Suresh (actor, born 1963)

Mysore Seshaiah Suresh Babu Naidu is an Indian actor, producer, director, and dubbing artist. He has acted predominantly in Telugu and Tamil languages.^[2]

Suresh
Born	Mysore Seshaiah Suresh Babu Naidu[1] (1963-08-26) 26 August 1963 (age 61) Srikalahasti, Andhra Pradesh, India[1]
Occupation(s)	Actor, producer, director, dubbing artist
Years active	1981–present
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Rajshree Bisht ( Anita m.1990; div.1995)
Children	1

Personal life

Suresh was born in Sri Kalhasthi. His parents were also born in Sri Kalahasthi. His grandfather was from Nellore.^[1]

Career

Suresh started his career as an editing assistant and a dance assistant. One of his father's friends thought that he could become a successful lead actor. Suresh approached director C. V. Sridhar with a portfolio but was turned down. A few years later, Suresh played the lead in three of Sridhar's films. He then met director duo Santhana Bharathi and P. Vasu, who cast him as the lead in Panneer Pushpangal (1981).^[3] Suresh was simultaneously offered the lead role in Bharathiraja's Alaigal Oivathillai (1981), which he turned down for the former film. Both films were large commercial successes.^[4] He became the prominent face of the Tamil Film Industry, through the 80's era. Suresh played the role of a lover in many films and produced four films and seven television serials before taking a hiatus in the 1990s. During the period he enhanced his career in Telugu cinema.

Suresh made a comeback to Tamil cinema in 2006 with Kizhakku Kadalkarai Salai starring Srikanth. He played supporting roles including in Aasal (2010) alongside Ajith Kumar.^[5] In 2012, Suresh appeared in the Tamil-Telugu bilingual film Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi directed by Balaji Mohan, playing the character of Akilan Venkatesan, who was going through a mid-life crisis. A reviewer for The Hindu called the entire cast "effective".^[6]

Suresh has hosted and judged six seasons of the competitive cooking game show Kitchen Superstar for Vijay TV.^[7]

As a dubbing / voice-over artist, Suresh was the Tamil voice of the actor Ajith Kumar in Aasai (1995) and for Nagarjuna in Idhayathai Thirudathe (1989), Siva (1989), Ratchagan (1997) and Manam (2016).^[8]

From 2018 to 2020, he has starred opposite Khushbu Sundar in the bilingual daily serial Lakshmi Stores.^[9]

