Srikanth (actor, born 1968)

Srikanth
Srikanth
Born	Meka Srikanth; 23 March 1968 (age 56); Gangavathi, Karnataka, India
Alma mater	Karnataka University, Dharwad,Karnataka, india
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1991–present
Spouse	ಊಹಾ (m. 1997)
Children	3, including Roshan

Meka Srikanth (born 23 March 1968) is an Indian actor who is known for works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has appeared in more than 120 films. The actor has received one state Nandi Award, and one Filmfare Award South. He has starred in films like Swarabhishekam, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for 2004. Srikanth's another film Virodhi premiered at the Indian panorama section, at the 2011 International Film Festival of India.^[2] Sri Rama Rajyam also had a special screening at International Film Festival of India on 28 November 2011.^[3] He has also appeared in some other language films including Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil films.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Early life

Srikanth was born on 23 March 1968 in Gangavathi, Karnataka, India.^[8]^[9] His father, Meka Parameswara Rao (1946–2020), was a wealthy landlord who migrated from Mekavaripalem of Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh to Gangavathi.^[10] He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Karnataka University, Dharwad and moved to Chennai to pursue a career in films.^[8]

Personal life

Srikanth married Ooha on 20 January 1997, and has two sons, Roshan and Rohan and a daughter, Medha. The family lives in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad.^[11]^[12]

Career

In 1990, Srikanth joined Madhu Film and TV Institute of Acting in Hyderabad and completed a one-year course in acting.^[8] His first film People's Encounter was released in 1991. Srikanth played minor roles as a villain and supporting artiste early in his career. He became a lead actor with the film One by Two.^[13] He has starred in more than 100 Telugu films as a lead. His first hit film as a lead actor was Taj Mahal, which was released in 1995.

Srikanth collaborated with various film directors including: S.V. Krishna Reddy, Krishna Vamsi, Jayanth C. Paranjee, G. Neelakanta Reddy, EVV Satyanarayana and K. Viswanath, to give hits including: Varasudu, Vinodam, Egire Paavurama, Aahvaanam, Maa Nannaki Pelli, Khadgam, Shankar Dada M.B.B.S., Pellam Oorelithe, Evandoi Srivaru, Kshemamga Velli Labamgarandi, O Chinnadana, Shankar Dada Zindabad, Operation Duryodhana, Mahatma, and Govindudu Andarivadele.^[14]^[15]

Filmography

Telugu films

Key
†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1991	People's Encounter	Naxalite
1991	Madhura Nagarilo	Sattiraju
1992	Seetharatnam Gari Abbayi	Veerababu
	Pellam Chepithe Vinali	Chinna
	President Gari Pellam	Narendra
1993	Jeevitame Oka Cinema
	Aasayam	Student
	Ratha Saradhi	Ramineedu
	Varasudu	Vamsi
	Kondapalli Raja	Srikanth
	Rowdy Annayya	Gopi
	Donga Alludu	Giri
	Abbaigaru	Murari
	Rajeswari Kalyanam	Bhavani's brother
	Rowdy Gaari Teacher	Dorababu
	Chinna Alludu	Srikanth
	One By Two	Balaji	Debut as lead actor
1994	Donga Rascal	Srikanth
	Nyaya Rakshana
	Aame	Anjineelu
1995	Love Game	Raghu
	Ghatotkachudu	Arjuna
	Patabasti	Ajay
	Taj Mahal	Amar	25th Film
	Ooriki Monagaadu	Rambabu
	Simha Garjana	Teja
1996	Pelli Sandadi	Vijay Krishna	Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
	Kuthuru	Srikanth
	Vetagadu	Inspector Kiran
	Once More	Sitaram
	Prema Prayanam	Sanjay
	Vinodam	Raja
1997	Thaali	Bose Babu
	Egire Paavurama	Balu
	Aahvaanam	Ravi
	Kaliyugamlo Gandargolam
	Taraka Ramudu	Ramudu
	Hello I Love You	Revanth
	Maa Nannaku Pelli	Balaraju
1998	Ooyala	Raja
	Pandaga	Anand
	Gilli Kajjalu	Suresh
	Kanyadanam	Niwas
	Suprabhatam	Gopala Krishna		^[16]
	Chandralekha	Himself	Guest appearance
	Gamyam	Kamal
	Subhalekhalu	Sri
	Aayanagaru	Madhu
1999	Manikyam	Manikyam	50th Film
	English Pellam East Godavari Mogudu	Sambasiva Rao "Samba"
	Manasulo Maata	Vasanth		^[17]
	Anaganaga Oka Ammai	Vishnu		^[18]
	Pilla Nachindi	Dattu
	Panchadara Chilaka	Murali
	Preyasi Rave	Vamsi
2000	Kshemamga Velli Labamgarandi	Ravi
	Chala Bagundi	Vamsi
	Choosoddaam Randi	Bhimavaram Buchi Babu
	Ninne Premistha	Kalyan
	Ammo! Okato Tareekhu	Pattabhi
	Devullu	Lord Srirama
	Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa	Venkatesa
	Sakutumba Saparivaara Sametam	Vamsi
2001	Maa Aavida Meeda Ottu Mee Aavida Chala Manchidi	Jagadesh
	Deevinchandi	Siva
	Kalisi Naduddam	Krishna
	Naa Manasistha Raa	Shankar
	Prema Sandadi	Krishna
	Darling Darling	Chinni
2002	O Chinnadana	Rajesh / Narasimha
	Aaduthu Paaduthu	Gopi
	Tappu Chesi Pappu Koodu	Kappaganthula Ramesh
	Khadgam	A.C.P. Radha Krishna
2003	Pellam Oorelithe	Vivek
	Ottesi Cheputunna	Surya
	Donga Ramudu and Party	Ramakrishna	75th Film
	Oka Radha Iddaru Krishnula Pelli	Viswa
	Nenu Pelliki Ready	Gopikrishna
	Neeke Manasichaanu	Vivek
2004	Intlo Srimathi Veedhilo Kumari	Sukumar
	Letha Manasulu	Raju
	Swarabhishekam	Srirangam Ranga Chary
	Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.	Any Time Murder "ATM"	Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu
2005	Sankranthi	Vishnu	Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu
	Radha Gopalam	Gopalam
	Soggadu	Himself	Cameo appearance
	Kanchanamala Cable TV	Sudarshanam
2006	Sarada Saradaga	Raghava
	Evandoi Srivaru	Surya
	Mayajalam	Vamsi
	Sri Krishna 2006	Takhada Ramakrishna
	Aadi Lakshmi	Aadi Shankar
2007	Operation Duryadhona	Mahesh / Bhagavanthudu	Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
	Shankardada Zindabad	Any Time Murder "ATM"
	Yamagola Malli Modalayindi	Yuva Yama Dharma Raju
2008	Michael Madana Kamaraju	Madan
	Nagaram	Right
	Kousalya Supraja Rama	Sriram
2009	Mahatma	Dasu	100th film
2009	A Aa E Ee	Chandram
2010	Ranga The Donga	Ranga & Bhavani Prasad	First dual role
2011	Dushasana	Mahesh / Common Man		^[19]
	Virodhi	Jayadev	Own production
	Sri Rama Rajyam	Lakshmana
2012	All the Best	Ravi
	Shirdi Sai	Dasaganu
	Lucky	Lakshmi Narayana
	Devaraya	Sri Krishnadevaraya & Dorababu	Dual role
2013	Sevakudu	Surya
	Shatruvu	Shankar
	Shadow	A.C.P. Pratap
2014	Kshatriya	Surya		^{[citation needed]}
	Malligadu Marriage Bureau	Malli
	Veta	Jagan
	Govindudu Andarivadele	Bangari	Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu
2015	Dhee Ante Dhee	Radha Krishna		^{[citation needed]}
2015	Veediki Dookudekkuva	Kranthi		^{[citation needed]}
2016	Terror	Vijay
	Sarrainodu	Sripati	Best Supporting Actor Award - 15th Santosham Film Awards
	Mental	Durga Prasad		^{[citation needed]}
2017	Yuddham Sharanam	Nayak
2018	Raa Raa	Raj Kiran	125th Film
2018	Operation 2019	Uma Shankar
2019	Marshal	Sivaji
2021	Idhe Maa Katha	Mahendra
	Telangana Devudu	Vijay Dev	Based on the life of K. Chandrashekar Rao	^[20]
	Akhanda	Varadarajulu
2022	Kothala Rayudu	Ajay
2022	Son of India	Mahendra Bhupati
2023	Hunt	Mohan Bhargav
	Skanda	Rudrakanti Ramakrishna Raju
	Kota Bommali PS	Head Constable Chintada Rama Krishna
2024	Devara: Part 1	Rayappa
2025	Game Changer †	CM of AP

Films in other languages

Year	Title	Role	Language
1993	Hendthi Helidare Kelabeku	Mohan	Kannada
2007	Ugadi	Arjun	Kannada
2017	Villain	Felix D. Vincent	Malayalam
2018	The Villain	Raja	Kannada
2022	James	Vijay Gayakwad	Kannada
2023	Varisu	Jai Rajendran	Tamil

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
2020	Chadarangam	Pemmasani Gangadhar Rao	ZEE5
2020	Shootout at Alair	IG Praveen Chand	ZEE5

Awards

Nandi Special Jury Award - Mahatma^[21]
Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award - Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.^[22]
Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award - Govindudu Andarivadele - Nominated
SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actor (Telugu) - Sarrainodu
15th Santhosham Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor (Telugu) - Sarrainodu
SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role (Telugu) - Akhanda

References

^ Kavirayani, Suresh (14 December 2019). "Meka Srikanth turns villain again!". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). dff.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Layout 1" (PDF). Retrieved 1 December 2016.
^ "THE VILLAIN MOVIE REVIEW". The Times of India.
^ "Srikanth to share screen space with Puneeth Rajkumar in James - The New Indian Express". www.newindianexpress.com. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
^ Sidhardhan, Sanjith (27 October 2017). "Villain Movie Review {3/5}: Don't go expecting a mass entertainer as the movie isn't a pacy, atmospheric thriller". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 November 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
^ "Telugu actor Srikanth joins the team of #Thalapathy66". The Times of India. 10 May 2022. Archived from the original on 10 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Srikanth interview - Telugu Cinema interview - Telugu film actor". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ "HBD Srikanth: శ్రీకాంత్ బర్త్ డే స్పెషల్.. ది మోస్ట్ వర్సటైల్ యాక్టర్ ఆఫ్ టాలీవుడ్." News18 Telugu. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ "Srikanth Meka's father passes away". The Times of India. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ Srikanth Biography, Srikanth Profile, Biography of Srikanth, Srikanth Information.. AP Entertainment News. Retrieved on 2012-09-26.
^ Stars : Star Interviews : MEKA SRIKANTH. Telugucinema.com. Retrieved on 2012-09-26.
^ Ali (1 March 2018). "Interview with Srikanth". www.eenadu.net. Hyderabad: Eenadu. Archived from the original on 1 March 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
^ Telugu film fraternity bond at logo launch. Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2009-10-14). Retrieved on 2012-09-26.
^ Srikanth Filmography, Srikanth Movies, Srikanth Films – entertainment.oneindia.in. Popcorn.oneindia.in. Retrieved on 2012-09-26.
^ "SUPRABHATHAM". Andhra Today. Archived from the original on 3 February 1999. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
^ Jeevi (8 November 2001). "Interview with Sravanthi Ravi Kishore". Idlebrain.com.
^ "Anaganaga Oka Ammai". Idlebrain.com. 2 September 1999. Archived from the original on 22 April 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
^ Viswanath, S. (27 May 2011). "Dushasana". Deccan Herald.
^ "'Telangana Devudu' is about KCR's life story". Telangana Today. 8 November 2021.
^ "Nandi Film Awards G.O and Results 2009". APFTVTDC. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
^ "Meka Srikanth Awards: List of awards and nominations received by Meka Srikanth | Times of India Entertainment". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 September 2020.

External links

Srikanth at IMDb
Srikanth on Twitter

[1] Kavirayani, Suresh (14 December 2019). "Meka Srikanth turns villain again!". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2 September 2020.

[2] "Archived copy" (PDF). dff.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Layout 1" (PDF). Retrieved 1 December 2016.

[4] "THE VILLAIN MOVIE REVIEW". The Times of India.

[5] "Srikanth to share screen space with Puneeth Rajkumar in James - The New Indian Express". www.newindianexpress.com. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.

[6] Sidhardhan, Sanjith (27 October 2017). "Villain Movie Review {3/5}: Don't go expecting a mass entertainer as the movie isn't a pacy, atmospheric thriller". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 November 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[7] "Telugu actor Srikanth joins the team of #Thalapathy66". The Times of India. 10 May 2022. Archived from the original on 10 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

[:0-8] "Srikanth interview - Telugu Cinema interview - Telugu film actor". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[9] "HBD Srikanth: శ్రీకాంత్ బర్త్ డే స్పెషల్.. ది మోస్ట్ వర్సటైల్ యాక్టర్ ఆఫ్ టాలీవుడ్." News18 Telugu. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

[10] "Srikanth Meka's father passes away". The Times of India. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[11] Srikanth Biography, Srikanth Profile, Biography of Srikanth, Srikanth Information.. AP Entertainment News. Retrieved on 2012-09-26.

