Nikhil Siddhartha (born 1 June 1985) is an Indian actor of the Telugu film industry.
2006
Nikhil started out as an assistant director for the film Hyderabad Nawabs (2006).
2007
He played minor roles in various films before being cast in Happy Days (2007) as one of the four male leads.
The film was successful and became his breakthrough role.
He played minor roles in various films before being cast in Happy Days (2007).
Directed by Sekhar Kammula, Nikhil played one of the four leads in the film.
He was paid a remuneration of ₹25,000 for his role in the film and he still keeps the check with him.
Happy Days was one among the few low budget films made in 2007 that became one of the most successful movies in that year.
2008
He later went onto play the lead in hit films such as Yuvatha (2008), Swamy Ra Ra (2013), Karthikeya (2014), Surya vs Surya (2015), Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada (2016), Kesava (2017), Arjun Suravaram (2019), and Karthikeya 2 (2022).
Nikhil Siddhartha was born in Begumpet, a neighbourhood of Hyderabad of present-day Telangana, India.
His father Kavali Shyam Siddhartha hails from Mahbubnagar in Telangana.
Nikhil completed his schooling from Hyderabad Public School, where he was classmates with Rana Daggubati, Ram Charan, and Sharwanand.
He later graduated from Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology.
His father suffered from a rare disease, corticobasal degeneration, for eight years before passing away on 28 April 2022.
His first film as a solo lead was Ankit, Pallavi & Friends (2008).
He next appeared in films like Yuvatha (2008), Kalavar King (2010), Aalasyam Amrutam (2010), and Veedu Theda (2011).
2013
His 2013 film Swamy Ra Ra became a commercial success and marked a new phase in his career where he started picking distinct scripts rather than run-of-the-mill commercial films.
2014
His next film, titled Karthikeya (2014) was a critical and commercial success.
Made on a budget of ₹4–6 crore, it collected more than ₹20 crore at the box office.
2017
In 2017, Nikhil once again teamed up with Swamy Ra Ra Director Sudheer Varma for Keshava which is a revenge drama where Nikhil plays a character with a rare congenital disorder Dextrocardia, who wants to avenge the death of his family.
The film released on 19 May 2017 and received positive reviews for Nikhil's performance, musical score, visuals, and backdrop of the plot.
2018
His next film Kirrak Party (2018), a remake of Kannada Kirik Party (2016) opposite Samyuktha Hegde and Simran Pareenja, was a college campus film directed by Sharan Koppisetty.
The film underperformed at the box office.
The film's screenplay was written by Sudheer Varma and dialogues were penned by Chandoo Mondeti.
2019
His next film Arjun Suravaram released in 2019 and was successful.
With the 2022 film Karthikeya 2, Nikhil entered the 100 Crore Club.
First-look poster for the movie Swayambhu is out and Nikhil Siddhartha is portrayed as a fierce warrior in the poster.
