Siddharth Venugopal

Siddharth Venugopal was born on 28 November 1985 in Hyderabad to a Tamil family, but was brought up in Coimbatore.{{Cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=74_yg1Xs_qI&feature=youtu.be|title = சினிமா எனக்கு ஒரு பெரிய கனவா இருந்துச்சு! ஆனந்தத்தாண்டவம் சித்தார்த் I Aanandha Thaandavam Sidharth|website = YouTube}} He has a sister named Rathi. He did his schooling in Lisieux Matriculation Higher Secondary School Coimbatore, before moving on to complete a degree in information technology at Kumaraguru College of Technology. Following a brief stint in films, he returned to education in 2011 after signing up for an MBA at Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University, California.https://www.linkedin.com/in/siddharthvenugopal/ {{Self-published source|date=June 2022}}

During his college days, Siddharth had taken up modelling assignments and acting courses and in October 2007, six months old in a Chennai multinational company, he got a call from director Gandhi Krishna’s office, after the director saw him in a print ad. After a six-hour audition, he was selected to play the lead role in the director's romantic musical Ananda Thandavam, a film adaptation of the Sujatha serialized novel Pirivom Santhippom.{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/article3021341.ece |title=Cinema Plus / Cinema : New kid on the block |work=The Hindu |date=2009-04-10 |accessdate=2012-09-07}} The film was shot in India and USA for more than a year and featured him alongside Tamannaah and Rukmini Vijayakumar. However the film opened to unanimously poor reviews in early 2009, with a critic from Sify.com stating that the actor "can do little to save the film".{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/ananda-thandavam-review-tamil-pclxbdhijfdfe.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304203614/http://www.sify.com/movies/ananda-thandavam-review-tamil-pclxbdhijfdfe.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 March 2015 |title=Movie Review:Ananda Thandavam |website=Sify |date= |accessdate=2012-09-07}} Rediff.com felt that Siddharth's performance was one of the weaker aspects of the film noting "though he does his best when he's romancing his beloved, and there are sparks during emotional scenes, he seems to miss his cue a few times, making you wonder if someone with acting chops might have done a better job."{{cite web|url=http://movies.rediff.com/review/2009/apr/10/review-anandha-thandavam.htm |title=Anandha Thandavam not as good as the novel - Rediff.com Movies |publisher=Movies.rediff.com |date=2009-04-10 |accessdate=2012-09-07}}

Siddharth, before the release of his debut film had agreed to star in another film produced by Aascar Ravichandran to be directed by newcomer Jeeva Shankar. The film titled Naan was to see him portraying the lead role with Rukmini Vijayakumar playing the lead female role, however due to the failure of his previous film, the producer called off the project.{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/cp/2009/04/10/stories/2009041050100400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413162926/http://www.hindu.com/cp/2009/04/10/stories/2009041050100400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-04-13 |title=Cinema Plus / Cinema : New kid on the block |date=2009-04-10 |work=The Hindu |accessdate=2012-08-18}} The film restarted with Vijay Antony's interception as producer in 2010, while the music director making his debut as an actor also took the lead role from Siddharth. The film was shot over two years, with Siddharth playing the second lead, amongst an ensemble cast also including actresses Rupa Manjari, Anuya Bhagwat and Vibha Natarajan. The film released in August 2012 to predominantly positive reviews, with Siddharth gaining critical acclaim for his performance of the rich youngster, Ashok with a critic noting he is "impressive".{{cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/naan-review-tamil-pcma3rehjhghd.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419063647/http://www.sify.com/movies/naan-review-tamil-pcma3rehjhghd.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 April 2015 |title=Movie Review:Naan |website=Sify |date= |accessdate=2012-09-07}}

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