Sidharth Bharathan

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Sidharth Bharathan
Born (1983-05-26) 26 May 1983 (age 40)
Occupations
  • Film actor
  • director
  • screenwriter
Years active2002–present
Spouse
Sujina Sreedhar
(m. 2019)
Children1
Parents

Sidharth Bharathan (born 26 May 1983), is an Indian actor, screenwriter and film director who prominently works in Malayalam films.

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Career

The son of director Bharathan and actress K. P. A. C. Lalitha, he began his film career through the Malayalam film Nammal (2002) as an actor. He made his directorial debut and played the lead role in Nidra (2012), it was a remake of the 1981 Malayalam film of the same name directed by his father. [1] Sidharth has also worked as a scenarist for the film Isha, a segment in the anthology film 5 Sundarikal .

Accident and aftermath

Sidharth was seriously injured in an accident on 11 September 2015. The Ford Figo car he was driving hit a wall on the road at Chambakkara near Kochi and the actor sustained serious injuries in his leg and head. He was in the ventilator of the Medical Trust Hospital in Kochi. [2]

Personal life

He was married to Anju Mohan Das since 12 December 2008 for about five years and later divorced in 2013. On 31 August 2019, he married Sujina. [3]

Filmography

As actor

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Nammal Shyam
2004Youth FestivalArjun
KakkakarumbanRamesan
Rasikan Sudhi
Ennittum Jeeth
2012 Nidra Raju
Spirit Sameer
2013 Rebecca Uthup Kizhakkemala Arjun
Olipporu [4]
2015 Njan Ninnodu Koodeyundu
2016Koppayile Kodumkattu
2023 Vela SI Ashok Kumar [5]
2024 Bramayugam Kodumon Potti's cook [6]
TBA Bazooka TBA [7]

As director

YearTitleNotes
2012 Nidra Remake of the 1981 film of the same name [8]
2015 Chandrettan Evideya
2017 Varnyathil Aashanka
2022 Chathuram
2023 Djinn [9] [10]

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