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Early life

Nikhil Siddharth was born in Begumpet, a neighbourhood of Hyderabad of present-day Telangana, India. After his schooling from Hyderabad Public School, he graduated from Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology.

Career

Siddharth started out as an assistant director for the film Hyderabad Nawaabs. He had minor roles in various films before doing Happy Days. Directed by Sekhar Kammula, Siddharth played one of the four leads in the film. Happy Days was one among the few low budget films made in 2007 that became commercially successful. His first solo lead film was Ankit, Pallavi & Friends. He appeared in films like Yuvatha, kalavar king, Aalasyam Amrutham and Veedu Theda. Which established him as a Solo Hero and got his major breakthrough in 2013 with Swamy Ra RaWhich went on to be listed as the top 10 Telugu films of the decade 2010-2020 . His next film, titled Karthikeya,
In 2017 Siddharth once again teamed up with Swamy Ra Ra Director Sudheer Varma for Keshava which is a revenge drama where Siddharth plays the character facing an issue of having heart on right side and a rare problem to it Film released on 19 May 2017 which got positive reviews for Siddharth's performance, musical score, visuals and backdrop of the plot.His next film Kirrak Party, a remake of Kannada Kirik Party opposite Samyuktha Hegde and Simran Pareenja, was a college campus film directed by Sharan Koppisetty. The film under performed at the box-office. The film's screenplay was written by Sudheer Varma and Dialogues by Chandoo Mondeti. His latest film Arjun Suravaram is released in 2019.This film was a hit at the box office.