Sidhaartha Maadhyamika is an actor, playwright, theatre director and voice over artist based in Bangalore and primarily working in the Kannada Film and Theatre mediums since 2007. Sidhaartha was born in a village called Kudithini in Bellary district in the state of Karnataka, in 1985. His given name is Satheesh Hiremath. He is a fourth generation artiste, born in a family of illustrious thespians. His early years were spent in the travelling 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 began his journey as a professional actor in the repertories of companies like Kinnaramela and Janamanadaata in 2007. He earned a diploma in theatre arts from NINASAM, Heggodu in 2009 and since then has worked in several theatre productions, notable of which are Nino D'Introna and Giacomo Ravicchio's Robinson and Crusoe directed by Gracias Devaraj for AHA!, Bangalore (Ranga Shankara's children's theatre group); Tughlaq written by Girish Karnad and directed by Dr. Samkutty Pattomkary for the Samudaaya theatre team and Hasida Kallugalu (The Hungry Stones) by Rabindranath Tagore directed by Heisnam Tomba of Kalakshetra, Manipur for Theatre Samurai. He has written and directed three plays - 'Namma Itihaasa', 'Ee Naavu' and adapted a short story by S Diwakar - 'Itihaasa'. Since 2009, he has also appeared in several independent, art house and commercial Kannada films. You can spot him in the background with no or few lines in several films as supporting cast. 2016's Krishna-Rukku by Anil Kumar and Kempammana Court Case by Cudavalli Chandrasekhar featured him in more prominent roles. He has also worked as an Associate Director to P.Seshadri for his film, Beti. He has co-founded a theatre group called Sapeksha with his mother Sharada G S and Lekha Naidu in 2016 after an earlier dream of his- Bayala Aata disbanded in late 2015 after one year of existence and three original productions, two of them written and directed by him - 'Ee Naavu' and 'Itihaasa'. He, along with his colleague, is also involved in translations of various plays and texts from English to Kannada and vice versa, under the pseudonym 'Varaavara' while working on several new and experimental theatre productions with Sapeksha. He continues to work as a theatre trainer and facilitator along with creating new content for the stage.