Mumbai, April  17: Siddharth, was born in an Iyer family in Tamil Nadu on April 17, 1979. From his chocolate boy image to making his way to being a producer, he debuted in Mani Ratnam’s Kannathil Muthamittal (2002) as Munna.

He finished his schooling from Chennai and Delhi and done his MBA from the SP Jain University in Mumbai.

At the age of 21, Sid’s dream was to direct movies. He was briefly married to Meghna. Later, he also dated Soha Ali Khan for a while. Moving on from Soha, he was in a relationship with Shruti Haasan.

In his 42nd birthday, we bring some enthralling lesser known facts about Siddharth that we bet you don’t know about this:

-In 1999 Sid won the CNBC Manager of the Year award for his incredible speaking skills.

– He learnt Carnatic singing and has also produced the musical album as a producer for the Oy and Striker soundtrack.

– He established himself as a bankable lead actor in Telugu films in late 2000.

– He won acclaim for his work as a carrom player in Striker (2010) and as a blind warrior in the fantasy film Anaganaga O Dheerudu (2011).

– He acted in a short film called “Blood Brothers”, which was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival.