Shridhar

Shridhar is also called Sridhar  is one of the most admired actors in the Kannada film industry. He is also a performer and a choreographer. He was born with huge acting ability and started performing on stage at his very young age. Sridhar won lofty awards for his performances. He is also a dance scholar in Bharatanatyam, and won the Best Young Dancer Award in the Karnataka Sangitha Nritya Academy in the 80’s. Later on, he received several awards for his talent.

ENTRY INTO CINEMA:

Sridhar mastered an Engineering degree. He is married to Anuradha who is also a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. Sri, Puttana Kanagal, the late well-known Kannada director noticed Shridhar and then presented him to the Kannada screen in the film, Amrutha Ghalige in 1983. His first brilliant appearance as a young sacrificing boy, was appreciated and treasured by the Kannadigans, and later, he was called as Karnataka. His brilliant performance as the lead role was still remembered until today, and the hindusthanavu endu mareyada song became the nationalistic song in the Kannada cinema. Sridhar performed in more than 65 films from the direction of various legends and he has won several awards for most of his performances. He acted using 5 different languages such as, Kannada, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam.

In Kannada, Sridhar got the Karnataka State Government’s Best Actor Award for his role in Santa Shishunala Shariefa. The film also got the respected Nargis Dutt Nargis Dutt was indeed the first lady of Indian sc >> Read More... award from the Central Government. Sridhar also portrayed the role of a Yakshagana artist in the film Bannada Vesha, who had won the regional Best Film Award. In Tamil, he was introduced in the film, Manathil Uruthi Vendum. He also acted in Poo Pootta Nandavanam and Maha Maayi. In Hindi, Sridhar is a hero in the film Bhairavi, who had won a National Award. In Telugu, his role in Swarabhishekam has won high acclaim. Then, because of his brilliant performance in Shivaleelalu as Lord Shiva, he turned to be a household name in Andhra Pradesh. In Malayalam, he was in the film 'Manichitratazhu', which also won several State Awards and a National Award.

Movies acted: Swarabeshekam, Shabarimale Swamy Ayyappa and Raudra tandavams.