Murali Sharma

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Murali Sharma
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Sharma in 2013
Born9 August 1972 (1972-08-09) (age 52)
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
OccupationActor
Years active1996–present
Spouse
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(m. 2009)​

Murali Sharma (born 9 August 1972) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu and Hindi films. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Sharma has starred in over 130 feature films including Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Marathi, Kannada and Malayalam cinema. [6] [7]

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Sharma gained wide recognition in television with Doordarshan's Paltan in which he plays the lead role of Col. R.S. Sajwan. Sharma has appeared in various soap operas such as Guns and Roses, Siddanth, Laagi Tujhse Lagan, Mahayagya , Viraasat, Zindhagi Teri Meri Kahani, Rishtey, Humne lee hain shapath, and Rangeela Ratan Sisodia. [2] [3]

Early and personal life

Murali Sharma was born on 9 August 1972 in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh and was brought up in Mumbai. [8] [9] His father, Vrijbhushan Sharma is Marathi, while his mother Padma Sharma is Telugu and comes from Hyderabad. [10] Sharma calls himself a " Bombaywala ". He completed his bachelor's degree, and studied acting at the Roshan Taneja Acting School in Mumbai. [11] [12] He is married to actress Ashwini Kalsekar. [13]

Sharma with his wife Ashwini Kalsekar at an event in 2014 Ashwini murali sharma.jpg
Sharma with his wife Ashwini Kalsekar at an event in 2014

Career

Murli Sharma appeared as Captain Khan in the 2004 Bollywood movie Main Hoon Na alongside Shahrukh Khan. [14] In 2007, he had roles in the Hindi movies Dhol , Dhamaal , Black Friday , and the Telugu movies Athidhi and Kantri . He received a Nandi Award for his dual role of Kaiser/Ajay Shastri in Athithi. In 2008, he made an appearance in the Bollywood film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na and appeared in Golmaal Returns and Sunday .

In 2011, Sharma had supporting roles in Singham , Oosaravelli , starring Jr. NTR and Dhoni in Telugu. He continued to work in Hindi and Telugu, and in 2012 he had his first role in a Malayalam film Karmayodha starring Mohanlal. In 2013 he also worked in the Tamil and Marathi film industries.

In 2015, he had larger roles in Gopala Gopala and Bhale Bhale Magadivoy . He also worked in Badlapur , ABCD 2 , and the Tamil film Paayum Puli . In 2016, he appeared in Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha , Savithri , Sanam Teri Kasam and Wazir . He also did main role in DJ: Duvvada Jagannadham (2017), in 2018 Agnyaathavaasi and Vijetha , in 2019 Saaho , in 2020 Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo , Sarileru Neekevvaru and Street Dancer 3D . He played role of Valmiki in the movie Ala Vaikunthapuramloo. [15]

In 2021, he appeared in A1 Express , Sreekaram , Jathi Ratnalu and Chaavu Kaburu Challaga .

Awards

He received the Nandi Award for Best Villain in 2007 for Athidhi . [15] He also received the Filmfare Award South and SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu for Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo in 2021. [16] ‘New Life Theological University’ awarded Murali Sharma an honorary doctorate for his contributions to the welfare of society in 2021. [17]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released

Telugu films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Athidhi Qaiser/Ajay Sastry Nandi Award for Best Villain
2008 Kantri Gangster
2011 Chattam Sarath Chandra
Oosaravelli Local Don
Dhoni Ghani Bhai
2012 Mr. Nookayya Shajahan Bismil
Adhinayakudu DGP
Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum Reddappa
2013Platform No. 6
Ramachari Veedo Pedda GudachariCommissioner Chaddha
2014 Yevadu ACP K. Ashok Verma IPS
2015 Gopala Gopala Akbar Bhai
Bhale Bhale Magadivoy Panduranga Rao
2016 Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha David Bhai
Savithri Dora Babu
Sri Sri J. K. Bharadwaj
Babu Bangaram Commissioner
Aatadukundam Raa Vijay Rao
Abhinetri Dilip
Hyper Gaja
Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu Priya's father
2017 Dwaraka Chaitanya
Mister Sri Veera Narasimha Rayalu
DJ: Duvvada Jagannadham Purushottam
Yuddham Sharanam Jaidev "JD" Shastri
Ninnu Kori Chandramouli (Pallavi's father)
London Babulu Sharma
Prematho Mee Karthik Karthik's father
2018 Bhaagamathie ACP Sampath
Agnyaathavaasi Sharma
Touch Chesi Chudu Police Commissioner
Awe Magician Yogi
Juvva CI Viswanath
Mehbooba Afreen's father
Vijetha K. Srinivas Rao
Happy Wedding Akshara's father
Brand Babu Diamond Babu's father
Shailaja Reddy Alludu Chaitanya's father
Ee Maaya Peremito Pramod Jain
Devadas Police Officer Sharma
Padi Padi Leche Manasu Prakash Cherukuri
2019 NTR: Kathanayakudu Aluri Chakrapani
Ranarangam MLA Simhachalam
Saaho David
Ninu Veedani Needanu Nene Tharun
Evaru Vinay Varma
Tenali Ramakrishna BA. BL Chakravarthy
Prati Roju Pandage Dhamodhar
2020 Sarileru Neekevvaru Army General
Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Valmiki SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu
Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu
HIT: The First Case Ibrahim
2021 Check SP
A1 Express Murali
Sreekaram Chaitra's father
Jathi Ratnalu Sports Minister Chanakya
Chaavu Kaburu Challaga Sekhar Samuel
Paagal MLA Raja Reddy "Raji"
Most Eligible Bachelor Vibha's father
Varudu Kaavalenu Bhoomi's father
Shyam Singha Roy Lawyer Krishnamurthy
2022 Radhe Shyam Chakravarthy
Major Commander Shera Singh
Khiladi Puttaparthi
Bheemla Nayak CI Kodanda Ram [18]
Stand Up Rahul Prakash
F3 Anand Prasad
Godfather Narayana Verma
Sita Ramam Subramanyam
Ori Devuda Paulraj
Yashoda Balram
2023 Veera Simha Reddy Jayaram
Mr. King Seetha Rama Raju
Vinaro Bhagyamu Vishnu Katha Sharma
Ravanasura DIG Narasimha Murthy
Agent Ricky's friend
Rangabali Sahaja's father
Kushi Chadarangam Srinivasa Rao
Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty Polishetty Phanindra
Tiger Nageswara Rao DSP Vishwanath Sastry
My Name Is Shruthi ACP Ranjith
Kota Bommali PS Minister Barisela Jayaraj
Jilebi MLA Rudra Pratap Rana
2024 Guntur Kaaram Basavaraju Sarangapaani "Paani"
Chaari 111 Major Prasad Rao [19]
Tillu Square Sheikh Mehboob
Purushothamudu Aditya Ram
Saripodhaa Sanivaaram Koormanand

