Sharwanand Myneni (born 6 March 1984) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Telugu films alongside a few Tamil films. He made his acting debut in the year 2004 with the film Aidho Tareekhu. For Engeyum Eppodhum (2011), he received SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut - Tamil, he has also won Nandi Special Jury Award for Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju (2015).

Sharwanand initially acted in films including Prasthanam, Engeyum Eppodhum, Run Raja Run and Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju. He then established himself with successful films including Express Raja, Sathamanam Bhavati, Mahanubhavudu, Radha, Jaanu and Sreekaram.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Career
• 3 Filmography
  • 3.1 As actor
  • 3.2 As producer
• 4 See also
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Early life

Sharwanand Myneni was born in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh and brought up in Hyderabad, Telangana. He has done his schooling from The Hyderabad Public School and completed his Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) from Wesley Degree College, Secunderabad. During his college days, Sharwanand was selected as "The Hindu's Best New Face". Sharwanand is also a trained dancer and very p*ionate about movies. At the age of 17, Sharwanand attended Kis* Namit Kapoor Acting Ins*ute in Mumbai.

Sharwanand hails from a closely knit business family. Actor Ram Pothineni is his cousin. He was a cl*mate of actors Ram Charan and Rana Daggubati.

Career

Sharwanand first came to media attention in a Thumbs Up adverti*t with Chiranjeevi. He made his acting debut in Telugu with 5va Tareeku in 2003. Later, Sharwanand shared screen space with popular stars like Chiranjeevi in Shankar Dada M.B.B.S. and with Venkatesh in Sankranthi and Lakshmi.

Sharwanand rose to stardom with Vennela and Amma Cheppindi. Films like Gamyam and Andari Banduvaya were labeled as underrated hit films but Prasthanam was a cult cl*ic. These films won him accolades. Sharwanand then forayed into Kollywood with Kadhalna Summa Illai, a remake of Gamyam, but it did not perform well at box office. Sharwanand's second Tamil film was Naalai Namadhe (2009), directed by Vinayan. Sharwanand's third film was Engeyum Eppodhum (2011). In 2012, Sharwanand made his debut as a producer with his film, Ko Ante Koti, which was produced under Sarvaa Arts.

Sharwanand got his commercial breakthrough with the film, Run Raja Run, which was one of the blockbusters of the year 2014. This film, produced by UV Creations, was the second venture after their first blockbuster film, Mirchi. Sharwanand's portrayal of the lead, Raja, won him accolades. Sharwanand new look in the film with bright and colourful outfits is an added boost for his character's portrayal. Sharwanand's next film was Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju, with Nithya Menen, directed by Kranthi Madhav, which received positive applause from critics and ran as a decent movie. Sharwanand's following film was Express Raja, which was a hit at the box office.

Cheran's bilingual (Telugu/Tamil) directorial venture JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai, which was released in Telugu in 2016 with Nithya Menen was below average at the box office.

Sharwanand's movie Sathamanam Bhavati collected almost 50 crores, produced by Dil Raju and directed by Satish Vegesna.

Sharwanand released his 25th film *led Radha, which was produced by the noted producer B. V. S. N. Prasad under his production banner SVCC cinema, but it turned out to be an average movie. Sharwanand starred in Mahanubhavudu, which released on 29 September 2017, directed by Maruthi and gained critical and commercial success. Sharwanand's last movie was released on 7 February 2020, *led as Jaanu. It was directed by C. Prem *ar which is a remake of his own Tamil film '96.

Filmography

As actor

• All films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.

As producer

See also

• List of Telugu actors

References

External links

• Sharwanand at IMDb: