27 Facts About Sudeepa

Sudeepa is one of the highest paid actors of Kannada Cinema and is one of the first Kannada actors to be listed in the Forbes list of top 100 celebrities of India since 2013.

Sudeepa has received several awards including four Filmfare Awards South.

Sudeepa was born on 2 September 1973 to Sanjeev Manjappa and Saroja in Shimoga in Shimoga district of present-day Karnataka as Sudeep.

Sudeepa obtained a bachelor's degree in Industrial and production engineering from Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore.

Sudeepa attended the Roshan Taneja School of Acting in Mumbai, where he overcame his 'shyness'.

Sudeepa has starred in Ram Gopal Varma's movies Rann, Phoonk 2 and Rakta Charitra.

Sudeepa's next film was a drama titled Maanikya that he directed, a remake of the Telugu film, Mirchi which was a huge hit.

In 2019, Sudeepa was seen in the Hindi film Dabangg 3 where he played the archenemy of Salman Khan's Chulbul Pandey.

Sudeepa is set to play an extended cameo as Bhargav Bakshi in the upcoming Pan India movie Kabzaa starring Upendra.

Sudeepa's directorial debut was My autograph in 2006 which went on to complete 175 days and was a commercial success.

Sudeepa owns a film production company named Kiccha Creations, which is credited with My Autograph, No 73, Shantinivasa, Jigarthanda, Maanikya, Ambi Ning Vayassayto.

Sudeepa made his TV debut in the serial Premada Kadambari, named after a line in the song Bandhana on Udaya TV.

Sudeepa was roped in to play the main host of the reality show Pyate Hudgeer-Halli Lifu, aired on Suvarna, which was an immediate success.

Endemol Shine Group's flagship show Big Brother was adapted to Kannada as Bigg Boss Kannada and Sudeepa was the chosen to play the host for the first season which was aired on ETV Kannada.

Sudeepa continued to host the second season on Asianet Suvarna.

Colors Kannada regained the rights to the show in 2015 with Sudeepa signing a five-season deal to host the show which was estimated to be around 20 crore which was a landmark deal in Kannada television industry.

Sudeepa is the captain of Karnataka Bulldozers cricket team that competes in the Celebrity Cricket League.

Sudeepa met Priya Radhakrishna in Bengaluru, in 2000 and they married in 2001.

Sudeepa has been described by the critics as one of the most talented actors in Kannada cinema.

Sudeepa was listed first in the Times 25 Most Desirable Men in Bangalore in 2012.

In 2012, Sudeepa was signed as the Brand Ambassador of Joyalukkas, a Jewellery Retail Chain.

In 2013, on World AIDS Day, Sudeepa teamed up with Vijay Raghavendra and other actors to record voiceovers for the TeachAids interactive software, developed at Stanford University.

In 2015, Sudeepa appeared in advertisements in the Kannada language for OLX.

Sudeepa had previously appeared in ads with Sadhu Kokila for the same company.

Sudeepa is involved in humanitarian works through his organisation Kiccha Sudeepa Charitable Society.

On 6 April 2023, at a press conference held in Ashok Hotel, Bangalore, Sudeepa openly declared his support for the then incumbent Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and the BJP in the 2023 Karnataka assembly elections.

Sudeepa stated that he would be campaigning for BJP in all the constituencies that he is told by the Chief Minister.