[12] Stars : Star Interviews : MEKA SRIKANTH. Telugucinema.com. Retrieved on 2012-09-26.

[Interview_with_Srikanth-13] Ali (1 March 2018). "Interview with Srikanth". www.eenadu.net. Hyderabad: Eenadu. Archived from the original on 1 March 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.

[14] Telugu film fraternity bond at logo launch. Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2009-10-14). Retrieved on 2012-09-26.

[15] Srikanth Filmography, Srikanth Movies, Srikanth Films – entertainment.oneindia.in. Popcorn.oneindia.in. Retrieved on 2012-09-26.

[16] "SUPRABHATHAM". Andhra Today. Archived from the original on 3 February 1999. Retrieved 26 August 2024.

[17] Jeevi (8 November 2001). "Interview with Sravanthi Ravi Kishore". Idlebrain.com.

[18] "Anaganaga Oka Ammai". Idlebrain.com. 2 September 1999. Archived from the original on 22 April 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.

[19] Viswanath, S. (27 May 2011). "Dushasana". Deccan Herald.

[20] "'Telangana Devudu' is about KCR's life story". Telangana Today. 8 November 2021.

[21] "Nandi Film Awards G.O and Results 2009". APFTVTDC. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

[22] "Meka Srikanth Awards: List of awards and nominations received by Meka Srikanth | Times of India Entertainment". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 September 2020.

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v t e Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Supporting Actor
2002–2018	Prakash Raj (2002) Prakash Raj (2003) Srikanth (2004) Srihari (2005) Sai Kumar (2006) Jagapathi Babu (2007) Allari Naresh (2008) Sonu Sood (2009) Sai Kumar (2010) M. S. Narayana (2011) Sudeepa (2012) Sunil (2013) Jagapathi Babu (2014) Allu Arjun (2015) Jagapathi Babu (2016) Rana Daggubati (2017) Jagapathi Babu (2018)
2020–present	Murali Sharma (2020–2021) Rana Daggubati (2022) Brahmanandam (2023) Ravi Teja (2023)

v t e SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu
2011–2020	Prakash Raj (2011) Rajendra Prasad (2012) Sunil (2013) Srinivas Avasarala (2014) Rajendra Prasad (2015) Srikanth (2016) Aadhi Pinisetty (2017) Rajendra Prasad (2018) Allari Naresh (2019) Murali Sharma (2020)
2021–present	Jagadeesh Prathap Bandari (2021) Rana Daggubati (2022) Dheekshith Shetty (2023)

v t e SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role – Telugu
2011–2020	Lakshmi Manchu (2011) Sudeepa (2012) Sampath Raj (2013) Jagapathi Babu (2014) Rana Daggubati (2015) Jagapathi Babu (2016) Rana Daggubati (2017) R. Sarathkumar (2018) Kartikeya Gummakonda (2019) Samuthirakani (2020)
2021–present	Srikanth (2021) Suhas (2022) Duniya Vijay (2023)

v t e Nandi Special Jury Award
1983–1990	Vijayachander (1983) Karthik (1987) Kallu Chidambaram (1988) Chiranjeevi (1988) Venkatesh (1988) Jagapathi Babu (1990)
1991–2000	Naresh (1992) Suman (1997) Ravi Teja (1999) Venu Thottempudi (1999) AVS (2000) Srihari (2000) Nagarjuna (2000) Manjula Ghattamaneni (2001) Mahesh Babu (2001)
2001–2010	Surya (2001) N. T. Rama Rao Jr (2002) Ravi Teja (2002) Mahesh Babu (2002) Pavan Malhotra (2003) Saritha (2004) Mahesh Babu (2004) Allu Arjun (2004) Sneha (2005) Priyadarshini Ram (2005) Vadde Naveen (2005) Gangaraju Gunnam (2006) Genelia D'Souza (2006) Ram Charan (2007) Bhumika Chawla (2007) Allu Arjun (2008) Anushka Shetty (2008) Genelia D'Souza (2009) Ram Charan (2009) Srikanth (2009) Manchu Manoj (2010) Sunil (2010) Samantha Ruth Prabhu (2010)
2011–present	Nagarjuna (2011) Charmy Kaur (2011) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (2012) Lakshmi (2012) Gautham Vasudev Menon (2012) Anjali (2013) Nithya Menen (2015) Nani (2016)