Mysore Seshaiah Suresh Babu Naidu is an Indian actor, producer, director, and dubbing artist. He has acted predominantly in Tamil and

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languages.

Personal life

Suresh was born in Sri Kalhasthi. His parents were also born in Sri Kalahasthi. His grandfather was from Nellore.

Career

Suresh started his career as an editing assistant and a dance assistant. One of his father's friends thought that he could become a successful lead actor. Suresh approached director C. V. Sridhar with a portfolio but was turned down. A few years later, Suresh played the lead in three of Sridhar's films. He then met director duo Santhana Bharathi and P. Vasu, who cast him as the lead in '' Panneer Pushpangal'' (1981). Suresh was simultaneously offered the lead role in

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'' (1981), which he turned down for the former film. Both films were large commercial successes. He became the prominent face of the Tamil Film Industry, through the 80's era. Suresh played the role of a lover in many films and produced four films and seven television serials before taking a hiatus in the 1990s. During the period he enhanced his career in Telugu cinema. Suresh made a comeback to Tamil cinema in 2006 with '' Kizhakku Kadalkarai Salai'' starring

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. He played supporting roles including in ''

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'' (2010) alongside Ajith Kumar. In 2012, Suresh appeared in the Tamil-Telugu bilingual film '' Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi'' directed by

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, playing the character of Akilan Venkatesan, who was going through a mid-life crisis. A reviewer for The Hindu called the entire cast "effective". Suresh has hosted and judged six seasons of the competitive cooking game show ''Kitchen Superstar'' for Vijay TV. As a dubbing/voice-over artist, Suresh was the Tamil voice of the actor Ajith Kumar in '' Aasai'' (1995) and the actor

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in '' Idhayathai Thirudathe'' (1989), ''

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'' (1989), ''

Ratchagan ''Ratchagan'' () is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film written, produced by K. T. Kunjumon, and directed by Praveen Gandhi. It stars Nagarjuna and Sushmita Sen, alongside Raghuvaran, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vadivelu and ...

'' (1997), ''

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'' (2012), and '' Manam'' (2016). From 2018 to 2020, he has starred opposite Khushbu Sundar in the bilingual daily serial '' Lakshmi Stores''.

Filmography

Actor

Voice actor

*1990 '' Udhayam'' for Nagarjuna (Tamil) *1995 '' Aasai'' for Ajith Kumar (Tamil) *1997 ''

'' for

(Tamil) *1999 ''

'' for Ajay Kapoor (Tamil) *2001 '' Mitr, My Friend'' for Nasir Abdullah (Telugu) *2018 '' Nawaab'' for Arvind Swamy (Telugu) *2019 '' Manam'' for

(Tamil)

Producer and director

*2002 ''Raghava'' (Telugu)

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Suresh Indian male film actors Male actors in Telugu cinema Male actors in Tamil cinema Living people 1963 births Indian male voice actors Telugu film producers Male actors from Andhra Pradesh People from Chittoor district Film producers from Andhra Pradesh 20th-century Indian male actors 21st-century Indian male actors Best Child Artist National Film Award winners