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languages.

Personal life

Suresh was born in Sri Kalhasthi. His parents were also born in Sri Kalahasthi. His grandfather was from Nellore.

Career

Suresh started his career as an editing assistant and a dance assistant. One of his father's friends thought that he could become a successful lead actor. Suresh approached director C. V. Sridhar with a portfolio but was turned down. A few years later, Suresh played the lead in three of Sridhar's films. He then met director duo Santhana Bharathi and

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, who cast him as the lead in '' Panneer Pushpangal'' (1981). Suresh was simultaneously offered the lead role in

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's ''

Alaigal Oivathillai ''Alaigal Oivathillai'' () is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language romance film written and directed by Bharathiraja, from a story by Manivannan. The film stars two new debutants Karthik and Radha, while Thiagarajan, Silk Smitha and Kamala Kamesh app ...

'' (1981), which he turned down for the former film. Both films were large commercial successes. He became the prominent face of the Tamil Film Industry, through the 80's era. Suresh played the role of a lover in many films and produced four films and seven television serials before taking a hiatus in the 1990s. During the period he enhanced his career in Telugu cinema. Suresh made a comeback to Tamil cinema in 2006 with ''

Kizhakku Kadalkarai Salai ''Kizhakku Kadalkarai Salai'' () is a 2006 Tamil action romance film directed by S. S. Stanley. Srikanth and Bhavana played the lead roles. The film received poor reviews from critics. Plot The movie begins with an orphan Ganesh coming in sear ...

'' starring Srikanth. He played supporting roles including in ''

Aasal ''Aasal'' () () is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Saran. The film stars Ajith Kumar in the lead role, who is also credited for the story, dialogues, screenplay and co-direction of the film, while Sameera Reddy and ...

'' (2010) alongside Ajith Kumar. In 2012, Suresh appeared in the Tamil-Telugu bilingual film ''

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'' directed by Balaji Mohan, playing the character of Akilan Venkatesan, who was going through a mid-life crisis. A reviewer for The Hindu called the entire cast "effective". Suresh has hosted and judged six seasons of the competitive cooking game show ''Kitchen Superstar'' for Vijay TV. As a dubbing/voice-over artist, Suresh was the Tamil voice of the actor Ajith Kumar in ''

Aasai ''Aasai'' () () is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film, written and directed by Vasanth and produced by Mani Ratnam. The film stars Ajith Kumar and debutant Suvaluxmi, with Prakash Raj, Rohini, Poornam Viswanathan, Nizhalgal R ...

'' (1995) and the actor

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in '' Idhayathai Thirudathe'' (1989), '' Siva'' (1989), ''

Ratchagan ''Ratchagan'' () is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film written, produced by K. T. Kunjumon, and directed by Praveen Gandhi. It stars Nagarjuna and Sushmita Sen, alongside Raghuvaran, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vadivelu and Gir ...

'' (1997), ''

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'' (2012), and ''

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'' (2016). From 2018 to 2020, he has starred opposite

Khushbu Sundar Khushbu Sundar (born Nakhat Khan; 29 September 1970) is an Indian actress, politician, film producer and television presenter. She is known for her works predominantly in Tamil, besides Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada films. She is a rec ...

in the bilingual daily serial ''

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''.

Filmography

Actor

Voice actor

*1990 '' Udhayam'' for Nagarjuna (Tamil) *1995 ''

'' for Ajith Kumar (Tamil) *1997 ''

'' for

(Tamil) *1999 ''

'' for Ajay Kapoor (Tamil) *2001 ''

Mitr, My Friend ''Mitr, My Friend'' is a 2002 Indian English-language drama film directed by Revathi in her directorial debut, and written by V. Priya and Sudha Kongara Prasad. Set partly in India and the US, the film was also noted for having an all-woman crew ...

'' for Nasir Abdullah (Telugu) *2018 '' Nawaab'' for Arvind Swamy (Telugu) *2019 ''

'' for

(Tamil)

Producer and director

*2002 ''Raghava'' (Telugu)

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Suresh Indian male film actors Male actors in Telugu cinema Male actors in Tamil cinema Living people 1963 births Indian male voice actors Telugu film producers Male actors from Andhra Pradesh People from Chittoor district Film producers from Andhra Pradesh 20th-century Indian male actors 21st-century Indian male actors Best Child Artist National Film Award winners