Sibi Sathyaraj (also credited as Sibiraj) is an Indian actor working in the Tamil film industry. He is the son of actor Sathyaraj.

Education

Sibi did his schooling in Sherwood Hall Senior Secondary School and Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School"Actor Sibiraj: confident"
''The Hindu''. 11 March 2006 and

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, 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. 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'' (2005) and '' Kovai Brothers'' (2006), he acted with his father, Sathyaraj, who also produced Sibi's following project, '' Lee'' (2007), directed by

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, 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; his next film, '' Naanayam'' (2010). was 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

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(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 dog as the protagonist. His next titles were '' Pokkiri Raja'' (2016), '' Jackson Durai'' (2016), '' Kattappava Kanom'' (2017) and '' Sathya'' (2017). In 2020, Sibiraj played a cop in the action crime thriller '' Walter'', directed by U. Anbarasan. Then he appeared in '' Kabadadaari'' (2021) a neo-noir thriller directed by Pradeep Krishnamoorthy, a remake of the Kannada film '' Kavaludaari''. In 2022, he appeared in three films including '' Ranga'', '' Maayon'' and '' Vattam''.

Personal life

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

Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...

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

Filmography

References

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* * {{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