Shankar Babu, known by his stage name Sardar Sathya (or Sardar Satya), is an Indian actor who works predominately in Kannada films. He also had roles in Tulu and Tamil films. Sardar Satya received the 2010 Suvarna Film Award for Best Actor in Negative Role.
Career
editOriginally from Chamarajanagar, Sathya started off as an associate director with Yogaraj Bhat for the television serial Sadhana. He trained in the theatre groups Benaka, Rangayana and Neenasam before making a brief appearance in a song in Duniya (2007). In K. M. Chaitanya's Aa Dinagalu (2007), he played the role of Sardar and was thereafter known as Sardar Sathya.[1] He landed the role after Sumana Kittur saw his villainous act in the play Chandrahasa. Satya played a vagabond in Gundragovi (2010).[2] He made his Tulu debut with Madipu (2017).[3] He is involved in his own production house – Sai Nirmala Productions – started with his wife Nirmala Chennappa.[4] He made his Tamil debut with Viduthalai Part 1 (2023) playing the role of a police officer, which Sathya credits to giving his career a rebirth.[5][6][7][8][9]
Filmography
edit| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Duniya | Unknown | Uncredited song appearance |
| Aa Dinagalu | Sardar | ||
| 2008 | Slum Bala | Razak | |
| 2010 | Ijjodu | ||
| Thamassu | Sardar | ||
| Gundragovi | Won—Suvarna Film Award for Best Actor in Negative Role | ||
| 2011 | Rajadhani | Jaggu | |
| 2012 | AK 56 | Ajay's friend | |
| 2015 | Sharp Shooter | ||
| 2016 | Killing Veerappan | Anees | |
| 2017 | Madipu | Buta | Tulu film |
| Chakravarthy | |||
| Life 360 | |||
| E Kalarava | forest guard | ||
| 2018 | 8MM Bullet | police officer | |
| 2019 | Chambal | ||
| 2023 | Viduthalai Part 1 | Sub-Inspector Velmurugan | Tamil film |
| Kaatera | Kasaba police inspector | ||
| 2024 | Kotee | Prabhakar | |
| Viduthalai Part 2 | Sub-Inspector Velmurugan | Tamil film |
References
edit- ^ "Great going for Sathya". Deccan Herald.
- ^ Sebastian, Shilpa (December 9, 2017). "Unconventional super actor" – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ Cinema, Tulu (December 28, 2017). "These fives are given best in the first! Last one in the list is from award winning film!".
- ^ "Did you know that Bigg Boss Kannada 8 contestant Nirmala Channappa's husband Sathya is an actor?". March 3, 2021 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
- ^ "Unlearned all I knew to work with Vetrimaaran: S Sathya". May 13, 2023 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
- ^ M, Shashiprasad S. (May 13, 2023). "My rebirth as an actor is all because of Vetrimaaran, says Sardar Satya". The South First.
- ^ Kannada, TV9 (April 25, 2023). "ತಮಿಳಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಜನಪ್ರಿಯತೆ ಪಡೆದ ಸರ್ದಾರ್ ಸತ್ಯ; 'ವಿಡುದಲೈ' ಚಿತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿ ಪಾತ್ರ". TV9 Kannada.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Kannada Actor Sathy: ಆ ದಿನಗಳು ಸರ್ದಾರ್ ಖ್ಯಾತಿಯ ಸತ್ಯ ಕಾಲಿವುಡ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಸಖತ್ ಮಿಂಚಿಂಗ್; ವೆಟ್ರಿಮಾನ್ ವಿಡುದಲೈ ಚಿತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾರೀ ಸ್ಕೋರ್!". News18 ಕನ್ನಡ. April 24, 2023.
- ^ "Sardar Sathya: ವಿಜಯ್ ಸೇತುಪತಿಯ 'ವಿಡುದಲೈ' ಸಿನಿಮಾದಿಂದ ಕನ್ನಡದ ನಟ 'ಸರ್ದಾರ್' ಸತ್ಯಗೆ ಸಿಕ್ತು ಸಕ್ಸಸ್". Vijay Karnataka.