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S. P. Charan
Born	Sripathi Panditharadhyula Charan Madras (present-day Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India
Occupations	Singer actor producer
Years active	1997–present
Parents	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (father) Savithri (mother)
Relatives	S. P. Sailaja (Aunt) Subhalekha Sudhakar (Uncle)

Sripathi Panditharadhyula Charan, credited as S. P. Charan, is an Indian playback singer and actor works predominantly works in Tamil cinema and Telugu cinema.

He is the son of the singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam. He first worked as a playback singer in Tamil and Telugu. He made acting debut in Maha Edabidangi (1999) and is best known for his performance in the Saroja (2008). He has established the film production company Capital Film Works, and produced critically acclaimed Chennai 600028 (2007), Aaranya Kaandam (2012) and others.

Early life

Charan was born to the singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and his wife Savitri in a Telugu family. Charan was born and raised in Chennai, India. he has an elder sister named Pallavi, who is also a singer. He studied at Asan Memorial School, Chennai, in which actor Ajith Kumar has also studied and was a school friend of him. He received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Pace University in New York, United States in 1994 and completed a two-year course in film and television.

Career

Charan began working as a playback singer in 1997 with "Deepangal Pesum" from Devathai, which has its music composed by Ilaiyaraaja. About being the son of an icon, he stated: "my voice sounds so much like appa, people might not want to use a similar voice. When SPB himself is rocking, why would composers need his clone?". He has sung for composers M. M. Keeravani, A. R. Rahman and Devi Sri Prasad. Charan's most popular songs include "Nagila Nagila" from Alaipayuthey, "Mellaga" from Varsham, "Nenu Nenuga Lene" from Manmadhudu, "I Love you Shailaja" from Mazhai, "Please Sir" from Boys, "Maaja Maaja" from Sillunu Oru Kaadhal, "Oru Nanban Irundhal" from Enakku 20 Unakku 18, "O Shanti" from Vaaranam Aayiram, "Nee Naan" from Mankatha. In 2010, he recorded a song in Kadhal 2 Kalyanam, composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. He has also recorded alongside his father for the first time in Aadukalam, for which they both won the Vijay Award for Best Male Playback Singer.

Charan first acted with his father in a film called Maha Yedabidangi, directed by K. S. L. Swamy, but the film was not released. Balachander's son Kailasam approached him to act in the television show Oonjal, produced by K. Balachander and directed by Sundar K. Vijayan. It was followed by Radan's Annamalai. He also starred in a TV serial named Bommaigal in Tamil and Akka Chellulu in Telugu. His first release was the Kannada film Hudugigagi in 2003, directed by B. Manjunath. In 2008, he played one of the lead roles in Venkat Prabhu's Saroja. On his performance, Sify wrote: "S.P.B Charan as Jagapathy Babu suits the role and is fantastic". He acted in Va, in which he played Shiva's prospective brother-in-law. He acted in two Tamil films Vanavarayan Vallavarayan and Vizhithiru.

Other works

Charan established the film production company Capital Film Works, in 2002. Their first production was Unnai Charanadainthen, in which Charan played the lead role, alongside his friend Venkat Prabhu. The film, which notably featured musical score by Charan's father, Balasubrahmanyam, received four Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. Charan revealed that he decided to produce the film after hearing Samuthirakani's narration. He further produced the Jayam Ravi-starrer Mazhai (2005), a remake of the Telugu film Varsham, which was a failure at the box office. His next production was Venkat Prabhu's directorial debut Chennai 600028 (2007), featured eleven newcomers in the lead and became one of the year's most successful Tamil films. In 2011, his sixth production Aaranya Kaandam, was released to critical acclaim and became noted for getting 52 cuts by the regional Central Board of Film Certification. Although it did not achieve the expected box office success, Charan won a National Film Award as a producer of the film. His next production was Thirudan Police, by another debutant, Caarthick Raju.

Personal life

In 1996, he and childhood friends Venkat Prabhu and Premgi Amaren set up a music band called Next Generation, which also had Yugendran and Thaman as members.

Charan underwent a notable weight loss in late 2010. In response to speculation, he stated it was in response to becoming health-conscious.

Filmography

Film

As actor

As producer

As dubbing artist

Television

Discography

Tamil

Telugu

Hindi

Kannada

Independent songs

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Awards and nominations

References

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External links

• S. P. Charan at IMDb
• S. P. Charan on Instagram

• Indian male film actors
• Male actors in Tamil cinema
• Male actors in Kannada cinema
• Film producers from Chennai
• Tamil film producers
• Indian male playback singers
• Tamil playback singers
• Telugu playback singers
• Television personalities from Tamil Nadu
• Male actors from Chennai
• Living people
• Male actors in Telugu cinema
• 21st-century Indian male actors
• Producers who won the Best Debut Feature Film of a Director National Film Award
• 1972 births
• S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
• Tamil Nadu State Film Awards winners