Srikanth (actor, born 1968)

Srikanth
Srikanth
	Srikanth at the victory celebrations of CCL teams 'Veer Marathi' & 'Bengal Tigers' hosted by Salman Khan.
Born	Meka Srikanth; Gangavathi, Karnataka, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1991– present
Spouse	Ooha
Children	Roshan Meka ; Medha Meka; Rohan Meka

Meka Srikanth is an Indian film actor, who is known for works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has received two state Nandi Awards, and one Filmfare Award South.^[1] He has starred in films like Swarabhishekam, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for 2004, and Virodhi, premiered in Indian panorama section, at the 2011 International Film Festival of India.^[2] Sri Rama Rajyam also had a special screening at International Film Festival of India on 28 November 2011.^[3]

Srikanth collaborated with film directors like S.V. Krishna Reddy, Krishna Vamsi, Jayanth C. Paranjee, G. Neelakanta Reddy, EVV Satyanarayana and K. Viswanath to give hits like Varasudu, Vinodam, Egire Paavurama, Aahvaanam, Maa Nannaki Pelli, Khadgam, Shankar Dada M.B.B.S., Pellam vurelithe, Yemandoi Srivaru, Kshemanga Velli Labhanga Randi, Oh Chinadana, Shankar Dada Zindabad, Operation Duryodhana, Mahatma, and Govindudu Andarivadele.^[4]^[5]

Personal life

Srikanth was born in Gangavathi, Karnataka, India in 1968 He did B.Com in CSI College of commerce Karnataka University, Dharwad, Karnataka and got a diploma from the film institute. Srikanth is married to Ooha and has two sons, Roshan and Rohan and a daughter, Medha. He currently lives in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad.^[6]^[7]

Early career

Srikanth played minor roles as villain and supporting artiste in his earlier career. He has starred in more than 100 Telugu films. His first hit film as a lead actor was Taj Mahal, which was produced by Dr. D. Ramanaidu and directed by Muppalaneni Shiva which was released on 25 May 1995.

