Srinish Aravind (born 2 June 1985) is an Indian television actor and model, who works in
Tamil
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** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
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* Tamil language, nati ...
and
Malayalam
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films and television series also few
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
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S ...
TV serials. He was one of the five finalists in the reality show ''
Bigg Boss Malayalam season 1'' .
Early life
Srinish Aravind was born and brought up in
Chennai
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of ...
, where his father was employed, but his family comes from the
Palakkad district of
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South C ...
. His parents are Aravind Nair and Lakshmi Kumari. He has two elder sisters, and attended J. R. K. Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai, later graduating as a
Bachelor of Commerce
A Bachelor of Commerce (abbreviated BComm or BCom; also, ''baccalaureates commercii'') is an undergraduate degree in business, usually awarded in Canada, Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Ireland, New Zealand, Ghana, South Africa, M ...
from
Guru Nanak College * Guru Nanak College (GTB nagar) Mumbai, college in gtb nagar of Mumbai
*Guru Nanak College Ground, a cricket ground in Velachery, Chennai.
*Guru Nanak College, Chennai, a college in Velachery, Chennai, India.
*Guru Nanak College, Budhlada
Guru ...
; he also attended Balu Mahendra Institute of Film Technology, Chennai. Before entering the entertainment industry, he used to work at Kindle Systems as a recruiter and at
Vasan Healthcare
Vasan Healthcare Group is a health care group in India. Founded by A. M. Arun, the group is based in Trichy and has more than 170 eye care hospitals in India and 27 dental Hospitals across 4 states in South India. Company also operates two mult ...
as an Operations Executive. Aravind had several other jobs, as well as modelling, and appeared in a couple of short films in
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nati ...
before entering the television industry.
Career
Srinish attained public recognition after acting in the mega serial ''
Pranayam
''Pranayam'' () is a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film written and directed by Blessy. The film stars Mohanlal, Jaya Prada, and Anupam Kher. The plot revolves around the love bound between the characters of Mathews (Mohanlal), ...
'' on
Asianet, in the role of Sharan G. Menon. It was directed by Sudheesh Shankar and produced by Merryland Murugan. It was a remake of the
Hindi
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serial ''
Ye Hai Mohabbatein
''Yeh Hai Mohabbatein'' ( ''This is love'') was an Indian romantic drama TV series, which aired from 3 December 2013 to 18 December 2019 on Star Plus. Produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms, it starred Divyanka Tripathi and Karan Patel ...
'' telecast on
Star TV Star TV may refer to:
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, based on the novel ''Custody'' by
Manju Kapur
Manju Kapur is an Indian novelist. Her first novel, ''Difficult Daughters'', won the 1999 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, best first book, Europe and South Asia.
Personal life
She is married to Gun Nidhi Dalmia; they have three children and four ...
. In ''Pranayam'', his character Saran G Menon was the male lead, the CEO of a multinational company. In 2017, he made his Tamil television debut with the long-running serial
Vamsam (TV series)
Vamsam is a 2013-2017 Indian Tamil-language family soap opera starring Ramya Krishnan, Urvashi, Sandhya Jagarlamudi, Sakthi Saravanan, Sai Kiran and Bharath Kalyan. It replaced Rajakumari and it was broadcast on Sun TV on Monday through ...
playing a negative role called Raj alongside actress Ramya Krishnan. On 28 April ''Pranayam'' ended completing 524 episodes, from the next week he signed into play the lead role in another Malayalam serial
Ammuvinte Amma
''Ammuvinte Amma'' (ml;അമ്മുവിൻ്റെ അമ്മ) (English:Mother of Ammu) is an Indian Malayalam television serial that began on Mazhavil Manorama from 27 March 2017.
The series replaced the serial ''Manjurukum Kaalam'' ...
