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{{short description|Indian film actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Uday Kiran
| image = File:Uday_kiran.jpg
| caption = Kiran in 2009
| birth_name = Vajapeyajula Uday Kiran<ref>{{cite web |title=Telugu actor V Uday Kiran’s death was suicide: forensic report |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/telugu-actor-v-uday-kirans-death-was-suicide-forensic-report/ |website=[[The Indian Express]] |date=22 August 2014}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date|1980|06|26|df=yes}}<ref name=indtoday/>
| birth_place = [[Hyderabad]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]] (now in [[Telangana]], India)
| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|01|05|1980|06|26|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://filmcircle.com/uday-kiran-dies-orphan/ |title=Hero Uday Kiran Death. |publisher=filmcircle.com |access-date=6 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107085140/http://filmcircle.com/uday-kiran-dies-orphan/ |archive-date=7 January 2014 }}</ref>
| death_place = [[Hyderabad]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]] (now in [[Telangana]], India)
| death_cause = [[Suicide by hanging]]
| occupation = Actor
| credits = ''[[Nuvvu Nenu]]'' (2001) ''[[Chitram]]'' (2000) ''[[Manasantha Nuvve]]'' (2001) ''[[Nee Sneham]]'' (2002) ''[[Kalusukovalani]]'' (2002) ''[[Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu]]'' (2003)
| spouse = {{marriage| Vishitha |2012}}
}}

'''Vajapeyajula Uday Kiran''' (26 June 1980 – 5 January 2014) was an Indian actor who primarily worked in the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] films. His first three films, ''[[Chitram]]'', ''[[Nuvvu Nenu]]'' and ''[[Manasantha Nuvve]]'', were successful hits, earning him the title "Hat-trick Hero".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2003/11/07/stories/2003110701080800.htm | location=Chennai, India | title=I, Me, Myself - Uday Kiran | date=2003-11-07 | access-date=30 December 2010 | archive-date=10 January 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110081506/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2003/11/07/stories/2003110701080800.htm | work=[[The Hindu]] | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=M. L. Narasimham |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article104963.ece |title=Arts / Cinema : Heart-warming tale |work=The Hindu |date=2010-02-12 |access-date=2012-10-20 |location=Chennai, India |archive-date=23 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023051146/http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article104963.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2001, he won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu]]<ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-04-06/hyderabad/27122602_1_filmfare-film-award-actor-award | title=Nuvvu Nenu wins 4 Filmfare awards | date=6 April 2002 | access-date=30 June 2013 | archive-date=1 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201075354/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Nuvvu-Nenu-wins-4-Filmfare-awards/articleshow/6011249.cms?referral=PM | work=[[The Times of India]] | url-status=live }}</ref> for the film ''[[Nuvvu Nenu]]'', and became the youngest winner of the [[Filmfare]] best actor award after Tamil actor [[Kamal Haasan]]. In 2006, he made his [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] debut with the film ''[[Poi (film)|Poi]]'', directed by veteran [[K. Balachander]].<ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2006/02/24/stories/2006022401910100.htm The Hindu : Friday Review Hyderabad : A new dawn for Uday] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809115236/http://hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2006/02/24/stories/2006022401910100.htm |date=9 August 2010 }}</ref> Subsequently, he starred in romantic films including ''[[Nee Sneham]]'' and ''[[Kalusukovalani]]''. His other performances have been in the films ''[[Sreeram]]'', ''[[Avunanna Kaadanna]]'', ''[[Nuvvekaddunte Nenakkadunta]]'' and ''[[Jai Sriram]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/movie-review/19494812.cms |title=Jai Sriram movie review: Wallpaper, Story, Trailer at Times of India |work=The Times of India |date=1970-01-01 |access-date=2013-04-13 |archive-date=17 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130417110011/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/movie-review/19494812.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> Kiran died by suicide at his home in [[Hyderabad]] in January 2014.<ref name="toinews" />