Awards

Nomination

Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu - Operation Duryodhana

Filmography

Year	Title	Co-Stars	Role	Notes
1991	People's Encounter		Naxalitte	Debut
1991	Madhura Nagarilo	Nirosha	Sattiraju
1992	Seetharatnam Gaari Abbayi	Vinod Kumar, Roja	Veerababu
1992	Pellam Chebite Vinali	Harish, Meena Durairaj	Chinna
1992	President Gari Pellam	Nagarjuna, Meena	Narendra
1993	Hendthi Helidare Kelabeku			Kannada
1993	Jeevitame Oka Cinema
1993	Aashayam	Jagapati Babu, Vijayasanthi	A Student
1993	Radhasaradhi	Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Vinod Kumar, Raveena Tandon	Ramineedu
1993	Varasudu	Nagarjuna, Nagma	Vamsi	Hit
1993	Kondapalli Raja	Venkatesh, Nagma	Srikanth
1993	Rowdy Annayya	Krishna, Rambha	Gopi
1993	Donga Alludu	Suman, Soundarya	Giri
1993	Abbaigaru	Venkatesh, Meena	Murari
1993	Rowdy Gaari Teacher	Sobhana	Dorababu
1993	Chinna Alludu	Suman	Srikanth
1993	One By Two	J. D. Chakravarthy	Balaji
1994	Donga Rascal	Divya Vani	Srikanth
1994	Nyaya Rakshana	Arunpandian, Surabhi
1994	Jantar Mantar	Indraja	Srikanth
1994	Aame	Ooha, Naresh	Anjineelu
1995	Love Game	Indraja	Raghu
1995	Ghatotkachudu	Ali, Roja	Arjuna
1995	Patabasti	Ooha	Ajay
1995	Taj Mahal	Monica Bedi, Sanghavi	Amar
1995	Ooriki Monagaadu	Sanghavi	Rambabu
1995	Simha Garjana	Sujatha	Teja
1996	Pelli Sandadi	Ravali, Deepti Bhatnagar	Vijay Krishna
1996	Kuthuru	Ooha	Srikanth
1996	Vetagadu	Rajasekhar, Soundarya, Rambha	Inspector Kiran
1996	Once More	Indraja	Sitaram
1996	Prema Prayanam	Soundarya	Sanjay
1996	Vinodam	Ravali, Brahmanandam	Raja
1997	Thaali	Rajendra Prasad, Swathi	Dorababu
1997	Egire Paavurama	J. D. Chakravarthy, Laila	Balu
1997	Aahvaanam	Ramya Krishna, Heera	Ravi
1997	Tarakaramudu	Soundarya	Ramudu
1997	Hello I Love You	Sadhana	Revanth
1997	Maa Nannaki Pelli	Krishnam Raju, Simran	Balaraju
1998	Ooyala	Ramya Krishna	Raja
1998	Nidhi	Sakshi Sivanand	Ramu
1998	Pandaga	ANR, Raasi	Anand
1998	Gilli Kajjalu	Meena, Raasi	Suresh
1998	Kanyadanam	Upendra, Rachana	Niwas
1998	Suprabhatam	Raasi	Gopala Krishna
1998	Chandralekha	Nagarjuna	Himself
1998	Gamyam	Ravali	Kamal
1998	Subalekhalu	Laila	Sri
1998	Aayanagaru	Ooha	Madhu
1999	Manikyam	Sanghavi, Devayani	Manikyam
1999	English Pellam East Godavari Mogudu	Ramya Krishna	Sambasiva Rao
1999	Manasulo Maata	Jagapathi Babu, Mahima Chaudhry	Vasanth
1999	Anaganaga O Ammayi	Soundarya	Vishnu
1999	Pilla Nachchindi	Rachana, Sanghavi	Dattu
1999	Panchadara Chilaka	Kousalya	Murali
1999	Preyasi Rave	Raasi	Vamsi
2000	Kshemamga Velli Labamgarandi	Rajendra Prasad, Brahmanandam	Ravi
2000	Chala Bagundi	Naveen, Malavika, Asha Saini	Vamsi
2000	Choosoddaam Randi	Jagapathi Babu, Rambha	Bhimavaram Buchi Babu
2000	Ninne Premistha	Nagarjuna, Soundarya, Rajendra Prasad	Kalyan	Hit
2000	Ammo Okato Taariku	Raasi, Brahmanandam	Pattabhi
2000	Devullu	Laya, Prudhviraj, Raasi	Lord Srirama
2000	Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesha	Ravi Teja, Brahmanandam	Venkatesha
2000	Sakutumba Saparivaara Sametam	ANR, Ravi Teja	Vamsi
2001	Maa Aavida Meedottu Mee Aavida Chala Manchidi	Raasi, Naveen	Jagadesh
2001	Deevinchandi	Raasi, Malavika	Siva
2001	Kalisi Naduddam	Soundarya	Krishna
2001	Manasista Raa	Soundarya, Richa	Shankar
2001	Prema Sandadi	Anjala Zhaveri	Krishna
