Nani (actor)
Year Title Role ( s )
2008 Ashta Chamma Ram Babu / Mahesh
2009 Ride Arjun
2009 Snehituda Sai
2010 Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu Suribabu
2011 Ala Modalaindi Gautham
2011 Veppam Karthi
2011 Pilla Zamindar Praveen Jayaramaraju
2012 Eega Nani
2012 Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu Varun Krishna
2014 Paisa Prakash
2014 Aaha Kalyanam Shakthi
2015 Janda Pai Kapiraju Aravind Shivashankar / Maya Kannan
2015 Yevade Subramanyam M. Subramanyam
2015 Bhale Bhale Magadivoy Luckkaraju ( Lucky )
2016 Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha Krishna
2016 Gentleman Gautham / Jayaram Mullapudi
2016 Majnu Aditya
2017 Nenu Local Babu
2017 Ninnu Kori Uma Maheswara Rao
2017 MCA ( Middle Class Abbayi ) Nani
Filmography -- Actor
Nani (born as Naveen Babu Ghanta on 24 February 1984), is an Indian film actor, film producer, media personality, and television presenter primarily known for his work in Telugu cinema, but has also done a few Tamil films. He was an assistant director and worked with Srinu Vaitla and Bapu, before working as an RJ for World Space Satellite in Hyderabad. Nani made his film debut in 2008 with the hit romantic comedy Ashta Chamma. He then started in commercially successful films such as Ride (2009), Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu (2010), Ala Modalaindi (2011), Pilla Zamindar (2011), Eega (2012), Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu (2012), Yevade Subramanyam (2015), Bhale Bhale Magadivoy (2015), Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha (2016), Gentleman (2016), Nenu Local (2017), Ninnu Kori (2017), Middle Class Abbayi (2017), and Jersey (2019), some of which rank among the highest-grossing Telugu films. In 2013, Nani produced his first film, D for Dopidi, which became a commercial success at the box office. His second production venture, Awe, was released in 2018 and was also a critical and commercial success. In 2018, Nani hosted Bigg Boss Telugu 2, the second season of the popular reality TV show Bigg Boss in Telugu. The second season began airing on 10 June 2018 and concluded on 30 September 2018. He won the State Nandi Award for Best Actor for Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu, and the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor - South for Bhale Bhale Magadivoy. He was also nominated twice for the Filmfare Best Telugu Actor Award, for the films Bhale Bhale Magadivoy and Gentleman.