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

Malayalam films Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, ''Elippathayam' ...

Career

The son of director

Bharathan Bharathan (14 November 1946 – 30 July 1998) was an Indian film maker, artist, and art director. Bharathan is noted for being the founder of a new school of film making in Malayalam cinema, along with Padmarajan and K. G. George, in th ...

and actress K. P. A. C. Lalitha, he began his film career through the Malayalam film ''

Nammal ''Nammal'' () is a 2002 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy-drama film directed by Kamal and written by Kalavoor Ravikumar. The film features Jishnu, Sidharth Bharathan in the lead roles. It was the debut film of Sidharth, Renuka, and ...

'' (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. Sidharth has also worked as a

scenarist A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. T ...

for the film ''Isha'', a segment in the anthology film '' 5 Sundarikal''.

Accident & Aftermath

Sidharth was seriously injured in an accident on 11 September 2015. The

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car he was driving hit a wall on the road at Chambakkara near

Kochi Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of K ...

and the actor sustained serious injuries in his leg and head. He was in the ventilator of the Medical Trust Hospital in Kochi.

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. They have a daughter Kayalvizhi born on 22 July 2020.

Filmography

As actor

As director

References

External links

* Living people Male actors from Chennai Male actors in Malayalam cinema Indian male film actors Malayalam film directors 21st-century Indian film directors 1983 births 21st-century Indian male actors Film directors from Chennai {{India-actor-stub