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 Sidhartha Maadhyamika is a South Indian actor, playwright, theatre director and voice over artist based in Bangalore and primarily working in the Kannada Film and Theatre mediums since 2007.

He is a fourth generation artiste, born in a family of illustrious thespians. His early years were spent in the traveling theatre companies owned by both the paternal and maternal sides of his family, thus planting the seeds of storytelling and the love of literature which inevitably led him towards professional theatre despite the disapproval of his parents, who had grown disillusioned with the whole idea of performance after experiencing the decline of the golden era of Company Theatre in Karnataka.

He has co-founded a theatre group called Saapekshaa with his mother Sharada G S and Lekha Naidu in 2016.

Theatre Performances
•2006-07: ‘The Tempest' by William Shakespeare translated by Ramachandra Deva into Kannada with Kinnara Mela Repertory, Tumari. Character: Alonso, King of Naples. (No. of Shows: 50 approx.)

•2006-07: 'Dhaam Dhoom Suntaragaali' an adaptation of ‘The Tempest’ for children by Vaidehi with Kinnara Mela Repertory, Tumari. Character: Alonso, King of Naples. (No. of Shows: 60 approx.)

•2007-08: 'Khaidi' directed by Manjunath Badiger. A NINASAM workshop production. Character: Biren Babu.

•2008-10: 'Sooryana Kudure' (The Grasshopper) written by Dr. U. R. Ananthamurthy, directed by M Ganesh. Character: Ananthu. (No. of Shows: 40 approx.)

•2008-09: 'Kathe Kathe Kaarana' an improvised performance directed by Jehan Manekshaw. Character: Gunaadhya.

•2008-09: 'Macbeth' written by William Shakespeare translated by Ramachandra Deva, directed by Chennakesava. Character: Macbeth.

•2008-09: 'The Merchant of Venice' by William Shakespeare translated and directed by K V Akshara. Character: Bossanio.

•2009-13: 'Robinson & Crusoe' written by Nino D’Introna and Giacomo Ravicchio, directed by Gracias Devaraj. Character: Actor 1. (No. of shows: 80 approx.)

•2013: 'Raja Tantra Choo Mantra' a devised performance for children, directed by Vinod Ravindran. (No. of Shows: 14 approx.)

•2013-14: 'Tughlaq’ written by Girish Karnad, directed by Sam Kutty Pattankari. Character: Aziz. (No. of Shows: 40 approx.)

•2013: 'Vivekananda', directed by Mahantesh Degavi. Character: Swami Vivekananda.

•2015: 'Hasida Kallugalu', an adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore’s, ‘The Hungry Stones’, directed by Heisnam Thomba. (No. of Shows: 40 approx.)

Performances in Cinema
•2010: ‘Navilaadavaru’, written and directed by B M Giriraju. Character: Wajid.2010: ‘Maagiyakaala’, adapted from Ishwar Chandra’s ‘Onde Soorina Adi’, directed by K K Shivarudrayya. Character: Madhava.

•2012: ‘Bellikirana’, adapted from B R Lakshman Rao’s ‘Kappu Bekku’, directed by K K Shivarudrayya.

•2013: ‘Agraja’, directed by Shrinanda. Character: Alankaar Shankara.

•2013: ‘Dilwala’, written and directed by Anil Kumar. Character: Main Lead’s Friend.

•2014: ‘Ee Dil Helide Nee Bekantha’, written and directed by T M Srinivasa. Character: Main Lead’s Friend.

•2014: ‘Ka’, written and directed by Sai Krishna. Character: Siddu.

•2015: ‘Paataragitti’, directed by Ishwar. Character: Lead Antagonist.

•2015: ‘Cigarette’, directed by Lucky Shankar.

•2015: ‘Male’, directed by Tejas (Shivumurthy). Character: Main Lead’s Friend.

•2015: ‘Shuddhi’, written and directed by Adarsh Ishwarappa. Character: Special Crime Branch Officer, Bharath Gowda.

•2015: ‘Kempammana Court Case’ screenplay and direction by Cuddavalli Chandrashekar. Character: Shekar.

•2015: ‘96’, written and directed by Jayanth Seege. Character: Loki.

•2016: ‘Saaligrama’, directed by Harsha Narayanswamy. Character: Jeeva. (in production).

Direction
•2010: ‘Bahumukhi’, written by Vivek Shanbhag. For MES college.

•2011: ‘Namma Itihaasa’ written and directed by Sidhartha Maadhyamika for ASC Degree college.

•2011: ‘Tirukana Kanasu’ for Children at Bal Bhavan.

•2012: ‘Taayiya Olavu’ for Children at Bal Bhavan.

•2014: ‘Horatada Dheemantaru Haadiyalli Mahilayaru’ adapted from Nemi Chandra’s collection of articles for NMKRV Women’s College.

•2015: ‘Ee Naavu’, written and directed by Sidhartha Maadhyamika for Team Bayalaata.

•2015: ‘Itihaasa’, adapted from a short story by S.Diwakar for ‘Naatka Bengluru, 2015’.

Playwright/Writer
•2010: Namma Itihaasa, an original full length script Kannada.

•2014: Ee Naavu, an original full length script in Kannada.

•2015: Itihaasa, adapted from a Kannada short story by S.Diwakar.

•2016: GidaGiduga, translation into Kannada of the English play “Flypaper Trap” by Swati Simha.

Work Experience as Acting Trainer/ Facilitator
Since 2009 – Present: at various acting institutions, schools, colleges, and individual classes.