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Sharwanand Myneni (born 6 March 1984) is an Indian actor who primarily works in
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films alongside a few Tamil films. He made his acting debut in the year 2004 with the film ''Aidho Tareekhu.'' For '' Engeyum Eppodhum'' (2011), he received SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut - Tamil, he has also won Nandi Special Jury Award for '' Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju'' (2015). Sharwanand initially acted in films including '' Prasthanam'', ''Engeyum Eppodhum,'' '' Run Raja Run'' and '' Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju''. He then starred in several films including ''
Express Raja ''Express Raja'' is a 2016 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy thriller film written and directed by Merlapaka Gandhi. Produced by V. Vamsi Krishna Reddy and Pramod Uppalapati under their production company UV Creations, the film features Sha ...
'', '' Sathamanam Bhavati'' and '' Mahanubhavudu''.


Early life

Sharwanand Myneni was born in
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,
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and brought up in
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,
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. He has done his schooling from The Hyderabad Public School and completed his
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(B.Com.) from Wesley Degree College, Secunderabad. During his college days, Sharwanand was selected as "The Hindu's Best New Face". Sharwanand is also a trained dancer and very passionate about movies. At the age of 17, Sharwanand attended Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute in Mumbai. Sharwanand hails from a closely knit business family. Actor Ram Pothineni is his cousin. He was a classmate of actors Ram Charan and Rana Daggubati in The Hyderabad Public School.


Career

Sharwanand first came to media attention in a Thumbs Up advertisement with
Chiranjeevi Chiranjeevi (born Konidela Sivasankara Varaprasad; 22 August 1955) is an Indian actor, film producer and former politician, who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. Chiranjeevi starred in over 150 feature films in Telugu, as well as some film ...
. He made his acting debut in Telugu with ''5va Tareeku'' in 2003. Later, Sharwanand shared screen space with popular stars like Chiranjeevi in ''
Shankar Dada M.B.B.S. ''Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.'' is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language comedy drama film directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee. A remake of the Hindi film ''Munna Bhai M.B.B.S'' (2003), the film stars Chiranjeevi, Sonali Bendre, Srikanth, Girish Karnad, and Par ...
'' and with Venkatesh in '' Sankranthi'' and ''
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''. Sharwanand rose to stardom with '' Vennela'' and '' Amma Cheppindi''. Films like '' Gamyam'' and '' Andari Banduvaya'' were labeled as underrated hit films but '' Prasthanam'' was a cult classic. These films won him accolades. Sharwanand then forayed into
Tamil cinema Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywo ...
with films such as '' Naalai Namadhe'' (2009) and '' Engeyum Eppodhum'' (2011). In 2012, Sharwanand made his debut as a producer with his film, ''
Ko Ante Koti ''Ko Antey Koti'' ( te, కో అంటే కోటి ) is a 2012 released Telugu-language romantic heist thriller film starring Sharwanand, Priya Anand and Sri Hari. It was directed by Anish Kuruvilla and produced by Sharwanand's mother, Myne ...
'', which was produced under Sarvaa Arts. Sharwanand got his commercial breakthrough with the film, '' Run Raja Run'', which was one of the blockbusters of the year 2014. This film, produced by UV Creations, was the second venture after their first blockbuster film, '' Mirchi''. Sharwanand's portrayal of the lead, Raja, won him accolades. Sharwanand new look in the film with bright and colourful outfits is an added boost for his character's portrayal. Sharwanand's next film was '' Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju'', with Nithya Menen, directed by Kranthi Madhav, which received positive applause from critics and ran as a decent movie. Sharwanand's following film was ''
Express Raja ''Express Raja'' is a 2016 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy thriller film written and directed by Merlapaka Gandhi. Produced by V. Vamsi Krishna Reddy and Pramod Uppalapati under their production company UV Creations, the film features Sha ...
'', which was a hit at the box office. Cheran's directorial venture '' JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai'', which was released in Telugu in 2016 with Nithya Menen was below average at the box office. Sharwanand's movie '' Sathamanam Bhavati'' collected almost 50 crores, produced by
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and directed by Satish Vegesna. Sharwanand released his 25th film titled ''Radha'', which was produced by the noted producer
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under his production banner SVCC cinema, but it turned out to be an average movie. Sharwanand starred in '' Mahanubhavudu'', which released on 29 September 2017, directed by Maruthi and gained critical and commercial success. Sharwanand's last movie was released on 7 February 2020, titled as '' Jaanu''. It was directed by C. Prem Kumar which is a remake of his own Tamil film '''96'' .After that he starred in Mahasamudram with Siddharth directed by RX 100 (film)">RX100 fame Ajay Bhupathi">Siddharth">Mahasamudram with Siddharth directed by RX 100 (film)">RX100 fame Ajay Bhupathi bankrolled by AK Entertainments which turned out to be a huge flop and then he starred in science fiction Time TravelTelugu and Tamil bilingual oke oka jeevitham with Amala Akkineni ,Ritu Varma directed by shree Karthick bankrolled by
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which turned out to be a huge hit for sharwa after series of flops and he is presently now working as lead for famous lyricist Krishna Chaitanya directorial bankrolled by
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it is gonna be a political thriller co starring with
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and priyamani in important role .


Filmography


As actor

* ''All films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.''


As producer


See also

* :Male actors in Telugu cinema, List of Telugu actors


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sharwanand Living people Telugu film producers Male actors in Tamil cinema 1984 births Film producers from Andhra Pradesh Male actors in Telugu cinema Indian male film actors 21st-century Indian male actors Male actors from Vijayawada South Indian International Movie Awards winners Male actors from Andhra Pradesh Telugu male actors