Uday Kiran

Uday Kiran
Born	Vajpeyajula Uday Kiran 26 June 1980[1] Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India (now in Telangana, India)
Died	5 January 2014 (aged 33)[2] Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India (now in Telangana, India)
Occupation	Actor
Notable credit(s)	Nuvvu Nenu (2001) Chitram (2000)
Spouse(s)	Vishitha (m. 2012—2014; his death)

Uday Kiran (born Vajpeyajula Uday kiran, 26 June 1980 – 5 January 2014) was a Filmfare Award winning Indian film actor, who primarily worked in the Telugu cinema. His first three films, Chitram, Nuvvu Nenu and Manasantha Nuvve, were successful hits, earning him the title "Hat-trick Hero".^[3][4] Nee Sneham film is the last hit in his career.

In 2001, he won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu^[5] for the film Nuvvu Nenu, and became the youngest winner of the Filmfare best actor award after Kamal Haasan. He is the only Telugu actor to have his first four films remade into all regional languages. In 2006, He made his Tamil debut with the film Poi, directed by veteran K. Balachander.^[6] Subsequently, he starred in romantic films including Nee Sneham and Kalusukovalani. His other performances have been in the films Sreeram, Avunanna Kaadanna, Nuvvekaddunte Nenakkadunta and Jai Sriram.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Personal life

Uday Kiran was born on 26th June 1980^[1] to Telugu-speaking family of VVK Murthy and Nirmala. He graduated in commerce from Wesley College, Secunderabad.^[11] Kiran was engaged to Chiranjeevi's daughter Sushmitha in 2003,^[12] but the engagement was broken^[13][14] He married Tamil speaking Vishitha on 24 October 2012.^[15]

Career

Kiran started modelling while in college. He made his Tollywood debut under his mentor, cinematographer turned film director Teja in the year 2000 with the film Chitram, in which he played the 17-year-old lead character.^[16]

This film, followed by two others, Nuvvu Nenu and Manasantha Nuvve, made him among the very few actors in Telugu cinema to deliver three consecutive successful films. His performance as a hot-blooded youngster in Nuvvu Nenu won him the Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) in the year 2001.

In his fourth film, Kalusukovalani, he displayed his dancing skills through the songs, "Udayinchina" and "Cheliya Cheliya".In his fifth film, Sreeram he ventured into an action oriented story of a youngster aspiring to become a top cop. 2002,saw Nee Sneham another blockbuster movie of that year for which he was nominated for Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) for second time.

In 2005, he ventured into Tamil with the film Poi directed by K.Balachander. He then did two more films, Vambu Sandai and Pen Singam in Tamil, the latter being the story penned by M. Karunanidhi, which did moderately well at the box office.

Death

Kiran committed suicide on 5 January 2014.^[17] He reportedly hanged himself inside his flat in Srinagar colony, Punjagutta, Hyderabad.There are rumours in the film city that renowned actor Chiranjeevi and Uday Kiran did not share a good relationship. Uday 's engagement had been cancelled with Chiranjeevi's daughter before.^[18] Kiran had suffered from depression due to financial crisis for almost a year.^[19][1] A district attorney in Hyderabad filed a case with human rights commission against undisclosed film personalities of Telugu film industry for discrimination against Uday Kiran.^[20][21]

On 6 January 2014, Uday Kiran's body was kept at the Andhra Pradesh Film Chamber of Commerce and several film personalities including D Rama Naidu, Dasari Narayana Rao, Venkatesh, D Suresh Babu, Srikanth, Shivaji, Tanikella Bharani, Chalapathi Rao, Tammareddy Bharadwaja, (Ex)MLA Jaya Sudha, Parachuri Gopalakrishna, Parachuri Venkateshwara Rao, Shivaji Raja, Anup Reubens, Samadra, Kadambari Kiran, Sunil, Anita Chowdary and Banerjee were among those who paid their last respects to the actor, before being taken to the cremation grounds.^[22] Agitated fans of Uday Kiran raised slogans against union minister Chiranjeevi at the Erragadda cremation grounds in Hyderabad.^[23] According to AP police, a young fan of Uday Kiran allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at Komatapalli junction in Bobbili sub-division in Vizianagaram.^[24]

