Rakendu Mouli

Rakendu Mouli
Born	Rakendu Mouli Vennelakanti India
Occupations	Lyricist actor singer dialogue writer
Years active	1996; 2012–present
Spouse	Silpa Vennelakanti
Father	Vennelakanti

Rakendu Mouli Vennelakanti is an Indian lyricist and actor who works in Telugu cinema. ^[1] He is the son of Telugu lyricist Vennelakanti.

Career

Mouli worked as an assistant director for Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu and Janda Pai Kapiraju . ^[2] He made his debut as an actor with Moodu Mukkallo Cheppalante (2015) in which he played the lead role. ^{[3] [4]} In 2016, he played Naga Chaitanya's friend in Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo . ^[5] He played supporting roles in Kirrak Party , a Telugu remake of the Kannada film Kirik Party , and played one of the lead roles in My Dear Marthandam (2018). In 2019, he made his Tamil debut with Enai Noki Paayum Thota , where he played Dhanush's friend. ^[6]

He made his Telugu debut as a lyricist with Andala Rakshasi (2012) and garnered acclaim for the song "Manasu Palike". ^[4] He wrote the lyrics for four of the five songs in Meeku Maathrame Cheptha (2019). ^[7]

Personal life

Mouli's father, Vennelakanti, is a lyricist and his brother Shashank Vennelakanti is a dialogue writer. ^{[6] [8]}

Discography

Film songs

• All films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.
• (D) indicates dubbed version.

List of Rakendu Mouli film music credits

Year	Film	Credited as		Notes
		Singer	Lyricist
1996	Topi Raja Sweety Roja	Y	N
2012	Andala Rakshasi	Y	Y
2013	Biriyani (D)	Y	Y
	Chirunavvula Chirujallu (D)	N	Y
2014	Happy New Year (D)	N	Y
2015	Moodu Mukkallo Cheppalante	Y	Y	Also actor
	Rakshasudu (D)	Y	Y
	Jayasurya (D)	N	Y
	Nava Manmadhudu (D)	N	Y
2016	Kotikokkadu (D)	N	Y
	Kaashmora (D)	N	Y
	Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo	Y	Y	Also actor
	Aata	N	Y
2017	Yamudu 3 (D)	N	Y
	Gajendrudu (D)	Y	Y
	Marakathamani (D)	N	Y
2018	Gang (D)	N	Y
	Rangula Ratnam	N	Y
	Kirrak Party	N	Y	Also actor
	Nawab (D)	N	Y
	Sarkar (D)	N	Y
2019	Sarvam Thaala Mayam (D)	N	Y
	Rakshasudu	N	Y
	Whistle (D)	N	Y
	Meeku Maathrame Cheptha	N	Y
	Vijay Sethupathi (D)	N	Y
	Thoota (D)	Y	N	Also actor
	Raja Vaaru Rani Gaaru	N	Y
	Mathu Vadalara	N	Y
2020	Aakaasam Nee Haddhu Ra (D)	N	Y	Also dialogue writer
2022	Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal	N	Y
	Gargi (D)	N	Y
	Tees Maar Khan	N	Y
	Cobra (D)	N	Y
2023	Regina (D)	N	Y
	Nayakudu (D)	N	Y
2024	Alanaati Ramchandrudu	N	Y
	Rewind	N	Y
	Appudo Ippudo Eppudo	N	Y
	Kanguva (D)	N	Y
2025	Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi	N	Y

Independent songs

• Marvel Anthem (2019): Telugu version lyrics ^[9]
• Nene Lekunte (2020) ^[10]
• Rowdy Pattasu (2021): Telugu Version lyrics ^[11]

Filmography

Film

• All films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.

