# ''[[Police]]'' (1999)
# '' [[Jayam Manadera]] '' (2000)
# ''[[Nuvvu Vastavani]]'' (2000)
# ''[[Nayak (2001 Hindi film)|Nayak]]'' (2001; Hindi)
# ''[[Premaku Swagatam]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tollysites.com/Movie/Premaku-Swagatham.aspx|title=TollySites - Premaku Swagatham}}</ref> (2002)
# ''[[Neetho Cheppalani]]'' (2002)
# ''[[Show (film)|Show]]'' (2002)
# ''[[Gemeni (film)|Gemeni]]'' (2002)
# ''[[Johnny (2003 film)|Johnny]]'' (2003)
# ''[[Kabaddi Kabaddi (2003 film)|Kabaddi Kabaddi]]'' (2003)
# ''[[Vasantam]]'' (2003)
# ''[[Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu]]'' (2003)
# ''[[Shankardada MBBS]]'' (2004)
# ''[[Leela Mahal Center]]'' (2004)
# ''[[Athanokkade]]'' (2005)
# ''[[Chhatrapati (film)|Chhatrapati]]'' (2005)
# ''[[Naa Oopiri]]'' (2005)
# ''[[Party (2006 film)|Party]]'' (2006)
# ''[[Evadaithe Nakenti]]'' (2007)
# ''[[Chiruta]]'' (2007)
# ''[[Kick (2009 film)|Kick]]'' (2009)
# ''[[Pistha (film)|Pistha]]'' (2009)
# ''[[Magadheera]]'' (2009)
# ''[[Josh (2009 Telugu film)|Josh]]'' (2009)
# ''Adbutha Vaidyam Ayurvedam'' (2009)
# ''[[Ye Maaya Chesave]]'' (2010) as Roy Thomas
# ''[[Nenu Naa Rakshasi]]'' (2011)
# ''[[Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu]]'' (2012)
# ''[[Aravind 2]]'' (2013)
# ''[[Sahasam (2013 film)|Sahasam]]'' (2013)
# ''[[1: Nenokkadine]]'' (2014)
# ''[[Power (2014 Telugu film)]]'' (2014)
# ''[[Oohalu Gusagusalade]]'' (2014)
# ''[[Yevadu]]'' (2014)
# ''[[Paathshala (2014 film)|Paathshala]]'' (2014)
# ''[[Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju]]'' (2015)
# ''[[Srimanthudu]]'' (2015)
# ''[[Run (2016 film)|Run]]'' (2016)
# ''[[Patel S. I. R.]]'' (2017)
# ''[[LIE (film)|LIE]]'' (2017)
# ''[[Jawaan (film)|Jawaan]]'' (2017)
# ''[[Hyderabad Love Story]]'' (2018)
# ''[[Bharat Ane Nenu]]'' (2018)
# ''[[Saakshyam]]'' (2018)
# ''[[Saaho]]'' (2018)
# ''Ramabrahmam'' (2018)
# ''[[Anthaku Minchi]] (2018)
# ''[[Subrahmanyapuram]]'' (2018)
# ''[[Udyama Simham]]'' (2019)
# ''[[Rakshasudu (2019 film)|Rakshasudu]]'' (2019)
# ''[[Sarileru Neekevvaru]]'' (2020)
# ''Cycle'' (2021)
# ''[[Mugguru Monagallu (2021 film)|Mugguru Monagallu]]'' (2021)}}

;Dubbing artist
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!| Film Name
! style="width:10%;"| Year
!| Actor
!| Notes
|-
|''[[Super (2005 film)|Super]]'' ||2005 || [[Piyush Mishra]] ||
|}

==Honorary initiatives==
Surya has also been contributing his dramatic skills to the annual [[Passion Play]] and [[Nativity play]] during [[Good Friday]] and [[Christmas]] at the [[Pentecostal]] New Life Assembly of God Church,<ref>NLAG Secunderabad was initiated by the [[Assemblies of God]] missions through its missionary [[Pastor]] [[C. E. Stubbs]].</ref> [[Secunderabad]].<ref>New Life Assembly of God Church, Secunderabad, ''Media - Photo Gallery - Good Friday Cantata - Punishment or Pardon.[http://newlifeag.in/content/gallery]</ref> In addition, Surya also witnesses about [[Christianity]] much like some of his colleagues in the [[Telugu cinema]], [[Jayasudha]], [[Nagma]], [[Raja Abel]] or for that matter in the [[Tamil cinema]],<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgWy1FLDNe8 SJ Suriya speech about GOD JESUS Christ''. 17 August 2015]</ref> [[Mohini (Tamil actress)|Mohini]],<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYhf-d1FZTY ''Actress Mohini christina Testimony'', 27 October 2013]</ref> [[Prabhu Solomon]]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ain8VCXCkwA ''Tamil Cinema Director Prabhu Solomon Recent Interview'', 28 May 2015]</ref> and others at [[Spirituality|spiritual]] meetings conducted not only by the established Churches but the small<ref>''Bro Surya Telugu cine actor Sunday Sermon Trinity AG Church 31 01 2016 part 1 Lyrics''.[http://www.lyricslisten.com/Bro-Surya-Telugu-cine-actor-Sunday-Sermon-Trinity-AG-Church--WZSBgLTTpz8]</ref> and indigenous<ref>''Film Actor Surya Interview with Gali Gangaraju, who has memorized 5,000 Verses from the Holy Bible.''[http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=W7LKY7NX]</ref><ref>For an understanding of the term ''small and indigenous'', see [[P. Solomon Raj]], [[Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church|AELC]]</ref> Churches as well.<ref>[https://gospel2reach.wordpress.com/meetings/ ''Gospel to Reach'']</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Imdb name|nm6817038}}

{{Nandi Special Jury Award}}

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[[Category:Converts to Christianity]]

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