Sundeep Kishan

Sundeep Kishan (born 7 May 1987) is an Indian actor and producer who has worked 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 film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Year	Title	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	Jeeva	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	Mazaka	Krishna	Telugu	[23]
TBA	Vibe †	TBA		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Language	Notes
2019	The Family Man	Major Vikram	Amazon Prime Video	Hindi	[24]
2025	Super Subbu	Subbu	Netflix	Telugu

Notes

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