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Kumaravatha Srinivasa Reddy (born 14 February 1972), better known professionally as Sriman, is an Indian actor who appears primarily in Tamil language films, and also a few Telugu language films. He is primarily known for his prominent character roles in Sethu (1999), 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.

Early life

Sriman was born in Gollala Mamidada near Rajamundry EGDT, Andhra Pradesh on 15th september 1969. His father Karri Prakash reddy is a popular dancer. He also was an assistant dance director, production Executive in his Brothers company. Later he started his production company, in which he 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 film Director. Sriman did his schooling in Bharath Higher Secondary School Teynampet and Adyar. Then shifted to thyagara nagar high school in T.Nagar, He did his degree in Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai. He started his career as child artist in 1975 and was very fond of acting. He learnt Bharathanatyam from dance masters Vasantha, film dancing from Raghuram master, master Sivashankar, master Kala and Vasu master in south Indian artist association premises. . 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 mastersin YMCA.

With a strong film background, he started his film career as a child artiste in 1975 Telugu film Bangara Manushulu, till 1984 he performed and returned to continue his academic studies after acting in 17 films directed by ks reddy and mostly produced by his father Prakash Reddy, . 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. 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-starrer Love Today, which he considers as a turning point in his career". He has frequently appeared in Kamal Haasan's comedy films during the 2000s, including Pammal K. Sambandam, Panchathantiram and Manmadan Ambu.

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) and the unreleased Sati Savithri.

Filmography

Tamil films

Telugu films

Television

• Anni
• Comedy Junction
• Pandian Stores
• Kelviyin Nayagane

References

1. ^ "Pal of Maduraiites". 12 July 2004 – via The Hindu.
2. "Sriman: Vikram taught me nuances in acting - Times of India". The Times of India.
3. ^ "Cinema - The Hindu". The Hindu.
4. "Dailynews - Mr. Shakila". 2 December 2005. Archived from the original on 2 December 2005.

External links

• Sriman at IMDb

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