Shirish Saravanan, known also as Metro Shirish[1][2] for his work in his debut film Metro, is an actor from Tamil film industry.

Metro Shirish
Born
Shirish Saravanan

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupationactor
Years active2016 – present
Known forMetro

Career

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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.[3] 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.[4][5] In 2018, he acted in Raja Ranguski with director Dharanidharan is alongside Chandini Tamilarasan.[6] 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 and Arundhati Nair are the lady leads. Notably, this film will be music director Dharan's 25th project.[7]

Filmography

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Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Role Notes
2016 Metro Arivazhagan Won—Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South[8]
Won—Edison Award for Best Debut Actor[9]
2018 Raja Ranguski Raja
2021 Blood Money Sudhan
2022 Pistha Saravanan

References

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  1. ^ "Metro Shirish on Raja Ranguski: Chandini came on board after the actress backed out". Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Want to keep experimenting seeing the success of Metro: Shirish". 9 July 2016. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  3. ^ "New kid on the block Shirish Saravanan". Deccan Chronicle. 22 June 2015. Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  4. ^ Bala, Ramesh (23 June 2016). "#Metro [3.5/5]: @actor_shirish makes a fine debut as the hero.. Does well both in action and emotional scenes.. @ActorSimhaa is top notch!". @rameshlaus. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Want to keep experimenting seeing the success of Metro: Shirish". hindustantimes.com/. 9 July 2016. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Director Dharanidharan's next that has Metro Shirish and Pooja Devariya in the lead is titled as 'Raja Ranguski'. The shoot will commence from 2nd January. - Cinemaplusnews". Cinemaplusnews. 30 December 2016. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Dulquar Salmaan and Metro Shirish in news". tamilnadu central. 29 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  8. ^ "64th Filmfare Awards South 2017: R Madhavan wins Best Actor, Suriya bags Critics Award". Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Edison Awards". Archived from the original on 18 May 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
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