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Sharwanand at Oke Oka Jeevitham pre-release event in 2022
Born
Sharwanand Myneni

(1984-03-06) March 6, 1984 (age 40) [1]
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
Alma mater Wesley College
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
Years active2003–present
Spouse
Rakshitha Reddy
​
(m. 2023)​
Children1(Leela Devi Myneni)

Sharwanand Myneni (born 6 March 1984), known mononymously as Sharwanand, is an Indian actor and producer who primarily works in Telugu films alongside a few Tamil films. He made his acting debut in 2004 with the film Aidho Tareekhu.

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For Engeyum Eppodhum (2011), he received SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut - Tamil, he has also won Nandi Special Jury Award for Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju (2015). [2]

Sharwanand initially acted in films including Prasthanam , Engeyum Eppodhum, Run Raja Run and Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju . He then starred in several films including Express Raja , Shathamanam Bhavati and Mahanubhavudu .

Early and personal life

Sharwanand Myneni was born in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh to Myneni Vasundhara Devi and Myneni Ratnagiri Vara Prasad Rao, and brought up in Hyderabad, Telangana. [3] He did his schooling from The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet, where he was classmates with Ram Charan and Rana Daggubati. [4] He then completed his B.Com from Wesley Degree College, Secunderabad. [4] During his college days, Sharwanand was selected as "The Hindu's Best New Face". At the age of 17, Sharwanand attended Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute in Mumbai.

Sharwanand hails from a closely knit business family. Ram Pothineni, who is also an actor, is his cousin. [5]

Sharwanand got engaged to Rakshita Reddy, a US-based techie and daughter of the Andhra Pradesh High Court lawyer, Pasunoor Madhusudhan Reddy, on 26 January 2023. [3] [6] [7] They married on 3 June 2023 in The Leela Palace, in Jaipur. [8]

Career

Early career and supporting roles (2003–⁠2005)

Sharwanand first came to media attention in a Thums Up advertisement with Chiranjeevi. He later made his acting debut in Telugu with Aidho Tareeku in 2003 and proceeded to share screen space with Chiranjeevi in Shankar Dada M.B.B.S. and with Venkatesh in Sankranthi and Lakshmi in supporting roles.

Critical acclaim and forays into Tamil cinema (2005–⁠2014)

Sharwanand rose to stardom with Vennela (2005) and Amma Cheppindi (2006), the latter of which earned him critical acclaim. [9] He then acted in films like Gamyam (2008) and Andari Bandhuvaya (2010) which, despite being sleeper hits, earned Nandi Awards. Prasthanam was a cult classic. These films won him accolades.

Sharwanand then forayed into Tamil cinema with films such as Naalai Namadhe (2009) and Engeyum Eppodhum (2011). [10] [11] In 2012, Sharwanand made his debut as a producer with his film, Ko Ante Koti , which was produced under Sarvaa Arts. [12]

Commercial breakthrough and success (2014–⁠present)

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 directorial venture JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai , which was released in Telugu in 2016 with Nithya Menen was below average at the box office. [13]

Sharwanand's movie Sathamanam Bhavati collected almost 50 crores, [14] 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 to mixed reviews. Sharwanand then 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 [15] which is a remake of his own Tamil film '96.

After that, he starred in Maha Samudram , with Siddharth, which was directed by Ajay Bhupathi of RX100 fame. It was produced by Anil Sunkara. However, it released to negative reviews and turned out to be a huge flop. He then starred in the science fiction time travel bilingual, Oke Oka Jeevitham , with Amala Akkineni, Ritu Varma, Vennela Kishore, and Priyadarshi Pullikonda. It was directed by Shree Karthick and produced by Dream Warrior Pictures. It released to generally positive reviews; after series of flops, it was a decent hit for him.

A political thriller directed by Krishna Chaitanya and bankrolled by People Media Factory, was launched with Sharwanand, Raashii Khanna, and Priyamani. However, due to undisclosed reasons, the film never started shooting and was eventually shelved. Sithara Entertainments decided to bankroll the film and launched it with Vishwak Sen and Anjali instead. People Media Factory instead backed and launched a romantic thriller with Sriram Adittya and Sharwanand, titled Manamey , set in London.

On 6 March 2024, his 36th and 37th films with Loser and Samajavaragamana fames Abhilash Reddy Kankara and Ram Abbaraju were launched, respectively. He also announced the birth of his daughter, Leela Devi Myneni, on the same day. [16]

Filmography

Note: All films are in Telugu unless noted otherwise

As actor

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleNotesRef.
2004Aidho TareekhuSharwanand [17]
Gowri Krishna
Shankar Dada M.B.B.S Vijay
Yuvasena Aravind
2005 Sankranthi Vamsi
Vennela Ritesh
2006 Lakshmi Lakshmi Narayana's step-brother
Amma Cheppindi Bose
Veedhi Surya
2007 Classmates Murali
2008 Gamyam Abhiram
2009Kadhalna Summa IllaiAbhiram Tamil film Partially reshot version of Gamyam
Naalai Namadhe RajuTamil film
Raju Maharaju Kalyan
2010 Andari Banduvaya Nandu
Prasthanam Mitra
2011 Engeyum Eppodhum GauthamTamil film

Won—SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut – Tamil

[18] [19]
2012 Nuvva Nena Anand
Ko Antey Koti VamsiAlso producer
2013 Satya 2 Satya
2014 Run Raja Run Raja Harishchandra PrasadNominated– Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu
2015 Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju Raja RamWon– Nandi Special Jury Award [20]
JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai Jayakumar "JK"Tamil film
2016 Express Raja Raja
Rajadhi Raja Jayakumar "JK"Partially reshot version of JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai
2017 Sathamanam Bhavati Raju
Radha SI Radha Krishna25th Film [21]
Mahanubhavudu Anand
2018 Padi Padi Leche Manasu Surya
2019 Ranarangam Deva
2020 Jaanu K. Ramachandra "Ram"
2021 Sreekaram Karthik
Maha Samudram Arjun [22]
2022 Aadavallu Meeku Johaarlu Chiru [23]
Oke Oka Jeevitham
Kanam 		Adhi alias Kutlu Telugu-Tamil bilingual film [24]
2024 Manamey †Filming [25]

As producer

YearFilmRoleNotes
2012 Ko Antey Koti ProducerSarvaa Arts Production

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryFilmResultRef.
2012 1st South Indian International Movie Awards Best Male Debut - Tamil Engaeyum Eppothum Won [26]
2015 62nd Filmfare Awards South Best Actor – Telugu Run Raja Run Nominated [27]
Nandi Awards Nandi Special Jury Award Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju Won [28]

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