Sai Kiran Vissamraju (born 8 May 1978), known professionally as Sai Kiran Ram, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
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,
Malayalam
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and
Tamil Television serials along with several
Telugu films.
Personal life
He is the son of
V. Ramakrishna
Ramakrishna Vissamraju (20 August 1947 – 16 July 2015) was a playback singer in South India.
Personal life and career
Ramakrishna was born to Vissamraju Rangasayi and Ratnam on 20 August 1947. Ganakokila P.Suseela is his mother's sister.
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who has sung more than 5000 songs in Telugu movies for stars like NTR, ANR, Sobhan babu, Krishnamraju, Krishna and many more in Telugu Film Industry. His Mother V.Jyothi is also a famous singer from Doordarshan Channel back in the 70s famously known as Jyothi Kanna.
He is the Grandson of
P. Susheela.Saikiran has involved himself in many animal rescue organizations, including the Blue Cross of Hyderabad and
Friends of Snakes Society.
He is engaged with a number of spiritually-related organisations.
Saikiran recently wed a software specialist named Vyshnavi. This marriage however created a furor over TV channels as the head priest of Tirumala, Ramana Dikshitulu attended the wedding. This was unacceptable to many TV channels. Later the issue sorted out as it is believed that the priest was Saikiran's relative.
Saikiran lives in Hyderabad.
Career
He was born in
Hyderabad
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. He made his début with the hit film ''
Nuvve Kavali''. This was followed by a string of successful films, including ''
Preminchu'', ''Manasunte Chaalu'', and ''
Satta''.
He has also worked in television serials, appearing as Hindu deities such as Krishna, Vishnu, and Venkateshwara.His well known serials in Tamil are
Thangam and
Vamsam , he made his debut in Malayalam industry with the serial
Vanambadi which is remake of Telugu serial ''koyilamma'' he plays the same role in both languages.
His first appearance as Vishnu was in ''Shiva Leelalu'', which was made during the golden days of Ushakiran movies, e.t.v.
He is also into music, He released his first Rock music single on Lord Shiva named "Shivastaan".
Filmography
Television
Awards and nominations
References
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1978 births
Living people
Male actors in Telugu cinema
Indian male film actors
21st-century Indian male actors
Male actors from Hyderabad, India
Indian male television actors
Male actors in Telugu television
Male actors in Malayalam cinema
Tamil male television actors