Sreekanth

Not to be confused with Srikanth (actor).
Sreekanth
Born Srikanth
Occupation Film actor
Years active 1965-present

Sreekanth is a veteran Indian actor who has performed in Tamil films since the 1960s. He made his acting debut in the 1965 Tamil film Vennira Aadai directed by Sridhar.[1] A close associate of actor Venniradai Moorthy,[2] Srikanth was employed in the American Consulate before entering films.[3] He often portrays supporting characters to actors like Sivaji Ganesan, Muthuraman, Jaishankar and in the later period he appeared as villain opposite actors like Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan. Rajini's first film as hero, Bairavi had Srikanth playing the main villain role. He played the lead role in the 1974 Tamil film Dikkatra Parvathi which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil in 1975.[4]

Selected filmography

Srikanth has acted in over 200 films in Tamil.

References

  1. ^ "Sridhar - Director, producer, producer, script writer, nenjil oru aalaya, vennira aadai, ratha pasam, ilamai oonjal aadugiradhu, ooty varai uravu, kadhalikka naeramillai, galatta kalyanam, kalyana parisu, alayamani, thenilavu, dil ek mandir, pyaar kiya jaa, gehri chaal, sivandha mann, urimai kural, meenava nanban, chitralaya, nenjam marappadhillai, oho productions, picture, profile, info and favouri". Nilacharal.com. 2008-10-20. http://www.nilacharal.com/enter/celeb/director_sridhar.asp. Retrieved 2011-06-04. 
  2. ^ "Life & Style / Metroplus : All the world's a stage". The Hindu. 2010-02-02. http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article99260.ece. Retrieved 2011-06-04. 
  3. ^ Malathi Rangarajan (2010-11-18). "Arts : Vignettes from a veteran". The Hindu. http://www.thehindu.com/arts/article893780.ece. Retrieved 2011-06-04. 
  4. ^ "21st National awards for films". Directorate of Film Festivals. http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm21stNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=21NFA.pdf. Retrieved 4 June 2011.