Aadi Saikumar

Aditya Pudipeddi (born 23 December 1989), better known as Aadi Saikumar, is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films. Aadi made his debut with Prema Kavali (2011). He won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South and SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut (Telugu) for the film. He went on to be starred in successful films such as Lovely (2012), Sukumarudu (2013), Pyar Mein Padipoyane (2014), Shamantakamani (2017), Operation Gold Fish (2019), and Tees Maar Khan (2022).^{[citation needed]}

In this Telugu name, the surname is Pudipeddi.

Aadi Saikumar
Born	Aditya Pudipeddi (1989-12-23) 23 December 1989 (age 34)[1] Amudalavalasa, Andhra Pradesh, India
Other names	Aadi[2]
Alma mater	Bhavan's Vivekananda College
Occupation	Actor
Spouse	Aruna ​ (m. 2014)​
Children	1
Father	Sai Kumar
Relatives	P. Ravi Shankar (uncle) P. J. Sarma (grandfather)

Early life

Aditya Pudipeddi was born on 23 December 1989 in Amudalavalasa, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh.^[1][3] Son of actor Sai Kumar, Aadi was schooled in Chennai in Padma Sheshadri till 7th standard and then moved to St. Andrews School in Hyderabad, followed by St Johns for Intermediate and completed his graduation from Bhavan's Vivekananda College. He excelled in studies, and had an inclination towards acting. He was an all-rounder in Cricket and he was selected for the under-19 Ranji Cricket Team. He played under the captaincy of Ambati Rayudu, and Pragyan Ojha, the Indian Team player was his roommate during their Sri Lanka trip.^[4][5]

Aadi married Aruna, a software professional from Rajahmundry, in December 2014, and the couple has a daughter.^[6]

Career

Aadi debuted in 2011 with K. Vijaya Bhaskar's directorial Prema Kavali.^[7] In this love story, he played the role of Srinu, a NCC Cadet who sets out to find the one who tortures his lover, thus trying to regain her heart after a break-up. Oneindia Entertainment commented on his performance stating "Aadi has done his role with good ease and his in dialogue delivery is as good as his father. He is quite comfortable in emoting the love and emotional scenes and he is also good at dances and action scenes. However, he should further improve his body language, as he appeared a little rigid in some scenes. But for a debutant hero, such situations are unavoidable."^[8] Aadi has won the Hyderabad Times award 2011 for Promising Newcomer Male,^[9] CineMAA Awards (2012) for best Debut Actor of 2012 and Filmfare Awards South (2012) for Best Male Debut – South of 2011.^[10] The movie ran for 100 days.^[11]

His next release was B. Jaya's directorial Lovely (2012), was released on 30 March 2012. He played the role of Akash, a jovial person who hates father-daughter relationships, but starts respecting it after he meets with the father of the girl he loved. The film completed a hundred-day run on 7 July 2012 in 12 centres.^[12] In 2013, Aadi starred in Sukumarudu which was released on 4 May 2013 which was moderately successful.^[13] He then starred in Rough, directed by C. H. Subba Reddy.^[14][15]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

• All films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2011	Prema Kavali	Srinu	Debut in lead role
2012	Lovely	Akash
2013	Sukumarudu	Sukumar
2014	Pyar Mein Padipoyane	Chandra	Also Singer of "Chinna Pillalu" song
	Galipatam	Karthi
	Rough	Chandhu
2016	Garam	Varala Babu
	Chuttalabbai	Recovery Babji
2017	Samanthakamani	Karthik
	Next Nuvve	Kiran
2019	Burra Katha	Abhi / Ram[lower-alpha 1]
	Jodi	Kapil
	Operation Gold Fish	Arjun Pandit
2021	Sashi	Raj a. k. a. (Rajkumar)		[16]
2022	Athidi Devo Bhava	Abhay Ram		[17]
	Black	Aditya / Arjun[lower-alpha 1]		[18]
	Tees Maar Khan	Tees Maar Khan (TMK)		[19]
	Crazy Fellow	Abhiram "Nani"		[20]
	Top Gear	Arjun		[21]
2023	CSI Sanatan	Sanatan		[22]
TBA	Jungle †	TBA	Tamil - Telugu bilingual; Filming	[23]
	Kirathaka †	TBA	Filming	[24]
	Amaran in the City: Chapter 1 †	TBA	Filming	[25]

