Sharwanand is an Indian film actor who appears in Telugu

Telugu cinema

The Cinema of Andhra Pradesh, also referred to as Telugu Cinema or Tollywood, is the Telugu film industry in India. The Telugu language film industry is known for being one of the three largest in terms of no.of films produced yearly in India. The Prasads IMAX theatre in Hyderabad is one of the...

 and Tamil

Tamil cinema

Tamil cinema is the film industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the production of films in the Tamil language. It is based in Chennai's Kodambakkam district, where several South Indian film production companies are headquartered...

 films. He is also known as Sarva in the Tamil cinema.

Early life

Sharwanand was born on 6 March 1984 in Hyderabad. Nandu, as his friends call him, was a popular kid during his early years. He is the son of MRV Prasad Rao. Sharvanand has two plus points, the ability to keep his cool and learn from elders. Sharwanand hails from a very close knit business family where his father runs the business. He is the youngest of three, with one elder sister and one elder brother. Besides his will power he attributes everything to his family and says that it his family that gives him strength. Sharwanand also deems his mother as his first teacher and says that she taught him the importance of building a strong character that shall help him outshine everything. According to him his bond with his family was the reason behind his success in the industry. His cousin, Ram Pothineni is also an actor in the Telugu films. He always wanted to become an actor, ever since his was a child. And to pursue that dream, he went to Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

 to get trained as an actor when he was 17. It was a three month course.
Sharwanand did his bachelor of commerce

Bachelor of Commerce

A Bachelor of Commerce is an undergraduate degree in commerce and related subjects. The degree is also known as the Bachelor of Commerce and Administration, or BCA...

 degree from Wesley’s and became a trained dancer. During his B.Com Sharwanand applied to The Hindu’s Best New Face contest and was selected to participate which is where he declared Chiranjeevi

Chiranjeevi

Chiranjeevi is a Telugu film actor and a politician. He has appeared primarily in Telugu Cinema along with a few Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films. He made his acting debut in Punadhirallu . However, Pranam Khareedu released at the box office earlier...

 as his role model.

Film career

He first caught attention in the Thumps Up ad with the megastar himself. And after a spate of solo and multi hero projects which didn't really hit bull's-eye, Sharwanand appeared in a guest role in 'Shankar dada MBBS'. Sharwanand Myneni started his career appearing in supporting roles in most of the films.Sharwanand made his acting debut in Telugu with 5va Tareeku in 2003. Later, he shared screen space with Chiranjeevi in Shankar Dada M.B.B.S. and Venkatesh in Sankranthi

Sankranthi (film)

Sankranthi is a Telugu film directed by Muppalaneni Siva. The film stars Venkatesh, Sneha, Srikanth, Siva Balaji, Prakash Raj, Sharwanand, Arti Agarwal and Venu Madhav. The film was appreciated by family audience. It is a remake of the Tamil film Aanandham, directed by N...

 and Lakshmi (film)

Lakshmi (film)

Lakshmi Lakshmi Lakshmi (Telugu (Dubbed into Malayalam as Lakshmi and Hindi as Meri Taqat) is a Telugu movie directed by V.V. Vinayak starring Venkatesh, Nayantara, and Charmme Kaur in the lead roles. The film was a "super Hit" at the box-office.-Story:...

. Sharwanand portrayed the role played by Jimmy Shergill

Jimmy Shergill

Jasjit Singh Gill , popularly known as Jimmy Shergill , is an Indian actor.-Early life:Shergill was born in a Jatt Sikh family in Gorakhpur, India and studied there till 5th Grade in St. Paul's School. Then, his family shifted to Patiala...

 in Munna Bhai MBBS in the Telugu film Shankar Dada MBBS

Shankar Dada MBBS

Shankar Dada MBBS is a 2004 Telugu film which is a remake of Hindi blockbuster Munnabhai MBBS. This film stars Chiranjeevi in the lead role and Paresh Rawal, Sonali Bendre, Girish Karnad, and Srikanth. in supporting roles. Jayanth C...

. The role got him praise and accolades but a lot was not known about this 26 year old actor who was going great guns in the Telugu film Industry. His roles in Vennela as psycho character and Amma Cheppindi

Amma Cheppindi

Amma Cheppindi is a 2006 Tollywood drama film written, screenplay, dialogues and direction by Gangaraju Gunnam. Sharwanand, Shriya Reddy and Suhasini play important roles. Nagendra Babu, Pawan Malhotra, Tanikella Bharani, Suman and L. B. Sriram played the supporting cast. While M. M...

 bagged him the limelight, while those in award-winning flicks like Gamyam

Gamyam

Gamyam is a 2008 Telugu film directed by Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi. Having returned from the United States with the sole intention of becoming a filmmaker, Jagarlamudi's inspiration for this film came mainly from the film Easy Rider and the book The Motorcycle Diaries...

, Andari Banduvaya and Prasthanam

Prasthanam

-Reception:Though the movie did not make major show at boxoffice on its release due to poor promotions and competition from the other hit movies such as simha and darling, it recovered money for the producer as the remake rights itself were sold for about 70 lakhs in five languages...

 won him accolades. Starting his career with the Telugu movie Sharwanand went on to act in Tamil and Malayalam film industry too. He forayed in to Kollywood

Kollywood

Kollywood is a word referring two different movie industries in India and Nepal, derived from the word Hollywood and their local movie centers.* Tamil cinema, the Tamil language film industry based on Kodambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu,...

 with Kadhalna Summa Illai

Kadhalna Summa Illai

Kadhalna Summa Illai is a 2009 Tamil film directed by Ilankannan. The film stars Ravikrishna, Sharwanand, and Kamalinee Mukherjee in prominent roles...

