Bharath (actor)
| Bharath | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Bharath Srinivasan 21 July 1983 Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Residence | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Alma mater | The New College, Chennai |
| Occupation | Film actor |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) |
| Spouse(s) | Jeshly Joshua (2013–present) |
Bharath (born Bharath Srinivasan) is an Indian film actor, working predominantly in the Tamil film industry. His works include Boys (2003), Chellamae (2004), Kaadhal (2004), Pattiyal (2006) and Veyil (2006).
Bharath was born in Tiruchirappalli. He has a younger sister named Preethi. Bharath is a trained dancer by profession and joined Swingers International Dance club when he was 11 years old. He did his schooling at DAV Senior Secondary School, Anna Nagar, and studied at The New College, Chennai. He married Jeshly, a Malayali dentist based in Dubai, in 2013.
Bharath made his acting debut in the 2003 Tamil film Boys directed by S. Shankar, in which he played the guitarist of a boy band. He was selected for the role, after Shankar had seen him performing at a dance programme "Inspirations" at the Music Academy by Swingers. In 2004, he first appeared in the Malayalam film, the Jayaraj-directed vigilante film 4 The People, portraying one of the four protagonists. The film went on to become a blockbuster, grossing ₹ 10 lakhs at the Kerala box office and turning out the highest-grossing Malayalam film of that year. The film was subsequently dubbed into Tamil as 4 Students, and Telugu as Yuvasena, with its Tamil version emerging a box office success as well. Later that year, he played the antagonist role in the Tamil film Chellamae. His portrayal of Vishwa, a possessive teenager who kidnaps his childhood friend he is obsessed with and married to someone else, was acclaimed by critics. It also was a box office success. He played his first starring role in Balaji Sakthivel's Tamil romantic-drama film Kaadhal that featured him as a poor mechanic who falls in love and elopes with a wealthy 12th standard student. The film, produced by Shankar, received critical acclaim and commercial success.Pattiyal, a gangster thriller, was his first release in 2006. The Vishnuvardhan-directorial opened to negative critical response and went to become a box office hit, with Bharath garnering accolades for his performance as a deaf and dumb hitman Later that year, he starred in Azhagai Irukkirai Bayamai Irukkirathu, Em Magan, Chennai Kadhal and Veyil. While Chennai Kadhal, a romance film by Vikraman,bombed at the box office, Thirumurugan's family drama film Em Magan was declared a hit film. He has received great accolades for Veyyil, which also emerged a commercial success and was selected for screening at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
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