Aadi Saikumar


Aditya Pudipeddi, credited as Aadi Saikumar, is an Indian actor who works in Telugu cinema. Aadi made his debut with Prema Kavali. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South and SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut – Telugu for the film. He went on to be starred in successful films such as Lovely, Sukumarudu and Shamantakamani.)Blockbuster Hit.

Early life

Aditya Pudipeddi was born on 23 December 1986 in Amudalavalasa, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh. Son of actor Sai Kumar, Aadi was schooled in Chennai in Devi Academy, Valasaravakkam, till 7th standard and then moved to St. Andrews School in Hyderabad, followed by St Johns for Intermediate and completed his graduation from Bhavan's Vivekananda College. He excelled in studies, and had an inclination towards acting. He was an all-rounder in Cricket and he was selected for the under-19 Ranji Cricket Team. He played under the captaincy of Ambati Rayudu, and Pragyan Ojha, the Indian team player was his roommate during their Sri Lanka trip.
Aadi married Aruna, a software professional from Rajahmundry, in December 2014, and the couple has a daughter.

Career

Aadi debuted in 2011 with K. Vijaya Bhaskar's directorial Prema Kavali. In this love story, he played the role of Srinu, a NCC Cadet who sets out to find the one who tortures his lover, thus trying to regain her heart after a break-up. Oneindia Entertainment commented on his performance stating "Aadi has done his role with good ease and his in dialogue delivery is as good as his father. He is quite comfortable in emoting the love and emotional scenes and he is also good at dances and action scenes. However, he should further improve his body language, as he appeared a little rigid in some scenes. But for a debutant hero, such situations are unavoidable." Aadi has won the Hyderabad Times award 2011 for Promising Newcomer Male, CineMAA Awards for best Debut Actor of 2012 and Filmfare Awards South for Best Male Debut – South of 2011. The film ran for 100 days.
His next release was B. Jaya's directorial Lovely, was released on 30 March 2012. He played the role of Akash, a jovial person who hates father-daughter relationships, but starts respecting it after he meets with the father of the girl he loved. The film completed a hundred-day run on 7 July 2012 in 12 centres. In 2013, Aadi starred in Sukumarudu which was released on 4 May 2013 which was moderately successful. He then starred in Rough, directed by C. H. Subba Reddy.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011Prema KavaliSrinu
2012LovelyAkash
2013SukumaruduSukumar
2014Pyar Mein PadipoyaneChandraAlso sang "Chinna Pillalu" song
2014GalipatamKarthi
2014RoughChandhu
2016GaramVarala Babu
2016ChuttalabbaiRecovery Babji
2017SamanthakamaniKarthik
2017Next NuvveKiran
2019Burra KathaAbhiram "Abhi / Ram"
2019JodiKapil
2019Operation Gold FishArjun Pandit
2021SashiRajkumar "Raj"
2022Athidi Devo BhavaAbhay Ram
2022BlackConstable Vikramaditya "Aditya" Dharmaraj
2022Tees Maar KhanTees Maar Khan
2022Crazy FellowAbhiram "Nani"
2022Top GearArjun
2023CSI SanatanSanatan
2025ShanmukhaKarthi Vallabhan
2025ShambhalaVikram
YugandharFilming
Filming
Filming
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Television

As singer

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryFilmResult
2011Hyderabad Times Film AwardsPromising Newcomer Prema KavaliNomitated
2012South Indian International Movie AwardsBest debut Prema KavaliWon
2012Zee Cine AwardsBest debut Prema KavaliNomitated
2012Filmfare AwardsBest Male DebutPrema KavaliWon