Kumaravatha Srinivasa Reddy (born 14 February 1972), better known professionally as Seeman, is an Indian actor who appears primarily in
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films, and also some
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films. He is primarily known for his prominent
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roles in ''
Sethu'' (1999), ''
Friends'' (2001) ''
Panchathanthiram
''Panchatanthiram'' () is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by K. S. Ravikumar and written with Kamal Haasan, with the dialogues by Crazy Mohan. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Jayaram, Ramesh Aravind, Sriman, Yugi Sethu, Simran, R ...
'' (2002), ''
Aayutha Ezhuthu
''Aayutha Ezhuthu'' is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language political action film written and directed by Mani Ratnam. It is loosely based on the life story of George Reddy, a scholar from Osmania University of Hyderabad. It stars Suriya in the lead r ...
'' (2004), ''
Pokkiri
''Pokkiri'' () is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Prabhu Deva. It is the Tamil remake of the 2006 Telugu film '' Pokiri'' starring Mahesh Babu. The film stars Vijay and Asin with Prakash Raj, Nassar, Mukesh Tiwari, Vadi ...
'' (2007), ''
Aegan
''Aegan'' is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed and co-written by Raju Sundaram and produced by Ayngaran International. It stars Ajith Kumar and Nayanthara, with Suman, Jayaram, Nassar, Navdeep, and Piaa Bajpai in supp ...
'' (2008), ''
Muni 2: Kanchana'' (2011) and ''
Kanchana 2
''Kanchana 2'' (marketed as ''Muni 3: Kanchana 2'') is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language horror comedy film written, produced and directed by Raghava Lawrence, who enacted dual roles in it. It is the third installment in the Muni (film series). T ...
'' (2015). He is the son of noted producer Prakash Reddy.
Early life
Sriman was born 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. Simran 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
Pachaiyappa's College is one of the oldest educational institutions in Chennai, in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. In addition, it is the first sole Indian college in Madras Presidency.
History
Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai is the resul ...
, Chennai. He started his career as child artist in 1975 and was very fond of acting. He learnt
Bharathanatyam
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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
''Pudhiya Mannargal'' () is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Vikraman with music by A. R. Rahman. The film stars Vikram and Mohini. The movie's score and soundtrack are composed by A. R. Rahman. The film did not perform well commer ...
''. 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
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's comedy films during the 2000s, including ''
Pammal K. Sambandam
''Pammal K. Sambandam'' is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Moulee and scripted by Crazy Mohan. The film stars Kamal Haasan in the title role alongside Abbas, Simran and Sneha. The film was produced by P. L. Thenappan un ...
'', ''
Panchathantiram
''Panchatanthiram'' () is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by K. S. Ravikumar and written with Kamal Haasan, with the dialogues by Crazy Mohan. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Jayaram, Ramesh Aravind, Sriman, Yugi Sethu, Simran, R ...
'' Naladhamayanthi,unnaipol oruvan, ''
Manmadan Ambu
''Manmadan Ambu'' () is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by K. S. Ravikumar. Written by Kamal Haasan, it stars himself alongside Trisha, Sangeetha and R. Madhavan, while featuring Oviya, Ramesh Aravind, Usha Uthup, M ...
''.
In the mid-2000s, he appeared in a series of lead roles in films with an adult theme including ''
Sorry Enaku Kalyanamayidichu
''Sorry Enaku Kalyanamayidichu'' ( ''Sorry, I am married'') is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Sagar. It stars Sriman (in his lead debut), Swarnamalya and Flora Saini. The film was initially denied a censor certificate by the region ...
'' (2005), ''
Unarchigal
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'' (2005) and the unreleased ''Sati Savithri''.
Filmography
Tamil films
Telugu films
Television
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Comedy Junction
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Pandian Stores
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*Kelviyin Nayagane
References
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Indian male film actors
Male actors in Tamil cinema
Living people
Telugu people
1972 births
Male actors from Rajahmundry
Male actors from Chennai
Male actors in Telugu cinema
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