==Early life==
Vajapeyajula Uday Kiran was born on 26 June 1980 to VVK Murthy and Nirmala of [[Vijayawada]].<ref name="indtoday">[http://www.indtoday.com/tollywood-actor-uday-kiran-commits-suicide/ "Tollywood actor Uday Kiran commits suicide"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023065707/http://www.indtoday.com/tollywood-actor-uday-kiran-commits-suicide/|date=23 October 2014}}. Intoday. 6 January 2014.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-01-07|title=All you need to know about Telugu film actor Uday Kiran - Entertainment News , Firstpost|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/all-you-need-to-know-about-telugu-film-actor-uday-kiran-1324447.html|access-date=2021-03-16|website=Firstpost}}</ref> He did his schooling from K V Picket School and graduated from [[Wesley Degree College, Secunderabad]].<ref>{{cite news|date=1980-06-26|title=Uday Kiran - Videos, Wallpapers, Movies, Photos, Biography|publisher=Cinecurry|url=http://www.cinecurry.com/celebzone/telugu/udaykiran|url-status=dead|access-date=2012-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308191537/http://www.cinecurry.com/celebzone/telugu/udaykiran|archive-date=8 March 2012}}</ref>

He had an older brother and has an older sister. His mother died when he was still alive. Singer Parnika is his maternal cousin.{{cn|date=August 2021}}

==Career==
Kiran started modelling while he was in college. He made his film debut in the [[Hinglish]] film ''[[Mysterious Girl (film)|Mysterious Girl]]'' in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ogirala|first=Mohan Rao|date=23 July 2002|title=I've to shed the lover boy image: Uday|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/hyderabad-times/Ive-to-shed-the-lover-boy-image-Uday/articleshow/16808276.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011221905/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/hyderabad-times/Ive-to-shed-the-lover-boy-image-Uday/articleshow/16808276.cms|archive-date=11 October 2020|website=The Times of India}}</ref> In 2000, Kiran made his Telugu debut under his mentor, cinematographer turned film director [[Teja (film director)|Teja]] with the film ''[[Chitram]]'', in which he played the 17-year-old lead character.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/moviereviews/nuvvunenu.php |title=Reviews : Movie Reviews : Nuvvu Nenu |publisher=Telugucinema.com |access-date=2012-10-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324235100/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/moviereviews/nuvvunenu.php |archive-date=24 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

This film, followed by two other films, ''[[Nuvvu Nenu]]'' and ''[[Manasantha Nuvve]]'', made him among the very few actors in [[Telugu cinema]] to deliver three consecutive successful films. His performance as a hot-blooded youngster in ''Nuvvu Nenu'' won him the [[Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)]] in the year 2001.

In his fourth film, ''[[Kalusukovalani]]'', he displayed his dancing skills through the songs, "Udayinchina" and "Cheliya Cheliya". In his fifth film, ''[[Sreeram]]'', he ventured into an action-oriented story of a youngster aspiring to become a top cop. 2002 saw him in ''[[Nee Sneham]]'', another blockbuster movie of that year for which he was nominated for [[Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)]] for the second time.

In 2005, he ventured into Tamil with the film ''[[Poi (film)|Poi]]'' directed by [[K. Balachander]]. He then did two more films, ''[[Vambu Sandai]]'' and ''[[Pen Singam]]'' in [[Tamil language|Tamil]], the latter being the story penned by [[M. Karunanidhi]], which did moderately well at the box office.

Kiran last appeared in the 2013 film ''[[Jai Sriram]]''.<ref>{{cite web|date=2012-12-20|title=Jai Sriram - Movie review|url=http://www.sakshipost.com/index.php/entertainment/trailers-reviews/16439-jai-sriram-movie-review|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616024425/http://www.sakshipost.com/index.php/entertainment/trailers-reviews/16439-jai-sriram-movie-review|archive-date=16 June 2013|access-date=2013-04-13|publisher=Sakshi Post|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Uday Kiran's 'Jai Sriram' Platinu disc function - Telugu Movie News|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/92638.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140217222042/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/92638.html|archive-date=17 February 2014|access-date=2013-04-13|publisher=Indiaglitz.com}}</ref> A reviewer from ''[[The Times of India]]'' wrote, "From being a chubby lover boy with dimples showing on his cheeks to a man with muscles, Uday Kiran has metamorphosed as an actor. Such is his complete transformation that one is tempted to draw parallels to [[Nana Patekar]]."

