Mysore Seshaiah Suresh Babu Naidu is an Indian actor, producer, director, and dubbing artist. He has acted predominantly in Telugu 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. Suresh was previously married to actress and singer Anitha Reddy, who played the female lead in films such as '' Babai Abbai'' (1985) and ''Srivari Sobhanam'' (1985).

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

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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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's '' Alaigal Oivathillai'' (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 1980s. 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 Srikanth. He played supporting roles including in ''

Aasal ''Aasal'' (; ) is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Saran, who co-wrote the script with Ajith Kumar and Yugi Sethu. The film stars Ajith in dual roles, alongside Sameera Reddy, Bhavana, Prabhu, Pradeep Rawat, S ...

'' (2010) alongside

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. 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

in ''

Aasai ''Aasai'' () () is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film, written and directed by Vasanth and produced by Mani Ratnam. The film stars Ajith Kumar, Suvaluxmi and Prakash Raj, with Rohini, Poornam Viswanathan, Nizhalgal Ravi ...

'' (1995) and for

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in '' Idhayathai Thirudathe'' (1989), '' Siva'' (1989), '' Ratchagan'' (1997) and '' Manam'' (2016). From 2018 to 2020, he has starred opposite Khushbu Sundar in the bilingual daily serial '' Lakshmi Stores''.

Filmography

Actor

Voice actor

Producer and director

*2002 ''Raghava'' (Telugu)

Television

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Suresh Indian male film actors Male actors in Telugu cinema Male actors in Tamil cinema Male actors in Malayalam cinema 1963 births Living people 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