J. D. Chakravarthy

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J. D. Chakravarthy
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Chakravarthy in 2018
Born
Nagulapati Srinivasa Chakravarthy

(1970-04-16) 16 April 1970 (age 53)
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Alma mater Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology
Occupations
  • Actor
  • filmmaker
  • screenwriter
  • musician
Years active1989–present
Spouse
Anukriti Govind Sharma
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(m. 2016)​

Nagulapati Srinivasa Chakravarthy, known professionally as J. D. Chakravarthy, is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter and musician known for his work primarily with Telugu cinema in addition to Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada films. Chakravarthy made his screen debut with the Telugu film, Siva , an action blockbuster directed by Ram Gopal Varma, featured at the 12th IFFI. [1] He subsequently made his Bollywood debut with the remake of the same film titled Shiva (1990). He then starred in the blockbuster Satya , featured in the Indian panorama section at the 29th IFFI, and was listed among CNN-IBN's 100 greatest Indian films of all time. [2] [3] Chakravarthy received the Screen Award Special Jury Award. [4] [5]

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Chakravarthy has starred in more than seventy feature films in a variety of roles predominantly in Telugu, Hindi and a few Tamil, and Malayalam films. He is best known for his performances in box office hits like Neti Siddhartha (1990), Money (1993), Money Money (1995), One by Two (1993), Gulabi (1995), for which he received the state Nandi Special Jury Award,[ citation needed ] [6] [4] [5] Mrugam (1996), Bombay Priyudu (1996), Anaganaga Oka Roju (1997), Egire Paavurama (1997), Nenu Premisthunnanu (1997), Wife of V. Varaprasad (1998), Premaku Velayara (1999), Pape Naa Pranam (2000), Premaku Swagatam (2002), Madhyanam Hathya (2004), Dubai Seenu (2007), Homam (2008), Arima Nambi (2014), Bhaskar the Rascal (2015), Mikhael (2019), Ek Villain Returns (2022), Anek (2022), Dahini - The Witch (2022), and Dayaa (2023). [7] [8] [9]

Early life

Chakravarthy was born into a Telugu speaking family of carnatic singer Prof. Dr. Kovela Shantha, and father Nagulapati Suryanarayana Rao. He is born in Hyderabad, India. His elder sister Vijayanthi is settled in the United States. [10] [11] He did his schooling in St. George's Grammar School (Hyderabad), and completed B. E. from Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology. [12] [13]

Hindi cinema

His first Hindi film in a lead role, Satya , was critically acclaimed and became a commercial blockbuster. [14] He also starred in Hindi films like Vaastu Shastra , and Aag alongside Sushmita Sen, and Bhoot Returns alongside Manisha Koirala. He made his film directing debut, with Darwaza Bandh Rakho and anthology film Darna Zaroori Hai got archived at the New York Institute of Technology, New York, America as part of the film course [15] [16]

South cinema

He debuted in 1989 through Ram Gopal Verma's debut Telugu film, Siva as J.D., as one of the student leaders, and in the same year appeared in a supporting role in the Malayalam film Ennodishtam Koodamo before devoting all his time to films under his mentor's Ram Gopal Varma 's production.

He has worked in many Telugu films directed by ace film makers of the time like Mani Ratnam, Krishna Vamsi, S. V. Krishna Reddy, K. Raghavendra Rao, Kodi Ramakrishna, E. V. V. Satyanarayana, Shiva Nageswara Rao, Gunasekhar, and Vamsy. [17] [18] In 2002, he played a role of Sri Lankan Tamil Eelam fighter Dhileepan, in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film, Kannathil Muthamittal . He has returned to Telugu film industry with his Hit Film "Homam" Both as Director And Actor in year 2008. [19]

He then went on to direct Homam and Sidham . [16] He had a role in director Vishnuvardhan's Tamil film Sarvam , starring Arya and Trisha. [5] In 2016, he has appeared in the Super Hit Malayalam "Bhaskar The Rascal" pairing with Nayan Tara also starring Mamooty. Then he played a young army officer in another Malayalam film Shikhamani , and made his Kannada film debut with Raavani alongside Pooja Gandhi. [20] [21] He is also directing 3 Kannada films for entertainment factory productions.

