Sriman (actor)
Introduction '''Kumaravatha Srinivasa Reddy''' (born 14 February 1972), better known professionally as '''Sriman''', is an Indian actor who appears primarily in Tamil films, and also some Telugu films. He is primarily known for his prominent character roles in ''Sethu'' (1999), ''Friends'' (2001) ''Panchathanthiram'' (2002), ''Aayutha Ezhuthu'' (2004),  ''Pokkiri'' (2007), ''Aegan'' (2008), ''Muni 2: Kanchana'' (2011) and ''Kanchana 2'' (2015). He is the son of noted producer Prakash Reddy.
Early life Sriman was born into a Telugu family as Kumaravatha Srinivasa Reddy on 14 February 1972.His father Karri Prakash reddy is a popular dancer. He also was an assistant dance director, production Executive in his Brothers company. Later he started his production company, in which he produced 24 Telugu and Kannada films. His mother Jaya Lakshmi is a house wife. He has two siblings, a brother Prabhakaran and a sister Surekha. His uncle K. S. Reddy was the first popular solo Dancer in film industry, popular dance director, acted few films and became film Director. Sriman did his schooling in Bharath Higher Secondary School Teynampet and Adyar. Then shifted to thyagara nagar high school in T.Nagar, He did his degree in Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai. He started his career as child artist in 1975 and was very fond of acting. He learnt Bharathanatyam from dance masters Vasantha, film dancing from Raghuram master, master Sivashankar, master Kala and Vasu master in south Indian artist association premises. . Other than his dancing skills, he is also trained horse rider, well trained in martial arts from master Sekar (Kung fu) and gymnastics silambam from Gopal and Pandian mastersin YMCA.With a strong film background, he started his film career as a child artiste in 1975 Telugu film ''Bangara Manushulu'' ‘later worked in korada Rani, ’Jothy lakshmi Manishi mrugham, seethamma santhanam, pichodu Pelli,tufan mail,chandi Chamundi,rail dhophedi,  , till 1984 he performed and returned to continue his academic studies after acting in 17 films directed by ks reddy and mostly produced by his father Prakash Reddy, . After his college studies he recapped his acting crown in Telugu film and Tamil film. In the 90s, he played the hero's friend in several films. He was spotted by director   Geetha krishna for keechu rallu, in tamil director Kasturi Raja Spotted him while dancing in kala masters dance class and introduced in MOUNA MOZHI, produced by late Mr.Eknath, then director Vikraman spotted  and gave him a cameo supporting role in his Tamil film ''Pudhiya Mannargal''. He enacted a supporting role in Priyam, then  Vijay-starrer ''Love Today'', which he considers as a turning point in his career". He has frequently appeared in Kamal Haasan's comedy films during the 2000s, including ''Pammal K. Sambandam'', ''Panchathantiram'' Naladhamayanthi,unnaipol oruvan, ''Manmadan Ambu''.In the mid-2000s, he appeared in a series of lead roles in films with an adult theme including ''Sorry Enaku Kalyanamayidichu'' (2005), ''Unarchigal'' (2006) and the unreleased ''Sati Savithri''.
Filmography === Tamil films ===  Year  Film  Role  Notes1992  ''Mouna Mozhi''   1994  ''Pudhiya Mannargal''   1996''Priyam''   1997  ''Raasi''  Rathnavelu   ''Love Today''   Ravi  1998  ''Thulli Thirintha Kaalam''   Saravanan  ''Nilaave Vaa''  Laasar  ''Guru Paarvai''    Guest appearance 1999  ''Nenjinile''  Chandru  ''Iraniyan''   Iraniyan's friend  ''Sethu''  Sethu's friend  2000  ''Vallarasu'' Raheem  2001  ''Dheena''  Auto driver  ''Friends''  Gowtham  ''Vaanchinathan''  Siva  ''Kaatrukkenna Veli''  Dr. Subhash Chandra Bose  ''Krishna Krishna''  Balakrishnan  ''Dosth''  