Metro Shirish

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Metro Shirish
Born
Shirish Saravanan

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation actor
Years active2016 – present
Known forMetro

Shirish Saravanan, known also as Metro Shirish [1] [2] for his work in his debut film Metro , is an actor from Tamil film industry.

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Career

It was in college, that he met Ananda Krishnan, who after conducting an audition decided to cast him as the lead in his next movie. [3] His performance in Ananda Krishnan's Metro garnered him rave reviews with many critics appreciating his notable performance in the movie along with Filmfare's award for Best Male Debut-South. [4] [5] In 2018, he acted in Raja Ranguski with director Dharanidharan is alongside Chandini Tamilarasan. [6] His next film, which started filming in August 2017, is a village based entertainer titled Pistha, which is directed by the editor of Metro, Ramesh Bharathi. Mrudula Murali and Arundhati Nair are the lady leads. Notably, this film will be music director Dharan's 25th project. [7]

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleNotes
2016 Metro ArivazhaganWon Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South [8]
Won Edison Award for Best Debut Actor [9]
2018 Raja Ranguski Raja
2021 Blood Money Sudhan
2022 Pistha Saravanan

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