Uday Kiran

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Uday Kiran

Uday Kiran in 2009
Born (1980-06-26)26 June 1980
Andhra Pradesh, India
Died 5 January 2014(2014-01-05) (aged 33)[1]
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation Actor
Height 5' 10"
Spouse(s) Vishitha (m. 2012—2014; his death)

Uday Kiran (born Vajpeyajula Uday kiran, 26 June 1980 – 5 January 2014) was a Filmfare Award winning Indian film actor, who primarily worked in the Telugu cinema. His first three films, Chitram, Nuvvu Nenu and Manasantha Nuvve, were successful hits, earning him the title "Hat-trick Hero".[2][3]

In 2001, he won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu[4] for the film Nuvvu Nenu, and became the youngest winner of the Filmfare best actor award after Kamal Haasan. He is the only one Telugu actor first four films are remade into regional languages. In 2006, He made his Tamil debut with the film Poi, directed by veteran K. Balachander. [5] Subsequently, he starred in romantic films including Nee Sneham and Kalusukovalani. His other performances have been in the films Sreeram, Avunanna Kaadanna, Nuvvekaddunte Nenakkadunta and Jai Sriram.[6][7][8][9]

Personal life

Uday Kiran was born on 26 June 1980 to Telugu-speaking Vaidiki Brahmins family of VVK Murthy and Nirmala. He graduated in commerce from Wesley College, Secunderabad.[10] Kiran was engaged to Chiranjeevi's daughter Sushmitha in 2003,[11] but the engagement was subsequently broken.[12][13] He married Tamil speaking Vishitha on October 24, 2012.[14]

Career

Kiran started modeling while in college. He made his Tollywood debut under his mentor, cinematographer turned film director Teja in the year 2000 with the film Chitram, in which he played the 17 year old lead character.[15]

This film, followed by two others, Nuvvu Nenu and Manasantha Nuvve, made him among the very few actors in Telugu cinema to deliver three consecutive successful films. His performance as a hot-blooded youngster in Nuvvu Nenu won him the Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) in the year 2001.

In his fourth film, Kalusukovalani, he displayed dancing skills in the songs, "Udayinchina" and "Cheliya Cheliya".In his fifth film, Sreeram he ventured into an action oriented story of a youngster aspiring to become a top cop. In 2002, Nee Sneham is the another blockbuster movie of that year this film songs are really good uday did emotional and natural performance of this film and second time he has nominated for Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu).

In 2005, he ventured into Tamil with the film Poi directed by K.Balachander. He then did two more films, Vambu Sandai and Pen Singam in Tamil, the latter being the story penned by M. Karunanidhi, which did moderately well at the box office.

Uday kiran list of Cancelled movies

Death

Kiran committed suicide on 5 January 2014.[16] He reportedly hanged himself inside his flat in Srinagar colony, Punjagutta, Hyderabad.[17] Kiran had suffered from depression due to financial crisis for almost a year.[18][19] On the other hand, A district attorney in Hyderabad filed a case with human rights commission against undisclosed film personalities of Telugu film industry for discrimination against Uday Kiran. [20][21]

On 6 January 2014, Uday Kiran's body was kept at the Andhra Pradesh Film Chamber of Commerce and several film personalities including D Rama Naidu, Dasari Narayana Rao, Venkatesh, D Suresh Babu, Srikanth, Shivaji, Tanikella Bharani, Chalapathi Rao, Tammareddy Bharadwaja, MLA Jaya Sudha, Parachuri Gopalakrishna, Parachuri Venkateshwara Rao, Shivaji Raja, Anup Reubens, Samadra, Kadambari Kiran and Banerjee were among those who paid their last respects to the actor, before being taken to the cremation grounds.[22] Agitated fans of Uday Kiran raised slogans against union minister Chiranjeevi at the Erragadda cremation grounds in Hyderabad.[23] According to AP police, a young fan of Uday Kiran allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at Komatapalli junction in Bobbili sub-division in Vizianagaram.[24]

