Rana Daggubati is an Indian actor, producer, television personality, visual effects co-ordinator, and an entrepreneur known primarily for his work in Telugu-language films, in addition to Hindi and Tamil language films. [1] He is best known for his roles Bhallaladeva in Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) [2] and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017), [3] Radha Jogendra in Nene Raju Nene Mantri (2017) [4] and Arjun Verma in Ghazi (2017). [5] His other successful films include Leader (2010), [6] Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum (2012) [7] and Bangalore Naatkal (2016). [8]
Beside being an actor, Rana is also a successful producer and an visual effects coordinator. His visual effects company Spirit Media P. Limited, [9] [10] that specialised in animation and VFX, [11] produced special effects for over 70 films. He is one of the key individuals of the Suresh Productions. Rana has produced the children's film, Bommalata in 2004. [12] The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu. [13] Rana has recorded the Telugu version of the song "Lights Camera Action" along with Hiphop Tamizha and Roll Rida, for the 2019 Tamil film Action. [14] He has also appeared in the web series Social, that premiered on Viu. [15] [16]
| † | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Leader | Arjun Prasad | Telugu | [17] | |
| 2011 | Dum Maaro Dum | DJ Joaquim "Joki" Fernandes | Hindi | [18] | |
| Nenu Naa Rakshasi | Abhimanyu | Telugu | [19] | ||
| 2012 | Naa Ishtam | Ganesh | [20] | ||
| Department | Shiv Narayan | Hindi | [21] | ||
| Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum | B. Tech Babu | Telugu | [22] | ||
| 2013 | Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani | Vikram Sahai | Hindi | Cameo appearance | [23] |
| Something Something | Himself | Telugu | [24] | ||
| Arrambam | Sanjay | Tamil | [25] | ||
| 2015 | Baby | Jai Singh Rathore | Hindi | [26] | |
| Dongaata | Himself | Telugu | Cameo appearance | [27] | |
| Baahubali: The Beginning | Bhallaladeva | Bilingual film | [28] [29] | ||
| Palvaalthevan | Tamil | ||||
| Rudhramadevi | Chalukya Veerabhadra | Telugu | [30] | ||
| Size Zero | Himself | Bilingual film; cameo appearance | [31] | ||
| Inji Iduppazhagi | Tamil | [32] | |||
| 2016 | Bangalore Naatkal | Shiva Prasad | [33] | ||
| 2017 | Ghazi | Arjun Verma | Telugu | Bilingual film | [34] |
| The Ghazi Attack | Hindi | [35] | |||
| Baahubali 2: The Conclusion | Bhallaladeva (Telugu) / Palvaalthevan (Tamil) | Telugu / Tamil | Partially reshot in Tamil | [36] [37] | |
| Nene Raju Nene Mantri | Radha Jogendra | Telugu | [38] | ||
| 2018 | Welcome to New York | Himself | Hindi | Cameo appearance | [39] |
| 2019 | N.T.R: Kathanayakudu | N. Chandrababu Naidu | Telugu | [40] | |
| N.T.R: Mahanayukudu | [41] | ||||
| Housefull 4 | Raja Gama & Pappu Rangeela | Hindi | Dual role | [42] | |
| Enai Noki Paayum Thota | Himself | Tamil | Cameo | [43] | |
| 2021 | Kaadan | Veerabarathi "Kaadan" | Trilingual film | [44] | |
| Aranya | Narendra Bhupathi "Aranya" | Telugu | [45] | ||
| Haathi Mere Saathi | Sumitranandan "Bandev" | Hindi | [46] | ||
| 2022 | Bheemla Nayak | Daniel "Danny" Shekar | Telugu | [47] | |
| Virata Parvam | Comrade Ravanna | [48] | |||
| 1945 | Adhi | Tamil | [49] | ||
| 2023 | Spy | Arjun | Telugu | Cameo appearance | [50] |
| 2024 | Vettaiyan | Natraj "Nat" Shanmugam | Tamil | [51] | |
| 2025 | Mirai | Mysterious man | Telugu | Cameo appearance | [52] |
| Baahubali: The Epic | Bhallaladeva | Telugu | Combined re-release version of The Beginning and The Conclusion | ||
| Kaantha | Inspector Devaraj | Tamil | Also producer | ||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Bommalata | Co-producer | National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu |
| 2018 | C/o Kancharapalem | Presenter | |
| 2020 | Krishna and His Leela | ||
| 2022 | 777 Charlie | Telugu version [53] | |
| Virata Parvam | Producer | ||
| Gargi | Presenter | Telugu version [54] | |
| 2023 | Pareshan | ||
| Keedaa Cola | |||
| 2024 | 35 | ||
| Jigra | Telugu version | ||
| 2025 | Kothapallilo Okappudu | ||
| Kaantha | Co-producer | Tamil film | |
| Premante | Presenter | [55] |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | All We Imagine as Light | |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Winner | |
| 2018 | Rajaratham | Telugu version |
| Subrahmanyapuram | ||
| 2022 | Ponniyin Selvan: I | Telugu version [56] |
| 2025 | Uppu Kappurambu | |
| 3BHK | Telugu version |
| Year | Title | Character | Actor | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Inferno | Robert Langdon | Tom Hanks | Telugu version [57] |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Thanos | Josh Brolin | Telugu version |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | |||
| 2022 | RRR | Scott Buxton | Ray Stevenson | [58] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu | Clap Boy | |
| 2006 | Lakshmi | Digital Post Supervisor | |
| Sainikudu | Visual effects coordinator | Nandi Award for Best Special Effects | |
| Thirupathi | Tamil film | ||
| 2019 | Action | Playback singer | Rapped for "Lights, Camera, Action" (Telugu version) |
| 2021 | Love Story | Voice over | Uncredited [59] |
| 2025 | 3BHK | Voice over | Telugu version |
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2nd IIFA Utsavam | Host | Gemini TV | Telugu | Television special [60] |
| Bigg Boss 1 | Star Maa | Guest appearance | |||
| 2017–2021 | No. 1 Yaari with Rana | Viu Aha | |||
| 2017 | Social | Vikram Sampath | Viu | Telugu Hindi | Also producer [61] |
| 2021 | Mission Frontline with Rana Daggubati | Host | Discovery+ | English | [62] |
| 2023–present | Rana Naidu | Rana Naidu | Netflix | Hindi | [63] |
| 2023 | Maya Bazaar For Sale | Producer | ZEE5 | Telugu | |
| 2024 | Modern Masters: S. S. Rajamouli | Himself | Netflix | English | Documentary film |
| 3rd IIFA Utsavam | Host | Gemini TV | Telugu | Television special [64] | |
| Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairytale | Himself | Netflix | English | Documentary film | |
| 2024–2025 | The Rana Daggubati Show | Host | Amazon Prime Video | Telugu | Also creator and executive producer [65] |
| 2025 | Solo Leveling | Barca | Crunchyroll | Hindi Tamil Telugu | Dubbed versions [66] |