Sumanth Reddy (born 21 April 1978), better known as Vaibhav, is an Indian actor who works primarily in
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
People, culture and language
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**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka
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and
Telugu films. He made his debut with the
Telugu film
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''
Godava'' (2007) under his father,
A. Kodandarami Reddy's direction. He is best known for his performances in
Venkat Prabhu
Venkat Kumar Gangai Amaren (born 7 November 1975), better known by his stage name Venkat Prabhu, is an Indian film director, actor and playback singer in Tamil cinema. In addition, he also worked in Telugu cinema, Telugu Cinema. After completing ...
films ''
Saroja'' (2008), ''
Goa
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'' (2010), ''
Mankatha'' (2011) and ''
Chennai 600028 II'' (2016).
Early life
Vaibhav Reddy was born in
Chennai
Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...
to Telugu filmmaker
A. Kodandarami Reddy. He did his schooling at the Cambridge Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Lloyds Road, Chennai, Tamil Nadu and at
St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Chennai. His elder brother,
Sunil Reddy, made his acting debut with ''
Seethakaathi'' (2018).
Career
He made his acting debut in 2007, starring in the
Telugu film
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''
Godava'' under his father's direction which didn't do well at the box office. Before he made his debut, he was trained at the Asha Chandra School of Acting in
Mumbai
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and also with Sathyanand of
Vizag
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. He next starred in the
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
People, culture and language
* Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka
** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...
comedy-thriller film ''
Saroja.'' The film, a
Venkat Prabhu
Venkat Kumar Gangai Amaren (born 7 November 1975), better known by his stage name Venkat Prabhu, is an Indian film director, actor and playback singer in Tamil cinema. In addition, he also worked in Telugu cinema, Telugu Cinema. After completing ...
directorial was a critical as well as commercial success, bringing fame to Vaibhav. He worked with the same team again in another comedy film ''
Goa
Goa (; ; ) is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is bound by the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north, and Karnataka to the ...
'' that released in early 2010.
His next release was ''
Easan'' by director
M. Sasikumar. He worked for the third time with
Venkat Prabhu
Venkat Kumar Gangai Amaren (born 7 November 1975), better known by his stage name Venkat Prabhu, is an Indian film director, actor and playback singer in Tamil cinema. In addition, he also worked in Telugu cinema, Telugu Cinema. After completing ...
in ''
Mankatha'' starring
Ajith Kumar
Ajith Kumar Subramaniam (born 1 May 1971) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. To date, he has starred in over 63 films, and won four Vijay Awards, three Cinema Express Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and three Ta ...
alongside
Arjun Sarja
Srinivasa Sarja (born 15 August 1962), better known by his stage name Action King Arjun, is an Indian actor, producer, and director who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He has mainly acted in Tamil cinema, Tamil films in addition to Telugu ...
. The film released generally to positive reviews while marking the second highest-grossing opening for a Tamil film and become big blockbuster. In 2014, he had first solo lead role in ''
Damaal Dumeel''
in which he played a typical software industry professional. He has also acted in ''
Anamika'', a remake of Bollywood film ''
Kahaani.'' and ''
Kappal'' in which he is a small town boy, who moves to the city.
He played the role of a stage performer in ''
Meyaadha Maan''. His next in a lead role, ''
Sixer'' directed by debutant Chachi and then ''
RK Nagar'' was released on 17 December 2019 in
Netflix
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. His two films in 2020 are ''
Taana'' and ''
Lock Up''. In 2021, he starred in web series, ''
Live Telecast'' with
Kajal Aggarwal followed by ''
Malaysia To Amnesia'' with
Vani Bhojan
Vani Bhojan (born 28 October 1988) is an Indian actress, who predominantly appears in Tamil cinema, Tamil films. She made her Telugu film debut with ''Meeku Maathrame Cheptha'' in 2019 and her Tamil film debut with ''Oh My Kadavule'' in 2020.
...
.
In 2024, with his 25th film, ''
Ranam Aram Thavarel'', Vaibhav goes diametrically opposite to his strong comedy suit and plays a more restrained, straight-faced character in an interesting investigation thriller. He was seen in his next film ''
The Greatest of All Time'' which features
Vijay in the lead. He is making a comeback to Tollywood with
SonyLIV
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's web series ''
Bench Life''.
Filmography
Television
References
External links
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Male actors in Tamil cinema
Living people
Male actors in Telugu cinema
Indian male film actors
Male actors from Chennai
21st-century Indian male actors
1980 births
Telugu male actors