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Born | Nagulapati Srinivasa Chakravarthy 16 April 1970 Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India |
Alma mater | Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology |
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Years active | 1989–present |
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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, and Malayalam 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]
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), Homam (2008), and Dayaa (2023). [7] [8] [9]
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]
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 Ennodu Ishtam 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, Siva Nageswara Rao, Gunasekhar, and Vamsy. [14] [15] His first Hindi film in a lead role, Satya , was critically acclaimed and became a commercial blockbuster. [16] In 2002, he played a role of Sri Lankan Tamil Eelam fighter Dileepan, in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film, Kannathil Muthamittal .
He also starred in Hindi film like Vaastu Shastra , and Aag alongside Sushmita Sen, and Bhoot Returns alongside Manisha Koirala. He made his film directing debut, with Darwaaza 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 [17] [18]
He has returned to Telugu film industry with Homam as a director and actor in the year 2008. [19] He then went on to direct Siddham . [18] He had a role in director Vishnuvardhan's Tamil film Sarvam , starring Arya and Trisha. [5] In 2016, he has appeared in the Malayalam film Bhaskar the Rascal pairing with Nayanthara also starring Mammootty. Then he played a young army officer in another Malayalam film Shikhamani , and made his Kannada film debut with the unreleased Raavani alongside Pooja Gandhi. [20] [21]
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Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes |
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1989 | Shiva | J. Durga Rao / JD | Telugu | |
1990 | Neti Siddhartha | Chakravarthy | ||
Shiva | Jagadish Dave / JD | Hindi | ||
1991 | Srivari Chindhulu | Telugu | ||
Atiradhudu | ||||
Prem Qaidi | Prabhavati's son | Hindi | ||
1992 | Ennodishtam Koodamo | Renjith Lal | Malayalam | |
Lathi | Ramana | Telugu | ||
Akka Chellillu | ||||
1993 | Rakshana | |||
Adarsham | Prem | |||
Prathap | Vimal Raj | Tamil | ||
Inspector Ashwani | Telugu | |||
Money | Chakri | |||
One By Two | Balaji | |||
1994 | Money Money | Chakri | Also 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 | Chakri | |||
Wife of V. Varaprasad | Thyagaraju | |||
1998 | Satya | Satya | Hindi | Won-Screen Award Special Jury Award |
Pape Naa Pranam | Chakri | Telugu | ||
1999 | Harischandraa | Harishchandra "Hari" | ||
Premaku Velayara | Manohar | |||
2000 | Akka Bava Ekkada | Suryam | ||
Maa Pelliki Randi | Kumar | |||
Soori | Soori | |||
Kodanda Ramudu | Kodanda Ramudu (Ramu) | |||
2001 | Navvuthu Bathakalira | Ganesh | ||
2002 | Premaku Swagatham | Balaji | ||
Kannathil Muthamittal | Dileepan | Tamil | ||
Durga | Durga | Hindi | ||
2003 | Golmaal | Ameer Khan | Telugu | |
2004 | Kaasi | Kaasi | ||
Madhyanam Hathya | Ravi Kumar | |||
Vaastu Shastra | Virag Rao | Hindi | ||
2007 | Dubai Seenu | Chakri | Telugu | |
Aag | Subbu | Hindi | ||
2008 | Homam | Chandrashekhar aka Chandu | Telugu | |
2009 | Sarvam | Eashwar | Tamil | |
Josh | Durga Rao | Telugu | ||
2010 | Kacheri Arambam | Sivamani | Tamil | |
2011 | Money Money, More Money | Chakri | Telugu | |
2012 | All the Best | Chandu | ||
Bhoot Returns | Tarun Awasthi | Hindi | ||
2013 | Samar | John Frederick | Tamil | |
2014 | Arima Nambi | Rishi Dev | ||
Ice Cream 2 | Sikka | Telugu | ||
2015 | Bhaskar the Rascal | Sanjay Sharma | Malayalam | |
Dynamite | Rishi Dev | Telugu | ||
2016 | Zero | Solomon | Tamil | |
Shikhamani | Anti-terrorist squadron leader | Malayalam | ||
2017 | Nakshatram | Ramachandra Naidu | Telugu | |
2018 | Marainthirunthu Paarkum Marmam Enna | Dilip Chakravarthy | Tamil | |
2019 | Mikhael | Muhammad Easa | Malayalam | |
Hippi | Hippi's boss | Telugu | ||
2022 | Oppanda | Chakri | Kannada | |
Anek | Anjaiah Bellamkonda IPS | Hindi | ||
Ek Villain Returns | ACP V.K. Ganesan | Hindi | ||
Kaari | SKR | Tamil | ||
Dahini - The Witch | Pratap | Hindi | ||
Year | Film | Language | Director | Writer | Producer |
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1998 | Pape Naa Pranam | Telugu | Yes | ||
2002 | Durga | Hindi | Yes | Yes | |
2006 | Darna Zaroori Hai (Segment: A Bride's Revenge) | Hindi | Yes | ||
Darwaaza Bandh Rakho | Hindi | Yes | |||
2008 | Homam | Telugu | Yes | Yes | |
2009 | Sidham | Telugu | Yes | Yes | |
2011 | Money Money, More Money | Telugu | Yes | Yes | |
2012 | All the Best | Telugu | Yes | Yes |
Year | Name | Role | Language | Service |
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2023 | Taaza Khabar | Shetty | Hindi | Disney+Hotstar |
Dayaa | Dayaa | Telugu | Disney+Hotstar | |
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