Vaibhav Reddy

Sumanth Reddy (born 21 April 1978), better known as Vaibhav, is an Indian actor who works primarily in Tamil and Telugu films. He made his debut with the Telugu film Godava (2007) under his father, A. Kodandarami Reddy's direction. He is best known for his performances in Venkat Prabhu films Saroja (2008), Goa (2010), Mankatha (2011) and Chennai 600028 II (2016).

Vaibhav Reddy
Born	Sumanth Reddy (1978-04-21) 21 April 1978 (age 46) Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2007—present
Spouse	Satvi Reddy
Children	1
Father	A. Kodandarami Reddy
Relatives	Sunil Reddy (brother)

Early life

Vaibhav Reddy was born in Chennai to Telugu filmmaker A. Kodandarami Reddy.^[1] He did his schooling at the Cambridge Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Lloyds Road, Chennai, Tamil Nadu and at St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Chennai.^[2] His elder brother, Sunil Reddy, made his acting debut with Seethakaathi (2018).^[3]

Career

He made his acting debut in 2007, starring in the Telugu film Godava under his father's direction which didn't do well at the box office. Before he made his debut, he was trained at the Asha Chandra School of Acting in Mumbai and also with Sathyanand of Vizag.^[4] He next starred in the Tamil comedy-thriller film Saroja.^[5] The film, a Venkat Prabhu directorial was a critical as well as commercial success, bringing fame to Vaibhav.^[6] He worked with the same team again in another comedy film Goa that released in early 2010.^[7]

His next release was Easan by director M. Sasikumar.^[8] He worked for the third time with Venkat Prabhu in Mankatha starring Ajith Kumar alongside Arjun Sarja.^[9] The film released generally to positive reviews while marking the second highest-grossing opening for a Tamil film and become big blockbuster.^[10] In 2014, he had first solo lead role in Damaal Dumeel ^[11] in which he played a typical software industry professional.^[12] He has also acted in Anamika, a remake of Bollywood film Kahaani.^[13] and Kappal in which he is a small town boy, who moves to the city.^[11] He played the role of a stage performer in Meyaadha Maan.^[14] His next in a lead role, Sixer directed by debutant Chachi and then RK Nagar was released on 17 December 2019 in Netflix.^[15][16] His two films in 2020 are Taana and Lock Up.^[17][18] In 2021, he starred in web series, Live Telecast with Kajal Aggarwal followed by Malaysia To Amnesia with Vani Bhojan.^[19][20]

In 2024, with his 25th film, Ranam Aram Thavarel, Vaibhav goes diametrically opposite to his strong comedy suit and plays a more restrained, straight-faced character in an interesting investigation thriller.^[21] He was seen in his next film The Greatest of All Time which features Vijay in the lead.^[22] He is making a comeback to Tollywood with SonyLIV's web series Bench Life.^[23]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

List of Vaibhav Reddy film credits

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
2007	Godava	Balu	Telugu		[24]
2008	Saroja	Ram Babu	Tamil		[25]
2009	Kasko	Vamsi	Telugu		[26]
2010	Goa	Ramarajan	Tamil		[27]
	Easan	Chezhian Deivanayagam			[28]
2011	Mankatha	Sumanth			[29]
2013	Action 3D	Shiva	Telugu		[30]
	Biriyani	Himself	Tamil	Cameo appearance
2014	Bramman	Himself		Cameo appearance	[31]
	Damaal Dumeel	Moneykandan			[32]
	Anaamika	SI Parthasarathi	Telugu	Bilingual film	[33]
	Nee Enge En Anbe		Tamil		[34]
	Kappal	Vasu	Tamil		[35]
2015	Aambala	Kumaran	Tamil		[36]
	Masss	Ghost		Cameo appearance
2016	Aranmanai 2	Arun		Cameo appearance
	Hello Naan Pei Pesuren	Amudhan			[37]
	Iraivi	Vasanth		Guest appearance
	Muthina Kathirika	Sanjay		Guest appearance
	Chennai 600028 II	Maruthupandi			[38]
2017	Nibunan	Sandeep		Bilingual film; Kannada Debut
	Vismaya		Kannada		[39]
	Meyaadha Maan	Idhayam Murali	Tamil		[40]
2019	Petta	Idhayam Murali		Special appearance in the song "Aaha Kalyanam"
	Sixer	Aadhi			[41]
	Petromax	Himself		Cameo appearance
	RK Nagar	Shankar			[42]
2020	Taana	Shakthi			[43]
	Lock Up	Vasanth			[44]
2021	Malaysia To Amnesia	Arunkumar Krishnamoorthy		Also producer	[45]
2022	Manmadha Leelai	Himself		Cameo appearance
	Kaatteri	Kiran			[46]
	Buffoon	Kumaran
2023	Custody	Singer		Cameo appearance	[47]
			Telugu	Cameo appearance
2024	Ranam Aram Thavarel	Shiva	Tamil	25th Film	[48]
	The Greatest of All Time	Sha			[49]
2025	Perusu	Duraikannu			[50]
TBA	Aalambana †	Anbu		Delayed	[51]
	Chennai City Gangsters †	Paandi		Delayed	[52]

Television

List of Vaibhav Reddy television credits

Year	Title	Role	Language	Network	Notes	Ref.
2021	Live Telecast	Shekhar	Tamil	Disney+Hotstar	Web Debut	[53]
2023	Accidental Farmer and Co	Chellakannu		SonyLIV		[54]
	Modern Love Chennai	Mallika's husband		Amazon Prime Video	Under Segment "Kaadal Enbandu Kannula Heart Irrukkura Emoji"	[55]
2024	Bench Life	G. Balram	Telugu	SonyLIV