Actor Uday Kiran (34) committed on Sunday (5 January 2014) by reportedly hanging himself at his Srinagar Colony Flat in Hyderabad.
Uday Kiran Vajapeyajula, born on 26 June 1980 to VVK Murthy and Nirmala, was married to Vishitha on Octoer 24, 2012. He had an elder sister, Sridevi. He graduated in commerce at Wesley College, Secunderabad.
Kiran was engaged to Chiranjeevi’s daughter Sushmitha in 2003 but the engagement was subsequently broken due to ‘incompatibility issues’.
Uday Kiran made his Tollywood debut under his mentor, cinematographer turned film director Teja in the year 2000 with the film Chitram, in which he played the lead character of a 17 year old. The film went on to become a trend setter.
This film, followed by two others, Nuvvu Nenu and Manasantha Nuvve, made him among the very few actors in Telugu cinema to deliver three consecutive successful fims. His performance in Nuvvu Nenu won him the Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) in the year 2001.
In his fourth film, Kalusukovalani, he displayed dancing skills in the songs, “Udayinchina” and “Cheliya Cheliya”. While in his fifth film, ‘Sreeram’ he ventured into an action oriented story of a youngster aspiring to become a top cop.
Uday Kiran career did not take off really after his initial successes. He made a lot of efforts to regain his position but could not make much headway.
In 2005, he ventured into Tamil with the film Poi directed by K.Balachander. He then did two more films, Vambu Sandai and Pen Singam in Tamil, the latter being the story penned by M. Karunanidhi, which did moderately well at the box office.