Hindi films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Dil Vil Pyar Vyar
Raaz Inspector Saab
2003 Maqbool Devsare [14]
Dhoop Colonel Rathore [14]
2004 Main Hoon Na Mr. Khan [14]
Masti Eunuch at band stand [14]
Black Friday Inspector Virendra Vani aka VV Vani
2005 Karam Kaif
Mangal Pandey: The Rising Sheikh Paltu [14]
Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena Bakra (target)
Apaharan Muralidhar
Kal: Yesterday and Tomorrow Shekhar
Chocolate Bilaal
2006 Teesri Aankh: The Hidden Camera Dinesh
The MemsahibKishore Thakkar
Rockin MeeraPrem Singh
Fight Club – Members Only Police Inspector
Buddha Mar Gaya Rohan Alexander
2007 Dhamaal Inspector Kulkarni (Crime Branch)
Dhol Zicomo
Ek Dastak
Laaga Chunari Mein Daag Sunil
2008 Sunday Mysterious Stalker
One Two Three M. M. Munde
Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na Airport InspectorSpecial appearance
Golmaal Returns M. D. Sawant
2009 Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye Concertgoer
Chal Chala Chal Gajendra Singh
13B Inspector Shiva Naik
2010 Shaapit Mr. Shekhawat (Kaaya's father)
Lamhaa News Reporter
Dabangg ACP Malik
Golmaal 3 Inspector Mohan Dande
Tees Maar Khan Agent Mr. Mukherjee
2011 Singham DSP Satyam Patkar
Chatur Singh Two Star Tony
2012 Aalaap Naxalite
Choron Ki Baraat
Jeena Hai Toh Thok Daal Hanumant Singh
OMG – Oh My God! Laxman Mishra
Chakravyuh Naga
2013 Policegiri MLA
Zindagi 50-50 Inspector Ramakant Rangoji Pawar
2015 Baby Mr. Gupta
Badlapur Michael Bhai
Black Home
ABCD 2 Shetty
2016 Wazir Mahesh
Jai Gangaajal Munna Mardani
Tutak Tutak Tutiya Dilip
Sanam Teri Kasam Police Officer
2017 Poster Boys Health Minister
Golmaal Again Inspector Mohan Dande
2019 One Day: Justice Delivered Dr. Ajay
Saaho David
Tadka Tebli Singh
2020 Street Dancer 3D UK Cop
2022 Radhe Shyam Chakravarthy
Major Commander Shera Singh
Cirkus Dr. Roy Jamnadas
2023 Yaariyan 2 Raajlaxmi's father

Tamil films

YearTitleRole
2011 Dhoni Ghani Bhai
2013 Pattathu Yaanai Marudhamuthu
Arrambam Durani
2014 Anjaan Johnny
2015 Paayum Puli Lal
2016 Devi Dilip
2018 Bhaagamathie ACP Sampath
2019 Kennedy Club Mukesh Rathore
2023 Kolai Adithya Koushik
2024 Rathnam Beema Rayudu / Dharmalingam
Mazhai Pidikkatha Manithan Surla IPS

Films in other languages

YearTitleRoleLanguage
2012 Karmayodha Khais KhannaMalayalam
Ajintha MukhiyaMarathi
2013Vijay AsoMLA
2014 Poshter Boyz Cabinet Minister in State Government
2016 Guru Maan Singh
Ghantaa
2023 Kabzaa CM Veer BahaddurKannada
2024 UI

Television

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
1997-98 Raja Aur Rancho HindiEpisodic
1997 Ghar Jamai Doctor Salim
1998 Saaya Mr Malik
Rishtey Guest
2002 Aryamaan – Brahmaand Ka Yodha Shukrant
2004 Special Squad Bomber
2006 CID KillerEpisode 440
2013 Hum Ne Li Hai... Shapath RangeelaEpisode 189,190

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