J. D. Chakravarthy

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J. D. Chakravarthy
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Born
Nagulapati Srinivasa Chakravarthy

(1970-04-16) 16 April 1970 (age 54)
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Alma mater Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology
Occupations
  • Actor
  • filmmaker
  • screenwriter
  • musician
Years active1989–present
Spouse
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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, 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]

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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), Homam (2008), 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]

Career

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]

Filmography

List of J. D. Chakravarthy Telugu film credits
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
1989 Shiva J. Durga Rao / JD Telugu
1990 Neti Siddhartha Chakravarthy
Shiva Jagadish Dave / JD Hindi
1991Srivari ChindhuluTelugu
Atiradhudu [22] Venky
Prem Qaidi Prabhavati's sonHindi
1992 Ennodishtam Koodamo Renjith Lal Malayalam
Lathi RamanaTelugu
Akka Chellillu
1993 Rakshana
Adarsham Prem
Prathap Vimal Raj Tamil
Inspector AshwaniTelugu
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 Chakri
Wife of V. Varaprasad Thyagaraju
1998 Satya SatyaHindiWon-Screen Award Special Jury Award
Pape Naa Pranam ChakriTelugu
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
Kannathil Muthamittal DileepanTamil
Durga DurgaHindi
2003 Golmaal Ameer KhanTelugu
2004 Kaasi Kaasi
Madhyanam Hathya Ravi Kumar
Vaastu Shastra Virag RaoHindi
2007 Dubai Seenu ChakriTelugu
Aag SubbuHindi
2008 Homam Chandrashekhar aka ChanduTelugu
2009 Sarvam EashwarTamil
Josh Durga RaoTelugu
2010 Kacheri Arambam SivamaniTamil
2011 Money Money, More Money ChakriTelugu
2012 All the Best Chandu
Bhoot Returns Tarun AwasthiHindi
2013 Samar John FrederickTamil
2014 Arima Nambi Rishi Dev
Ice Cream 2 SikkaTelugu
2015 Bhaskar the Rascal Sanjay SharmaMalayalam
Dynamite Rishi DevTelugu
2016 Zero SolomonTamil
Shikhamani Anti-terrorist squadron leaderMalayalam
2017 Nakshatram Ramachandra NaiduTelugu
2018 Marainthirunthu Paarkum Marmam Enna Dilip ChakravarthyTamil
2019 Mikhael Muhammad EasaMalayalam
Hippi Hippi's bossTelugu
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
2006 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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