Nani is an Indian film actor who mainly stars in Telugu

Telugu language

Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

 films. After his education, he became an assistant director

Assistant director

The role of an Assistant director include tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, preparing daily call sheets, checking cast and crew, maintaining order on the set. They also have to take care of health and safety of the crew...

, he worked with Seenu Vylta and Bapu garu before working as a RJ

Radio jockey

A radio jockey is a person who hosts a radio talk show where the RJ selects the music to be played, or topic of discussion, by interacting with the audience; the interaction is often via telephone, but may also be online, or via email....

 for World Space Satellite in Hyderabad. He got an opportunity to act in an advertisement when he was offered the film Ashta Chamma

Ashta Chamma

Ashta Chamma is a critically acclaimed 2008 Indian comedy film written and directed by Mohan Krishna Indraganti. Filmed in Telugu, the film deals with four quirky characters interwoven in a romantic narration. The film stars Colours Swathi, Nani, Srinivas Avasarala and Bhargavi in the lead with...

also starring Swathi

Colours Swathi

Swati Reddy , also known as Colours Swathi, is an Indian film actress and television presenter. Her nickname and fame come from her role in the television show Colours, which was telecasted on the Telugu station Maa TV in Andhra Pradesh...

. His second film Ride was produced by Bellamkonda Suresh

Bellamkonda Suresh

- Background :Suresh started his own production house, Sai Ganesh Productions. He is uncle to another popular producer, Nallamalupu Srinivas, who produced films hit films Lakshyam, Chintakayala Ravi, and Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam.- Controversy :...

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Nani worked as a assistant director with Seenu Vylta and Bapu garu before auditioning for the main lead role in “Ashta Chamma”. Nani worked as a Radio Jockey with World Space Radio and was quite popular as “Non Stop Nani”.

Background

Nani born and brought up in Hyderabad. did his schooling from St. Alphonsus, Hyderabad and intermediate in Narayana, SR Nagar. He graduated from in Wesley’s. It was during his undergraduate days, He got addicted to movies. There is lots of Maniratnam’s influence on him. He watched Dalapathy film innumerable times.

He used analyze films deeply as to his friends used to watch them just for the sake of entertainment. He wanted to become a director. Producer Anil is a distant relative of him and he was producing Radha Gopalam with Bapu at that time. He joined Bapu as a clap director for that movie. He learnt a lot from him. After that He worked for films like Allari Bullodu, Dhee and Asthram.

As An Actor

His film Ala Modalaindi

Ala Modalaindi

-Malayalam dubbed version:Angane Thudangi , the Malayalam dubbed version, got released in Kerala on 28 July 2011 . The film got a wide release and a good reception, indicating the growing popularity of Telugu dubbed films in Kerala. The presence of kerala actress Nithya Menen also helped in film's...

, released on January 21, 2011, is a romantic comedy written and directed by Nandini Reddy. The film turned out be a refreshing hit and critical success. His performance in the movie received positive reviews from critics.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2008	Ashta Chamma Ashta Chamma Ashta Chamma is a critically acclaimed 2008 Indian comedy film written and directed by Mohan Krishna Indraganti. Filmed in Telugu, the film deals with four quirky characters interwoven in a romantic narration. The film stars Colours Swathi, Nani, Srinivas Avasarala and Bhargavi in the lead with...	Ram Babu / Mahesh	Telugu Telugu language Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...
2009	Ride	Arjun	Telugu
	Snehituda	Sai	Telugu
2010	Bheemli Kabadi Jattu Bheemli Kabadi Jattu Bheemli Kabadi Jattu is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language film written by newcomer Tatineni Satya, starring Nani, and Saranya Mohan along with numerous newcomers. It is a remake of the Tamil film Vennila Kabaddi Kuzhu and marks the directorial debut of Tatineni Satya.-Story:The entire story unfolds in...	Suri	Telugu
2011	Ala Modalaindi Ala Modalaindi -Malayalam dubbed version:Angane Thudangi , the Malayalam dubbed version, got released in Kerala on 28 July 2011 . The film got a wide release and a good reception, indicating the growing popularity of Telugu dubbed films in Kerala. The presence of kerala actress Nithya Menen also helped in film's...	Gowtham	Telugu
	Veppam	Karthik	Tamil Tamil language Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
	Pilla Zamindar	Praveen Jayarama Raju	Telugu
	Eega Eega Eega is a forthcoming Telugu/Tamil socio-fantasy comedy entertainer directed by S. S. Rajamouli. Shot bilingually, it stars Nani, Sudeep and Samantha in the lead roles.-Cast:*Nani*Sudeep*Samantha*Santhanam-Production:...		Telugu	Filming
2012	Nithya Nithya (film) Nithya is a forthcoming Telugu romantic film written directed by Gautham Menon, featuring Nani and Samantha in the lead roles. The venture is produced by Kumar and Jayaram of RS Infotainment and will have music composed by A. R. Rahman with cinematography by M. S. Prabhu...	Raghu	Telugu	Filming

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