Aadhi Pinisetty

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Aadhi Pinisetty
Aadhi Pinisetty at Maragatha Naanayam audio launch (cropped).jpg
Pinisetty in 2017
Born (1982-12-14) 14 December 1982 (age 41)
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present
Spouse
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(m. 2022)​
Parent Ravi Raja Pinisetty (father)

Aadhi Pinisetty is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil and Telugu films. He is the recipient of a Nandi Award and a SIIMA Award, in addition to two nominations for Filmfare Awards South.

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Born to film director Ravi Raja Pinisetty, he debuted in 2006 with the Telugu film Oka V Chitram. His first prominent role was in the Tamil film Eeram (2009), produced by director S. Shankar. [1]

Early life

Aadhi Pinisetty was born into a Telugu-speaking family. [2] His father, Ravi Raja Pinisetty has directed over 50 films. [3] He grew up in Chennai and was schooled at Don Bosco. [4] [5]

Career

Pinisetty made his debut in 2006 with the Teja-directed Oka V Chitram . [6] He later appeared in the Tamil film Mirugam (2007). In 2009, he starred in the supernatural thriller Eeram . In 2010, he had two releases, Ayyanar and Aadu Puli , which were commercial films and were average grossers, building his commercial value well despite the negative reviews. [7] His next films were Aravaan (2012), Gundello Godari (2013), Vallinam (2014) and Kochadaiyaan (2014) Yagavarayinum Naa Kaakka (2015). He has been the successful film, Sarrainodu (2016), for which he got critical acclaim, with one reviewer commenting that Aadhi's screen presence elevates the film. [8] In 2017, he starred in the thriller Maragadha Naanayam , which turned out to be a surprise box office success. The same year he starred in the Telugu romantic-drama film Ninnu Kori , alongside Nani. His portrayal as Arun in the latter was well reviewed by one reviewer. [9] In 2018, he appeared in Telugu films with Agnyaathavaasi , Rangasthalam , Neevevaro and the Bilingual U Turn .

Personal life

In March 2022, Pinisetty got engaged to his long-time girlfriend and actress Nikki Galrani with whom he co-starred in Yagavarayinum Naa Kaakka (2015) and Maragadha Naanayam (2017). [10] They married on 18 May 2022 [11] in a private function attended by close family and friends. [12]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotesRef.
2006 Oka `V` Chitram P. Balaram Telugu Credited as Pradeep Pinisetty [13]
2007 Mirugam Ayyanar Tamil
2009 Eeram ACP VasudevanTamil
2010 Ayyanar Prabha / AyyanarTamil
2011 Aadu Puli IdhayakanniTamil
2012 Aravaan Varipuli / ChinnaTamil
2013 Gundello Godari MalliTelugu
2014 Vallinam Basketball coachTamilCameo appearance
Kochadaiiyaan Veera MahendranTamil
2015 Yagavarayinum Naa Kaakka SagaTamil Bilingual film
Malupu Telugu
2016 Sarrainodu Vairam DhanushTelugu
2017 Maragadha Naanayam SenguttuvanTamil
Ninnu Kori ArunTelugu
2018 Agnyaathavaasi SeetharamTelugu
Rangasthalam Chelluboina Kumar BabuTelugu
Neevevaro KalyanTelugu
U Turn SI NayakTamil-TeluguBilingual film
2022 Good Luck Sakhi Goli RajuTelugu
Clap KathirTamilBilingual film [14]
VishnuTelugu
The Warriorr GuruTamil-TeluguBilingual film [15]
2023 Partner SridharTamil [16] [17]
2024 Sabdham †SivaTamilAnnounced [18]

Television

YearTitleRolePlatformLanguage
2022 Modern Love Hyderabad Dr. Uday Amazon Prime Video Telugu

Discography

YearFilmSongNotes
2015 Yagavarayinum Naa Kaakka Sokkana Ponna
2015 Malupu Chalaki Pilla

Awards and nominations

FilmAwardCeremonyCategoryResultRef.
Sarrainodu Nandi Awards 2016 Best Villain Won [19]
Ninnu Kori 7th South Indian International Movie Awards 2018 Best Supporting Actor (Telugu) Won [20]
Filmfare Awards South 2018 Best Supporting Actor – Telugu Nominated [21]
Rangasthalam 2019 Nominated [22]
South Indian International Movie Awards 2019 Best Supporting Actor (Telugu) Nominated [23]

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