Siddharth Koirala (Nepali: सिद्धार्थ कोइराला) is a film actor, and the younger brother of famous bollywood actress of Nepali origin, Manisha Koirala, most known for playing the lead in Manish Jha's Anwar (2006).[1]
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Siddharth Koirala was born into the Nepalese political family of Koiralas. His grandfather, Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala was the Prime Minister of Nepal in the late 50s to early 60s. His great-uncles Matrika Prasad Koirala and Girija Prasad Koirala also served terms as Nepal prime ministers. In January 2008, Siddharth married his longtime girlfriend Yulia Wekitova of Kazakhstan.
Siddharth entered Indian cinema as a co-producer with his sister for the comedy film Paisa Vasool (2004), which also starred his sister Manisha. He also collaborated as a writer for a US television documentary entitled Terrorism: Bio attack (2005). His acting debut was in the poorly received Fun: Can be dangerous sometimes (2005).
A more serious role was his second venture in the critically acclaimed Anwar (2007), which also did poorly at the box office. Siddharth took a long break and is making a come back in the directional debut of Rahat Kazmi's dark comedy film Dekh Bhai Dekh (2009), which opened to mild responses. He will be seen later in 2009 in a film about the November 26, 2008 Mumbai attacks project entitled Deshdrohi-2, directed by Kamaal R, Khan.