List of Rakendu Mouli film acting credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Janda Pai Kapiraju
	Moodu Mukkallo Cheppalante	Arjun
2016	Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo	Mahesh
2018	Kirrak Party	Arjun
	My Dear Marthandam	Surya
2019	Enai Noki Paayum Thota	Vasanth	Tamil film
2020	Anukunnadi Okati Ayinadi Okati	Rakendu Mouli	Cameo
2021	Super Over	Vasu
	Sundari	Ritesh
	Senapathi	Hussain
2022	Narai Ezhuthum Suyasaritham	A company employee	Tamil film; minor role
2023	Kranthi	Ram
	Maa Oori Polimera 2	SI Ravindra Naik
TBA	Pallevasi†	TBA	Pending film
TBA	Kadal†	TBA	Pending film

Television

List of Rakendu Mouli television acting credits

Year	Title	Role	Network	Language	Notes
2016	Ctrl Alt Del	Gowtham	YouTube	Tamil
2018	Pelli Gola 2	Gurram Gangadhar	Viu	Telugu	Cameo appearance
2018	Ee Office Lo	Hari Kiran
2019	What's up Panimanishi	Natraj 'Natti/Nats'	ZEE5		Also dialogues for Telugu version
	What's up Velakkari			Tamil
	Virgin @ 27	Srinu	Watcho	Telugu
2020	Ee office Lo 2	Hari Kiran	Viu		Cameo appearance
2024	Brinda	Young Satya	SonyLIV
2025	Constable Kanakam	Dr. Hanumantha Rao	ETV Win

Short films

• All Short films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.

List of Rakendu Mouli film acting credits

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref
2014	Aa Pilla Perenti?	Sandy	YouTube	Also lyrics
2020	Aarambam	Vidyadhar

Dialogue writer

• As I'm Suffering from Prema (2017) (webseries); Telugu dubbed version
• What's up Panimanishi (2019) (webseries)
• Khaidi (2019); Telugu dubbed version
• Aakaasam Nee Haddhu Ra (2020); Telugu dubbed version
• Sulthan (2021); Telugu dubbed version
• Senapathi (2021)
• MenToo (2023)
• Animal (2023); Telugu dubbed version ^[12]
• Mahavatar Narsimha (2025); Telugu version

Lyricist

• 3BHK (2025); Telugu dubbed version; wrote lyrics for 5 songs: "Kalalanni", "Bhoome Swargam", "Oka Kala", "Oka Kala" (Reprise), "Kaanala Daari"

Awards and nominations

List of Rakendu Mouli awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2012	Mirchi Music Awards South	Best Upcoming Lyricist – Telugu	"Manasu Palike" from Andala Rakshasi	Won	[13]

References

1. "11 actors tell us what it takes to be a supporting actor" . The Hindu . 21 September 2018. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
2. Naidu, Siddharth (26 July 2017). "[VoxTalks] Rakendu Mouli : An Eloquent Confluence Of Words To Describe The Best In Performing Arts". VoxSpace. Voxspace.in. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
3. "Lyricist Rakendu Mouli turns hero". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
4. "Challenging sterotypes" . The Hindu . 5 January 2015. Archived from the original on 10 October 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
5. "Acting, writing, singing: Rakendu does it all in SSS". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
6. "Rakendu to debut as hero with a crime-comedy". The Times of India . 6 November 2017. Archived from the original on 10 October 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
7. "Music Review: Meeku Maathrame Cheptha". The Times of India . November 2019. Archived from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
8. Adivi, Sashidhar (22 September 2018). "In the eye of the storm". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
9. "Marvel's swansong". The New Indian Express . 10 April 2019. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
10. "Revanth, Rakendu lend voice for social media stars". The New Indian Express . 21 March 2020. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
11. "Rowdy pattasu music video". YouTube . 26 November 2021.
12. Mouli, Rakendu (12 December 2023). Actor Rakendu Mouli Latest Interview. Interviewed by Sharath. TeluguOne – via YouTube.
13. "Mirchi Music Awards South 2012 – Telugu cinema news". idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2020.

External links

• Rakendu Mouli at IMDb