Sudeep

ಕಿಚ್ಚ ಸುದೀಪ್ Sudeep

Sudeep in his first directed movie my autograph
Born November 10, 1974 (1974-11-10) (age 37)
Shivamogga, Karnataka, India
Other names

KICCHA, RAISING STAR, KALAA ABHIMANYU

Occupation Actor, Producer, Director
Spouse Priya Sudeep

Sudeep (Kannada: ಸುದೀಪ್) is an Indian actor, director, producer and singer from Shimoga,[1] Karnataka, known in the Kannada film industry and Bollywood. He is also founder owner of his production company Kiccha Creations.Hence he is also famously known as 'Kiccha' Sudeep.

He was a student of mechanical engineering from Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering.University Cricket player, he is married and has a daughter called Saanvi, which means goddess Lakshmi.

He is known for his roles in the Kannada films My Autograph, Huchha, Mussanje Maatu, Sparsha, and Just Math Mathalli.[2] He has won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor in Kannada for three consecutive years and also won Karnataka State Award.

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Film career

Actor

His first movie was akshay (his first two films O Kusuma Bale and Brahma were abandoned mid-filming); he then played a supporting role in the Sunil Kumar Desai-directed movie Prathyartha and landed leading actor role in the same director's Sparsha. In 2001, Sudeep acted in the hit film Huccha, which gave him his first big following. Recently he made his debut in Bollywood with the movie Phoonk.[3] He has also starred in Ram Gopal Varma's movies Rann (film), Phoonk 2 and Rakta Charitra. He is also acting in a Telugu movie Eega directed by S.S. Rajamouli.His movies Kempegowda and Only Vishnuvardhana released in 2011 are blockbusters[4]

In 2009, he gave his voice to an HIV/AIDS education animated software tutorial created by the nonprofit organization TeachAIDS.[5]

Director

He has also directed Kannada movies and His directorial debut My Autograph was a huge success in Kannada industry. He directed few more movies like #73 Shanti Nivas, Just Math Mathalli, Veera Madakari, Kempegowda.[6]

Television

He is making his debut in television in the reality show 'Pyate Hudgeer-Halli Lifu' in Suvarna channel, where he will play the roles of Main Anchor, Judge and Guide. The show will see how well city girls can adapt to a village life. Ten city-bred girls will be taken to a village to test their survival skills in a rural set-up.They will be given various tasks and Sudeep will be mentoring these girls during this process.[7]

Filmography

Year Film Language Director Role Remarks Released Date
1997 Thayavva Kannada 1997
1999 Prathyartha Kannada Sunilkumar Desai Sudeep 1999
2000 Sparsha 75Days Kannada Sunilkumar Desai Sudeep 21.07.1999
2001 Huchha Blockbuster Kannada N.Omprakash Sachidananda Best Actor Filmfare Award winner 06.07.2001
Vaali 75Days Kannada S.Mahendar 19.10.2001
2002 Chandu 75Days Kannada V.Arunprasad Chandrashekhar 10.05.2002
Dum 75Days Kannada M.S.Ramesh Varada 27.09.2002
Thuntata Kannada Indrajit lankesh Guest Appearance 24.05.2002
Nandhi 100Days Kannada D.Rajendrababu Nandi Best Actor Filmfare Award winner 27.10.2002
2003 Kichcha 50Days Kannada V.Arunprasad Krishna Mohan 11.04.2003
Partha 75Days Kannada N.Omprakash film Partha 28.11.2003
Swathi Muthu 50Days Kannada D.Rajendrababu Shivayya Best Actor Filmfare Award winner 26.12.2003
2004 Ranga SSLC 50Days Kannada Yogaraj Bhat Ranga 23.04.2004
Nalla 100Days Kannada V.Nagenra prasad Prashanth 11.12.2004
2005 Maharaja 75Days Kannada Om Sai Prakash 14.01.2005
Kashi from the Village Kannada Om Sai prakash Kaashi 01.04.2005
Nammanna Kannada N.Shankar 18.11.2005
Gunna Kannada Dwarki Guest Appearance 12.05.2005
Sye 75 Days Kannada V.Arunprasad 01.07.2005
2006 My Autograph 175Days Kannada Sudeep Shankar 17.02.2006
Thirupathi Kannada Shivamani Thirupathi 30.06.2006
Jackpot Kannada Niranjan Guest Appearance 14.07.2006
Hubbali 75Days Kannada N.Omprakash film Ajay Kumar 10.11.2006
Care of Footpath Kannada Kishan Guest Appearance 26.11.2006
2007 73 Shanthi Nivas Kannada Sudeep Raghu 15.06.2007
Maathaad Maathaadu Mallige 50Days Kannada Nagathihalli 24.08.2007
2008 Gooli 50Days Kannada P.Satya Gooli 21.03.2008
Phoonk Hindi Ramgopal Varma Milind Gadagkar Bollywood debut 22.08.2008
Mussanje Maatu 100Days Kannada Mahesh Pradeep 16.05.2008
Kaamannana Makalu Kannada Gurudutt Krishna 20.06.2008
Mast Maja Madi 50Days Kannada Ananthraju Prathap 13.10.2008
2009 Veera Madakari SuperHit Kannada Sudeep Veera Madakari 20.03.2009
Just Math Mathalli Kannada Sudeep Sidharth 25.12.2009
Meghave Meghave Kannada V. Nagendraprasad Guest Appearance 30.01.2009
2010 Mr.Theertha Kannada Kokila Sadu Theertha 25.06.2010
Kichha Huchha Kannada Gurudutt Krishna Murthy 15.10.2010
Aithalakadi Kannada GJ Krishna Guest Appearance 09.07.2010
Veera Parampare-Hit Kannada S.Narayan Teja 29.10.2010
Rann Hindi Ramgopal Varma Jai Malik 29.01.2010
Phoonk 2 Hindi Milind Gadagkar 16.04.2010
Rakta Charitra Hindi Ramgopal Varma Guest Appearance 22.10.2010
Rakta Charitra 2 Hindi Ramgopal Varma Guest Appearance 03.12.2010
2011 Kempegowda BlockBuster Kannada Sudeep Kempegowda 10.03.2011
Police Story 3 Kannada Thriller Manju Surya Guest Appearance 08.07.2011
Only Vishnuvardhana BlockBuster Kannada Kumar Vishnu 08.12.2011
Varada Nayaka Kannada GJ Krishna Guest Appearance
Eega Telugu S.S Rajmouli Tollywood debut

Awards

Partial List

Year Award Category Film Notes
2001 Filmfare Award Best Actor Huchha
2002 Filmfare Award Best Actor Nandi
2002–2003 Karnataka State Film Awards Best Actor Nandi
2003 Filmfare Award Best Actor Swathi Mutthu
2009 Suvarna Award Popular Actor

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