Chaitanya Rao Madadi

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Chaitanya Rao Madadi
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Born (1989-07-13) 13 July 1989 (age 35)
Alma mater Osmania University
OccupationActor
Years active2015-present

Chaitanya Rao Madadi (born 13 July 1989) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu cinema. He made his debut with Bhandook (2015) and then appeared in films such as Valentines Night , Annapurna Photo Studio and Keedaa Cola . [1]

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Early life

Chaitanya was born on 13 July 1989 in Karimnagar, Telangana. He did his schooling at Jyothishmathi School, Karimnagar and graduated from Osmania University in Hyderabad. He did his master's degree from Canberra University in Australia.

Career

Chaitanya returned to Hyderabad to pursue a career in acting and was then trained at Ramanand acting School. He started his acting career with Bandook (2015). He appeared in minor roles in a few films like Premam (2016) and Shamantakamani (2017). Chaitanya acted in the lead role as Charlie in Hawaa (2019), which is the first Telugu movie to be shot entirely in Australia. [2]

Chaitanya then acted in a web series 30 Weds 21 (2021) on YouTube, which gave him recognition. [3] He played a character that suffered from Tourette syndrome in Keedaa Cola (2023) and took three days to prepare for the role. [1]

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleRef.
2015BhandookChaitanya
2016 Premam UnknownUncredited
2017 Shamantakamani Ravi
2019HawaaCharlie [2] [4]
2020 Guvva Gorinka Aarya
2021 Vakeel Saab UnknownUncredited
Thimmarusu Aravind
2022 Mukhachitram Dr. Satya
JagamemayaAjay
2023A Journey to Kasi [5]
Valentines Night Ajay
Annapurna Photo Studio Chanti [6]
Keedaa Cola Vaasthu [7] [8]
2024 Sharathulu Varthisthai Chiranjeevi
Paarijatha Parvam Chaitanya [9] [10]
Dear Nanna SuryaShort film [11]
Honeymoon Express Eshan [12]
Theppa Samudram

Television

YearTitleRoleNetworkNotesRef.
2021202230 Weds 21Prudhvi YouTube Web debut [3]
TBABharyaluFilming RGV Directorial [13]

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