Name:
Siddharth Suryanarayan
Tamil: சித்தார்த் சூரியநாராயண் ; Telugu: సిద్ధార్థ సూర్యనారాయన్
Nickname: Siddhartha, Sidy, Siddhu, Sidey, Sid, Siddh
Name meaning: 'Achieved all wishes'
Profession: Actor, Playback Singer, Writer, Assistent Director, Cinematographer
Birth Place: Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
Date of Birth: 17-04-1979
Zodiac Sign: Aries
Siblings:
Brother & Sister
Height: 5′ 10″
Mother Tongue: Tamil
Hobbies:
Music, Test Cricket, Video Games, Carrom
Favorite Actors:
Kamal Haasan, S.V.Rangarao, Rajendra Prasad, Balraj Sahni.
Favorite Food:
Butter Chicken, Dal Makhni and Naan.
Marital status:
divorced
School Education:
- St. Mary’s, Delhi
- DAV, Chennai
- SPV, Delhi. College
- B.Com (Hons.), Kirori Mal College, New Delhi.
- MBA, S.P.Jain institute of Management in Mumbai
Siddharth did his schooling in Chennai, Delhi und Mumbai. He completed his MBA and started in films as an assistant director to Mani Ratnam, for the critically acclaimed Tamil film Kannathil Muthamittal.
His first role was in Boys as "Munna", directed by S. Shankar. His mentor Mani Ratnam then offered him a role in the Tamil film Aayitha Ezhuthu. His first solo lead role was in the Telugu film Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana opposite Trisha Krishnan, which was commercially successful. Finally he became world famous with the Hindi film Rang de Basanti.
After several romantic movies in Telugu, a Hindi short film for Vishal Bharadwaj (Blood Brothers) and another Hindi film called Striker, he re-entry after six long years into Tamil cinema and plays the lead role in a film called 180! He shot for this movie both in Telugu and Tamil simultanously.
Trivia
- Speaks 4 languages (Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, English).
- He was part of the reputed theatre group of the college "The Players".
- Trained in Carnatic Music.
- Sang as a playback singer in his movies "ChukkalloChandrudu", "BommarilluOy!", "Striker", "Aata" and "Baava".
- Album producer for "Oy" and "Striker"soundtrack.
- Wrote the story and contributed to the screenplay of "Chukkallo Chandrudu".
- He also worked as a cinematographer under the pseudonym R. Siddarth.
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