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[[Nani (actor)|Nani]] is an Indian actor, film producer and television presenter who works predominantly in [[Telugu film]]s and appears in a few [[Tamil film]]s. He made his acting debut with [[Mohana Krishna Indraganti]]{{'s}} 2008 comedy film ''[[Ashta Chamma]]'', an Indian adaptation of [[Oscar Wilde]]{{'s}} play ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rajamani |first=Radhika |date=5 September 2008 |title=Taking on Oscar Wilde! |url=http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2008/sep/01slid1.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170715175152/http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2008/sep/01slid1.htm |archive-date=15 July 2017 |access-date=15 July 2017 |website=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref> After ''Ashta Chamma''{{'s}} commercial success,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mohan |first=B Krishna |date=13 August 2009 |title=Tollywood gives case study to ISB |url=http://www.rediff.com/money/report/tollywood-gives-case-study-to-isb/20090813.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170721104429/http://www.rediff.com/money/report/tollywood-gives-case-study-to-isb/20090813.htm |archive-date=21 July 2017 |access-date=21 July 2017 |website=Rediff.com}}</ref> Nani played the lead roles in three Telugu films in the next two years: ''[[Ride (2009 film)|Ride]]'' (2009), ''[[Snehituda]]'' (2009) and ''[[Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu]]'' (2010). In 2011, Nani collaborated with [[B. V. Nandini Reddy]] on the romantic comedy film ''[[Ala Modalaindi]]'' which was profitable.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rajamani |first=Radhika |date=19 February 2013 |title='Jabardasth is a comedy carnival' |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-interview-with-b-v-nandini-reddy-on-jabardasth/20130219.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170715175325/http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-interview-with-b-v-nandini-reddy-on-jabardasth/20130219.htm |archive-date=15 July 2017 |access-date=15 July 2017 |website=Rediff.com}}</ref> The same year, he made his Tamil cinema debut with Anjana Ali Khan's ''[[Veppam]]'', a crime drama set in the backdrop of [[North Chennai]].<ref name="veppam" /> The following year, Nani collaborated with [[S. S. Rajamouli]] and [[Gautham Vasudev Menon]] on the Telugu-Tamil bilingual ''[[Eega]]'' and the romance film ''[[Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu]]'' respectively. The former, which was about a murdered man reincarnating as a housefly and avenging his death, earned Nani an award in the Best Hero category at the [[Toronto After Dark Film Festival#2013|2013 Toronto After Dark Film Festival]].<ref name="Toronto Eega">{{Cite news |date=3 November 2013 |title=Rajamouli's Eega continues to win awards |work=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Rajamoulis-Eega-continues-to-win-awards/articleshow/25166198.cms |access-date=5 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406095919/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Another-feather-in-Eegas-cap/articleshow/20760864.cms |url-status=live |archive-date=6 April 2016}}</ref> He received the [[Nandi Award for Best Actor]] for his performance in ''Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu''.<ref name="Nandi YVM">{{Cite news |date=1 March 2017 |title=Nandi Awards: Here's the complete list of winners for 2012 and 2013 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/nandi-awards-here-s-the-complete-list-of-winners-for-2012-and-2013/story-98h1g3ETtYipb4qGVgcgaM.html |url-status=dead |access-date=15 July 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170715180026/http://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/nandi-awards-here-s-the-complete-list-of-winners-for-2012-and-2013/story-98h1g3ETtYipb4qGVgcgaM.html |archive-date=15 July 2017}}</ref>

