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Sriimurali (born 17 December 1981),[1] also known simply as Murali,[2] is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Kannada cinema. After making his debut in 2003 in Chandra Chakori, he appeared in Kanti as the eponymous lead, a performance that won him the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor in 2004.[3][4] His performance in the 2014 Kannada film Ugramm received unanimous praise and emerged as a major success.[5]

Sriimurali
Murali during press conference of Ugramm in 2014.
Born	(1981-12-17) 17 December 1981 (age 40) Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present
Spouse	Vidya ​ (m. 2008)​
Children	2
Parent	S. A. Chinne Gowda (father)
Relatives	Vijay Raghavendra (brother Prashanth Neel (brother-in-law) See Rajkumar family

Early and personal life

Sriimurali was born on 17 December 1981 in Bangalore, Karnataka, in a family of film people. His father S. A. Chinne Gowda is a film producer and brother Vijay Raghavendra, an actor. Actor Rajkumar was his uncle and actors Shiva Rajkumar and Puneeth Rajkumar his cousins. He married his Telugu girlfriend, Vidya from Andhra,[6] on 11 May 2008.[7][8] They have a son and a daughter together, who are non-identical twins.[9] Vidya is the sister of Prashanth Neel, a director in Kannada cinema, and Aadarsh Balakrishna, an actor in Telugu Cinema.[10]

Career

Sriimurali made his debut in films in 2003 with a romance film, Chandra Chakori. The film performed well and his performance received praise.[11][12] In Kanti set in the backdrop of the Karnataka–Maharashtra border dispute, he played the eponymous lead of a college student who, on falling in love with a Marathi girl, gets embroiled politically.[13] His performance won him the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor.[14]

Sriimurali then appeared in films such as Siddu, Shambu, Yashwant and Preethigaagi, which did not perform well at the box office. In 2008, he appeared in Minchina Ota, produced by his father, also starring brother Vijay Raghavendra. He also takes care of the production responsibilities of his family banner Sowbhagya Pictures, under which several films produced by his father were made such as Sevanthi Sevanthi and Ganesha Mathe Bandha.[15] After two successive hits Chandra Chakori and Kanti, Sri Murali could not keep up the expectations of the audiences. But Murali believing in fate and time waited for right opportunities. As a coincidence Prashant Neel (Murali's brother in law) came up with a story in 2008, exclusively for taking off Sri Murali's career again on a high note. The movie was initially named "Nandhe" and later changed to "Uggram". It took nearly 4–5 years for completion of the project

In 2014, Sriimurali appeared in an action-drama, Ugramm, directed by Prashanth Neel, who was making his directorial debut. He played the role of Agastya, a mechanic, who protects Nithya (played by Haripriya) from being caught alive by goons, and takes on the mafia. The film emerged as a critical and commercial success with his performance receiving acclaim.[2] A. Sharadhaa of The Indian Express wrote: "This is definitely a 'comeback' film for Murali, a carefully thought-out project for him by the director. Murali is smarter than he looks and tougher than people expected him to be."[16] He received his first nominations for Best Actor in Filmfare Awards South and SIIMA Awards. Following the massive success of the film, it was reported that he was flooded with offers for film totaling to 67, all of which he rejected.[17]

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref.
2003	Chandra Chakori	Puttaraju	Debut as lead role
2004	Kanti	Srikantha "Kanti"
2005	Yeshwanth	Yeshwanth		[18]
	Siddu	Siddharth "Siddu"		[19]
	Shambu	Shambu		[20]
2006	Gopi	Gopi		[21]
2007	Preethigaagi	Sanjay
2008	Minchina Ota	Bhadra
2009	Shivamani	Shivamani
	Yagna	Yagna
2010	Sihigali	Dharani
	Sri Harikathe	Hari
2011	Hare Rama Hare Krishna	Rama/Krishna
2012	Sri Kshetra Adichunchanagiri	Sri Balagandhranatha Swami
2013	Loosegalu	Kabira
	Bhajarangi	Himself	Special appearance in song "Bossu Nam Bossu"
2014	Ugramm	Agastya
	Adyaksha	Himself	Special appearance in song "Phonu Illa"
2015	Muraari	Muraari
	Rathavara	Rathavara	Also playback singer for song "Hudugi Kannu"
2017	Raj Vishnu	Murali	Special appearance
	Mufti	Gana
2019	Bharaate	Jagan Mohan & Jaya Ratnakara	Dual role
2021	Madhagaja	Surya
2022	Bhageera	TBA	Filming	[22]
	Nande	TBA	Filming	[22]
TBA	Ugramm Veeram	TBA	Filming; A sequel to the Ugramm	[23][22]

Awards

Film	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
Kanti	2004–05 Karnataka State Film Awards	Best Actor	Won	[24][3][25]
Ugramm	62nd Filmfare Awards South	Best Actor	Nominated	[26][27]
	4th SIIMA Awards	Best Actor	Nominated	[28]
Mufti	7th SIIMA Awards	Best Actor	Nominated	[29][30]
		Critics Choice - Best Actor	Won
Bharaate	9th SIIMA Awards	Best Actor	Nominated

References

External links

• Sriimurali at IMDb

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