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SPB Charan

S. P. B. Charan
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Native name చరణ్ శ్రీపతి పండితారాధ్యుల బాలసుబ్రహ్మణ్యం
Born Charan Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam
(1972-01-07) 7 January 1972 (age 45)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation Actor, singer, film producer, anchor
Years active 1997–present
Spouse(s) Aparna

Sripathi Panditharadhyula Balasubrahmanyam Charan, popularly known as S. P. B. Charan, is an Indian film playback singer, actor, and producer known for his works primarily in Tamil cinema.

Son of popular Indian singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, he first worked as a playback singer in Tamil and Telugu cinema. He ventured into acting with the 2003 Kannada film Hudugigagi and is probably best known for his performance in the 2008 film, Saroja. He has established a film production company called Capital Film Works, and produced several Tamil films, including the cult hit Chennai 600028 in 2007 and the National Film Award-winning Aaranya Kaandam in 2012.

Charan was born to singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and his wife, Savitri in a Telugu Brahmin family. He was born and raised in Chennai. He has a sister, Pallavi. He received a degree in Bachelors in Business Administration from Pace University in New York, USA in 1997 and completed a two-year course in Film and Television.

Charan first acted with his father in a film called Maha Yedabidangi directed by K. S. L. Swamy but the film did not release. Kailasam, Balachander's son approached him to act in television serial Oonjal produced by K. Balachander and directed by Sundar K. Vijayan. It was followed by Radan's Annamalai. He also starred in a TV serial named Bommaigal in Tamil and Akka Chellulu in Telugu. His first release was the Kannada film Hudugigagi in 2003 directed by B. Manjunath. In 2008 he played one of the lead roles in Venkat Prabhu's Saroja. On his performance, Sify wrote, "S.P.B Charan as Jagapathy Babu suits the role and is fantastic". He acted in Va in which he played shiva's prospective brother-in-law. He is currently action in two Tamil films Vanavarayan Vallavarayan and Vizhithiru.


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