Saikumar Pudipeddi

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Sai Kumar
Born Saikumar Pudipeddi
(1960-07-27) 27 July 1960 (age 64)
Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Residence Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Other names Saikumara Sarma Pudipeddi
Ethnicity Telugu
Occupation Actor, dubbing artist, television presenter
Years active 1976–present
Spouse(s) Surekha
Children 2, including Aditya Pudipeddi
Parent(s) P. J. Sarma (father)
Krishna Jyothi (mother)
Family P. Ravi Shankar (brother)

Sai Kumar (born 27 July 1960 Saikumara Sarma Pudipeddi) is an Indian film dubbing artist, turned actor and television presenter.[1] He rose to stardom in Kannada cinema, Tamil cinema, and Telugu Cinema.[2][3][4][5]

He has received two Nandi Awards and two Filmfare Awards South for his work in Telugu cinema.[6][7] [8] In addition to his films, he also hosted Deal or No Deal on Gemini TV and Etv Kannada in Telugu and Kannada respectively. He also hosted WOW-Olle Kick Kodo Game show in ETV Kannada and WOW-Manchi Kick Ichche Game Show in ETV Telugu. Recently he started hosting another reality show "Luck unte Lakshmi" in ETV Telugu.[9]

Personal life

Sai Kumar was born to Indian actors P. J. Sharma and Krishna Jyothi. His brother P. Ravi Shankar is also an actor and a dubbing artist, who is a prominent actor in the Kannada Film Industry, and is known for playing antagonistic roles.'[10]

Early career

He started his career at an early age of his life as a dubbing child artist. His father, P. J. Sarma was a leading dubbing artist. Sai Kumar followed in his father's footsteps, having dubbed for Suman and Rajasekhar for many of their films. Sai Kumar has exceptional dialogue delivery and Telugu diction clarity in his voice.[11]

He rose to fame as a very successful star in the year 1996 from the Kannada film Police story which was also voice dubbed in Telugu and Tamil. The film became the biggest blockbuster of the year and Sai as a lead hero acted in series of hit Kannada films back to back. His Kannada films Agni IPS, Kumkuma Bhagya, Police story 2, Lockup death, Circle Inspector, Central Jail, Police Bete, Mane Mane Ramayana were all major hits at the box office and Sai Kumar became a household name in Karnataka. Saikumar in all his interviews says, 'I am indebted to Karnataka for making me a star and giving me 'Police Story' during my struggling days.[12][13] His recent Kannada blockbuster hit film Rangitaranga, that created records is another milestone in Sai's career. It was one of the top 300 Indian films in the Oscar race in 2016 and his performance in the film was not only well praised by the critics but also fetched him an IIFA Award at IIFA Utsavam 2015[14][15]

He even acted in Bapu's Movie Sneham(1977) as brother of Madhavi, and has given very good performance.his very natural acting in that movie, will surely haunt every one after watching that movie. [16]

Awards

Nandi Awards
Filmfare Awards South
IIFA Awards
CineMAA Awards
Other Awards
  • TSR – TV9 Award for Best Villain (2010) for the movie Prasthanam
Television Awards (As Anchor)
  • TV Award 2009 for Best Male Anchor presented by Delhi Telugu Academy in Hyderabad on 8 August 2010.[18]
  • Tata Docomo Media Award – Most Popular Male Anchor was given on 15 August 2010 for anchoring the TV show Wow on ETV Telugu.[19]
  • 'Best Male Anchor Award' was presented at the AP Cinegoers' 6th Annual TV Awards – 2009 on 28 December 2010 for his anchoring of Wow on ETV Telugu.[20]

Selected filmography

References

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  4. ↑ Sagacious – Saikumar
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  6. ↑ Idle Brain: Birthday Function 2004 – Sai Kumar
  7. ↑ Deccan Herald: South Indian film actor Sai Kumar joins BJP
  8. ↑ Great Andhra: Exclusive interview with Saikumar
  9. ↑ Desi Hub: Telugu Movies's Weblog – 'Karalu Miriyalu' on TCV committee
  10. ↑ Sai Kumar to play transgender’s role! | 123telugu.com
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  12. ↑ http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/saikumar-actor.html
  13. ↑ http://clips9.com/files/2016/02/sai-kumar-about-his-caree/KN-rLEkMHkM.html
  14. ↑ http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/srimanthudu-rangitaranga-win-laurels-at-iifa-utsavam/
  15. ↑ http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/srimanthudu-and-rangitaranga-dominate-iifa-awards-38172
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