Bharath Reddy is an Indian actor who appears in

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and Tamil language films. A

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by profession, Reddy made a breakthrough portraying a police officer in

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's Telugu–Tamil bilingual film '' Eenadu / Unnaipol Oruvan'' (2009).

Career

Bharath Reddy was born in

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, a suburb of Tirupathi,

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. He was brought up in

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, completing his schooling from

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. He completed his medical degree from

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, in

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, and then went on to complete his diploma in

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. He started working as a Junior Consulting Cardiologist at

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, and

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. He did close to a dozen films in walk-in roles and in characters as a villain's henchman, before being noticed for his work in

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's '' Siddham'' (2009). After being impressed by his performance in that film,

selected him to play a police officer in his bilingual film '' Unnaipol Oruvan'', where Bharath was able to act with veteran actors

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and

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. Since then he has appeared in notable Telugu films including the

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-starrers ''

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'' and ''

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'', as well as playing a role in

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's ''

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''. He has also worked in Tamil films including as a police officer in Radha Mohan's '' Payanam'', ''

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'' and most recently, '' Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal'' as

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's brother-in-law.

Filmography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reddy, Bharath Indian male film actors Male actors in Tamil cinema Living people Male actors in Telugu cinema People from Tirupati Yerevan State Medical University alumni Male actors from Chennai 21st-century Indian male actors Male actors from Andhra Pradesh Telugu male actors 1978 births