Sridhar (actor)

Not to be confused with Sreedhar or Sridhar (choreographer).

Sridhar is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry,^[1] and also a dance scholar, performer and choreographer, trained in Bharatanatyam.^[2] He also holds a degree in engineering.^[3] Sridhar is married to Anuradha, also a Bharatanatyam dance performer;^[3] both have performed for many dance shows as a duo.^[2] In 2014, he received Doctorate (D.Lit) for his thesis on the 'Socio-cultural aspects of the Male Dancer in Bharatanatyam' from the Kannada University, Hampi.^[3]

Sridhar
Born	(1960-11-22) 22 November 1960 (age 64)[citation needed] Bengaluru
Website	http://www.khechara.com/

Film career

Kannada cinema

He entered Kannada cinema as a hero in the film Amrutha Ghalige, directed by Puttanna Kanagal. Since then he has acted in more than 65 films and has won many awards for his performances. He has acted in five languages- Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi.

He won the Karnataka state government's Best Actor Award for his performance as the saint-poet Sharief, in the film Santa Shishunala Shariefa directed by Nagabharana. This film also won the Nargis Dutt award from the Central Government. Bannada Vesha a film directed by Girish Kasaravally, in Kannada won the regional best film award in which he portrayed the character of a Yakshagana artist.^[1] He also acted in many devotional films.

Other languages

K. Balachander gave him a opening in the Tamil screen with his film Manathil Uruthi Vendum, (with Suhasini), even though he has also acted in Aan Paavam a hit of 1985, He later acted in several Tamil films, including Poo Pootta Nandavanam (with Sarita) and Mahamaayi (with Shobhana).^[1] Sridhar acted in the Malayalam film Manichitrathazhu directed by Fazil.^[2] This film won many State Awards and a National film award. He acted opposite Rudra as P. Mahadevan, a poet and professor.^[4] He acted as the hero in the Hindi film Bhairavi, directed by Arunaraje Patil.^[1] He performed a character role in the Telugu film Swarabhishekam, directed by K. Viswanath. Shridhar became recognized in Telugu television with his performance as Lord Shiva in the classic Telugu serial Shivaleelalu on ETV Telugu.^[1]

Notable filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1984	Amrutha Ghalige	Madhu	Kannada
	Asha Kirana		Kannada
	Indina Ramayana
	Preeti Vatsalya
	Bannada Vesha
1985	Brahma Gantu
	Aan Paavam	Subakaran	Tamil
1986	Sundara Swapnagalu		Kannada
	Hennina Koogu
	Mouna Geethe
	Beegara Pandya
1987	Manathil Uruthi Vendum	Surya	Tamil
	Manasa Veene		Kannada
	Satva Pareekshe
	Nyayakke Shikshe
	Jeevana Jyothi
	Bhadrakali
1988	Bannada Vesha
	Aasphota
	Hrudaya Geethe
	Poo Pootha Nandhavanam		Tamil
1989	Pudhea Paadhai	Doctor
1989	Love Maadi Nodu	Doctor	Kannada
1990	Santha Shishunala Sharifa	Shareefa	Kannada	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor
1991	Mahamayi		Tamil
	Thavarumane Udugore		Kannada
	Mangalya
1992	Bombat Hendthi	Sridhar
	Hatamari Hennu Kiladi Gandu
	Gruhalakshmi
1993	Manichitrathazhu	P. Mahadevan	Malayalam
	Jana Machida Maga
	Kollura Sri Mookambika	Lord Shiva	Kannada
1996	Bhairavi	Rajan Swamy	Hindi
2004	Swarabhishekam	cobbler	Telugu
2008	Budhivanta	David Fernandez	Kannada
2012	Katariveera Surasundarangi	Lord Indra
2012	Kamsale Kaisale			State govt award for Best Supporting actor
	Sri Vasavi Vaibhavam	Lord Shiva	Telugu
2014	Maha Sharana Haralayya	Haralayya	Kannada
	Maha Bhakta Siriyala	Lord Shiva	Telugu

Serials

• Shivaleelalu Shiva Telugu (ETV)
• Sri Bhagavatam - Arjuna Telugu (ETV)
• Sri Raghavendra Mahime - Raghavendra Swamy ( ETV)
• Thiruvilayadal Tamil (Sun TV)
• Brindhavanam Tamil (Sun TV)
• Kayar in Hindi ( DD ) Directed by M.S.Satyu

Tele Films

• Bayalata Hindi (DD) Yakshagana artiste Directed by Nagabharana
• Stone Boy Hindi (DD)