Srikanth is a veteran Indian actor who has performed in Tamil films since the 1960s. He often portrays supporting characters to actors like Sivaji Ganesan, Muthuraman, Jaishankar and in the later period he appeared as villain opposite actors like Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan. He played the lead role in the 1974 Tamil film Dikkatra Parvathi which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil in 1975. Sreekanth has acted in about 200 films in Tamil cinema.