Sibi Sathyaraj
Sibiraj | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 October 1982 Madras, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Other names | Sibi |
| Alma mater | Loyola College, Chennai |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Spouse |
Revathi (m. 2008) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Sathyaraj (father) Divya Sathyaraj (sister) |
Sibi Sathyaraj (also credited as Sibiraj) is an Indian actor working in the Tamil film industry. He is the son of actor Sathyaraj.
Education
[edit]Sibi did his schooling in Sherwood Hall Senior Secondary School and Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School[1] and Loyola College, Chennai, where he completed a degree in commerce.
Film career
[edit]In early 2003, Sibi was set to make his acting debut through Swami, the Tamil remake of the Malayalam film Nandanam (2003), directed by Renjith. However, despite beginning pre-production work, the film was later dropped.[2]
Sibi then started his acting career with the 2003 film Student Number 1, which was a box office failure.[3] In his next four films, Jore (2004), Mannin Maindhan (2005), Vetrivel Sakthivel (2005) and Kovai Brothers (2006), he acted with his father, Sathyaraj, who also produced Sibi's following project, Lee (2007), directed by Prabhu Solomon, where he played the role of a football player.[4] In his early years, several films he was announced to be part of, such as Perumal Swamy,[3] Pattasu and Mamu, were shelved midway.[5]
Subsequently, Sibi took a break from acting; his next film, Naanayam (2010). was released three years after Lee. The film, directed by Shakti Soundar Rajan, saw Sibi playing his first negative role.[6] Although his performance was well received, the film did not fare well.[7] Following Naanayam he went on another sabbatical, during which he pursued an acting workshop at the New York Film Academy (NYFA) in Los Angeles for three months,[8] before returning in 2014 with Naaigal Jaakirathai, again directed by Shakti Soundar Rajan.[9] The film, which Sibi reportedly accepted after having listening to more than 200 scripts,[10] featured him alongside a Belgian Shepherd dog as the protagonist.[11] His next titles were Pokkiri Raja (2016), Jackson Durai (2016), Kattappava Kanom (2017) and Sathya (2017).[12][13][14][15]
In 2020, Sibiraj played a cop in the action crime thriller Walter, directed by U. Anbarasan.[16] Then he appeared in Kabadadaari (2021) a neo-noir thriller directed by Pradeep Krishnamoorthy, a remake of the Kannada film Kavaludaari.[17]
Personal life
[edit]On 14 September 2008, Sibi married Revathi, an engineer who works for an IT company in Chennai.[18] The two had been in a relationship for thirteen years before getting married.[19]
Filmography
[edit]| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Student Number 1 | Sibi | |
| 2004 | Jore | Sakthi | |
| 2005 | Mannin Maindhan | Kathir | |
| Vetrivel Sakthivel | Sakthivel | ||
| 2006 | Kovai Brothers | Vasanth | |
| Nenjil | Himself | Cameo appearance | |
| 2007 | Lee | Leelatharan | |
| 2010 | Naanayam | Fareed | |
| 2014 | Naaigal Jaakirathai | Inspector Karthik Chinnamalai | |
| 2016 | Pokkiri Raja | "Cooling Glass" Guna | |
| 2016 | Jackson Durai | SI Sathya | |
| 2017 | Kattappava Kaanom | "Bad Luck" Pandian | |
| Sathya | Sathya | ||
| 2020 | Walter | DSP Walter IPS | |
| 2021 | Kabadadaari | SI Shakti | |
| 2022 | Ranga | Ranga | |
| Maayon | Arjun Manimaran | ||
| Vattam | Mano |
References
[edit]- ^ "Actor Sibiraj: confident". The Hindu. 11 March 2006
- ^ "Yahoo Search - Web Search". Archived from the original on 1 July 2003.
- ^ a b "Sibiraj is all set to make it big!". Sify. 7 November 2004
- ^ "'Lee' starts rolling!". Sify. 26 August 2006
- ^ "Son as Mamu - Tamil News". 26 October 2004.
- ^ "Cinema Plus / Columns : New innings". The Hindu. The Hindu. 13 November 2009. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
- ^ Sudhir Srinivasan (30 August 2014). "Will pedigree show?". The Hindu.
- ^ Rinku Gupta (15 October 2014) "Sibiraj's First Role as Cop". The New Indian Express.
- ^ V Lakshmi (23 July 2013) "Sibiraj's hunt for a dog is on". The Times of India.
- ^ "Sibiraj is back with a growl!". Sify. 16 July 2013
- ^ "Working with dog in 'Naaigal...' has made me a better actor: Sibiraj". Sify. 15 October 2014
- ^ Srinivasan, Sudhir (5 March 2016). "Pokkiri Raja: An ineffective comedy that leaves you yawning". The Hindu.
- ^ Sify.com [bare URL]
- ^ "Kattapava Kanom Review {3/5}: The film never manages to transcend its material". The Times of India.
- ^ "Sathya (Aka) Sathyaa review". 7 December 2017.
- ^ "Walter review. Walter Tamil movie review, story, rating".
- ^ "Kabadadaari (Aka) Kabadadaarii review". 28 January 2021.
- ^ "Who is Sibiraj tyying the knot with? Behindwoods.com. 12 July 2008
- ^ "Wedding bells for Sibiraj". Sify. 17 July 2008