Filmography

Actor

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1981	Panneer Pushpangal	Aravind Prabhu	Tamil
	Ramadandu	Ashok	Telugu
	Jagamondi		Telugu
1982	Thunai	Suresh	Tamil
	Ilanjodigal	Buddy Raju	Tamil
	Magane Magane		Tamil
	Mathulai Muthukkal		Tamil
	Nirantharam		Tamil
	Manjal Nila	Anand	Tamil
	Kozhi Koovuthu	Ramakrishnan	Tamil
	Boom Boom Maadu	Velu	Tamil
	Pelleedu Pillalu	Ramesh	Telugu
	Ethanai Konam Ethanai Parvai		Tamil	Unreleased
1983	Police Venkataswamy	Ravi	Telugu
	Valartha Kada	Raja	Tamil
	Apoorva Sahodarigal	Suresh	Tamil
	Alai Payum Nenjangal		Tamil
	Vellai Roja	Johnny	Tamil
	Brahmmacharigal		Tamil
	Idhu Enga Naadu		Tamil
	Thalaimagan	Shekhar	Tamil
	Puthisaali Paithiyangal	Ramu	Tamil
	Seerum Singangal	Chinnasamy	Tamil
1984	Manmadha Rajakkal		Tamil
	Ullam Uruguthadi		Tamil
	Naan Paadum Paadal	Bus controller	Tamil	Special appearance
	Thiruttu Rajakkal		Tamil
	Ithiri Poove Chuvannapoove	Ravi	Malayalam
	Yuddham		Tamil
	Etho Mogam		Tamil
	Neethikku Oru Penn		Tamil
	Aalaya Deepam	Suresh	Tamil
	Vellai Pura Ondru	Suresh	Tamil
	Shankari	Peter	Tamil
	Jada Gantalu	Ram Babu	Telugu
	Then Koodu	Suresh	Tamil
	Unnai Naan Santhithen	Murali	Tamil
1985	Rajathi Rojakili	Rani's Husband	Tamil
	Hello Yaar Pesurathu		Tamil
	Kolusu	Ramachandran	Tamil
	Aagaya Thamaraigal	Sekhar	Tamil
	Alaya Deepam	Rajesh	Telugu
	Navagraha Nayagi	Girisha	Tamil
	Perumai		Tamil
	Unnidam Mayangukiren		Tamil
	Urimai	Suresh	Tamil
	Engal Kural	Thyagu	Tamil
	Aasha	Mohan	Tamil
	Irandu Manam	Anand	Tamil
	Selvi	Raja	Tamil
	Terror	Suresh	Telugu
	Unakkaga Oru Roja	Kannan	Tamil
1986	Marumagal	Raja	Tamil
	Revathi		Tamil
	Maragatha Veenai	Kannan	Tamil
	Oru Manithan Oru Manaivi	Vathiyar	Tamil
	Poramai		Tamil
	Africavil Appu		Tamil
	Pookkalai Parikkatheergal	Raja	Tamil
	Unnai Thedi Varuven	Anand	Tamil
	Engal Thaaikulame Varuga	Ashok	Tamil
	Jothi Malar		Tamil
	Unakkaagave Vaazhgiren	Vijay	Tamil
	Paanjali	Raja	Tamil
	Sivappu Nila	Kannan	Tamil
	Sonnathu Neethana	Inspector S. Balu	Tamil
	Sigappu Malargal		Tamil
	Mounam Kalaikirathu	Kannan	Tamil
	Manthira Punnagai	Mohan	Tamil
1987	Iniya Uravu Poothathu	Sundar	Tamil
	Poo Mazhai Pozhiyuthu	Ramesh	Tamil
	Mangai Oru Gangai	Vijay	Tamil
	Poove Ilam Poove	Murali	Tamil
	Manaiviyai Kadhali		Tamil
	Chellakutti		Tamil
	Kizhakku Africavil Sheela	Shankar	Tamil
1988	Kunguma Kodu	Raja	Tamil
	Prana Snehitulu	Ramesh	Telugu
	Intinti Bhagavatham	Suresh	Telugu
1989	Chinna Mayil		Tamil
	Aakhari Kshanam	Guru	Telugu
	Swathi Chinukulu	Shankar	Telugu
	Rajanadai	Pandian	Tamil
	Laila		Telugu
1990	Intinta Deepavali	Shekhar	Telugu
	Pudhu Vasantham	Suresh	Tamil
	En Veedu En Kanavar	Raja	Tamil
	Puttinti Pattu Cheera	Prasad	Telugu	Dubbed in Tamil as Porandha Veettu Pattu Pudavai
	Yuvabharatham		Telugu
	Mamasri		Telugu
	Neti Charitra	Vinay	Telugu
	Ankitham	Murali	Telugu
1991	Intlo Pilli Veedhilo Puli	Shiva Ram	Telugu
	Prarthana	Johnny	Telugu
	Palleturi Pellam		Telugu
	Chinna Kodalu	Babu	Telugu
	Mugguru Attala Muddula Alludu		Telugu
	Madhura Nagarilo	Anand	Telugu
	Jeevana Chadarangam	Srikanth	Telugu
1992	Prema Vijeta	Babu	Telugu
