Sivaji (Telugu actor)

Sivaji is Telugu actor, best known for his comedy timing Produced a film Taj Mahal after 19 years of his career. He won Nandi Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist for the movie Dil (voice for Nitin).

Biography
Sivaji is from Narsarsopet in Guntur district. Sivaji started his stint as an editor in Gemini TV. Because of his good looks he was offered a role in a TV serial and from then he started getting offers in Telugu movies. He acted in small roles in notable films such as Kushi and Indra. Unlike his contemporaries he did not have a godfather, a producer father, an actor father. As noted earlier he won Nandi award for dubbing for the film Dil. Sivaji's first success as a solo hero came with the film Missamma. These roles provided him immense scope to translate his dreams into reality. It was a fantastic start and at the end of the day most of his films did very well at the box office, and he realized that if anyone is committed and confident about himself “anything is possible”. The success of his films brought ‘Admirers’ and motivated him to experiment newer roles in the Film Industry.His biggest accomplishment as an entertainment professional came when he received the prestigious Nandi Award,

Politics
Ever since the movement for keeping the state united in Andhra Pradesh, Sivaji became vocal about the political issues. Despite being a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) he started his fast unto death on granting a special status to Andhra Pradesh, which was a promise made by the erstwhile congress government at the time of bifurcation of the state. Initially he was against TDP and has been very vocal against its leader and Ex CM of Andhra Pradesh Nara Chandrababu Naidu but due to the Federal Government not taking any decisive steps for granting Andhra Pradesh Special Status. He started to support TDP and its leader Nara Chandrababu Naidu as he had been fighting for Special Status for AP. Now stopped fighting after formation of YCP Government in AP. Currently he is involved in a scandal regarding TV9.

Filmography

 * As Actor
 * As Dubbing artist