==Personal life==
Kiran was engaged to [[Chiranjeevi]]'s daughter Sushmitha in 2003,<ref>{{cite news|date=2013-04-18|title=Uday Kiran gets engaged to Chiru's daughter today|publisher=timesofindia.com|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad-times/Uday-Kiran-gets-engaged-to-Chirus-daughter-today/articleshow/43719729.cms|url-status=live|access-date=15 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110220814/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad-times/Uday-Kiran-gets-engaged-to-Chirus-daughter-today/articleshow/43719729.cms|archive-date=10 January 2014}}</ref> but the engagement was called off.<ref>{{cite news|date=2013-07-01|title=Incompatibility hits star wedding|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-07-03/hyderabad/27189565_1_chiranjeevi-wedding-allu-aravind|url-status=dead|access-date=15 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106032106/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-07-03/hyderabad/27189565_1_chiranjeevi-wedding-allu-aravind|work=[[The Times of India]]|archive-date=6 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Marriage is not a priority now: Uday Kiran|publisher=sify.com|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/telugu/interview.php?id=13252967&cid=2410|url-status=dead|access-date=15 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110135550/http://www.sify.com/movies/telugu/interview.php?id=13252967&cid=2410|archive-date=10 January 2014}}</ref> He married Vishitha on 24 October 2012.<ref>{{cite news|date=2012-10-11|title=Uday Kiran Marriage on October 24th|publisher=Gulte.com|url=http://www.gulte.com/movienews/11366/Uday-Kiran-finds-his-Life-Partner|url-status=live|access-date=2012-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013203526/http://www.gulte.com/movienews/11366/Uday-Kiran-finds-his-Life-Partner|archive-date=13 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=2007-09-15|title=Metro Plus Visakhapatnam / Cinema : Uday Kiran to go by viability|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/09/15/stories/2007091550670100.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2013-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109081323/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/09/15/stories/2007091550670100.htm|archive-date=9 November 2012}}</ref>