2001	Darling Darling	Shaheen	Chinni
2002	O Chinadana	Raja, Brahmanandam, Gajala, Shruti	Rajesh / Narasimha
2002	Adutu Padutu	Sunil, Brahmanandam, Gayathri	Gopi
2002	Appu Chesi Pappukoodu	Mohan Babu, Gracy Singh	Kappaganthula Ramesh
2002	Khadgam	Ravi Teja, Prakash Raj, Sonali Bendre	A.C.P. Radha Krishna	Hit
2003	Pellam Oorellthe	Venu, Sangeetha, Rakshitha	Vivek	Hit
2003	Ottesi Cheptunna	Sivaji, Sravanthi	Surya
2003	Donga Ramudu and Party	Laya	Ramakrishna
2003	O Radha Iddaru Krishnula Pelli	Prabhu Deva, Namitha	Viswa
2003	Nenu Pelliki Ready	Sangeetha, Vidya, Laya, Anitha	Gopi
2003	Neeke Manasichchanu	Charmy	Vivek
2004	Intlo Srimathi Veedhilo Kumari	Arti Chabria, Prabhu Deva	Sukumar
2004	Leta Manasulu	Kalyani, Gopika	Raju
2004	Swarabhishekam	Laya, K.Viswanath	Srirangam Ranga Chary
2004	Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.	Chiranjeevi, Sonali Bendre	ATM / Any Time Murder	Hit
2005	Sankranthi	Venkatesh, Sneha, Sangeetha	Vishnu
2005	Radha Gopalam	Sneha	Gopalam
2005	Kanchanamala Cable TV	Lakshmi Rai	Sudarshanam
2006	Sarada Saradaga	Rajendra Prasad	Raghava
2006	Evandoyi Sreevaru	Sneha	Surya
2006	Mayajalam	Poonam Kaur, Brahmanandam	Vamsi
2006	Sri Krishna 2006	Venu, Gowri Munjal	Takhada Ramakrishna
2007	Aadilakshmi	Naveen, Sridevi	Aadi Shankar
2007	Ugadi	Ravichandran, Jennifer Kotwal	Arjun	Kannada
2007	Operation Duryadhona	Kalyani	Mahesh / Bhagavanthudu	Hit
2007	Shankardada Zindabad	Chiranjeevi, Karishma kotak, Brahmanandam	ATM / Any Time Murder
2007	Yamagola Malli Modalayindi	Venu, Meera Jasmine, Reema Sen	Yuva Yama Dharma Raju	Flop
2008	Michael Madana Kamaraju	Prabhu Deva, Sunil, Charmy	Madan	Flop
2008	Nagaram	Jagapathi babu, Kaveri Jha	Right	Flop
2008	Kousalya Supraja Rama	Charmy	Sriram	Flop
2009	Mahatma	Bhavana, Brahmanandam	Dasu	100th film
2009	A Aa E Ee	Meera Jasmine, Sadha	Chandram	Flop
2010	Ranga the Donga	Ramya Krishna, Vimala Raman	Ranga & Bhavani Prasad	First Dual role and Below Average.
2011	Dushasana	Sanjana, Tashu Kaushik, Brahmanandam	Mahesh / Common Man
2011	Virodhi	Kamalinee Mukherjee, Ajay	Jayadev	Own Production/Hit
2011	Sri Rama Rajyam	Balakrishna, Nayantara	Lakshmana
2012	All the Best	J. D. Chakravarthy, Lucky Sharma	Ravi	Flop
2012	Shirdi Sai	Nagarjuna	Dasuganu	Above Average
2012	Lucky	Meghana Raj, Brahmanandam	Lakshmi Narayana	Flop
2012	Devaraya	Meenakshi Dixit, Vidhisha	Sri Krishnadevaraya & Dorababu	dualrole
2013	Satruvu^[8]	Aksha Pardasany	Shankar
2013	Sevakudu	Krishna, Charmmy	Surya	Flop
2013	Shadow	Venkatesh, Taapsee, Madhurima	A.C.P. Pratap	Flop
2014	Kshatriya	Kunkum	Surya
2014	Malligadu Marriage Bureau	Mano Chitra, Brahmanandam	Malli	Flop
2014	Veta	Tarun, Jasmin Bhasin	Jagan	Flop
2014	Mondodu	Posani Krishna Murali		Not Released
2014	Govindudu Andarivadele	Ram Charan, Kajal Aggarwal, Kamalinee Mukherjee	Bangari
2014	Natu Kodi	Mano Chitra		Not Released
2014	Veediki Dookudekkuva	Kamana Jethmalani
2015	Dhee Ante Dhee	Sonia Mann	Radha Krishna
2014	Jalsa Rayudu	Ester Noronha		Not Released
2016	Terror	Nikita, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Prudviraj	Vijay	Hit
2016	Sarrainodu	Allu Arjun, Rakul Preet Singh, Aadhi, Catherine Tresa	Sripati	Super Hit
2016	Mental^{[disambiguation needed]}	Aksha^{[disambiguation needed]}

