Quick Facts
Biography
Shirish Sharavanan is an actor from Tamil film industry who has debuted with Metro and is expected to appear in another film this year and is also said to reprise as antagonist character in Telugu remake of film Metro.
Early life
Born in Chennai, India, Shirish completed his schooling at the Gill Adarsh Higher Secondary School. He then enrolled on to the Visual Communications course in the prestigious Loyola College. Having a keen interest in acting from childhood, he trained at the prestigious Kalairani Acting School, took up dance classes with choreographer Jayanthi and got trained in fights and action with Pandiyan master.
Film career
It was in College, that he met Ananda Krishnan, who after conducting an audition decided to cast him as the lead in his next movie. His performance in Ananda Krishnan's Metro garnered him rave reviews with many critics appreciating his notable performance in the movie along with Filmfare's award for Best Male Debut-South. He is expected to play as the antagonist in the Telugu remake of Metro. In the meanwhile, his film Raja Ranguski with the creator of the critically acclaimed films ‘Burma’ and ‘Jackson Durai’, director Dharanidharan is in the last stages of shooting. This crime thriller stars Pooja Devariya as the female lead and has Yuvan Shankar Raja as it’s music director. His next film, which started filming in August 2017, is a village based entertainer titled Pistha, which is directed by the editor of Metro, Ramesh Bharathi. Mrudula Murali of the Malayalam movie 'Ayal Njanalla' fame and Arundhati Nair of 'Saithan' fame are the lady leads. Notably, this film will be music director Dharan’s 25th project.