==Death==
Kiran died on 5 January 2014 by [[suicide by hanging]] at his apartment in [[Srinagar colony]], Hyderabad. He was aged 33.<ref name="toinews" /> No suicide note was found. The investigating [[Banjara Hills]] police suspected financial problems to be cause and a case of suspicious death was registered.<ref name="toinews">{{cite news |title=Actor Uday Kiran commits suicide |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/actor-uday-kiran-commits-suicide/articleshow/28485659.cms |work=The Times of India |date=7 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=2014-01-06|title=Telugu actor Uday Kiran commits suicide|url=http://www.chennaivision.com/news/2014/64098.php|url-status=dead|access-date=2014-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109185832/http://www.chennaivision.com/news/2014/64098.php|archive-date=9 January 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Kiran had suffered from depression due to financial crisis for almost a year.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140109/news-current-affairs/article/uday-kiran-had-severe-financial-crisis |title=Uday Kiran had severe financial crisis {{!}} Deccan Chronicle |access-date=10 January 2014 |archive-date=9 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109220104/http://deccanchronicle.com/140109/news-current-affairs/article/uday-kiran-had-severe-financial-crisis |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/533244/20140107/uday-kiran-death-blamegame-actor-suicide-ripudaykiran.htm |title=Uday Kiran's Shocking Death: Advocate Blames 'Four' Big Tollywood Camps for Actor's Suicide - International Business Times |access-date=10 January 2014 |archive-date=10 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110134456/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/533244/20140107/uday-kiran-death-blamegame-actor-suicide-ripudaykiran.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-01-07/news-interviews/45953960_1_uday-kiran-state-human-rights-commission-tollywood |title=The curious case of Uday Kiran & the ‘Big 4’ |access-date=10 January 2014 |archive-date=10 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110133411/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-01-07/news-interviews/45953960_1_uday-kiran-state-human-rights-commission-tollywood |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 6 January 2014, Kiran's body was kept at the Andhra Pradesh Film Chamber of Commerce and several film personalities including [[Dasari Narayana Rao]], [[D. Ramanaidu]], [[Venkatesh (actor)|Venkatesh]], [[D Suresh Babu]], [[Meka Srikanth|Srikanth]], [[Shivaji]], [[Tanikella Bharani]], [[Chalapathi Rao]], [[Tammareddy Bharadwaja]], (ex) MLA [[Jaya Sudha]], [[Paruchuri Gopala Krishna]], [[Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao]], [[Shivaji Raja]], [[Anup Rubens]], Samadra, Kadambari Kiran, [[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]] and [[Anita Hassanandani|Anita]] were among those who paid their last respects to the actor, before being taken to the cremation grounds.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/tabloid/uday-kiran-s-death-suspicious-case-police/article1-1169813.aspx |title=Uday Kiran's death suspicious case: police - Hindustan Times |access-date=10 January 2014 |archive-date=2 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202223701/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/tabloid/uday-kiran-s-death-suspicious-case-police/article1-1169813.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> According to [[Andhra Pradesh Police]], a young fan of Kiran allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at Komatapalli junction in Bobbili sub-division in Vizianagaram.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/south/upset-over-uday-kiran-s-suicide-fan-ends-life-469429 |title=Upset over Uday Kiran's suicide, fan ends life {{!}} NDTV.com |access-date=10 January 2014 |archive-date=10 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110133900/http://www.ndtv.com/article/south/upset-over-uday-kiran-s-suicide-fan-ends-life-469429 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Language
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1999 || ''[[Mysterious Girl (film)|Mysterious Girl]]'' || Gautam ||[[Hindi]] || Debut film
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Chitram ]]'' || Ramana || rowspan="11" |Telugu ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|2001 || ''[[Nuvvu Nenu ]]'' || Ravi ||
|-
|| ''[[Manasantha Nuvve]]'' || Chanti (Venu) ||
|-
| rowspan="4"|2002 || ''[[Kalusukovalani]]'' || Ravi ||
|-
| ''[[Sreeram]]'' || Sreeram ||
|-
| ''[[Holi (2002 film)|Holi]]'' || Kiran ||
|-
| ''[[Nee Sneham]]'' || Venu Madhav ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Jodi No.1'' || Gautham ||
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu]]'' || Anand ||
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Love Today (2004 film)|Love Today]]'' || Shiva ||
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Avunanna Kaadanna]]'' || Ramu ||
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Poi (film)|Poi]]'' || Kamban || Tamil ||
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Viyyalavari Kayyalu]]'' || Vamsi || Telugu ||
|-
| rowspan="3"|2008|| ''[[Vambu Sandai]]'' || Prabhakaran || Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Gunde Jhallumandi]]'' || Balraju (Rajesh) || rowspan="2" |Telugu ||
|-
| ''[[Ekaloveyudu]]'' || Karthik ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Pen Singam]]'' || Surya || Tamil ||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Nuvvekaddunte Nenakkadunta]]'' || Hari || rowspan="3" |Telugu ||
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Jai Sriram]]'' ||Sriram Srinivas ||
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Chitram Cheppina Katha]]'' || || Unreleased
|-
|}

== Awards ==
;[[Filmfare Awards South]]
*2001 – [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu|Best Actor]] – ''[[Nuvvu Nenu]]'' – Won
*2002 – [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu|Best Actor]] – ''[[Nee Sneham]]'' – Nominated

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=1245012}}

{{Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu}}
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