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His slang and attitude helped him sustain in the industry. Srikanth had also worked in stage plays with Major Sundarrajan, Nagesh and K Balachander. Actor Sivaji Ganesan was fond of him and would try to give him a role or two in his movies.” Any character, be it villain or comedian, he would give his best. He never wanted to be a part of the rat race. Chitralaya Gopu, who worked with him in movies and plays, said, “Kasethan Kadavulada proved that he was an all-rounder despite doing more negative roles. Srikanth had been working in the US embassy in Chennai before he was spotted by director C V Sridhar for Vennira Aadai. However, he had not acted with MG Ramachandran. The versatile actor had starred alongside Sivaji Ganesan, Ravichandran, RMuthuraman, Sivakumar, Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan. He has done more than 200 films in a career spanning four-plus decades. Though Srikanth was contemporary of such acclaimed actors like Gemini Ganesan, Jaishankar and R Muthuraman, he carved out a niche for himself with a unique and muffled dialogue delivery style. He did a full-length villain role in Bhairavi, which is considered Rajinikanth’s first film as a hero. In all, he did about 50 films as a hero, and later became a sought-after villain and a character artiste.
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Srikanth debuted with Jayalalithaa in Vennira Aadai (1965) and went on to do memorable roles in a series of K Balachandar classics like Bama Vijayam, Poova Thalaiya and Ethir Neechal, besides comedies like Kasethan Kadavulada. Srikanth’s demise was first announced by Nadigar Sangam (Actors Association) on Tuesday evening. Jayalalithaa’s first hero and veteran actor, Srikanth, passed away in Chennai on Tuesday.