Sharwanand

Sharwanand Myneni (born 6 March 1984) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Telugu films alongside a few Tamil films. He made his acting debut with Engeyum Eppodhum (2012), for which he received SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut, he has also won Nandi Special Jury Award for Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju (2015).

Sharwanand
Sharwanand in 2016
Born
Sharwanand Myneni

(1984-03-06) 6 March 1984[1]
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Alma materWesley Degree College, Secunderabad
Occupation
  • Actor
  • Producer
Years active2003–present

Sharwanand initially acted in films including Prasthanam, Engeyum Eppodhum, Run Raja Run and Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju. He then established himself with successful films including Express Raja, Sathamanam Bhavati, Mahanubhavudu, Radha, Jaanu and Sreekaram.

Early life

Sharwanand Myneni was born in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh and brought up in Hyderabad, Telangana. He has done his schooling from The Hyderabad Public School and completed his Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) from Wesley Degree College, Secunderabad.[2] During his college days, Sharwanand was selected as "The Hindu's Best New Face". Sharwanand is also a trained dancer and very passionate about movies. At the age of 17, Sharwanand attended Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute in Mumbai.

Sharwanand hails from a closely knit business family. Actor Ram Pothineni is his cousin.[3] He was a classmate of actors Ram Charan and Rana Daggubati.[2]

Career

Sharwanand first came to media attention in a Thumbs Up advertisement with Chiranjeevi. He made his acting debut in Telugu with 5va Tareeku in 2003. Later, Sharwanand shared screen space with popular stars like Chiranjeevi in Shankar Dada M.B.B.S. and with Venkatesh in Sankranthi and Lakshmi.

Sharwanand rose to stardom with Vennela and Amma Cheppindi. Films like Gamyam and Andari Banduvaya were labeled as underrated hit films but Prasthanam was a cult classic. These films won him accolades. Sharwanand then forayed into Kollywood with Kadhalna Summa Illai, a remake of Gamyam, but it did not perform well at box office. Sharwanand's second Tamil film was Naalai Namadhe (2009), directed by Vinayan. Sharwanand's third film was Engeyum Eppodhum (2011). In 2012, Sharwanand made his debut as a producer with his film, Ko Ante Koti, which was produced under Sarvaa Arts.[4]

Sharwanand got his commercial breakthrough with the film, Run Raja Run, which was one of the blockbusters of the year 2014. This film, produced by UV Creations, was the second venture after their first blockbuster film, Mirchi. Sharwanand's portrayal of the lead, Raja, won him accolades. Sharwanand new look in the film with bright and colourful outfits is an added boost for his character's portrayal. Sharwanand's next film was Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju, with Nithya Menen, directed by Kranthi Madhav, which received positive applause from critics and ran as a decent movie. Sharwanand's following film was Express Raja, which was a hit at the box office.

Cheran's bilingual (Telugu/Tamil) directorial venture JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai, which was released in Telugu in 2016 with Nithya Menen was below average at the box office.[5]

Sharwanand's movie Sathamanam Bhavati collected almost 50 crores,[6] produced by Dil Raju and directed by Satish Vegesna.

Sharwanand released his 25th film titled Radha, which was produced by the noted producer B. V. S. N. Prasad under his production banner SVCC cinema, but it turned out to be an average movie. Sharwanand starred in Mahanubhavudu, which released on 29 September 2017, directed by Maruthi and gained critical and commercial success. Sharwanand's last movie was released on 7 February 2020, titled as Jaanu. It was directed by C. Prem Kumar [7] which is a remake of his own Tamil film '96.

Filmography

As actor
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
  • All films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.
Year Film Role Notes Ref.
2004Aidho TareekhuSharwanandDebut Film [8]
GowriKrishna
Shankar Dada M.B.B.SVijay
YuvasenaAravind
2005SankranthiVamsi
VennelaRitesh
2006LakshmiLakshmi Narayana's step brother
Amma CheppindiBose
VeedhiSurya
2007ClassmatesMurali
2008GamyamAbhiram
2009Kadhalna Summa IllaiAbhiramTamil film debut
Naalai NamadheRajuTamil film
Raju MaharajuKalyan
2010Andari BanduvayaNandu
PrasthanamMitra
2011Engeyum EppodhumGauthamTamil film; SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut–Tamil [9][10]
2012Nuvva NenaAnand
Ko Antey KotiVamsiAlso producer
2013Satya 2Satya
2014Run Raja RunRaja Harishchandra PrasadNominated - Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu
2015Malli Malli Idi Rani RojuRaja RamNandi Special Jury Award (additional recommendation) [11]
JK Enum Nanbanin VaazhkaiJayakumar "JK"Tamil film
2016 Express RajaRaja
Rajadhi RajaJayakumar "JK"
2017Sathamanam BhavatiRaju
RadhaSI Radha Krishna [12]
MahanubhavuduAnand
2018Padi Padi Leche ManasuSurya
2019RanarangamDeva
2020 JaanuK. Ramachandra "Ram"
2021 SreekaramKarthik
Maha Samudram Arjun [13]
2022 Aadavallu Meeku Johaarlu Chiru [14]
Oke Oka JeevithamTBAShot simultaneously in Tamil as Kanam; post-production [15]

As producer
Year Film Role Notes
2012 Ko Antey Koti Producer Sarvaa Arts Production

See also
  • List of Telugu actors

References
  1. "Happy Birthday Sharwanand: Fans pour the Jaanu actor with wishes on Twitter as he turns 35 - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  2. "Sharwanand interview - Telugu Cinema interview - Telugu film hero". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  3. "8 lesser-known Siblings of Tollywood, see the list". Times Of India. 22 August 2021.
  4. "directors-flock-to-sharwanand". Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  5. Rangan, Baradwaj (13 March 2015). "JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai: A melodrama pulls its punches by getting all hip on us". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  6. "Shatamanam Bhavati Final Total WW Collections| AndhraBoxOffice.com". andhraboxoffice.com. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  7. "sharwanand-is-off-to-nepal". Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  8. "Happy Birthday Sharwanand: Fans pour the Jaanu actor with wishes on Twitter as he turns 35 - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  9. "Award for Engeyum Eppodhum director". Behindwoods. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  10. "Engeyum Eppothum movie gets honored". Supergoodmovies.com. 8 December 2011. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  11. "Nandi Film Awards G.O and Results 2015". APSFTVTDC.
  12. Rajamani, Radhika. "Sharwanand shoots for his 25th film". Rediff. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  13. "From Sreekaram To Maha Samudram, 4 Upcoming Movies Of Sharwanand". The Times of India.
  14. "Title poster of Rashmika-Sharwanand film 'Aadavaallu Meeku Johaarlu' released". The News Minute. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  15. "Sharwanand's next titled Oke Oka Jeevitham". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
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