Sibi Sathyaraj

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Sibiraj
Born
Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
NationalityIndian
Other namesSibi
Education Bachelor of Commerce
Alma mater Loyola College, Chennai
Occupation Actor
Years active2003–present
Spouse
Revathi
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(m. 2008)​
Children2
Parents

Sibi Sathyaraj (also credited as Sibiraj) is an Indian actor working in the Tamil film industry. He is the son of actor Sathyaraj.

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Education

Sibi did his schooling in Sherwood Hall Senior Secondary School and Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School [1] and Loyola College, Chennai, where he completed a degree in commerce.

Film career

In early 2003, Sibi was set to make his acting debut through Swami, the Tamil remake of the Malayalam film Nandanam (2003), directed by Renjith. However, despite beginning pre-production work, the film was later dropped. [2]

Sibi then started his acting career with the 2003 film Student Number 1 , which was a box office failure. [3] In his next four films, Jore (2004), Mannin Maindhan (2005), Vetrivel Sakthivel (2005) and Kovai Brothers (2006), he acted with his father, Sathyaraj, who also produced Sibi's following project, Lee (2007), directed by Prabhu Solomon, where he played the role of a football player. [4] In his early years, several films he was announced to be part of, such as Perumal Swamy, [3] Pattasu and Mamu, were shelved midway. [5]

Subsequently, Sibi took a break from acting; his next film, Naanayam (2010). was released three years after Lee. The film, directed by Shakti Soundar Rajan, saw Sibi playing his first negative role. [6] Although his performance was well received, the film did not fare well. [7] Following Naanayam he went on another sabbatical, during which he pursued an acting workshop at the New York Film Academy (NYFA) in Los Angeles for three months, [8] before returning in 2014 with Naaigal Jaakirathai , again directed by Shakti Soundar Rajan. [9] The film, which Sibi reportedly accepted after having listening to more than 200 scripts, [10] featured him alongside a Belgian Shepherd dog as the protagonist. [11] His next titles were Pokkiri Raja (2016), Jackson Durai (2016), Kattappava Kanom (2017) and Sathya (2017). [12] [13] [14] [15]

In 2020, Sibiraj played a cop in the action crime thriller Walter , directed by U. Anbarasan. [16] Then he appeared in Kabadadaari (2021) a neo-noir thriller directed by Pradeep Krishnamoorthy, a remake of the Kannada film Kavaludaari . [17]

Personal life

On 14 September 2008, Sibi married Revathi, an engineer who works for an IT company in Chennai. [18] The two had been in a relationship for thirteen years before getting married. [19]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleNotes
2003 Student Number 1 Sibi
2004 Jore Sakthi
2005 Mannin Maindhan Kathir
Vetrivel Sakthivel Sakthivel
2006 Kovai Brothers Vasanth
Nenjil HimselfCameo appearance
2007 Lee Leelatharan
2010 Naanayam Fareed
2014 Naaigal Jaakirathai Inspector Karthik Chinnamalai
2016 Pokkiri Raja "Cooling Glass" Guna
2016 Jackson Durai SI Sathya
2017 Kattappava Kaanom "Bad Luck" Pandian
Sathya Sathya
2020 Walter DSP Walter IPS
2021 Kabadadaari SI Shakti
2022 Ranga Ranga
Maayon Arjun Manimaran
Vattam Mano

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  14. ↑ "Kattapava Kanom Review {3/5}: The film never manages to transcend its material". The Times of India .
  15. ↑ "Sathya (Aka) Sathyaa review". 7 December 2017.
  16. ↑ "Walter review. Walter Tamil movie review, story, rating".
  17. ↑ "Kabadadaari (Aka) Kabadadaarii review". 28 January 2021.
  18. ↑ "Who is Sibiraj tyying the knot with? Behindwoods.com. 12 July 2008
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