Vamsi Krishna

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Vamsi Krishna
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NationalityIndian
Occupation Actor
Years active2004-present

Vamsi Krishna is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Telugu and Tamil films. He made his debut in Gharshana (2004) and went on to play the antagonist in films including Thadaiyara Thaakka (2012) and Ivan Veramathiri (2013).

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Early life

He was born in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. He hails from a family of doctors, he was pursuing Business Management in London before coming to films. [1]

Film career

Vamsi Krishna met director Gautham Vasudev Menon on a flight trip from London to India, their conversations lead to them working together, thus began Vamsi Krishna's career as an actor. [2]

The director offered him a supporting role as a police officer in Gharshana (2004) and Krishna allotted 40 days to the project and subsequently decided to make a career in films. [3] He played the lead role in the 2006 Telugu film Oka `V` Chitram alongside Aadhi.It failed at the box-office. [4] He subsequently played roles in films including Darling (2010), Nagavalli (2010), Nenu Naa Rakshasi (2011) and Attarintiki Daredi (2013). [5]

Gautham seems to figure significantly in Vamsi’s film journey. For, strangely enough, it was Gautham’s assistant Magizh Thirumeni who gave him his Kollywood break with Thadaiyara Thaakka (2012). The role got him noticed and A. Sarkunam cast him as a village goon in the Dhanush starrer Naiyaandi (2013). [6] Vamsi Krishna donning the role of villain in Vikram Prabhu's Ivan Veramathiri (2013) directed by M. Saravanan. [7] He is known for his roles in Maan Karate (2014), Thani Oruvan (2015), Kuttram 23 (2017), Ayogya (2019), Yenni Thuniga (2022) and Raakadhan (2023).

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2004 Gharshana Jagan Telugu
2006 Style Telugu
Oka `V` Chitram Santosh BabuTelugu
2007 Nava Vasantham RajeshTelugu
Desamuduru Telugu
2008 Krishnarjuna Telugu
Pourudu Telugu
2009Ooha ChitramTelugu
2010 Darling RishiTelugu
Nagavalli GroomTelugu
2011 Nenu Naa Rakshasi Telugu
Kudirithe Kappu Coffee Telugu
2012 Thadaiyara Thaakka Kumar Tamil
2012 Julai Bank RobberTelugu
2013ParentsTelugu
Baadshah Baadshah's accompliceTelugu
Naiyaandi KrishnaTamil
Attarintiki Daredi Praveen NallaTelugu
Ivan Veramathiri EeswaranTamilNominated, Vijay Award for Best Villain
2014 Maan Karate 'Killer' PeterTamil
2015 S/O Satyamurthy YogeshwarTelugu
Dongaata Telugu
Romeo Juliet ArjunTamil
Thani Oruvan VickyTamil
Nenu Sailaja BabjiTelugu
2016 Dictator Minister's sonTelugu
Chuttalabbai Police OfficerTelugu
2017 Muthuramalingam Ashok PandianTamil
Kuttram 23 John MatthewTamil
Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva SanjayTamil
Mass Leader HarshathKannada
Veedevadu PeterTelugu
Yaar Ivan PeterTamil
Kalavu Thozhirchalai Ram SanjayTamil
2018 Mannar Vagaiyara JP, Ilaiyarani's brotherTamil
2019 Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven PraveenTamil
Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel ACP Ratnavel Malayalam
Udgharsha Kannada
Ayogya SabariTamil
Queen Chaitanya ReddyTamil MX Player web series
2021 11th Hour Siddharth SinghTelugu Aha web series
Vakeel Saab VamshiTelugu
Sabhaapathy SelvamTamil
2022 The Legend MunnaTamil
Vattam GowthamTamil
Yenni Thuniga MadhanTamil
Aattral JoTamil
Dharavi Bank ShivaHindiMX Player web series
2023 Raakadhan AjmalTamil
Sweet Kaaram Coffee VikramTamilAmazon Prime Video series
2024 Vasco Da Gama KovarthanTamil
TBA Dhruva Natchathiram TamilDelayed

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