S. P. Charan

Sripathi Panditharadhyula Charan is an Indian film playback singer, actor, producer and director known for his works in Tamil cinema and Telugu cinema.

He is the son of legendary singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam.

He first worked as a playback singer in Tamil and Telugu.

Although it did not achieve the expected box office success, Charan won a Swarna Kamal at the 59th National Film Awards as a producer of the film.

His next production was Thirudan Police, by another debutant, Caarthick Raju.

He received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Pace University in New York, USA in 1994 and completed a two-year course in Film and Television.

SP Charan's Adhigaram has 10 episodes, and will be an intense political thriller.

Abhirami Venkatachalam has been roped in to play one of the leads in the series.

Cable Shankar has penned the script and dialogue for this web series.” Athulya Ravi will also be a part of the project.

The series also features actors like Vellai Pookal Dev, Ilavarasu, AL Alagappan, John Vijay and Vinodhini in important roles.

SP Charan will be producing

it under his home banner Capital Film Works.Adhigaram will feature music by Deena Devarajan with cinematography by Rajesh Yadav and editing by National Award winner Praveen K. L. The technical crew of Adhigaram also includes names like Manigi, who has come on board as the additional screenwriter and dialogue writer, followed by art direction by Remiyan, action sequences by Stunt Silva, costume designs by Sofiya Jenifer and C. Murugesh Babu serving as the script supervisor.

Details on when Adhigaram will begin streaming is yet to made known with the production house expected to reveal in the days ahead.

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 serial 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.

Charan began working as a playback singer in 1997 with "Deepangal pesum" from Devathai, under Ilaiyaraaja's direction.

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?"

Charan established the film production company Capital Film Works, in 2002.

Their first production was the film 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 ventured into acting with the 2003 Kannada film Hudugigagi and is best known for his performance in the 2008 film Saroja.

He has established a film production company called Capital Film Works, and produced several Tamil films, including the cult hit Chennai 600028 in 2007 and the National Film Award-winning Aaranya Kaandam in 2012.

He is filming a new webseries in Tamil language under his home banner Capital Film Works named Adhigaram which would mark his debut as a director in the Tamil film industry.

Adhigaram is an intense political thriller which touches upon sensitive issues.

The release date is yet to be revealed by the crew in accordance to the pandemic situations.

Charan is the son of the late legendary singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and his wife Savitri.

Charan was born and raised in Chennai.

SPB Charan has an elder sister named Pallavi, who is also a singer.

He Studied at Asan Memorial CBSE School, Chennai in which the popular Tamil actor Ajithkumar also studied with him and was a school friend of him.

His first release was the Kannada film Hudugigagi in 2003, directed by B. Manjunath.

He further produced the Jayam Ravi-starrer Mazhai (2005), a remake of the Telugu film Varsham, which was not well received.

His next production was Venkat Prabhu's directorial debut Chennai 600028 (2007), considered a trend-setting film that featured 11 newcomers in the lead and became one of 2007's biggest commercial as well as critical successes.

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.

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.