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Murali during press conference of Ugramm in 2014.
Born
Sri Murali Gowda

(1981-12-17) 17 December 1981 (age 42)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Other namesMurali Dev, Roaring Star
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present
Spouse
Vidya
​
(m. 2008)​
Children2
Parent
Relatives Vijay Raghavendra (brother)
Prashanth Neel (brother-in-law)
See Rajkumar family

Sri Murali Gowda (born 17 December 1981), [1] known as Sriimurali and sometimes Sri or Murali, [2] is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Kannada cinema. After making his debut in 2003 in Chandra Chakori , he appeared in Kanti as the eponymous lead, a performance that won him the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor in 2004. [3] [4] His performance in the 2014 Kannada film Ugramm received unanimous praise and emerged as a major success. [5]

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Early and personal life

Sriimurali was born on 17 December 1981 in Bangalore, Karnataka, in a family of film people. His father S. A. Chinne Gowda is a film producer and brother Vijay Raghavendra, an actor. Actor Rajkumar was his uncle and actors Shiva Rajkumar and Puneeth Rajkumar his cousins. He married his Telugu girlfriend, Vidya from Andhra, [6] on 11 May 2008. [7] [8] They have a son - Agastya and a daughter - Atheeva together, who are born in 2009 and 2014 respectively. [9] Vidya is the sister of Prashanth Neel, a director in Kannada cinema, and cousin of Aadarsh Balakrishna, an actor in Telugu Cinema. [10]

Career

Sriimurali made his debut in films in 2003 with a romance film, Chandra Chakori . The film performed well and his performance received praise. [11] [12] In Kanti set in the backdrop of the Karnataka–Maharashtra border dispute, he played the eponymous lead of a college student who, on falling in love with a Marathi girl, gets embroiled politically. [13] His performance won him the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor. [14]

Sriimurali then appeared in films such as Yashwanth , Siddhu , Shambu and Preethigaagi , which did not perform well at the box office. In 2008, he appeared in Minchina Ota , produced by his father, also starring brother Vijay Raghavendra. He also takes care of the production responsibilities of his family banner Sowbhagya Pictures, under which several films produced by his father were made such as Sevanthi Sevanthi and Ganesha Matthe Banda . [15] After hits Chandra Chakori, and Kanti, Sri Murali could not keep up the expectations of the audiences and all of his consecutive films were flops. [16] [17]

Prashanth Neel (Murali's brother in law) came up with an action drama story in 2008, exclusively for taking off Sri Murali's career again on a high note. The movie was initially named Nandhe and later changed to Ugramm . It took nearly 4–5 years for completion of the project, which marked Neel's directorial debut. The film was released in 2014. In the film, Sri Murali played the role of Agastya, a mechanic, who protects Nithya (played by Haripriya) from being caught alive by goons, and takes on the mafia. The film emerged as a critical and commercial success with his performance receiving acclaim. [2] A. Sharadhaa of The Indian Express wrote: "This is definitely a 'comeback' film for Murali, a carefully thought-out project for him by the director. Murali is smarter than he looks and tougher than people expected him to be." [18] He received his first nominations for Best Actor in Filmfare Awards South and SIIMA Awards. Following the massive success of the film, it was reported that he was flooded with offers for film totaling to 67, all of which he rejected. [19]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleNotesRef.
2003 Chandra Chakori PuttarajuDebut as lead role
2004 Kanti Srikantha "Kanti"
2005 Yashwanth Yeshwanthcredited as Murali Dev [20]
Siddhu Siddharth "Siddhu" [21]
Shambu Shambu [22]
2006 Gopi Gopicredited as Murali Dev [23]
2007 Preethigaagi Sanjay
2008 Minchina Ota Bhadra
2009 Shivamani Shivamani
Yagna Yagna
2010 Sihigali Dharani
Sri Harikathe Hari
2011 Hare Rama Hare Krishna Rama / Krishna
2012 Sri Kshetra Adichunchanagiri Sri Balagandhranatha Swami
2013 Loosegalu Kabira
Bhajarangi HimselfSpecial appearance in song "Bossu Nam Bossu"
2014 Ugramm Agastya
Adyaksha HimselfSpecial appearance in song "Phonu Illa"
2015 Muraari Muraari
Rathavara RathavaraAlso playback singer for song "Hudugi Kannu"
2017 Raj Vishnu MuraliSpecial appearance
Mufti Gana
2019 Bharaate Jagan Mohan / Jaya RatnakaraDual role
2021 Madhagaja Surya
2024 Bagheera †TBAFilming [24]
Nande†TBAFilming
As narrator
As singer
YearFilmSongCo-singerComposer
2016 Zoom "Hey Diwana" Radhika Pandit S. Thaman

Awards

FilmAwardCategoryResultRef.
Kanti 2004–05 Karnataka State Film Awards Best Actor Won [26] [3] [27]
Ugramm 62nd Filmfare Awards South Best Actor Nominated [28] [29]
4th SIIMA Awards Best Actor Nominated [30]
Mufti 7th SIIMA Awards Best ActorNominated [31] [32]
Critics Choice - Best Actor Won
Bharaate 9th SIIMA Awards Best ActorNominated

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