Nikhil Siddhartha: Net Worth, Family, Biography, And More!

Nikhil Siddhartha is a popular face in the Telugu cinema industry and hails from India. He started his career by playing small roles in films and also worked as an assistant director for the film ‘Hyderabad Nawabs’.

The turning point in Nikhil’s career was playing one of the four male leads in the 2007 movie ‘Happy Days’. It turned out to be a commercial success and Nikhil later became part of several films such as Yuvatha, Swamy Ra Ra, Karthikeya, and Spy.

Nikhil Siddhartha is quite popular on social media platforms with 1.7 million followers on Facebook and 1.6 million followers on Instagram.

Physical Stats

Nikhil Siddhartha Family

Nikhil was born on born 1st of June 1985 to Kavali Shyam Siddhartha and Veena Siddhartha. The actor also has a brother Rohit Siddhartha and a sister Sonali Siddhartha.

Nikhil’s father was suffering from corticobasal degeneration, a rare disease for 8 years and passed away in April 2022.

Relationships

Nikhil met Pallavi Varma for the first time at a party. The actor was attracted by the way she walked in, her body language, and the way she carried herself and it was almost like love at first sight.

Later, Nikhil collected Pallavi’s contact number from his friends and started speaking with her. He got to know that she was pursuing medical studies in Bangalore. Later, the couple started spending time together and finally, Nikhil married Pallavi on 14 May 2020.

Education

Nikhil did his schooling at Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet, and St. Patricks’ High School, Secunderabad. Later, the actor joined Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology and completed his bachelor’s degree in engineering.

Controversies

Post the release of his film ‘NOTA’ in 2018, Telugu actor Vijay Deverakonda faced sharp criticism as the movie failed to meet the expectations of the audience. He was following Vijay and posted an open letter on Twitter.

The actor wrote that he will learn from his mistakes and come back and also appealed to all his ‘haters’ to enjoy. Though it remains ambiguous whom Vijay addressed as haters, Nikhil soon came up with a tweet. Without taking names, the actor wrote about a person who thinks that the world revolves around him and shows an unnecessary attitude.

By addressing that individual as a ‘dude’, Nikhil went on to mention that he is not that important and advised him to create less hype and work more. However, shortly thereafter, Nikhil deleted his controversial tweet.           

Nikhil Siddhartha Profession

Nikhil appeared in the role of a driver in the 2003 film ‘Sambaram’. Later, in 2006, he worked as an assistant director and also played a cameo role in ‘Hyderabad Nawabs’. However, the actor got a major break in 2007 after portraying the character of one of the four male leads in the film ‘Happy Days’. Though it was a low-budget movie, ‘Happy Days’ went on to become one of the highest-grossing films of that year.

In 2008, Nikhil’s first film as a solo lead, ‘Ankit, Pallavi & Friends’ was released. It was followed by other movies such as Yuvatha, Kalavar King, Aalasyam Amrutam, and Veedu Theda. 

Later, Nikhil acted in several commercially successful films such as Swamy Ra Ra, directed by Sudheer Varma and Karthikeya. However, the 2018 film Kirrak Party failed to win at the box office. Nikhil soon bounced back with two back-to-back hits, Arjun Suravaram and Karthikeya 2, the sequel to Karthikeya.

The upcoming film from Nikhil is ‘Swayambhu’, directed by Bharathi Krishnamachari. It will be the 20th film by the actor.

Nikhil Siddhartha Net worth

Nikhil’s main source of income is from acting in films. Reportedly, the actor’s net worth stands at Rs.35 crore.

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