Filmography

Year	Title	Language	Role	Director	Notes
2000	Chitram	Telugu	Ramana	Teja	Remade in Kannada as Chithra In Tamil as Chitiram
2001	Nuvvu Nenu	Telugu	Ravi	Teja	Winner: Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu Remade in Hindi as Yeh Dil
2001	Manasantha Nuvve	Telugu	Chanti / Venu	V. N. Aditya	Remade in Hindi as Jeena Sirf Merre Liye
2002	Kalusukovalani	Telugu	Ravi	Raghu Raj	Remade in Tamil as Ice
2002	Sreeram	Telugu	Sreeram	V. N. Aditya	Remake of Dhill
2002	Holi	Telugu	Kiran	S. V. N. Vara Prasad
2002	Nee Sneham	Telugu	Venu Madhav	Parachuri Murali	Nominated : Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
2003	Jodi No.1	Telugu	Goutham	Pratani Ramakrishna Goud
2003	Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu	Telugu	Anand	Rajasekhar	Nandi Award for Best Home-viewing Feature Film
2004	Love Today	Telugu	Shiva	Arpudhan
2005	Avunanna Kaadanna	Telugu	Ram Mohan	Teja
2006	Poi	Tamil	Kamban/Vemana	K. Balachandar	Dubbed into Telugu as Abaddham
2007	Viyyalavari Kayyalu	Telugu	Vamshi	E. Sattibabu
2008	Vambu Sandai	Tamil	Prabhakar	Raj Kapoor	Dubbed into Telugu as Lakshmi Putrudu
2008	Gunde Jhallumandi	Telugu	Balraju (Rajesh)	Madan
2008	Eka Loveyudu	Telugu	Karthik	K. Rama Krishna
2010	Pen Singam	Tamil	Surya	Bali Srirangam	Dubbed into Telugu as Alladista
2012	Nuvvekaddunte Nenakkadunta	Telugu	Hari	Subha Selvam	Dubbed into Tamil as Oru Mutham Oru Yutham
2013	Jai Sriram	Telugu	Sriram Srinivas	Balaji N Sai
2014	Chitram Cheppina Katha	Telugu		Mohan	Unreleased

Awards

Filmfare Awards South

• 2001 – Best Actor – Nuvvu Nenu
• 2000 – Best Actor – Telugu – Chitram – Nominated
• 2002 – Best Actor – Telugu – Nee Sneham – Nominated

References

1. "Tollywood actor Uday Kiran commits suicide". Intoday. 6 January 2014.
2. "Hero Uday Kiran Death.". filmcircle.com. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
3. "I, Me, Myself - Uday Kiran". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 2003-11-07.
4. M. L. Narasimham (2010-02-12). "Arts / Cinema : Heart-warming tale". Chennai, India: The Hindu. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
5. "Nuvvu Nenu wins 4 Filmfare awards". The Times Of India. 6 April 2002.
6. The Hindu : Friday Review Hyderabad : A new dawn for Uday
7. "Jai Sriram movie review: Wallpaper, Story, Trailer at Times of India". The Times of India. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
8. "Metro Plus Visakhapatnam / Cinema : Uday Kiran to go by viability". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2007-09-15. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
9. "Uday Kiran's 'Jai Sriram' Platinum disc function - Telugu Movie News". Indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
10. "Jai Sriram - Movie review". Sakshi Post. 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
11. "Uday Kiran - Videos, Wallpapers, Movies, Photos, Biography". Cinecurry. 1980-06-26. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
12. "Uday Kiran gets engaged to Chiru's daughter today". timesofindia.com. 2013-04-18.
13. "Incompatibility hits star wedding". timesofindia.com. 2013-07-01.
14. "Marriage is not a priority now: Uday Kiran". sify.com.
15. "Uday Kiran Marriage on October 24th". Gulte.com. 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
16. "Reviews : Movie Reviews : Nuvvu Nenu". Telugucinema.com. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
17. "Hero Uday Kiran no More". Filmcircle.com. 2014-01-06.
18. "Telugu actor Uday Kiran commits suicide". 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
19. Uday Kiran had severe financial crisis | Deccan Chronicle
20. Uday Kiran's Shocking Death: Advocate Blames 'Four' Big Tollywood Camps for Actor's Suicide - International Business Times
21. The curious case of Uday Kiran & the ‘Big 4’ - Times Of India
22. Uday Kiran's death suspicious case: police - Hindustan Times
23. Fans shout slogans against Chiranjeevi at Uday Kiran's funeral - Times Of India
24. Upset over Uday Kiran's suicide, fan ends life | NDTV.com

External links

• Uday Kiran at the Internet Movie Database