Dharmaraj  ''Narasimha''  Terrorist  ''Asokavanam''  Madhu  ''Manadhai Thirudivittai''  Ashok  ''Thavasi''  Thangarasu  2002  ''Pammal K. Sambandam''  Malathi's Brother  ''Saptham''  Pradeep  ''Enge Enadhu Kavithai''  Bhaskar  ''Panchathantiram''   Hanumanth Reddy  ''Shree''  Sivakumar  ''Jaya''  Balaji  ''Virumbugiren''   2003  ''Ramachandra''  Suresh Kumar  ''Chokka Thangam''  Muthu's friend  ''Vaseegara''  Sriman  ''Pop Corn''   ''Nala Damayanthi'' | Badri  ''Thayumanavan''  Chellamuthu  ''Thennavan''  Auto rickshaw driver  ''Diwan''  Duraisingam's son  ''Kadhal Kirukkan''  Police Officer  ''Indru''  Richard  2004 ''Aaytha Ezhuthu''  Dilli  ''Kudaikul Mazhai''   2005  ''Sukran''  Corrupt Police Officer  ''Thaka Thimi Tha''  Sri  ''Thullum Kaalam''  Meter Govind  ''Sorry Enaku Kalyanamayidichu''  Ashok  2006  ''Unarchigal''  Ramesh  ''Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikecei''  Agandamuthu  ''Nenjirukkum Varai''  Hospital MD  ''Kovai Brothers''   2007  ''Pokkiri''  Saravanan  ''Viyabari''  Suryaprakash’s PA  ''Thoovanam''  Sriman  ''Satham Podathey''  Police inspector  ''Nam Naadu''  Bala  ''Vegam''  Cop  ''Azhagiya Tamil Magan''  Sakthi  2008  ''Sila Nerangalil''   ''Arasangam''  Terrorist  ''Pandi''  Rajapandi  ''Nalla Ponnu Ketta Paiyyan''  Anand  ''Naayagan''  Viswanath  ''Aegan''  John's bodyguard  ''Sadhu Miranda''    ''Pattaya Kelappu''  Ananthakrishnan  2009  ''Villu''  Max  ''Satrumun Kidaitha Thagaval''   ''Ilampuyal''   ''Thoranai''  Ganesan  ''Engal Aasan''  Kumar  ''Aarumaname''  Moorthy  ''Unnaipol Oruvan''  Aravind Babu  2010  ''Sura''  Thandapani  ''Indrasena ''   ''Mandabam''    ''Manmadan Ambu''  Madhanagopal's friend  2011  ''Aivar''  Ramana ''Muni 2: Kanchana''  Raghava's brother  ''Aduthathu''  Prathap  ''Vedi''  Cheemachu alias Srinivasan  ''Vellore Maavattam''   ''Sadhurangam''  Chandran  ''Anandha Thollai''   ''Naane Varuven''    ''Naan Aval Adhu''   Unreleased 2012  ''Billa II''  Lawyer   ''Ajantha''    2013  ''Samar''  Jayaraj   ''Naiyaandi''  Paramjothy  2014  ''Azhagiya Pandipuram''  Veera Dayalan   2015  ''Aambala''  Naddu Ponnu's Husband   ''Kanchana 2''  Dr. Prasad  Edison Award for Best Supporting Actor ''Massu Engira Masilamani''   Salesman Sripathy  2016  ''Miruthan''  Mall Security   ''Muthina Kathirika''  Gopi  2017  ''Bairavaa''  PK's assistant   ''Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva''  Kasi  ''Ippadai Vellum''    ''Ulkuthu''  Sekar  2018  ''Sketch''  Bhaskar  ''Kadaikutty Singam''  Adiyamaan (Safari)  ''Utharavu Maharaja''   2019  ''Kanchana 3''  Raghava's brother   2020  ''Darbar''   Lily's cousin  2021  ''Master''  JD's friend   2022  ''Naai Sekar''  "Krodham" Ravi  ''Ward 126''  Kannan's neighbour  2023  ''Varisu''  Thambidurai   ''Ghosty''   ''Theerkadarishi''  Srinivasan  2024  ''Chiclets''   Anusha's father === Telugu films ===  Year  Film  Role  Notes 1975  ''Bangara Manushulu''    Child artiste 1994  ''Top Hero''  Dasu's son  1995  ''Ammaleni Puttillu''  ''Badilli'' 1996  ''Maa Inti Aadapaduchu''   2001   ''Snehamante Idera''  Gautham  Remake of ''Friends'' (2001) 2002   ''Seshu''  Seshu's friend  Remake of ''Sethu'' (1999) 2004  ''Dharma''   2005  ''786 Khaidi Premakatha''    2009   ''Pistha''  Rambabu  Telugu version of ''Thoranai'' ''Eenadu''  Aravind Babu  Telugu version of ''Unnaipol Oruvan'' 2011  ''Oosaravelli''  Johnny  2012  ''Rebel''  Ajay   2015   ''Tripura''  Taddi Taapaarao  2023  ''Narakasura''  Inspector Sripathi   2024  ''Chiclets''   Anusha's father  === Television===* ''Anni''* ''Comedy Junction''* ''Pandian Stores''*''Kelviyin Nayagane'';Streaming television* ''Label''* ''Mansion 24''
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