Srikanth (actor, born 1940)

This article is about Srikanth, an Indian actor. For the Tamil actor Srikanth active from since 2002, see Srikanth (actor, born 1979).

Srikanth
Born
Raja Venkatraman

(1940-03-19)19 March 1940
Erode, British Raj
Died12 October 2021(2021-10-12) (aged 81)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
OccupationActor
Years active1965–2009
Children1

Srikanth (19 March 1940 – 12 October 2021) was an Indian actor who has performed in around 200 Tamil films since his debut in 1965. He is also referred to as Venniradai Srikanth.[1] He has played the lead hero in around 50 films between 1965 and 1979 and has also played supporting roles in films with actors Sivaji Ganesan, Muthuraman, Ravichandran and Jaishankar in the lead roles. In the late seventies to early nineties, he appeared as a villain opposite actors including Sivakumar, Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan.

  1. ^ Guy, Randor (30 July 2015). "More on MSV's favourite raag". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.