Webseries

Year	Title	Role	Platform	Note
2023	Puli Meka	Dr. Prabhakar Sharma	ZEE5	Web debut

As singer

Year	Film	Song	Language
2014	Pyaar Mein Padipoyane	"Chinna Pillalu"	Telugu

1. Aadi saikumar performances with two brains.

Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result	Ref.
2011	Hyderabad Times Film Awards	Promising Newcomer (Male)	Prema Kavali	Nominated
2012	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best debut (Male)		Won	[26]
	Zee Cine Awards	Best debut (Male)		Nominated
	Filmfare Awards	Best Male Debut		Won

See also

• List of Telugu actors

References

1. "'Sashi' First Look: Aadi Saikumar sports a rugged bearded look in his new film". The Times of India. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
2. Pecheti, Prakash. "Aadi Saikumar happy to be back on track". cinejosh. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
3. Sarma, G. V. Prasada (26 March 2011). "'Dialogue King' on a roll". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
4. "I'm an all-rounder – Adi". raagalahari.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
5. "Interview with Sai Kumar". idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
6. "When Aadi lifted Aruna and walked in the snow". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
7. "NATIONAL / ANDHRA PRADESH : 'Prema Kavali' release today". The Hindu. 25 February 2011. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
8. "Prema Kavali – Movie Review". Oneindia Entertainment. Archived from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
9. "The Hyderabad Times Film Awards 2011". The Times of India. 26 June 2012. Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
10. "The 59th Idea Filmfare Awards 2011(South)". The Times of Inia. 9 July 2012. Archived from the original on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
11. "'Prema Kavali' Celebrates 100 Days Function". IndiaGlitz. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
12. "Lovely completes 100 days in 12 centres". IndiaGlitz.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
13. "'Sukumarudu' review: Emotionally cheerful". Zee News. 12 May 2013. Archived from the original on 14 June 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
14. "Aadi's next film titled 'Rough'". 123telugu.com. 19 May 2013. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
15. "Pranitha Subhash teams up with Aadi Pudipeddi in 'Chuttalabbayi'". The Indian Express. 2 August 2015. Archived from the original on 23 October 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
16. Adivi, Sashidhar (24 December 2019). "Aadi Saikumar signs two films!". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
17. "Aadi's Atithi Devo Bhava takes RRR's release date". 123Telugu.com. 2 January 2022.
18. "'Black' movie review: Aadi Saikumar starrer will keep you on the edge of your seat". The Times of India. 1 June 2022.
19. Sakshi (28 July 2021). "Aadi Sai Kumar's Tees Maar Khan Movie OTT Release Date, OTT Platform, Time and more". Retrieved 28 July 2022.
20. "Aadi Saikumar's next titled Crazy Fellow". Cinema Express. 8 April 2022.
21. "Aadi Saikumar's next titled Top Gear". Cinema Express. 13 June 2022.
22. "CSI Sanatan: Here's the first look of Aadi Sai Kumar, Misha Narang's investigative thriller". OTTPlay. 31 January 2022.
23. "Vijay Antony releases first look of Vedhika's next". The Times of India. 30 June 2019. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
24. Sakshi (22 June 2021). "'కిరాతక'గా ఆది సాయికుమార్‌.. పాయల్‌తో రొమాన్స్‌కి రెడీ". Sakshi (in Telugu). Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
25. "పవర్‌ ఫుల్‌ పోలీస్‌ ఆఫీసర్‌గా ఆది సాయికుమార్‌". Sakshi (in Telugu). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
26. "The 59th Idea Filmfare Awards 2011(South)". 4 July 2013. Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2022.

External links

• Aadi Saikumar at IMDb
• Aadi Saikumar on Twitter