Baladitya (actor)

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Baladitya
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Other namesAditya
Years active1991–present
Awards Nandi Awards

Baladitya is an Indian actor, lyricist, dialogue writer, dubbing artist, and TV host who works in Telugu cinema and television. [2] He started out as a child artiste (as Master Aditya) and is known for his roles in Edurinti Mogudu Pakkinti Pellam (1991) and Little Soldiers (1996). He is a recipient of two Nandi Awards.

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Early life

Baladitya was born in Eluru, Andhra Pradesh to Y. S. Shankar and Kalyani. [1]

Career

He made his debut as a child actor in Rajendra Prasad's Telugu comedy film Edurinti Mogudu Pakkinti Pellam . [3] He acted in forty films as a child actor (in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam) and ten films as a leading actor (in Telugu). [4] He made his debut in a lead role in the movie Chantigadu (2003) directed by B. A. Jaya. He got three Nandi Awards, two as a child actor for Anna and Little Soldiers and one as an anchor for the kids' quiz show Champion. He played the male lead role in 1940 Lo Oka Gramam . [4]

Baladitya hosted a quiz show called Champion in 2015 and 2016 which aired on ETV. [5] He worked as the lead in a daily soap called Shambhavi, which was telecast on Star Maa. He plays the lead character in the Tamil serial, Rasaathi , which is popular on Sun TV.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film

As a child actor

YearFilmRoleNotes
1991 Edurinti Mogudu Pakkinti Pellam Sridhar alias Stamp Gadu
Edurmaneli Ganda Pakkadmaneli Hendthi Anand alias Aa / StampuKannada film
Rowdy Gaari Pellam
Attintlo Adde Mogudu Gopi's nephew
1992 Tyagi Hindi film
Aaj Ka Goonda Raj Hindi film
Jamba Lakidi Pamba School Headmaster
1993 Bangaru Bullodu
Abbaigaru
Evandi Aavida Vachindi
1994 Hello Brother Young Deva
Anna
Theerpu
Super Police Sunny
1995 Diya Aur Toofan Hindi film
Sankalpam
Maatho Pettukoku Young Arjun
1996 Little Soldiers Sunny
1997 Hitler Young Madhav Rao
Masmaram Malayalam film
Rettai Jadai Vayasu Tamil film
Lav Kush Lava Hindi film
1998 Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar Tamil film
1999 Samarasimha Reddy

As an actor

YearFilmRoleNotesRef.
2003 Chantigadu Chantigadu [6]
2005 Keelu Gurram Chantigadu [7]
VamsamChinna [8]
2006Sundaraaniki Tondarekkuva
Roommates Shekhar [9]
2007Sandhya
2008Veta
Bhadradri
2009Jajimalli
2010 1940 Lo Oka Gramam Suri
2020 Entha Manchivaadavuraa Aditya
2021 Maa Oori Polimera Jangaiah [10]
2023 Maa Oori Polimera 2 JangaiahCameo appearance

Television

YearTitleRoleLanguageNetwork
2018ChampionHost Telugu ETV
2018–2019ShambhaviShivayya Telugu Star Maa
2019–2020 Rasaathi Rajadurai/Pandian Tamil Sun TV
2019–2020 Subhadra Parinayam Krishna Telugu Gemini TV
2020 Gods of Dharmapuri (G.O.D) [11] Satyanand [12] ZEE5
2021 Savitramma Gari Abbayi Balraju (After Plastic Surgery)/ Gaaliraju (Pickpocketer) (Dual Role) Star Maa
Unheard Dr. Chalapathi Disney+ Hotstar [13]
2022 Bigg Boss 6 Contestant Star Maa
2023 Kayal Suryakumar Tamil Sun TV

Awards

Nandi Awards [14]

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