. He did a short stint in a Telugu serial
Natachirami in
Gemini TV
Gemini TV is an Indian Telugu language general entertainment pay television channel. It was launched on 9 February 1995 by Gemini Group, owned by A. Manohar Prasad (grandson of L. V. Prasad), in association with Sun TV Network. In 1996-97, Su ...
and in
Niram Maaratha Pookkal (TV series) in
Zee Tamil
Zee Tamil is an Indian Tamil language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. The channel started broadcasting on 2008 and is available internationally. The channel broadcasts from Guindy, Chennai, ...
before entering into
Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 1)
The first season of the Malayalam-language version of Indian reality television series '' Bigg Boss'' was telecast on Asianet from 24 June 2018 to 30 September 2018, lasting 99 episodes. It was produced by Endemol Shine India and actor Moha ...
.
In 2018, he contested in the
first season of the reality TV show ''
Bigg Boss
''Bigg Boss'' is an Indian reality television game show franchise based on the Dutch reality show ''Big Brother''. It is produced by Endemol Shine India through Viacom18 and Disney Star. Subsequently, the various versions of the show are made ...
'' on
Asianet and emerged as the third runner-up of the show completing 100 days. After Bigg boss he joined in
Zee Keralam
Zee Keralam is an Indian Malayalam language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. The channel was launched on 26 November 2018 and it is ZEE's fifth channel in the southern region. The channel is h ...
channel as the lead hero of
Sathya Enna Penkutty serial as Sudhip. He also did two webseries ( Pearlish & Avastha) with his wife
Pearle Maaney
Pearle Maaney ( /maːɳi/; born 28 May 1989) is an Indian actress, lyricist, YouTuber, and television presenter who works in Malayalam films. She is known for co-hosting three seasons of the Malayalam dance reality show '' D 4 Dance''. In 2018 ...
which was aired in her YouTube channel. He also did a Telugu serial called Srimanthudu for a short period in
ETV (Telugu)
ETV is an Indian Telugu-language general entertainment pay television channel. The channel was launched on 27 August 1995 focusing on the state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a part of the ETV Network owned by Ramoji Group. It is the second oldest Te ...
channel. He is joining
Sun TV Network
Sun TV Network is an Indian mass media company headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is a part of Sun Group and is one of Asia's largest TV networks. Established on 14 April 1992 by Kalanithi Maran, it owns a variety of television ...
Poove Unakkaga (TV series)
''Poove Unakkaga'' (பூவே உனக்காக () is a 2020-2022 Indian-Tamil language soap opera. It premiered on 10 August 2020 on Sun TV and ended on 18 June 2022 with 572 episodes. It is available for worldwide streaming on Sun NXT. ...
as the lead role.
Personal life
During the
season one of Malayalam ''Bigg Boss'' reality show in 2018, Srinish developed a romantic relationship with co-contestant
Pearle Maaney
Pearle Maaney ( /maːɳi/; born 28 May 1989) is an Indian actress, lyricist, YouTuber, and television presenter who works in Malayalam films. She is known for co-hosting three seasons of the Malayalam dance reality show '' D 4 Dance''. In 2018 ...
and both of them expressed their wish to get married. On 17 January 2019, Srinish got engaged to Pearle at a private ceremony. They got married twice. The first one was on 5 May 2019 at a church in
Aluva
Aluva (; also known by its former name Alwaye) is a town in the Ernakulam District in Kerala, India. It is a part of the Kochi metropolitan area and is situated around from the city center on the banks of Periyar River. A major transp ...
by Christian rituals and the next by Hindu rituals on 8 May 2019 in
Palakkad
Palakkad (), formerly known as Palghat, historically known as Palakkattussery is a city and municipality in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of the Palakkad District. Palakkad is most densely populated municipal ...
. On March 20, 2021 they had a baby girl named Nila Srinish.
Filmography
Films
* ''All films are in Tamil, Otherwise noted.''
Television
References
External links
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1985 births
Indian male film actors
Living people
Indian male television actors
Indian male soap opera actors
21st-century Indian male actors
Malayali people
Bigg Boss Malayalam contestants