Aadi Saikumar

In this Telugu name, the surname is Pudipeddi.

Aditya Pudipeddi (born 23 December 1987), credited as Aadi Saikumar, is an Indian actor who works in Telugu cinema. 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) and Shamantakamani (2017).

Aadi Saikumar
Born	Aditya Pudipeddi (1987-12-23) 23 December 1987 (age 37)[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 1987 in Amudalavalasa, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh.^[1][3] Son of actor Sai Kumar, Aadi was schooled in Chennai in Devi Academy, Valasaravakkam, 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 film 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 film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2011	Prema Kavali	Srinu
2012	Lovely	Akash
2013	Sukumarudu	Sukumar
2014	Pyar Mein Padipoyane	Chandra	Also sang "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[a]
	Jodi	Kapil
	Operation Gold Fish	Arjun Pandit
2021	Sashi	Rajkumar "Raj"		[16]
2022	Athidi Devo Bhava	Abhay Ram		[17]
	Black	Aditya / Arjun[a]		[18]
	Tees Maar Khan	Tees Maar Khan		[19]
	Crazy Fellow	Abhiram "Nani"		[20]
	Top Gear	Arjun		[21]
2023	CSI Sanatan	Sanatan		[22]
2025	Shanmukha	Karthi Vallabhan
TBA	Sub Inspector Yugandhar †	Yugandhar	Filming	[23]
	Kirathaka †	TBA	Filming	[24]
	Amaran in the City: Chapter 1 †	TBA	Filming	[25]
	Shambhala †	TBA	Filming
	Jungle †	TBA	Delayed	[26]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network
2023	Puli Meka	Dr. Prabhakar Sharma	ZEE5

As singer

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

Awards and nominations

1. Aadi saikumar performances with two brains.

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	[27]
	Zee Cine Awards	Best debut (Male)		Nominated
	Filmfare Awards	Best Male Debut		Won

Notes