Rohit (actor)

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Years active1998-2010
2024-present

Rohit is an Indian actor known for starring in Telugu-language film in the 2000s.

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Career

Rohit worked as an assistant director under Tammareddy Bharadwaja in Swarnakka (1998) and made his lead debut with G. Nageswara Reddy's 6 Teens (2001). [1] The film was a box office success and he became popular for the song "Devudu Varamandiste Ne Ninne Korukuntaale". Regarding his performance in Muthyam, a critic wrote that he "tried to do behavioral acting. But he lacks in the ease and spontaneity in his action". [2] He then starred in a series of films that were box office flops with only Girl Friend (2002), his second collaboration with Nageswara Reddy, becoming successful. [3] Regarding his performance in Girl Friend, a critic wrote that "Rohit has done an amazing work in this film. He is very natural in acting and has got very good dialogue delivery. His dances are very good comedy timing is perfect". [4] According to Rohit, the song "Taluku Taraka" from the film was an "instant hit". [5] During this period he also starred in the film Nenante Ishtamena, an unreleased film that was set in Malaysia. He played the second lead in Sontham (2002) and starred in several multistarrers such as Chandravamsam (2002), Shankar Dada MBBS (2004), Keelu Gurram (2005), Shankar Dada Zindabad (2007), Nava Vasantham (2007) and Maa Annayya Bangaram (2010). [6]

In 2021, he was to make his comeback with the film Kalakar, but the film remains unreleased. [7] [8] In 2024, he made his comeback with RAM (Rapid Action Mission) after a fourteen year gap. [9]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotesRef.
1998SwarnakkaNaxaliteCameo appearance in the song "Swarnakka" [1]
2000 Nuvve Kavali Prakash's friendCameo appearance
2001 6 Teens [1]
MuthyamChanti [2]
2002 Chandravamsam Krishna [10]
Girl Friend Vamsi [4]
Entha BagundoCameo appearance [11]
Sontham Bose [12]
2003 Anaganaga O Kurraadu Sachin [13]
Janaki Weds Sriram Sriram [14]
Nenu Seetamahalakshmi Naani [15]
2004 Shankar Dada MBBS Thomas [16]
2005 Keelu Gurram Charan [17]
Good Boy Vamsi [18]
2007 Shankar Dada Zindabad Azad [19]
Nava Vasantham Raja [20]
2010 Maa Annayya Bangaram Bhargav [21]
2024 RAM (Rapid Action Mission) Surya Prakash [9]

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