Pudipeddi Sai Kumar (born 27 July 1960) is an Indian actor, dubbing artist and television presenter who works predominantly in

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, in addition to a few Tamil films. He has received three state

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, two

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and two SIMA Awards for his work in

and

. His performance in '' Prasthanam'' (2010) featured in the list of the "100 Greatest Performances of the Decade" by '' Film Companion.''

Early and personal life

Sai Kumar was born to P. J. Sarma and Krishna Jyothi, as one of five children. Sarma moved from Vizianagaram,

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and established himself as an actor and dubbing artist while Jyothi, hails from Bagepalli,

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and has acted in several

films. Kumar's brothers P. Ravi Shankar and Ayyappa Sharma are also actors. They have two sisters. Kumar has a master's degree in

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from Presidency College, Chennai and completed M.Phil. at

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, where he also taught briefly. Sai Kumar's son Aadi is also a well known actor in Telugu cinema.

Film career

He started his career at an early age as a dubbing child artist. His father, P. J. Sarma was a leading dubbing artist. Sai Kumar followed in his father's footsteps, having dubbed for Suman and Rajasekhar for many of their films. As a child actor, he appeared in ''Devudu Chesina Pelli'' (1975) and ''Sneham'' (1977). He resumed acting as an adult, appearing in ''

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'' (1984), '' Major Chandrakanth'' (1993), '' Kalikalam'' (1991), and others. He started in Tamil movies like '' Thaiyalkaran'' (1991), '' Kaaval Geetham'' (1992), '' Vaettiya Madichu Kattu'' (1998) and then the action roles such as '' Aathi'' (2006), '' Thenavattu'' (2008) and '' Thiruvannamalai'' (2008). He appeared in the 1996 Kannada film '' Police Story'', which was also voice dubbed in Telugu and Tamil. His Kannada films ''

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'' (1997), ''Central Jail'' (1997), '' Police Story 2'' (2007) were all major hits at the box office and Sai Kumar became a household name in Karnataka. Sai Kumar says, 'I am indebted to Karnataka for making me a star and giving me ''Police Story'' during my struggling days.' His Kannada film '' RangiTaranga'' was one of the 300 films eligible to be nominated for the Oscars in 2016 and his performance in the film was not only praised by the critics, but also earned him an IIFA Utsavam and SIIMA Award.

Television career

In addition to his films, he also hosted '' Deal or No Deal'' on Gemini TV and Etv Kannada in Telugu and Kannada respectively. He also hosted ''WOW-Sakkhath Kick Kodo'' game show on ETV Kannada and ''WOW S1 - Manchi Kick Ichche, WOW S2'' game shows on ETV. He hosted a game show, ''Manam'' on ETV.

Awards

;

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– '' Samanyudu'' (2006) * Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actor – '' Prasthanam'' (2010) ;

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* Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu - '' Samanyudu'' (2006) * Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu - '' Prasthanam'' (2010) *

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- '' RangiTaranga'' (2015) ;

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* IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor (Kannada) – '' RangiTaranga'' (2015) ; CineMAA Awards * CineMAA Award for Best Supporting Actor – '' Prasthanam'' (2010) ; SIMA Awards * SIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role – '' Bharaate'' (2019) * SIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role – '' RangiTaranga'' (2015) ;Other Awards * TSR – TV9 Award for Best Villain (2010) - '' Prasthanam'' * Santosham Best Villain Award – '' Yevadu'' (2014) ;Television Awards (As anchor) * TV Award 2009 for Best Male Anchor presented by Delhi Telugu Academy in

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on 8 August 2010. * Tata Docomo Media Award – Most Popular Male Anchor was given on 15 August 2010 for anchoring the TV show ''Wow'' on ETV Telugu. * 'Best Male Anchor Award' was presented at the AP Cinegoers' 6th Annual TV Awards – 2009 on 28 December 2010 for his anchoring of ''Wow'' on ETV Telugu.

