Siddharth Lama
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Siddarth Lama ({{langx|ne|सिद्धार्थ लामा}}) (born 1985; Pokhara, Nepal) is a Nepali film actor. Outside Nepal he is best known for his memorable role as the Rimpoche in the Malayalam film Yoddha (1992). He has since played the lead role in Lenin Rajendran's Malayalam film Edavappathy (2016).{{cite news|title='Unnikuttan' is dreaming big|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article3019095.ece|accessdate=9 December 2012|newspaper=The Hindu|date=March 21, 2012}}
Personal life
Siddharth is the son of the Nepali film maker and actor Yubraj Lama. He is a graduate in management and works with the Nepal National Sports Council.{{cite news|title=Manisha Koirala, Siddharth Lama in 'Edavapathi'|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/movies/malayalam/118623/|accessdate=9 December 2012|newspaper=Mathrubhumi|date=4 January 2012}} He is a recovered drug addict, a Trained Drug Counselor and General Secretary of D-Care Foundation, a NGO that works with drug users in Nepal. He has authored a book Drug and Drug Addiction.{{cite web|title=Spokespeople of D-Care Foundation|url=http://drugcare.org/spokespeople.php|accessdate=9 December 2012}}{{cite web|title=Yodha To Edavapathi -Unnikuttan Returns To Sizzle|url=http://www.yentha.com/news/view/4/yodha-to-edavapathi-unnikuttan-returns-to-sizzle|accessdate=9 December 2012}}
Film career
Siddharth, then a six-year-old, shot to fame and immense popularity in Kerala for his role as the young Rimpoche in the hit Malayalam movie Yoddha. He plays the lead role in Lenin Rajendran's Edavappathy alongside Manisha Koirala and Utthara Unni.{{cite news|title=Searching the soul|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article3428872.ece|accessdate=9 December 2012|newspaper=The Hindu|date=May 17, 2012}}{{cite news|title='Akkosotto' is back, as Lama!|url=http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/article347395.ece?service=print|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208073442/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/article347395.ece?service=print|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 8, 2015|accessdate=9 December 2012|newspaper=The New Indian Express|date=May 16, 2012}} Siddharth has also starred as a child artiste in several Nepali films and played the lead in one feature film, Gandharva, and in a couple of short films.{{cite news|title=In search of flavours|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/radio-and-tv/article2677724.ece|accessdate=9 December 2012|newspaper=The Hindu|date=December 1, 2011}}{{cite web|title=Shooting for 'Yodha' was great fun, remembers Siddharth Lama|url=http://www.balconybeats.com/2012/actors/shooting-for-yodha-was-great-fun-remembers-siddharth-lama/|accessdate=9 December 2012}}
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Category:20th-century Nepalese male actors