Sundeep Kishan (born 7th May 1987) is an Indian actor and producer who works in predominately in

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and

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Career

Sandeep Kishan was born in a

family in present-day

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

. He is the nephew to the cinematographers Chota K. Naidu and

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. He moved to

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in 2008 to pursue a career in films. Kishan began working as an assistant director to

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for a year, before starring in ''

Sneha Geetham ''Sneha Geetham '' () is a 2010 Telugu-language coming of age drama film written and directed by Madhura Sreedhar Reddy and produced by Sridhar Lagadapati. It features three pairs Sundeep Kishan, Suhani Kalita, Chaitanya Krishna, Ria, Venky ...

''. After working with him in ''

Prasthanam ''Prasthanam'' () is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language political action drama film written and directed by Deva Katta. The film was produced by Ravi Vallabhaneni under VRC Media & Entertainment banner. The film stars Sharwanand, Sai Kumar, Sundeep K ...

'' (2010), director

Deva Katta Deva Katta is an Indian American film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema. He directed cult classic Telugu movies such as ''Vennela'' (2005), ''Prasthanam'' (2010), ''Autonagar Surya'' (2014) and ''Republic (film)'' (2021). In ...

referred Kishan to his friends Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K., which led to Kishan's casting in his first Hindi venture, ''

Shor in the City ''Shor in the City'' () is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K., and produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor starring Tusshar Kapoor, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Preeti Desai, Girija Oak, Radhika ...

''. He also did the Telugu movie ''DK Bose'' (2018), opposite Nisha Aggarwal. Kishan stated that he was very happy since his 2015 released film ''Tiger'' was appreciated by actors like

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and

R. Narayana Murthy R. Narayana Murthy (born 31 December 1954), also known as People's Star, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, composer, singer, and producer. He works predominantly in Telugu Cinema. He received Nandi Special Jury Award for his film ''Dan ...

. He has also acted in ''Venkatadri Express'' and '' Ra Ra... Krishnayya''. After ''

Maanagaram ''Maanagaram'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language hyperlink action thriller film that was written and directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, and produced by S. R. Prabhu. The film stars Sri, Sundeep Kishan, and Regina Cassandra, and its soundtrack ...

'', Sundeep signed for his next project titled ''

Nenjil Thunivirundhal ''Nenjil Thunivirundhal'' () is a 2017 Indian action drama film written and directed by Suseenthiran. It is shot simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu languages, the latter titled ''C/O Surya''. The film stars Sundeep Kishan, Mehreen Pirzada, Vi ...

'', directed by

Suseenthiran Suseenthiran is an Indian film director and screenwriter in Tamil cinema. He rose to fame with his directorial debut ''Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu'' (2009). Career Suseenthiran, who originally hails from a small village called Amarapoondi in Palan ...

Other work

Kishan owns a restaurant chain in

named ''Vivaha Bhojanambhu.'' He also started a saloon business Express Unisex in

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Filmography

Film

Television

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kishan, Sudeep Living people 21st-century Indian male actors Indian male film actors Male actors in Telugu cinema Male actors in Tamil cinema Male actors in Hindi cinema Male actors from Chennai Telugu male actors 1987 births