Nikhil Siddhartha
Biography
Nikhil Siddhartha (born 1 June 1985) is an Indian actor in the Telugu film industry. He played minor roles in various films before being cast in Happy Days (2007) as one of the four male leads. The film was successful and became his breakthrough role.
He later went on to play the lead in hit films such as Yuvatha (2008), Swamy Ra Ra (2013), Karthikeya (2014), Surya vs Surya (2015), Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada (2016), Kesava (2017), Arjun Suravaram (2019), and Karthikeya 2 (2022).
Nikhil started out as an assistant director for the film Hyderabad Nawabs (2006). He played minor roles in various films before being cast in Happy Days (2007). Directed by Sekhar Kammula, Nikhil played one of the four leads in the film.
He was paid a remuneration of ₹25,000 for his role in the film and he still keeps the check with him. Happy Days was one of the few low-budget films made in 2007 that became one of the most successful movies of that year.
His first film as a solo lead was Ankit, Pallavi & Friends (2008). He next appeared in films like Yuvatha (2008), Kalavar King (2010), Aalasyam Amrutam (2010), and Veedu Theda (2011).
His 2013 film Swamy Ra Ra became a commercial success and marked a new phase in his career where he started picking distinct scripts rather than run-of-the-mill commercial films. His next film, titled Karthikeya (2014) was a critical and commercial success. Made on a budget of ₹4–6 crore, it collected more than ₹20 crore at the box office.
In 2017, Nikhil once again teamed up with Swamy Ra Ra Director Sudheer Varma for Keshava which is a revenge drama where Nikhil plays a character with a rare congenital disorder Dextrocardia, who wants to avenge the death of his family.
The film was released on 19 May 2017 and received positive reviews for Nikhil's performance, musical score, visuals, and backdrop of the plot.
His next film Kirrak Party (2018), a remake of Kannada Kirik Party (2016) opposite Samyuktha Hegde and Simran Pareenja, was a college campus film directed by Sharan Koppisetty. The film underperformed at the box office.
The film's screenplay was written by Sudheer Varma and dialogues were penned by Chandoo Mondeti. His next film Arjun Suravaram released in 2019 and was successful. With the 2022 film Karthikeya 2, Nikhil entered the 100 Crore Club.
First-look poster for the movie Swayambhu is out and Nikhil Siddhartha is portrayed as a fierce warrior in the poster. Nikhil married Pallavi Varma on 14 May 2020.
