Sundeep Kishan

Sundeep Kishan (born 7 May 1987) is an Indian actor and producer who predominantly works in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films.

Sundeep Kishan
Born	(1987-05-07) 7 May 1987 (age 37)[1] Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupations	Actor producer
Relatives	Chota K. Naidu (uncle) Shyam K. Naidu (uncle)

Early life and career

Sundeep Kishan was born in a Telugu family in Madras (present-day Chennai).^[2] He is the nephew to the cinematographers Chota K. Naidu and Shyam K. Naidu.^[3] He moved to Hyderabad in 2008 to pursue a career in films.^[3]

Kishan worked as assistant director to Gautham Vasudev Menon for a year, before starring in Sneha Geetham (2010).^[4]

After working with him in Prasthanam (2010), director Deva Katta referred Kishan to his friends Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K., which led to Kishan's casting in his first Hindi venture, Shor in the City (2011).^[5][6]

Sundeep Kishan may have started his Southern film career with adult comedy Yaaruda Mahesh (2013), but the actor says that he has resolved not to venture into such genres any more despite it being the order of the day in Tamil cinema and even though he has been approached for a sequel to the film.^[7]

His major break came with Venkatadri Express (2013).^[8] The comedy entertainer became a superhit at the box office. Then after a string of failures his Tamil film Maanagaram (2017) directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj became success and won him accolades as an actor too. He turned into producer too with Ninu Veedani Needanu Nene (2019), A1 Express (2021) which fared decently at the box office.^[9]

He delivered his OTT debut with the web series The Family Man (2019) and his performance in the spy thriller was widely appreciated.^[10] Later, he starred in the Telugu action thriller Michael (2023).^[11]

In 2024, Ooru Peru Bhairavakona has received mixed reviews and was praised for Sundeep Kishan's acting.^[12] He collaborated with Dhanush in Captain Miller and Raayan.^[13][14]

Other work

Kishan owns a restaurant chain in Hyderabad named Vivaha Bhojanambhu. He started a salon Express Unisex in Vijayawada.^[15]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2010	Prasthanam	Chinna	Telugu	Debut
	Sneha Geetham	Arjun		Debut as lead actor
2011	Shor in the City	Sawan Murthy	Hindi	Hindi Debut
	It's My Love Story	Himself	Telugu	Special appearance in the song "Gallate"[16]
2012	Routine Love Story	Sanju
2013	Gundello Godari	Suri		Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu
	Yaaruda Mahesh	Shiva	Tamil	Tamil Debut
	Venkatadri Express	Sundeep	Telugu
	D for Dopidi	Raju
2014	Ra Ra Krishnayya	Krishnayya "Kittu"
	Joru	Sundeep
2015	Beeruva	Sanju
	Tiger	Tiger
2016	Run	Sanjay		Remake of Neram (2013)
	Okka Ammayi Thappa	Krishna Vachan
2017	Maanagaram	Youngster	Tamil
	Shamanthakamani	Kotipalli Siva	Telugu
	Nakshatram	Rama Rao
	Nenjil Thunivirundhal/ C/O Surya	Kumar Surya	Tamil Telugu	Bilingual film
	Maayavan	Kumaran	Tamil
2018	Manasuku Nachindi	Suraj	Telugu
	Next Enti?	Sanju
2019	Ninu Veedani Needanu Nene[a]	Rishi / Arjun		Also producer
	Tenali Ramakrishna BA. BL	Adv. Tenali Ramakrishna
2021	A1 Express	Sundeep Naidu		25th Film;[17] Also producer
	Vivaha Bhojanambu	Nellore Prabha		Extended Cameo Appearance; Also producer[18]
	Kasada Tabara	Kanda	Tamil
	Gully Rowdy	Vasu	Telugu	[18]
2023	Michael	Michael		Partially reshot in Tamil[19]
2024	Captain Miller	Captain Rafiq	Tamil	[20][21]
	Ooru Peru Bhairavakona	Basavalingam	Telugu	[22]
	Raayan	Muthuvelraayan	Tamil
2025	Coolie †	TBA	Tamil	Filming[23]
	Mazaka †	TBA	Telugu	[24]
TBA	SK 31 Jason Sanjay 01 †	TBA	Telugu Tamil	Announced
TBA	Vibe †	TBA	Telugu	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Language	Notes
2019	The Family Man	Major Vikram	Amazon Prime Video	Hindi	[25]

Notes

1. Simultaneously shot in Tamil as Kannaadi but the Tamil version remains unreleased.

References

1. "Happy Birthday Sundeep Kishan: Kajal Aggarwal, Vishnu Vishal and others wish the star". India Today. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
2. "Happy Birthday Sundeep Kishan: Stimulating facts of the versatile multilingual actor". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
3. "Off the beaten track". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 9 May 2010. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
4. "Happy Birthday Sundeep Kishan: Stimulating facts of the versatile multilingual actor".
5. "South star Sundeep Kishan makes B-Town debut with 'Shor'". MiD DAY. 1 April 2011. Archived from the original on 4 April 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
6. "Sundeep wants Sachin to score".
7. "Sundeep Kishan says no to adult films".
8. "Sundeep Kishan clocks 12 years in the film industry: Actor's successful journey".
9. "Versatile Actor Sundeep Kishan Completes 14 Years Of Acting Career".
10. "Sundeep Kishan clocks 12 years in the film industry: Actor's successful journey".
11. "'Michael' Twitter review: Sundeep Kishan's neo-noir action thriller impresses the audience".
12. "Ooru Peru Bhairavakona Review: Sundeep Kishan's career-best performance.. 'Bhairavakona' creates an impact!". telugu.yousay.tv. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
13. "Sundeep Kishan gives a special shout-out to THIS 'Captain Miller' actor".
14. "Sundeep Kishan was not the first choice for Dhanush's Raayan".
15. "Actor Sundeep Kishan ventures into salon business". Telangana Today. 2 July 2021.
16. "Sundeep Kishan is all set to shake his booty". The Times of India.
17. Today, Telangana (4 March 2021). "Sundeep Kishan talks about his 25th movie 'A1 Express'". Telangana Today. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
18. "Sundeep Kishan's Rowdy Baby titled changed to Gully Rowdy". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
19. "Sundeep Kishan and Vijay Sethupathi to face-off Gautham Vasudev Menon in Michael". The Times of India.
20. CAPTAIN MILLER - Official Pooja Event Video | Dhanush | GV Prakash | Arun Matheswaran, retrieved 24 September 2022
21. "New still from Dhanush's Captain Miller out, Priyanka Arul Mohan and Sandeep Kishan join the cast". The Indian Express. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
22. "Sundeep Kishan's new film with director Vi Anand kickstarts with a pooja ceremony". The Times of India. 19 September 2021.
23. Chowdary, Yamini (7 December 2024). "Tollywood actor Sundeep Kishan joins Lokesh Kanagaraj's Coolie". Bigtvlive English. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
24. Features, C. E. (23 September 2024). "Sundeep Kishan-Thrinadha Rao Nakkina's Majaka to be a festival entertainer". Cinema Express. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
25. Arora, Akhil (30 July 2019). "The Family Man, Amazon's Next Indian Series With Manoj Bajpayee, to Release in September on Prime Video". NDTV Gadgets. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019.

External links

• Sundeep Kishan at IMDb
• Sundeep Kishan on Twitter