Filmography

As actor

Telugu

Kannada

* ''

Prema Sangama ''Prema Sangama'' is a 1992 Indian Kannada-language romance film directed by Bhargava and written by Karaikudi Narayanan. The film stars Ambarish and Malashri. The film had cinematography by R. Madhusudhan and the dialogues and lyrics are w ...

'' (1992) * '' Kumkuma Bhagya'' (1993) * '' Lockup Death'' (1994) * ''Hettha Karulu'' (1994) * '' Muthinantha Hendathi'' (1995) * ''Thavaru Beegaru'' (1995) * '' Thaliya Sowbhagya'' (1995) * ''Puttmalli'' (1995) * ''Emergency'' (1995) * ''Hetthavaru'' (1996) * ''Circle Inspector'' (1996) * ''Saakida Gini'' (1996) * ''Sowbhagya Devathe'' (1996) * ''Mane Mane Ramayana'' (1996) * ''Aayudha'' (1996) * '' Police Story'' (1996) * '' Muddina Kanmani'' (1997) * ''

'' (1997) * ''Police Bete'' (1997) * ''Central Jail'' (1997) * ''Dhairya'' (1997) * ''Jagadeeshwari'' (1998) * ''

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'' (1999) * ''Om Namah Shivaya'' (1999) * ''

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'' (2000) * '' Mahatma'' (2000) * ''Ticket Tickets'' (2000) * ''Paapigala Lokadalli'' (2000) * '' Durgada Huli'' (2000) * ''

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'' (2000) * '' Khadga'' (2000) * '' Rashtra Geethe'' (2001) * ''

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'' (2001) * ''Law and Order'' (2002) * ''Anka'' (2003) * ''Vijaya Dashami'' (2003) * ''Monda'' (2004) * ''The City'' (2004) * ''Srirampura Police Station'' (2004) * ''

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'' (2004) * '' Mahasadhvi Mallamma'' (2005) * '' Police Story 2'' (2007) * ''Rakshaka'' (2007) * ''Sri Kshetra Kaivara Thathaiyya'' (2007) * ''Citizen'' (2008) * ''Aa Marma'' (2012) * '' Kalpana'' (2012) * '' Angulimala'' (2012) * '' Samsaradalli Golmal'' (2012) * '' Brindavana'' (2013) * '' Angulimala'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2014) * '' RangiTaranga'' (2015) * ''Raj Bahaddur'' (2016) * ''Mahaveera Machideva'' (2016) * '' Run Antony'' (2016) - Special appearance * '' Madamakki'' (2016) * '' Nagarahavu'' (2016) * '' Santhu Straight Forward'' (2016) * ''Real Police'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2017) * '' Bharjari'' (2017) * ''Women's Day'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2018) * '' Kismath'' (2018) - guest appearance * '' Ibbaru BTech Students Journey'' (2019) * '' Yada Yada Hi Dharmasya '' (2019) * '' Bharaate'' (2019) * '' Yuvarathnaa'' (2021) as Raghav Reddy, Central Education Minister * '' Avatara Purusha'' (2022) as Rama Joyeesa * '' Ombattane Dikku'' (2022) as Varadappa

Tamil

* '' Thaiyalkaran'' (1991) * '' Kaaval Geetham'' (1992) * '' Vaettiya Madichu Kattu'' (1998) * '' Anthapuram'' (1999) * '' Aathi'' (2006) * '' Thenavattu'' (2008) * '' Thiruvannamalai'' (2008) * ''Kotti'' (2010) * '' Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam'' (2010) * '' A1'' (2019) * '' Anbarivu'' (2022) * ''Diesel'' (2022)

As dubbing artist

As producer

* '' Garam''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Sai Telugu male actors Indian male voice actors Male actors in Kannada cinema Indian male child actors Living people Filmfare Awards South winners Nandi Award winners Male actors in Telugu cinema Indian male film actors Male actors in Tamil cinema People from Vizianagaram 20th-century Indian male actors 21st-century Indian male actors Telugu film producers Film producers from Andhra Pradesh Male actors from Andhra Pradesh Recipients of the Rajyotsava Award 2008 Santosham Film Awards winners 1961 births