Srikanth

Some Lesser Known Facts About Srikanth

• Srikanth was born in Chennai to a Telugu father from Chittoor and a Tamil mother from Kumbakonam. His family hails from Tirupati, and he grew up in Hyderabad.

  

• His father worked at the State Bank of India. He had an elder brother who passed away due to dengue after returning from the United States.

  

• In Telugu films, he uses the name Sriram to avoid confusion with actor Meka Srikanth.

• After his initial years as a model, he was trained in acting by then-assistant directors such as Vetrimaaran and Mysskin in the early 2000s.

• Srikanth was initially selected for lead roles in Kadhal Virus and 12B but was later replaced in both. After a few missed opportunities with directors like Bharathiraja and K. Balachander, he made his debut with Roja Kootam (2002), which earned him the nickname Roja Kootam Srikanth.

• In 2007, he married his girlfriend, Vandana, who completed her MBA in Australia, without informing their parents, but she later filed a case claiming he refused to accept her as his wife. They later remarried with their families’ permission.

  

• He has acted in many films, such as Mercury Pookkal (2006), in which he played ‘Karthik,’ and Kannai Nambathey (2023), where he played ‘Ilamaran.’

• In 2013, he launched his production house, Golden Friday Films and also produced the film Nambiyaar in 2016.

• In 2020, after completing 18 years in the Tamil film industry, he said in an interview that he wasn’t affected by trolling on social media.

• He featured in many Telugu TV shows, including Recce (2022, streamed on ZEE5) as Lenin, and Harikatha (2024, streamed on Disney+ Hotstar) as Virat.

• He made headlines in June 2025, when the police arrested him on drug charges.

  

• He is an animal lover and has a pet dog.