Naveen Polishetty

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Naveen Polishetty
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Polishetty at his film Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya's press meet in 2019
Born (1990-12-26) 26 December 1990 (age 33) [1] [2]
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (present-day Telangana), India
Alma mater NIT Bhopal
Occupations
  • Actor
  • screenwriter
Years active2012 - present

Naveen Polishetty (born 26 December 1990) is an Indian actor and screenwriter who primarily works in Telugu films. Naveen made his debut with the film Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya (2019), for which he won the Best Actor award at the Dada Saheb Phalke Awards South. He then worked in the coming-of-age blockbuster film Chhichhore (2019), which marked his Hindi debut. Naveen subsequently worked in the comedy film Jathi Ratnalu (2021) and the romantic comedy Miss. Shetty Mr. Polishetty (2023). [3]

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Early life

Polishetty was born into a middle class family in Hyderabad, India. He graduated in Civil engineering, from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (also known as NIT Bhopal). He moved to England to work as an engineer. He then decided to return to India to pursue his dream of becoming an actor. As his parents were opposed to it, he did not inform them of his return and lived in Mumbai by renting a house. He did part-time jobs to pursue a full-time career in acting, worked in theatre and performed in plays. [4]

Career

Naveen Polishetty started his career by performing in theatre plays. After years of performing theatre play shows across India Naveen moved to Mumbai where he started collaborating to make YouTube videos. Naveen became an internet sensation with his acting monologue videos ‘The truth of engineering “ and “half day” becoming viral, clocking close to 50 million views.

In 2019, Polishetty made his debut as a leading man in Telugu cinema with the comedy thriller film Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya, which he co-wrote and played the lead. The film, made at a low budget turned out to be a super hit, grossing 25 crores worldwide. Naveen won Best Actor at the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Awards South for his portrayal of detective Athreya. He then made his Hindi cinema debut in Nitesh Tiwari's Chichhore as Acid. Chichhore went onto gross 150 crore globally and also earned Naveen a Zee Cine awards nomination for Best Actor in a comic role. He then starred in the 2021 blockbuster comedy film Jathi Ratnalu. The film was a blockbuster at the box office, with a gross collection of ₹70 crore. The film thus emerged as Polishetty's biggest success. Naveen won the Best Actor award at the prestigious SIIMA awards for his portrayal of Jogipet Srikanth in Jathi Ratnalu. Naveen then followed it up with the super hit rom com Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty co starring Anushka Shetty where he played a stand up comedian. The film released in September 2023 and grossed more than 50 crores worldwide. Naveen Polishetty has a rare feat of delivering four consecutive blockbuster films across Telugu and Hindi industries.  

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

YearFilmRoleNotesRef.
2012 Life Is Beautiful Rakesh [5]
2013 D for Dopidi HarishCredited as Naveen [6]
2014 1: Nenokkadine Taxi driver's son [7]
2019 Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya Agent Sai Srinivasa AthreyaDebut as lead actor; Also screenplay writer [8]
Chhichhore Himanshu "Acid" Deshmukh Hindi film [9]
2021 Jathi Ratnalu Jogipet Srikanth [10]
2023 Miss. Shetty Mr. Polishetty Sidhu Polishetty [11] [12]
TBAAnaganaga Oka Raju†RajuFilming [13]

Television

YearWorkRoleNotes
2015AIB Honest Indian WeddingPankajWeb Debut;2 episodes
2015 Mastiii (See Taare Mastiii Pe)Anchor / Host
2016Chinese BhasadRaghu8 episodes
AIB : The Demonetization CircusTea Vendor
24 Kush Sawant10 episodes
2017 Fais pas ci, fais pas ça Rushik SanghviFrench TV series; 2 episodes
AIB: Honest Engineering Campus Placements Average Mishra3 episodes
UntagSumit Razdan
2018What's Your StatusTej “TJ” Kiran5 episodes

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2020Dada Saheb Phalke Awards SouthBest Actor Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya Won
2020 Zee Cine Awards Telugu Best Find (Male) Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya Won [14]
Best ScreenplayNominated
2020 Critics' Choice Film Awards Best WritingNominated [15]
2021 SIIMA Awards Best Actor (Telugu) Nominated [16]
2022 Jathi Ratnalu Nominated [17]
Best Actor (Critics)Won [18]
2022 Filmfare Awards South Best Actor (Telugu) Nominated [17]

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