from films. After a six-month sabbatical, Siddharth announced that he had finished work on another acting and production venture, Jil Jung Juk by newcomer Deeraj Vaidy. He has also worked on Sundar C's horror comedy, Aranmanai 2 alongside Trisha and Hansika Motwani. Furthermore, Siddharth has signed on to appear in a Malayalam film directed by ad film maker Rathish Ambat in his feature film debut. 2017–present: Further career After a series of template horror-comedy films, Siddharth and Milind Rau have come up with Aval, a smartly made thriller mixed with emotions. The script is considered to be based on a real-life incident. Apart from producing and acting, Siddharth has also co-written the movie with Milind Rau. The film was made as a bilingual in Hindi (titled The House Next Door) and dubbed in Telugu as Gruham. In 2018, he appears in his first film Malayalam, Kammara Sambhavam. In 2019, he acted in Hindi TV series Leila. The series was short with one season and 6 episodes, appearing on the Netflix site. In September 2019, Sasi's Sivappu Manjal Pachai. GV Prakash Kumar is a street racer while Rajasekar (Siddharth) is a traffic cop. Siddharth sheds his ‘chocolate boy’ image to play an astute, hyper-masculine. The film was released to positive reviews. And October 2019, Aruvam, a supernatural thriller film which received mixed reviews. Siddharth next signed Ajay Bhupathi's Telugu film Maha Samudram. He starred alongside Sharwanand. The film released on 14 October 2021 in theatres to negative reviews. Other work Siddharth has also been featured in many advertisements. As he actively worked in both Hindi and South Indian film industry, Parle Agro signed him as a nation-wide brand ambassador in 2012 owing to his pan-Indian appeal. Personal life Siddharth married Meghna in November 2003, after the pair had fallen in love growing up in the same neighbourhood in New Delhi. However, by early 2006, the pair were living separately, and later divorced in January 2007. Filmography Film Voice artist Television Discography Playback singer Awards References External links 1979 births Living people Indian male film actors Kirori Mal College alumni Tamil male actors Male actors in Telugu cinema Telugu playback singers S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research alumni Filmfare Awards South winners Screen Awards winners Tamil playback singers Indian male playback singers Male actors from Chennai Male actors in Malayalam cinema Male actors in Tamil cinema Male actors in Hindi