Sharwanand

Sharwanand Myneni (born 6 March 1984) is an Indian film actor who works in Telugu films, alongside a few Tamil films. He received SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut for his work in Engeyum Eppodhum (2012), and a Nandi Special Jury Award for Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju (2015).

Sharwanand
Sharwanand in 2016
Born	Sharwanand Myneni[1] 6 March 1984[2] Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation	Film actor
Years active	2001–present

Early life

Sharwanand Myneni was born in Vijayawada and brought up in Hyderabad. He has done his schooling from The Hyderabad Public School and completed his Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) from Wesley Degree College, Secunderabad.[3] 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 very close knit business family. He was a classmate of Ram Charan and Rana Daggubati.[3]

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 07th February 2020, titled as Jaanu. It was directed by C. Prem Kumar [7] which is a remake of his own Tamil film '96.

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2004	Idava Tareekhu	Un­known	Telugu
	Yuvasena	Aravind	Telugu
	Gowri	Un­known	Telugu
	Shankar Dada M.B.B.S	Vijay	Telugu
2005	Sankranthi	Vamsi	Telugu
	Vennela	Ritesh	Telugu
2006	Lakshmi	Lakshmi Narayana's brother	Telugu
	Amma Cheppindi	Bose	Telugu
	Veedhi	Surya	Telugu
2007	Classmates	Murali	Telugu
2008	Gamyam	Abhiram	Telugu
2009	Kadhalna Summa Illai	Abhiram	Tamil
	Naalai Namadhe	Raju	Tamil
	Raju Maharaju	Kalyan	Telugu
2010	Andari Banduvaya	Nandu	Telugu
	Prasthanam	Mitra	Telugu
2011	Engeyum Eppodhum	Gautham	Tamil	SIIMA Awards - Best Male Debutant[8][9]
2012	Nuvva Nena	Anand	Telugu
	Ko Antey Koti	Vamsi	Telugu	Also producer
2013	Satya 2	Satya	Telugu
2014	Run Raja Run	Raja Harishchandra Prasad	Telugu	Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu
2015	Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju	Raja Ram	Telugu	Nandi Special Jury Award (Additional Recommendation)[10]
	JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai	Jayakumar / JK	Tamil	Tamil-Telugu Bilingual film
2016	Rajadhi Raja		Telugu
	Express Raja	Raja	Telugu
2017	Sathamanam Bhavati	Raju	Telugu
	Radha	SI Radha Krishna	Telugu
	Mahanubhavudu	Anand	Telugu
2018	Padi Padi Leche Manasu	Surya	Telugu
2019	Ranarangam	Deva	Telugu
2020	Jaanu	K. Ramachandra "Ram"	Telugu
2021	Sreekaram	TBA	Telugu	Filming[11]
	Maha Samudram	TBA	Telugu Tamil	Filming[12]
	Untitled film co-starring Ritu Varma	TBA	Telugu Tamil	Completed[13]

References

1. "'Run Raja Run' cast: Here's a list of actors and the characters they play". Republic World. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
2. "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.
3. "Sharwanand interview - Telugu Cinema interview - Telugu film hero". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
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" – 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. "Award for Engeyum Eppodhum director". Behindwoods. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
9. "Engeyum Eppothum movie gets honored". Supergoodmovies.com. 8 December 2011. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
10. "Nandi Film Awards G.O and Results 2015". APSFTVTDC.
11. "Sharwanand's next titled Sreekaaram; goes on floors in August - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
12. "From Sreekaram To Maha Samudram, 4 Upcoming Movies Of Sharwanand". The Times of India.
13. "Sharwanand and Ritu Varma's Telugu-Tamil bilingual wraps up its shoot - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 January 2021.