Bharath
Bharath in 2012
Born	Bharath Srinivasan (1983-07-21)21 July 1983 (age 41) Kumbakonam,Tamil Nadu,India
Occupations	Actor Dancer
Years active	2003–present
Spouse	Jeshley ​ (m. 2013)​
Children	2

Bharath Srinivasan (born 21 July 1983), known professionally asBharath, is an Indian actor, who works predominantly inTamil cinema, along with few films inMalayalam,Hindi andTelugu.

He made his acting in 2003 withS. Shankar'sBoys. He made his Malayalam debut4 the People (2004). Then, he played the antagonist character inChellamae (2004).^[1]

He received his breakthrough as his first lead in the Tamil filmKaadhal (2004). Some of his other notable films includePattiyal (2006),Em Magan (2006),Veyil (2006),Pazhani (2008),Kanden Kadhalai (2009),Vaanam (2011),Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu (2013) andKaalidas (2019).

Bharath Srinivasan was born into aTamil family on 21 July 1983 inKumbakonam,Tamil Nadu, India. He is a trained dancer by profession and joined Swingers International Dance Club when he was 11 years old. He did his schooling at DAV Senior Secondary School, he's also a football fan.^[2] Bharath has a younger sister, Preethi.^[3] His mother tongue isTamil.

He married childhood friend Jeshly, a Malayali dentist based in Dubai, on 9 September 2013 in Chennai.^[4] He has twin boys who were born in August 2018.^[5]

Bharath made his acting debut in the 2003 Tamil filmBoys directed byS. Shankar, in which he played the guitarist of a boy band. He was selected for the role, after Shankar had seen him performing at a dance programme "Inspirations" at the Music Academy by Swingers.^[6] In 2004, he first appeared in the Malayalam film, theJayaraj-directedvigilante film4 The People, portraying one of the four protagonists. Later that year, he played theantagonist role in the Tamil filmChellamae. His portrayal of Vishwa, a possessive teenager who kidnaps his childhood friend whom he is obsessed with and although she has married someone else, was acclaimed by critics.^[7] He reprised his role from4 The People in the Telugu remakeYuvasena.^[8] He played his first main lead role inBalaji Sakthivel's Tamil romantic-drama filmKaadhal that featured him as a poormechanic who falls in love and elopes with a wealthy twelfth-standard student.^[9][10] The film, produced by Shankar, received critical acclaim and commercial success.^[11][9]Pattiyal, a gangster thriller, was his first release in 2006 and went to become a box office hit,^[12] with Bharath garnering accolades for his performance as a deaf and dumbhitman.^[13] Later that year, he starred inAzhagai Irukkirai Bayamai Irukkirathu,Em Magan,Chennai Kadhal andVeyil. WhileChennai Kadhal, a romance film byVikraman,^[14]bombed at the box office,Thirumurugan's family dramaEm Magan was declared a hit film.^[15] He has received great accolades forVeyil.^[16]

FollowingVeyil, Bharath experienced a setback in his career as his subsequent releases—with the exception ofPazhani—proved to be commercially unsuccessful.^[17][18] He was facing an "image crisis" as he signed up for action andmasala films and went on play repetitive roles as a "larger than life angry young man", playing "small town rowdy" or "guy seeking revenge" roles.^[17]Koodal Nagar, was released in 2007 in which he portrayed a dual role, which was a box office disaster. In 2008, he appeared inPerarasu'sPazhani alongsideKajal Aggarwal andKhushbu which was an average success, and thenNepali, directed byV. Z. Durai. That year he had two more releases,Muniyandi Vilangial Moonramandu, which saw him collaborating with theEm Magan team again, andHari'sSeval. In 2009 he acted inArumugam, directed bySuresh Krishna andKanden Kadhalai, the Tamil remake of the 2007 Bollywood filmJab We Met. The latter featured him in a totally contrasting role as a rich businessman, and became his only commercial success in two years.^[19][20]

In 2010, he had a single release withBadri'sThambikku Indha Ooru which became a critical and commercial failure. In 2011, he appeared in the multi-starrerVaanam as Bharath Chakravarthy, a guitarist. Post-release, Bharath clashed with the producer and another actor in the film,Silambarasan, claiming he did not receive as much promotion and publicity as Silambarasan's character.^[21] His next film, the romantic comedyYuvan Yuvathi co-starringRima Kallingal, was followed by Perarasu's action-masala filmThiruthani co-starringSunaina.^[22] He also made a guest appearance in Vasanthabalan'sAravaan. In 2013, his romantic thriller filmAinthu Ainthu Ainthu released in August. The film, which was directed bySasi, opened to positive reviews with a critic noting he "has put a lot of effort and hardwork to the role" and "is one single reason to watch the film".^[23]Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu is Bharath's only highest-grossing film in his career. Bharath made hisBollywood debut withJackpot (2013).^[24] The film was about four people who try to con one another for money and Bharath played one of them, a Goan named Anthony D'Souza from Puducherry.^[25]

He returned to Malayalam cinema in 2014 withKoothara. Thereafter, he played his 25th movie inAindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani (2014).The next was action filmKilladi (2015). The film was released to negative reviews.^[26] Bharath subsequently appeared as autistic youngster in a Malayalam project titled1000 – Oru Note Paranja Katha (2015), which garnered poor reviews on release. Later in 2015 he appeared in another Malayalam movieLord Livingstone 7000 Kandi (2015), which was an experimental movie.

In 2017, he appeared inEnnodu Vilayadu andKadugu directed byVijay Milton was a solid comeback, but the film was an average hit.^[27] He has playing in the bilingual filmSpyder starringMahesh Babu directed byAR Murugadoss.Kadaisi Bench Karthi was released on 27 October and received negative reviews. It was a colossal flop.^[28] In 2019,Simba andPottu was released.^[29][30]Kaalidas, which is directed by Sri Senthil, released in December 2019, featured Bharath as a cop for the first time in his career. The movie was a success for Bharath after a long time.^[31] The next is aAmazon Prime Video web seriesTime Enna Boss (2020).^[32] In 2021, Bharath plays as a cop in Hindi action movieRadhe withSalman Khan directed byPrabhu Deva.^[33] Bharath, who tasted success with a psychological thrillerKaalidas, also acted in another thrillerNaduvan. He later starred in two Malayalam thriller movies: one withDulquer Salmaan inKurup and then another with the actorsLal andAjmal Ameer inKshanam.^[34]

In 2022, Bharath was seen in the thrillerLast 6 Hours was bilingual thriller which is made in Malayalam and Tamil simultaneously^[35] followed byMiral. In 2023, the streaming seriesStory of Things was released atSonyLIV.^[36] He next acts in the Telugu action thrillerHunt in pivotal role.^[37] The romantic thrillerLove, marks Bharath's 50th film. It a remake of the 2020 Malayalam film ofthe same name.^[38] This was followed by the Malayalam investigation thrillerSamara, which was released to mixed reviews.^[39]

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