, remake of Gamyam

Gamyam

Gamyam is a 2008 Telugu film directed by Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi. Having returned from the United States with the sole intention of becoming a filmmaker, Jagarlamudi's inspiration for this film came mainly from the film Easy Rider and the book The Motorcycle Diaries...

 and it became instant blockbuster and his performance is appreciated.His second Tamil film Naalai Namadhe directed by Vinayan and Engeyum Eppodhum

Engeyum Eppodhum

The film score and soundtrack for Engeyum Eppodhum was composed by debutant C.Sathya. The album consists of 5 tracks, featuring lyrics penned by Na. Muthukumar and M. Saravanan. It was released on 3 August 2011 in Chennai released by actors Surya, Vivek and music director Harris Jayaraj.-Critical...

 is a super hit blockbuster in tamil which is a low budget film done in 5 crores and earns 40 crores in 3 weeks. He acted as Gautham in this film. He got a good acting review comments in all tamil leading magazines like Vikatan, Kumudam, and newspapers like Dinamalar.

Filmography

Years	Film	Role	Language	Other Notes
2003	5va Tareeku		Telugu Telugu language Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...
2004	Yuvasena 4		Telugu
2004	Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.		Telugu
2005	Sankranthi Sankranthi (film) Sankranthi is a Telugu film directed by Muppalaneni Siva. The film stars Venkatesh, Sneha, Srikanth, Siva Balaji, Prakash Raj, Sharwanand, Arti Agarwal and Venu Madhav. The film was appreciated by family audience. It is a remake of the Tamil film Aanandham, directed by N...	Vamsi	Telugu
2005	Vennela Vennela Vennela is a 2005 Telugu film written and directed by Deva Katta, starring Raja and Parvati Melton as well as Sharwanand and Ravi Varma.-Audience, setting, and budget:...		Telugu
2006	Lakshmi Lakshmi (film) Lakshmi Lakshmi Lakshmi (Telugu (Dubbed into Malayalam as Lakshmi and Hindi as Meri Taqat) is a Telugu movie directed by V.V. Vinayak starring Venkatesh, Nayantara, and Charmme Kaur in the lead roles. The film was a "super Hit" at the box-office.-Story:...		Telugu
2006	Amma Cheppindi Amma Cheppindi Amma Cheppindi is a 2006 Tollywood drama film written, screenplay, dialogues and direction by Gangaraju Gunnam. Sharwanand, Shriya Reddy and Suhasini play important roles. Nagendra Babu, Pawan Malhotra, Tanikella Bharani, Suman and L. B. Sriram played the supporting cast. While M. M...		Telugu
2006	Veedhi		Telugu
2007	Classmates Classmates (2007 film) Classmates is a 2007 Tollywood film that is a remake of the Malayalam hit of the same name. The film stars Sumanth, Ravi Varma, Sharwanand, Sadha, Sunil, & Kamalinee Mukherjee. K. Vijaya Bhaskar directed the film and Sravanti Ravi Kishore produced it...		Telugu
2008	Gamyam Gamyam Gamyam is a 2008 Telugu film directed by Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi. Having returned from the United States with the sole intention of becoming a filmmaker, Jagarlamudi's inspiration for this film came mainly from the film Easy Rider and the book The Motorcycle Diaries...		Telugu
2009	Kadhalna Summa Illai Kadhalna Summa Illai Kadhalna Summa Illai is a 2009 Tamil film directed by Ilankannan. The film stars Ravikrishna, Sharwanand, and Kamalinee Mukherjee in prominent roles...	Abhiram	Tamil Tamil language Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
2009	Naalai Namadhe		Tamil
2009	Raju Maharaju		Telugu
2010	Andari Banduvaya		Telugu
2010	Prasthanam Prasthanam -Reception:Though the movie did not make major show at boxoffice on its release due to poor promotions and competition from the other hit movies such as simha and darling, it recovered money for the producer as the remake rights itself were sold for about 70 lakhs in five languages...	Mitra	Telugu
2011	Engeyum Eppodhum Engeyum Eppodhum The film score and soundtrack for Engeyum Eppodhum was composed by debutant C.Sathya. The album consists of 5 tracks, featuring lyrics penned by Na. Muthukumar and M. Saravanan. It was released on 3 August 2011 in Chennai released by actors Surya, Vivek and music director Harris Jayaraj.-Critical...	Gautham	Tamil
2011	Journey Engeyum Eppodhum The film score and soundtrack for Engeyum Eppodhum was composed by debutant C.Sathya. The album consists of 5 tracks, featuring lyrics penned by Na. Muthukumar and M. Saravanan. It was released on 3 August 2011 in Chennai released by actors Surya, Vivek and music director Harris Jayaraj.-Critical...	Gautham	Telugu	Dubbed movie of Engeyum Eppodhum
2012	Keeravani Keeravani Keeravani is a rāgam in Carnatic music . It is the 21st Melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music. The 21st melakarta rāgam as per Muthuswami Dikshitar school of music is ....		Telugu	Filiming
2012	Gokulam		Tamil	Dubbed movie of Andari Banduvaya