Nara Rohit

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Nara Rohith
Born (1985-07-25) 25 July 1985 (age 38) [1]
Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
Alma mater Anna University
New York Film Academy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Producer
  • PlayBack Singer
Years active2009–present
Parent Nara Ramamurthy Naidu (father)
FamilySee Nandamuri–Nara family

Nara Rohith (born 25 July 1985) is an Indian actor and producer in Telugu films. An alumnus of New York Film Academy, Rohit is known for works such as Baanam (2009), Solo (2011), Prathinidhi (2014), Rowdy Fellow (2014), Asura (2015) and Jyo Achyutananda (2016). He owns the production house Aran Media Works. [2]

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Early life

Nara Rohit is the son of Nara Ramamurthy Naidu, the brother of N. Chandrababu Naidu, the former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. He did his schooling in Hyderabad and Intermediate in Vignan College at Vadlamudi. He did his B.Tech in Industrial Bio Technology at Anna University, Chennai. [3] He then did a course in acting from New York Film Academy, New York and film making course in Los Angeles. [4]

Career

Rohit made his acting debut with Baanam , [5] directed by first time director Chaitanya Dantuluri, [6] which was released on 16 September 2009. [7] The film was critically acclaimed.[ citation needed ] He got moderate success with his second film Solo , which was released on 25 November 2011 and directed by Parasuram. [8] In 2012, he did a special role in Ravi Teja's Sarocharu . [9]

In 2013, he worked with director Srinivas Raga on Okkadine , co-starring Nithya Menon. The film was not successful at the box office. [10] [11] He was the narrator for the film Swamy Ra Ra , starring Nikhil Siddharth and Swati Reddy. [12]

On the eve of Rohit's birthday, the movie Balakrishnudu 's motion poster was released, which featured him in a toned body. [13] [14] Shutting out all the body shaming comments against him, the actor revealed his fit and healthy transformed body. [15] [16] The poster received a positive response. A great support and encouragement from director Pavan Mallela helped him to put off weight – quoted the actor in an interview with TV9. [17]

His upcoming movie Prathinidhi 2 , directed by Murthy Devagupthapu, is scheduled to release in April 2024. [18]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleNotesRef.
2009 Baanam Bhagat Panigrahi
2011 Solo Gautam
2012 Sarocharu Gautam
2013 Okkadine Surya
Swamy Ra Ra —As narrator
2014 Prathinidhi Srinu
Rowdy Fellow Rana Prathap Jayadev
2015 Asura N. Dharma Teja
2016 Tuntari Raju
Savitri RishiAlso singer of "Teenmaar" song
Raja Cheyyi Vesthe Raja Ram
Jyo Achyutananda Achyut
Shankara Shankar
Appatlo Okadundevadu Imtiyaz Ali
2017 Shamanthakamani Ranjith Kumar
Okkadu Migiladu —As narrator
Kathalo Rajakumari Arjun Chakravarthy
Balakrishnudu Balakrishna aka Balu
Mental Madhilo Bus passengerCameo appearance
2018 Needi Naadi Oke Katha PhilanthropistCameo appearance
Aatagallu Siddharth
Veera Bhoga Vasantha Rayalu Deepak Reddy
2024Pratinidhi 2TBAFilming [19]
SundarakandaTBAFilming [20]

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