Sibi Sathyaraj (also credited as Sibiraj) is an Indian actor working in the

Tamil film industry Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollyw ...

. He is the son of actor

Sathyaraj Rangaraj Subbiah (born 3 October 1954), professionally known as Sathyaraj, is an Indian actor, producer, director and a media personality who has predominantly appeares in Tamil cinema and Telugu Cinema. His 240 films also include works in Mal ...

Early life and education

Sibi did his schooling in Sherwood Hall Senior Secondary School and

Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School is located in Egmore, Chennai. The school was established in July 1958 with 140 students and Fr. Mallon as the principal, and has since grown to over 5000 students. The school is affiliated to mat ...

."Actor Sibiraj: confident"
''The Hindu''. 11 March 2006 where he completed a degree in commerce.

Film career

In early 2003, Sibi was set to make his acting debut through ''Swami'', the Tamil remake of the Malayalam film '' Nandanam'' (2003), directed by

Renjith Ranjith Balakrishnan (born 5 September 1964) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, lyricist, producer, and actor who works in Malayalam cinema. Ranjith made his directorial debut in 2001 with '' Ravanaprabhu'', the sequel to '' Devaasuram ...

. However, despite beginning pre-production work, the film was later dropped. Sibi then started his acting career with the 2003 film '' Student Number 1'', which was a box office failure."Sibiraj is all set to make it big!"
''Sify''. 7 November 2004 In his next four films, '' Jore'' (2004), '' Mannin Maindhan'' (2005), ''

Vetrivel Sakthivel ''Vetrivel Sakthivel'' is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written and directed by Lakshmi Priyan and produced by R. S. Venkatraman. It stars Sathyaraj and his son Sibiraj alongside Khushbu Sundar and Nikita Thukral while Vadivelu ...

'' (2005) and ''

Kovai Brothers ''Kovai Brothers'' is a 2006 Tamil-language comedy spoof film written, produced, and directed by Sakthi Chidambaram. The film stars Sathyaraj, Sibiraj, Vadivelu, Namitha, Uma and Kovai Sarala. The music was composed by D. Imman. The film was du ...

'' (2006), he acted with his father,

, who also produced Sibi's following project, ''

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'' (2007), directed by

Prabhu Solomon Prabhu Solomon (born 7 May 1969) is an Indian film director who has primarily worked on Tamil films. After making his debut in 1999, he had a middling career before rising to prominence with the success of the romantic tragedy film ''Mynaa'' (2 ...

, where he played the role of a football player. In his early years, several films he was announced to be part of, such as ''Perumal Swamy'', ''Pattasu'' and ''Mamu'' were shelved midway. Subsequently, Sibi took a break from acting and his next release '' Naanayam'' (2010) released three years after ''Lee''. The film directed by Shakti Soundar Rajan saw Sibi playing his first negative role. Although his performance was well received, the film did not fare well. Following ''Naanayam'' he went on another sabbatical, during which he pursued an acting workshop at the

New York Film Academy New York Film Academy – School of Film and Acting (NYFA) is a private for-profit film school and acting school based in New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami. The New York Film Academy was founded in 1992 by Jerry Sherlock, a former f ...

(NYFA) in

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for three months, before returning in 2014 with '' Naaigal Jaakirathai'', again directed by Shakti Soundar Rajan. The film, which Sibi reportedly accepted after having listening to more than 200 scripts, featured him alongside a

Belgian Shepherd The Belgian Shepherd (also known as the Belgian Sheepdog, Belgian Malinois, or the Chien de Berger Belge) is a breed of medium-sized herding dog from Belgium. While predominantly considered a single breed, it is bred in four distinct variet ...

dog as the protagonist. His next titles were '' Pokkiri Raja'' (2016), '' Jackson Durai'' (2016), '' Kattappava Kanom'' (2017) and '' Sathya'' (2017). In 2020, Sibiraj playing a cop in the action crime thriller '' Walter'', directed by U. Anbarasan. Then, '' Kabadadaari'' (2021) a neo-noir thriller directed by Pradeep Krishnamoorthy, remake of the Kannada film ''

Kavaludaari ''Kavaludaari'' () is a 2019 Indian Kannada-language neo-noir thriller film written and directed by Hemanth Rao, presented by Puneeth Rajkumar and produced by Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar of PRK Productions. Kavaludaari will be the first feature fil ...

''.

Personal life

On 14 September 2008, Sibi married Revathi, an engineer who works for an IT company in

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 ...

. The two had been in a relationship for thirteen years before getting married."Wedding bells for Sibiraj"
''Sify''. 17 July 2008

Filmography

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sathyaraj, Sibi Living people Tamil male actors Don Bosco schools alumni Loyola College, Chennai alumni Male actors in Tamil cinema Male actors from Chennai 1982 births