	Asadhyulu	Anand	Telugu
	Naga Kanya		Telugu
	Surigadu	Jeevi	Telugu
	Allari Pilla	Raju	Telugu
	Jagannatham & Sons	Vijay	Telugu
	Shreeman Brahmachari	Suresh	Telugu
	Samsarala Mechanic	Babugaru	Telugu
1993	Rajeswari Kalyanam	Shankar	Telugu
	Paruvu Prathista	Kiran	Telugu
	Vaasthavam	Ashok	Telugu
	Ladies Special	Baskar Rao	Telugu
	Rowdy Gaari Teacher	Ranga	Telugu
1994	Veetla Visheshanga	Ganesh	Tamil
	Palnati Pourusham	Suri Babu	Telugu
	Maro Quit India	Babu	Telugu
	Todi Kodallu	Babu	Telugu
	Namaste Anna	Raja	Telugu
1995	Akka Chellellu	Gopi	Telugu
	Ammoru	Surya	Telugu	Dubbed in Tamil as Amman
	Guntur Gundamma Katha	Babu	Telugu
	Patha Basti	Babu	Telugu
	Witness	Suresh	Tamil
1996	Pellaala Rajyam	Bujji	Telugu
	Nayanamma	Balu	Telugu
1997	Thaali Pudhusu	Balu	Tamil
	Saradaala Samsaram	Suresh	Telugu
	Dongaata	Prakash Rao	Telugu
	Pattukondi Chooddam	Chanti / Chittu / Chujuki	Telugu
1998	Prema Pallaki	Suresh	Telugu
	Kalavari Chellelu Kanaka Mahalakshmi	Chandru	Telugu
	Subbaraju Gari Kutumbam	Suresh	Telugu
1998	O Panaipothundi Babu	Ram & Ram	Telugu	dual roles
1999	Iddaru Mitrulu	Prakash	Telugu
	Ullathai Killathe	Suresh	Tamil
	Telangana		Telugu
	Hello Yama	Suri	Telugu
2000	Devi Putrudu	Har Gopal	Telugu
	Top Lechipoddi		Telugu
	Okkadu Chalu[10]	Suresh	Telugu
	Ee Taram Nehru	Collector Suresh	Telugu
	Bhavani	Bhavani	Telugu	Also director
	Ammo! Okato Tareekhu	Kiran	Telugu
2001	Prematho Raa	Vijay	Telugu
2002	Raghava	Raghava Reddy	Telugu	Also producer
	Vachina Vaadu Suryudu	Satyam	Telugu	Uncredited guest appearance[11]
2003	Simhachalam	Suresh	Telugu
2004	Abhi		Telugu
2006	Desiya Paravai	David	Tamil
	Kizhakku Kadalkarai Salai	Vetri	Tamil
	Gopi – Goda Meeda Pilli	Lord Vishnu	Telugu
2009	Flash News	MLA Thirumala Das	Telugu
2010	Aasal	Daniel Dharmaraj	Tamil
	Vallakottai	Easwara Pandian	Tamil
2011	Aadu Puli	Thillainayagam	Tamil
	Doubles	Mishal	Malayalam
	Sattapadi Kutram	Annamalai	Tamil
2012	Rishi		Telugu
	Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi	Akilan Venkatesan	Tamil
	Love Failure	Aravind Venkatesan	Telugu
	Friends Book		Telugu
	Srimannarayana	Harshad	Telugu
	Sattam Oru Iruttarai		Tamil
2013	Puthagam	Imaiyappan	Tamil
	Jabardasth	Vamshi Krishna	Telugu
	Naalu Perum Romba Nallavanga		Tamil
	Satya 2		Telugu
	Om 3D	Lakshman	Telugu
	Thalaivaa	Meera's Father	Tamil
	Break Up		Telugu
	Apple Penne	Church father	Tamil
	Anukunnadi Okati Ayyindi Okati		Telugu
2014	Saivam	Maiyappan	Tamil
	Adavi Kaachina Vennela		Telugu
2015	Tommy	Chandrasekhar	Telugu
	Sagaptham	Doctor	Tamil
	Lion	CBI Chief Kesava Prasad	Telugu
2016	Azhagu Kutti Chellam	Church father	Tamil
	Janatha Garage	Suresh	Telugu
2017	Luckunnodu	Police Commissioner	Telugu
	Aval	Doctor Prasad	Tamil, Hindi[12]
	Winner	Rajeev Reddy	Telugu
	LIE	Sathyam's father	Telugu
2018	Mohini	Monk	Tamil
	Hello Guru Prema Kosame	Reethu's father	Telugu
	Subrahmanyapuram	Varma	Telugu
	Party	Chidhambaram	Tamil	Unreleased
2019	Ispade Rajavum Idhaya Raniyum	Reethu's father	Tamil
2022	Ginna	Narayana Swami	Telugu
2023	Spy	Army Chief VK Nair	Telugu
	Priyamudan Priya		Tamil