Nani ventured into film production in 2013 as a co-producer for the film ''[[D for Dopidi]]''.<ref name="prod">{{Cite news |last=Dundoo |first=Sangeetha Devi |date=7 December 2013 |title=Nani roughs it out |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/nani-roughs-it-out/article5433068.ece |url-status=dead |access-date=15 July 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170715083744/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/nani-roughs-it-out/article5433068.ece |archive-date=15 July 2017}}</ref> He faced three box office failures in the upcoming years: ''[[Paisa (2014 film)|Paisa]]'' (2013), ''[[Aaha Kalyanam]]'' (2014) and ''[[Janda Pai Kapiraju]]'' (2015). Nani termed it a "low phase" in his career and worked on the "planning of films and the timing of their release".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dundoo |first=Sangeetha Devi |date=22 December 2016 |title=Nani: I can't take this success for granted |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/Nani-I-can%E2%80%99t-take-this-success-for-granted/article16925032.ece |url-status=dead |access-date=15 July 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170715165928/http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/Nani-I-can%E2%80%99t-take-this-success-for-granted/article16925032.ece |archive-date=15 July 2017}}</ref> He then played the lead role in [[Nag Ashwin]]{{'s}} ''[[Yevade Subramanyam]]'' (2015), a film focusing on a businessperson's journey to the [[Himalayas]] seeking self exploration.<ref name="YVS" /> Nani later starred in [[Maruthi]]{{'s}} comedy film ''[[Bhale Bhale Magadivoy]]'' (2015), in which he played an absent minded scientist easily prone to distraction.<ref name="BBM" /> It was the actor's first [[blockbuster (entertainment)|blockbuster]] success,<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 October 2015 |title=Nani tastes first blockbuster success with 'Bhale Bhale Magadivoy' |work=[[The Indian Express]] |agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service]] |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/nani-tastes-first-blockbuster-success-with-bhale-bhale-magadivoy/ |access-date=15 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029073351/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/nani-tastes-first-blockbuster-success-with-bhale-bhale-magadivoy/ |archive-date=29 October 2015}}</ref> and earned him the [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor&nbsp;– South|Critics Award for Best Actor&nbsp;– South]] at the [[63rd Filmfare Awards South]] ceremony.<ref name="FFS BBM">{{Cite news |date=16 January 2017 |title=Nani wins Critics Award for Best Actor (Male) at 63rd Filmfare Awards South 2016 |work=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Nani-wins-Critics-Award-for-Best-Actor-Male-at-63rd-Filmfare-Awards-South-2016/articleshow/52813442.cms |url-status=dead |access-date=15 July 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170715180541/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Nani-wins-Critics-Award-for-Best-Actor-Male-at-63rd-Filmfare-Awards-South-2016/articleshow/52813442.cms |archive-date=15 July 2017}}</ref> With his subsequent releases, the profitable ventures ''[[Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha]]'' (2016) and ''[[Gentleman (2016 film)|Gentleman]]'' (2016), he gained stardom in Telugu cinema.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yellapantula |first=Suhas |date=10 October 2016 |title=Nani: Tollywood's Mr Bankable |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/telugu/2016/oct/08/tollywoods-mr-bankable-1525732--1.html |url-status=dead |access-date=15 July 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170715172603/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/telugu/2016/oct/08/tollywoods-mr-bankable-1525732--1.html |archive-date=15 July 2017}}</ref> Nani later played the lead in the commercially successful Telugu films ''[[Majnu (2016 film)|Majnu]]'' (2016), ''[[Nenu Local]]'' (2017), ''[[Middle Class Abbayi]]'' (2017), and ''[[Ninnu Kori]]'' (2017).<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 October 2016 |title=Ninnu Kori: Nani's film rakes in Rs 25 crore in its opening weekend |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ninnu-kori-box-office-collection-nani-niveda-thomas-aadhi/1/998288.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170715180941/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ninnu-kori-box-office-collection-nani-niveda-thomas-aadhi/1/998288.html |archive-date=15 July 2017 |access-date=15 July 2017 |agency=Indo-Asian News Service |magazine=[[India Today]]}}</ref> In 2018, Nani featured as the host of the [[Bigg Boss (Telugu season 2)|second season]] of the Telugu game show ''[[Bigg Boss (Telugu TV series)|Bigg Boss]]''.<ref name="bb2" />

| Rambabu / Mahesh Babu{{efn|Nani played a single character with two or more names.|name="character"}}

|Debut film

| Praveen "PJ" Jayaramaraju (PJ)

| rowspan="53" | 2012

! scope="row" rowspan="2" | ''[[Eega]]''

| rowspan="3" | Nani

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 July 2012 |title=Eega |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/eega-review-review-telugu-pcma13jfaihfb.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170715083143/http://www.sify.com/movies/eega-review-review-telugu-pcma13jfaihfb.html |archive-date=15 July 2017 |access-date=15 July 2017 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref><ref name="Toronto Eega" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Rangan |first=Baradwaj |author-link=Baradwaj Rangan |date=29 July 2012 |title=The other side of happily-ever-after |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/the-other-side-of-happilyeverafter/article3696478.ece |access-date=2 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403134251/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/the-other-side-of-happilyeverafter/article3696478.ece |archive-date=3 April 2016}}</ref>

| {{br list | Tamil film; | Cameo in the song "Kaatraicameo Konjam"}}appearance

| {{br list | Tamil film; | Cameo in the song "Rajadhicameo Raja"}}appearance

| Specialrowspan="2"|Cameo appearance in the song "The Party Tonight"

| [[Tehsildar|MRO]] Jagadish Naidu

| rowspan="2" | 2022

| Kasthuri Poorna Venkateswara Sri Sai Pavana Rama Sundara Prasad

| Arjun Sarkaar [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]

| Cameo appearance

! scope="row" {{pending film|italic=no|''[[Saripodhaa Sanivaaram]]''}}