Sibi Sathyaraj (also credited as Sibiraj) is an Indian actor working in the Tamil film industry. He is the son of actor Sathyaraj.
Education Sibi did his schooling in Sherwood Hall Senior Secondary School and Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School"Actor Sibiraj: confident" . The Hindu. 11 March 2006 and Loyola College, Chennai, where he completed a degree in commerce.
Film career
In early 2003, Sibi was set to make his acting debut through Swami, the Tamil remake of the Malayalam film Nandanam (2002), directed by Renjith. However, despite beginning pre-production work, the film was later dropped.
Sibi then started his acting career with the 2003 film Student Number 1, which was a box office failure."Sibiraj is all set to make it big!". Sify. 7 November 2004 In his next four films, Jore (2004), Mannin Maindhan (2005), Vetrivel Sakthivel (2005) and Kovai Brothers (2006), he acted with his father, Sathyaraj, who also produced Sibi's following project, Lee (2007), directed by Prabhu Solomon, where he played the role of a football player."'Lee' starts rolling!". Sify. 26 August 2006 In his early years, several films he was announced to be part of, such as Perumal Swamy, Pattasu and Mamu, were shelved midway.
Subsequently, Sibi took a break from acting; his next film, Naanayam (2010). was released three years after Lee. The film, directed by Shakti Soundar Rajan, saw Sibi playing his first negative role. Although his performance was well received, the film did not fare well.Sudhir Srinivasan (30 August 2014). "Will pedigree show?". The Hindu. Following Naanayam he went on another sabbatical, during which he pursued an acting workshop at the New York Film Academy (NYFA) in Los Angeles for three months,Rinku Gupta (15 October 2014) "Sibiraj's First Role as Cop". The New Indian Express. before returning in 2014 with Naaigal Jaakirathai, again directed by Shakti Soundar Rajan.V Lakshmi (23 July 2013) "Sibiraj's hunt for a dog is on". The Times of India. The film, which Sibi reportedly accepted after having listening to more than 200 scripts,"Sibiraj is back with a growl!". Sify. 16 July 2013 featured him alongside a Belgian Shepherd dog as the protagonist."Working with dog in 'Naaigal...' has made me a better actor: Sibiraj". Sify. 15 October 2014 His next titles were Pokkiri Raja (2016), Jackson Durai (2016), Kattappava Kanom (2017) and Sathya (2017).
Then, Sibiraj played a cop in the action crime thriller Walter, directed by U. Anbarasan. Then he appeared in Kabadadaari (2021) a neo-noir thriller directed by Pradeep Krishnamoorthy, a remake of the Kannada film Kavaludaari. In 2022, he appeared in three films including Ranga, Maayon and Vattam.
Personal life On 14 September 2008, Sibi married Revathi, an engineer who works for an IT company in Chennai."Who is Sibiraj tyying the knot with? Behindwoods.com. 12 July 2008 The two had been in a relationship for thirteen years before getting married."Wedding bells for Sibiraj". Sify. 17 July 2008
Filmography
Year Film Role Notes 2003 Student Number 1 Sibi 2004 Jore Sakthi 2005 Mannin Maindhan Kathir Vetrivel Sakthivel Sakthivel 2006 Kovai Brothers Vasanth Nenjil Himself Cameo appearance 2007 Lee Leelatharan 2010 Naanayam Fareed 2014 Naaigal Jaakirathai Inspector Karthik Chinnamalai 2016 Pokkiri Raja "Cooling Glass" Guna 2016 Jackson Durai SI Sathya 2017 Kattappava Kaanom "Bad Luck" Pandian Sathya Sathya 2020 Walter DSP Walter IPS 2021 Kabadadaari SI Shakti 2022 Ranga Ranga Maayon Arjun Manimaran Vattam Mano 2025 Ten Hours Inspector R. Castro
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