Sidharth Bharathan

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Sidharth Bharathan (Malayalam: സിദ്ധാർഥ് ഭരതൻ; born 26 May 1983)[1] is an Indian actor, screenwriter and film director who prominently works in Malayalam films.[2] He hade his acting debut in Nammal (2002)[3] and directional debut in Nidra (2012).[4][5]

Sidharth Bharathan
Born (1983-05-26) 26 May 1983 (age 41)
Alma materSRM Institute of Science and Technology
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • screenwriter
Years active2002–present
Known forNammal (2002)
Nidra (2012)
Chandrettan Evideya (2015)
Spouse(s)
Anju Mohan Das
(m. 2008; div. 2013)

Sujina Sreedhar
(m. 2019)
Children1
Parents
AwardsKerala Film Critics Awards

Early and Personal life

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Sidharth was born on 26 May 1983 to film director Bharathan and actress K. P. A. C. Lalitha.[6] He was married to Anju Mohan Das since 12 December 2008 for about five years and later divorced in 2013.[7] On 31 August 2019, he married Sujina and they have a daughter[8][9]

Career

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2002–2004: Debut and Breakthrough

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Sidharth began his film career through the Malayalam film Nammal in 2002 [10] along with Jishnu Raghavan and Bhavana and also he received Kerala Film Critics Association Awards for Best Debut Actor.[11] And also acted in several films Rasikan, Youth Festival, Kakkakarumban and Ennittum along with Kaniha.[12] Then, he had acted in Rebecca Uthup Kizhakkemala, Spirit and Olipporu in 2014.[13] In 2023, he made his acting comebock through Vela and Bramayugam.[14][15]

2012–present: Directional debut and beyond

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He made his directorial debut and played the lead role in Nidra and also acted as a lead actor along with Rima Kallingal,[16] it was a remake of the 1981 Malayalam film of the same name directed by his father.[17] He has also worked as a scenarist for the film Isha, a segment in the anthology film 5 Sundarikal.[18] Also directed successful films Chandrettan Evideya, Djinn and Chathuram. [19][20]

Accident and aftermath

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Sidharth was seriously injured in an accident on 11 September 2015.[21] The Ford Figo car he was driving hit a wall on the road at Chambakkara near Kochi and the actor sustained serious injuries in his leg and head.[22] He was in the ventilator of the Medical Trust Hospital in Kochi.[23][24]

Filmography

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As an actor

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Year Title Role Notes Ref
2002 Nammal Shyam Debut film [25]
2004 Youth Festival Arjun [26]
Kakkakarumban Ramesan [27]
Rasikan Sudhi [28]
Ennittum Jeeth [29]
2012 Nidra Raju Also director [30]
Spirit Sameer [31]
2013 Rebecca Uthup Kizhakkemala Arjun [32]
Olipporu [33]
2015 Njan Ninnodu Koodeyundu [34]
2016 Koppayile Kodumkattu [35]
2023 Vela SI Ashok Kumar [36]
2024 Bramayugam Kodumon Potti's cook [37]
TBA Bazooka TBA Upcoming film [38]
TBA Bha. Bha. Ba. TBA Upcoming film [39]
TBA Paranu Paranu Paranu Chellan TBA Upcoming film [40]

As a director

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Year Title Notes
2012 Nidra [41][42]
2015 Chandrettan Evideya [43][44]
2017 Varnyathil Aashanka [45][46]
2022 Chathuram [47][48]
2023 Djinn [49][50]

Accolades

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Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2002 Kerala Film Critics Awards Best New Comer Nammal Won [51]
2023 Master Vision International Awards Best Director Chathuram Won [52]

References

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  4. ^ "Siddharth to remake Nidra in Malayalam". Sify.com. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
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  6. ^ "Sidharth Bharathan: 'I realised that there are no twists in life when Amma left me'". indianexpress.com. 21 March 2022.
  7. ^ "ആ കുട്ടിയുടെ ജീവിതം കുളമാക്കി! നല്ലൊരു തീരുമാനം എടുക്കേണ്ടതായിരുന്നു! ആദ്യവിവാഹത്തെക്കുറിച്ച് സിദ്ധാര്‍ത്ഥ് പറഞ്ഞത്". malayalam.samayam.com. 22 November 2022.
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  31. ^ "Actor Siddharth thrilled with response to 'Spirit'". www.news18.com. 21 June 2012.
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