Srikanth

Actor

Biography

Srikanth ( Shreekanth ) is a veteran Indian actor who has performed in around 200 Tamil films since his debut in 1965. He is considered among the versatile actors of Tamil Cinema.He is also referred as Venniradai Sreekanth.  He has played the lead hero in around 50 films between 1965 and 1979 and has also played supporting roles in films with actors Sivaji Ganesan, Muthuraman, Ravichandran, Jaishankar in the lead roles. In the late seventies to early ninnties, he appeared as a villain opposite actors including Sivakumar, Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan. He has also been acted in Television series like Mangai and others since 1996. Sreekanth was given his break as the lead hero by C. V. Sridhar with the film Vennira Aadai in 1965. He was the first male actor in Tamil films to act as lead hero opposite Jayalalithaa. Sreekanth was part of Jayalalithaa's film career right from her first Tamil Vennira Adai in 1965 to her last Tamil film Nadhiya Thedi Vandha Kaadhal in 1980. He played her brother in the 100th film of Jayalalithaa - Thriumangalyam.He played her step-son in Thanga Gopuram.He also played supporting roles in films with Jayalalitha in lead roles including Jesus (1973 film), Vairam (1974 film), Anbu Thangai, Anbai Thedi, Kanavan Manaivi.