Filmography

Telugu films

List of J. D. Chakravarthy Telugu film credits
YearTitleRoleNotes
1989 Shiva J. Durga Rao / JD
1990 Neti Siddhartha
1991Shrivaari Chindhulu
Atiradhudu
1992 Lathi Ramana
Akka Chellillu
1993 Rakshana
Adarsham
Inspector Ashwani
Money Chakri
One By Two Balaji
1994 Money Money ChakriAlso playback singer
1995 Gulabi Chandu
1996 Mrugam
Deyyam Narsing
Bombay Priyudu Chitti Babu / J. D.
Anaganaga Oka Roju Chakri
1997 Egire Paavurama Siva
Nenu Premisthunnanu
Wife of V. Varaprasad Thyagaraju
1998 Pape Naa Pranam Chakri
1999 Harischandraa Harishchandra "Hari"
Premaku Velayara Manohar
2000Akka Bava EkkadaSuryam
Maa Pelliki Randi Kumar
Soori Soori
Kodanda Ramudu Kodanda Ramudu (Ramu)
2001 Navvuthu Bathakalira Ganesh
2002 Premaku Swagatham Balaji
2003 Golmaal Ameer Khan
2004 Kaasi Kaasi
Madhyanam Hatya Ravi Kumar
2007 Dubai Seenu Chakri
2008 Homam Chandrashekhar aka Chandu
2009 Josh Durga Rao
2011 Money Money, More Money Chakri
2012 All the Best Chandu
2014 Ice Cream 2 Burglar
2015 Dynamite Rishi Dev
2017 Nakshatram Ramachandra Naidu
2019 Hippi Hippi's boss

Other language films

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1990 Shiva Jagadish Dave / JD Hindi Debut Hindi film
1991 Prem Qaidi Prabhavati's sonHindi
1992 Ennodishtam Koodamo Renjith Lal Malayalam
1993 Prathap Vimal RajTamil
1998 Satya SatyaHindiWon-Screen Award Special Jury Award
2002 Kannathil Muthamittal DileepanTamil
Durga DurgaHindi
2004 Vaastu Shastra Virag RaoHindi
2007 Aag SubbuHindi
2009 Sarvam EashwarTamil
2010 Kacheri Arambam SivamaniTamil
2012 Bhoot Returns Tarun AwasthiHindi
2013 Samar John FrederickTamil
2014 Arima Nambi Rishi DevTamil
2015 Bhaskar the Rascal Sanjay SharmaMalayalam
2016 Zero SolomonTamil
Shikhamani Anti-terrorist squadron leaderMalayalam
2018 Marainthirunthu Paarkum Marmam Enna Dilip ChakravarthyTamil
2019 Mikhael Muhammad EasaMalayalam
2022 Oppanda ChakriKannada
Anek Anjaiah Bellamkonda IPSHindi
Ek Villain Returns ACP V.K. GanesanHindi
Kaari SKRTamil
Dahini - The Witch PratapHindi

Other credits

YearFilmLanguageDirectorWriterProducer
1998 Pape Naa Pranam TeluguYes
2002 Durga HindiYesYes
Darna Zaroori Hai (Segment: A Bride's Revenge)HindiYes
Darwaaza Bandh Rakho HindiYes
2008 Homam TeluguYesYes
2009 Sidham TeluguYesYes
2011 Money Money, More Money TeluguYesYes
2012 All the Best TeluguYesYes

Web series

YearNameRoleLanguageService
2023 Taaza Khabar ShettyHindi Disney+Hotstar
Dayaa DayaaTeluguDisney+Hotstar

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