National award winner Bobby Simha - News and Discussion

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Bobby Simha is an Indian film actor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_actor) who has appeared in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam language films. After making brief appearances in the films Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadhalil_Sodhappuvadhu_Yeppadi) and Pizza (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza_(2012_film)) (2012), he portrayed a kidnapper in Nalan Kumarasamy'sSoodhu Kavvum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soodhu_Kavvum) and a comic villain in Alphonse Putharen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Putharen)'s Neram (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neram). Simha's subsequent performance as the Madurai (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madurai) gangster Sethu in Karthik Subbaraj (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karthik_Subbaraj)'s Jigarthanda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigarthanda) (2014) won him positive reviews from critics and the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor).

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With no supporter in the industry, how has the journey been?
I was doing my degree in Coimbatore, when I quit college and came to Chennai in 2005. I presumed it would be easy and even told my friends, “watch me on 70mm”. The truth hit me soon with survival problems in a new city. I had no place to stay and asked friends for space. Once funds ran out, I took up a marketing job. Filling up my bike with petrol, I did the rounds on directors’ doors. I also did an acting course at Koothupattarai, (a noted Tamil theatre group), which made me confident in myself. Rejections and [broken] promises by directors were life’s lessons. I am known among friends as a stubborn person and that kept me going during the days of struggle.