References

^ Telugu Actor Meka Srikanth | Latest news on Telugu Actor Meka Srikanth | Telugu Actor Meka Srikanth photos - Rediff Realtime News Search
^ http://dff.nic.in/IP%202011-Press%20Release.pdf
^ "Layout 1" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-12-01.
^ Telugu film fraternity bond at logo launch – Times Of India. Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2009-10-14). Retrieved on 2012-09-26.
^ Srikanth Filmography, Srikanth Movies, Srikanth Films – entertainment.oneindia.in. Popcorn.oneindia.in. Retrieved on 2012-09-26.
^ Srikanth Biography, Srikanth Profile, Biography of Srikanth, Srikanth Information.. AP Entertainment News. Retrieved on 2012-09-26.
^ Stars : Star Interviews : MEKA SRIKANTH. Telugucinema.com. Retrieved on 2012-09-26.
^ Srikanth’s new film got its title. ifilmish (2012-07-07). Retrieved on 2012-09-26.

External links

Srikanth at IMDb
Meka Srikanth Profile and Biography at Veethi

[1] Telugu Actor Meka Srikanth | Latest news on Telugu Actor Meka Srikanth | Telugu Actor Meka Srikanth photos - Rediff Realtime News Search

[2] ttp://dff.nic.in/IP%202011-Press%20Release.pdf

[3] "Layout 1" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-12-01.

[4] Telugu film fraternity bond at logo launch – Times Of India. Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2009-10-14). Retrieved on 2012-09-26.

[5] Srikanth Filmography, Srikanth Movies, Srikanth Films – entertainment.oneindia.in. Popcorn.oneindia.in. Retrieved on 2012-09-26.

[6] Srikanth Biography, Srikanth Profile, Biography of Srikanth, Srikanth Information.. AP Entertainment News. Retrieved on 2012-09-26.

[7] Stars : Star Interviews : MEKA SRIKANTH. Telugucinema.com. Retrieved on 2012-09-26.

[8] Srikanth’s new film got its title. ifilmish (2012-07-07). Retrieved on 2012-09-26.

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v t e Nandi Special Jury Award
1983–1990	Vijayachander (1983) Karthik (1987) Kallu Chidambaram (1988) Chiranjeevi (1988) Venkatesh (1988) Jagapathi Babu (1990)
1991–2000	Naresh (1992) Suman (1997) Ravi Teja (1999) Venu Thottempudi (1999) AVS (2000) Srihari (2000) Nagarjuna (2000) Manjula Ghattamaneni (2001) Mahesh Babu (2001)
2001–2010	Surya (2001) N. T. Rama Rao Jr (2002) Ravi Teja (2002) Mahesh Babu (2002) Pavan Malhotra (2003) Saritha (2004) Mahesh Babu (2004) Allu Arjun (2004) Sneha (2005) Priyadarshini Ram (2005) Vadde Naveen (2005) Gangaraju Gunnam (2006) Genelia D'Souza (2006) Ram Charan (2007) Bhumika Chawla (2007) Allu Arjun (2008) Anushka Shetty (2008) Genelia D'Souza (2009) Ram Charan (2009) Srikanth (2009) Manchu Manoj (2010) Sunil (2010) Samantha Ruth Prabhu (2010)
2011–present	Nagarjuna (2011) Charmy Kaur (2011) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (2012) Lakshmi (2012) Gautham Vasudev Menon (2012) Anjali (2013) Nithya Menen (2015) Nani (2016)