Filmography

Year Title Language Role Director Notes
2000 Chitram Telugu Ramana Teja
Remade in Kannada as Chitiram
2001 Nuvvu Nenu Telugu Ravi Teja Winner: Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
Remade in Hindi as Yeh Dil
2001 Manasantha Nuvve Telugu Chanti & Venu V. N. Aditya Remade in Hindi as Jeena Sirf Merre Liye
2002 Kalusukovalani Telugu Ravi Raghu Raj Remade in Tamil as Ice
2002 Sreeram Telugu Sreeram V. N. Aditya Remake of Dhill
2002 Holi Telugu Kiran SVN Vara Prasad
2002 Nee Sneham Telugu Venu Madhav Parachuri Murali Nominated : Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
2003 Jodi No.1 Telugu Goutham Pratani Ramakrishna Goud
2003 Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu Telugu Anand Rajasekhar Nandi Award for Best Home-viewing Feature Film
2004 Love Today Telugu Shiva Arpudhan
2005 Avunanna Kaadanna Telugu Ram Mohan Teja
2006 Poi Tamil Kamban/Vemana K. Balachandar Dubbed into Telugu as Abaddham
2007 Viyyalavari Kayyalu Telugu Vamshi E. Sattibabu
2008 Vambu Sandai Tamil Prabhakar Raj Kapoor Dubbed into Telugu as Lakshmi Putrudu
2008 Gunde Jhallumandi Telugu Balraju (Rajesh) Madan
2008 Eka loveyudu Telugu Karthik K. Rama Krishna
2010 Pen Singam Tamil Surya Bali Srirangam Dubbed into Telugu as Alladista
2012 Nuvvekaddunte Nenakkadunta Telugu Hari Subha Selvam Dubbed into Tamil as Oru Mutham Oru Yutham
2013 Jai Sriram Telugu Sriram Srinivas Balaji N Sai
2014 Dil Kabaddi (2014 film) Telugu Sri Launched

Awards

  • Filmfare South Best Actor Award (Telugu) - Nuvvu Nenu (2001)

References

  1. ↑ "Hero Uday Kiran Death.". filmcircle.com. Retrieved Jan 06, 2013. 
  2. ↑ "I, Me, Myself - Uday Kiran". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2003-11-07. 
  3. ↑ M. L. Narasimham (2010-02-12). "Arts / Cinema : Heart-warming tale". Chennai, India: The Hindu. Retrieved 2012-10-20. 
  4. ↑ "Nuvvu Nenu wins 4 Filmfare awards". The Times Of India. 6 April 2002. 
  5. ↑ The Hindu : Friday Review Hyderabad : A new dawn for Uday
  6. ↑ "Jai Sriram movie review: Wallpaper, Story, Trailer at Times of India". The Times of India. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2013-04-13. 
  7. ↑ "Metro Plus Visakhapatnam / Cinema : Uday Kiran to go by viability". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2007-09-15. Retrieved 2013-04-13. 
  8. ↑ "Uday Kiran's 'Jai Sriram' Platinum disc function - Telugu Movie News". Indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 2013-04-13. 
  9. ↑ "Jai Sriram - Movie review". Sakshi Post. 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2013-04-13. 
  10. ↑ "Uday Kiran - Videos, Wallpapers, Movies, Photos, Biography". Cinecurry. 1980-06-26. Retrieved 2012-10-20. 
  11. ↑ "Uday Kiran gets engaged to Chiru's daughter today". timesofindia.com. 2013-04-18. 
  12. ↑ "Incompatibility hits star wedding". timesofindia.com. 2013-07-01. 
  13. ↑ "Marriage is not a priority now: Uday Kiran". sify.com. 
  14. ↑ "Uday Kiran Marriage on October 24th". Gulte.com. 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2012-10-20. 
  15. ↑ "Reviews : Movie Reviews : Nuvvu Nenu". Telugucinema.com. Retrieved 2012-10-20. 
  16. ↑ "Hero Uday Kiran no More". Filmcircle.com. 2016-01-06. 
  17. ↑ "Telugu actor Uday Kiran commits suicide". 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2014-01-06. 
  18. ↑ Uday Kiran had severe financial crisis | Deccan Chronicle
  19. ↑ "Tollywood actor Uday Kiran commits suicide". Intoday. January 6, 2014.
  20. ↑ Uday Kiran's Shocking Death: Advocate Blames 'Four' Big Tollywood Camps for Actor's Suicide - International Business Times
  21. ↑ The curious case of Uday Kiran & the ‘Big 4’ - Times Of India
  22. ↑ Uday Kiran's death suspicious case: police - Hindustan Times
  23. ↑ Fans shout slogans against Chiranjeevi at Uday Kiran's funeral - Times Of India
  24. ↑ Upset over Uday Kiran's suicide, fan ends life | NDTV.com

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