Sudeepa

Sudeepa
Sudeepa in 2013
Born
Sudeep Sanjeev

(1971-09-02) 2 September 1971 (age 53)
Shimoga, Mysore State (now Karnataka), India
Other namesDeepu,[1] Kichcha
EducationDayananda Sagar College of Engineering (BE)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • producer
  • television presenter
  • singer
Years active1997–present
WorksFull list
Spouse
Priya Radhakrishna
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(m. 2001)​
Children1
AwardsFull list

Sudeep Sanjeev (born 2 September 1971),[2][3] also known as Sudeepa or Kichcha Sudeep, is an Indian actor, director, producer, screenwriter, television presenter and singer, who primarily works in Kannada films. He has also worked in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. He is one of the highest paid actors of Kannada Cinema and is one of the first Kannada actors to be listed in the Forbes list of top 100 celebrities of India since 2013. He has received several awards including four Filmfare Awards South, one Karnataka State Film Award and one Nandi Award.

Sudeepa began his acting career with a supporting role in Thayavva (1997) and Prathyartha (1999), followed by his breakthrough with a leading role in Sunil Kumar Desai's romance Sparsha (2000). He established himself in the critically acclaimed role in Huchcha (2001). He starred further in several commercially successful films including Nandhi (2002), Kiccha (2003), Swathi Muthu (2003), My Autograph (2006), No 73, Shanthi Nivasa (2007), Mussanjemaatu (2008), Ee Shathamaanada Veera Madakari (2009), Just Maath Maathalli (2010), Vishnuvardhana (2011), Kempe Gowda (2011), the Telugu-Tamil bilingual Eega (2012), Maanikya (2014), Ranna (2015), Kotigobba 2 (2016), Hebbuli (2017), The Villain (2018), Pailwaan (2019), Telugu-Hindi bilingual Rakta Charitra and the Hindi film Dabangg 3 (2019).[4]

He won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Kannada for three consecutive years for his films Huchcha, Nandhi and Swathi Muthu. Since 2013, he has been hosting the television reality show Bigg Boss Kannada.[5] His performance in the 2001 film, Huchcha, earned him the nickname Kichcha Sudeepa by his fans.

  1. ^ "Sudeep is also known as Deepu". The Times of India. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. ^ Sudeep (23 April 2016). Weekend With Ramesh Season 2 - Episode 33 - 23 Apr 2016 (in Kannada). zee5.com. Event occurs at 16:05, 19:20. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  3. ^ "On Sudeep's 50th birthday, five films that made him a force to reckon with". The Indian Express. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Fame flies for Sudeep". The Hindu. 2 August 2014. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Kichcha Sudeepa (@KicchaSudeep) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 21 January 2019.