Voice actor

• 1990 Udhayam for Nagarjuna (Tamil)
• 1995 Aasai for Ajith Kumar (Tamil)
• 1997 Ratchagan for Nagarjuna (Tamil)
• 1999 Ooty for Ajay Kapoor (Tamil)
• 2001 Mitr, My Friend for Nasir Abdullah (Telugu)
• 2018 Nawaab for Arvind Swamy (Telugu)
• 2019 Manam for Nagarjuna (Tamil)

Producer and director

• 2002 Raghava (Telugu)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Language	Channel
1999	Ganesh Vasanth	Ganesh	Tamil	Sun TV
2002–2003	Priyamaina Satruvu		Telugu	ETV
2003	Kungumam		Tamil	Sun TV
2014–2015	Kitchen Super Star	Judge		Vijay TV
2017–2018	Nathicharami	Suresh	Telugu	Gemini TV
2018–2020	Lakshmi Stores	Devaraj	Tamil Telugu	Sun TV Gemini TV
2021	Alitho Saradaga	Guest	Telugu	ETV[13]
2022	Meera	Dr. Krishna	Tamil	Colors Tamil
2023	Cook With Comali (Season 4)	Guest Judge (In the absence of Chef Venkatesh Bhat)	Tamil	Star Vijay

References

1. Ali and Suresh. Alitho Saradaga. ETV Telugu. Event occurs at 2m32s.
2. "నా మొదటి భార్య, రెండో భార్య క్లోజ్ ఫ్రెండ్స్.. యూఎస్ వెళ్తే ex ఇంట్లోనే ఉంటా: హీరో సురేష్ విడాకుల కథ వెరీ ఇంట్రస్టింగ్". Samayam Telugu (in Telugu). Retrieved 20 March 2021.
3. "Kollywood Movie Actor Suresh Biography, News, Photos, Videos". nettv4u.
4. "Actor Suresh – Tamil Movie Actors Interview – Panneer Pushpangal Asal Kozhi Koovudhu Kizhkku Kadarkarai Salai Mandhira Punnagai Pookkalai Parikkadheergal – Behindwoods.com". Retrieved 5 September 2016.
5. "IndiaGlitz – Suresh is Ajiths villain – Tamil Movie News". Archived from the original on 17 October 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
6. Subramanian, Karthik (18 February 2012). "Kadhalil Sodhapuvadhu Yeppadi: Simple is beautiful". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
7. "Tamil Tv Show Kitchen Super Star Synopsis Aired On Star Vijay Channel". nettv4u.
8. "Suresh Biography". www.ragalahari.com.
9. "Tamil Tv Serial Lakshmi Stores Synopsis Aired On SUN TV Channel". nettv4u.
10. "Okkadu Chalu (2000)". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
11. "Combining art with a cause". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 17 November 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2024 – via Idlebrain.com.
12. "Mani Ratnam isn't a fan of horror films: Milind Rau". 5 October 2017.
13. "Alitho Saradaga: నా భార్య వేరే రూట్‌కి వెళ్లింది.. అందుకే వదిలేశా! సీనియర్ హీరో సురేష్ సంచలన కామెంట్స్". Samayam Telugu (in Telugu). Retrieved 9 February 2021.

External links

• Suresh at IMDb