Siddharth (born 17 April 1979) is an Indian film actor, who has primarily starred in Telugu films. He occasionally works as a playback singer and screenplay writer as well. After his business management studies, Siddharth chose to work in film making and worked as an assistant director before making his acting debut in the 2003 Tamil film Boys. In the subsequent years, he has worked in many Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films. He has acted in many successful films such as Boys, Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana, Rang De Basanti and Bommarillu. Siddharth was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He studied at DAV Boys’ Senior Secondary School, Chennai and Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Delhi. He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) degree from Kirori Mal College, New Delhi. Siddharth was part of the reputed theatre group of the college, The Players. He was also president of the college’s debating society and attended the World Debating Championships. He went on to complete his MBA in 2001 from S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai. He was exceptionally bright regarding his speaking skills, which ultimately led him to win CNBC Manager of the year award in 1999.