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Nani is a Actor Indian born on 24 february 1984 at Hyderabad (Inde)
Naveen Babu Ghanta, better known by his nickname Nani, is a South Indian actor who stars in Telugu and Tamil films. After his education, he became an assistant director and worked with Srinu Vaitla and Bapu, before working as an RJ for World Space Satellite in Hyderabad.
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Nani
Biography
Nani got engaged on 12 August 2012, to his girlfriend of five years, Anjana Yelavarthy. Speaking to Hyderabad Times, the actor said, "We exchanged rings in a simple ceremony in Vizag that was attended by both our families." They got married on 27 October that year, in a private ceremony in Vizag.Usually with
Filmography of Nani (21 films)
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Palaandu Vaazhga (2018)
Actors Rahul Ravindran, Chandini Tamilarasan, Wasna Ahmed, Poornima Bhagyaraj, Vinodhini, Devadarshini
Jyo Achyutananda (2016)
Directed by Srinivas Avasarala
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Rohit Nara, Naga Shourya, Regina Cassandra, Tanikella Bharani, Seetha, Pavani Gangireddy
Roles Cameo Appearance
Rating62%
Janda Pai Kapiraju (2015)
Directed by Samuthirakani
Genres Thriller, Action, Romance
Actors Nani, Amala Paul, Meghana Raj, Ragini Dwivedi, Subbu Panchu, R. Sarathkumar
Roles Aravind Shiva Shankar/Maya Kannan
Rating60%
Arvind who came to the city from a rural area, is a naive employee in a company. He cannot tolerate corruption, bribert, breaking rules, lavishness and the urban culture of youth in cities. He is caught by traffic police for a minor mistake through not of his own. Although he has all documents with him, he is asked a bribe by traffic policeman. When he refuses to pay the bribe, a complaint is booked against him and he is sentenced by the court, even though he complains about the bribe.
Bhale Bhale Magadivoy (2015)
, 2h25Directed by Maruthi Dasari
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Nani, Lavanya Tripathi, Murali Sharma, Ajay, Vennela Kishore, Srinivas Reddy
Roles Lucky
Rating76%
Lucky is a junior plant scientist who suffers with amnesia. His mind gets diverted easily onto other tasks while concentrating on his current ongoing commitment. His father arranges his marriage with the daughter of Panduranga Rao, a senior plant scientist. Rao decides to break the alliance after learning about Lucky's mental condition and warns him not to show up again, much to the dissent of Lucky. On his way to donate his blood to his boss, Lucky falls in love with Nandana, a kuchipudi dance teacher, and gets diverted. He creates a positive impression by donating blood to one of her students unknowingly.
Yevade Subramanyam (2015)
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure
Themes Sports films
Actors Nani, Malavika Nair, Ritu Varma, Malavika Nair, Vijay Deverakonda, Nassar
Roles Subramanyam 'Subbu'
Rating74%
Subramanyam (Nani), called by everybody as Subbu, is a materialistic IIM graduate who is very ambitious. He works for Pasupathi (Nassar), who aims to buy his rival Ramaiah's(Krishnam Raju) Company but fails at it. Subbu, with his wit and ability to manipulate people, makes Ramaiah's employees sell their shares. With this being Pasupathi's biggest success, Subbu gets engaged to his boss's daughter Riya (Ritu Varma). During the engagement ceremony, a childhood friend, Rishi (Vijay Devarakonda), enters his life. Rishi is very energetic and opposite in the character to Subbu. Rishi is a true artist of life, who lives and never thinks about living. The same day they encounter a free-spirited girl Anandi (Malavika Nair) in a pub. Rishi reveals his dream is to travel with Subbu to Doodh Kashi, a holy lake in the Himalayas.
Dongata (2015)
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Actors Adivi Sesh, Lakshmi Manchu, Brahmanandam, Taapsee Pannu, Pragathi Mahavadi, Ravi Teja
Roles Self
Rating62%
Venkat (Adivi Sesh), Vijju (Madhu Nandan) are protégés of Kattam Raju (Prabhakar). The three goons manage to kidnap actress Shruthi (Manchu Lakshmi) and decide to hide her in an apartment owned by vijju’s boss, Brahmi (Brahmanandam). Brahmi lives in the U.S.A, but much to the kidnappers' surprise, arrives as a private detective to solve the kidnapping case. Chaos ensues when Brahmi realizes that Shruthi has been kept at his own house. The kidnappers join under him as his servants and after a small comedy scenes....the trio keep travelling until the main villain(kattam raju)stopped them and a fight ensues...after that shruti says that she told venkat-adivisesh to kidnap her as she saw her stepmom made a contract with kattamraju to kidnap her daughter...it is then revealed in flash back that sruthi is an orphan and venkat is her best friend.
Paisa (2014)
, 2h24Directed by Krishna Vamsi
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Nani, Catherine Tresa, Charan Raj, Bharath Reddy
Roles Prakash
Rating58%
A minister of Andhra Pradesh Cabinet named Kalamoorthy is removed from his post after the Central Bureau of Investigation proves his involvement in Liquor Mafia and the Election Commission of India declares the first by election after the main elections of that term in that constituency. While a senior ruling party leader Saradhi (Bharath Reddy) is willing to spend ₹25 crore for the election, other senior members ask Sanyasi Naidu (Charan Raj) to shell out ₹50 crores and if he wins in the by election, he would become the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. Since it is his ambition to rule the state, Sanyasi Naidu accepts to spend ₹50 crores. With the help of his trusted aid, the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Sanyasi Naidu brings ₹50 crores to India through Hawala transaction into Old City in Hyderabad. The ACP is tasked with transporting the money to the constituency. On completion of the task and if Sanyasi Naidu becomes the Chief Minister, then the ACP would be promoted as Inspector General (IG) of Police. The ACP goes to the Old city to collect the amount and the money is wrapped in big black plastic bags and is placed in the Deck lid of a Black Innova.
Aaha Kalyanam (2014)
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Nani, Vaani Kapoor, Simran, Five Star Krishna
Roles Shakthivel
Rating58%
Shakthivel (Nani) is street-smart and fun-loving. Intelligent and quirky, Shruti (Vaani Kapoor), who assists the wedding coordinator, sees Shakthi at the front of the food serving line and suspects that he is gatecrashing to eat for free. She confronts Shakthi, who quickly summons his friend, the videographer at the wedding, and pretends that he is part of the film crew and has a right to be there. After seeing her dance at the wedding, Shakthi cannot resist the temptation to make a video of Shruti doing her dance routine.
Nimirndhu Nil (2013)
, 2h24Directed by Samuthirakani
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Films about families
Actors Jayam Ravi, Amala Paul, R. Sarathkumar, Meghana Raj, Soori, Ragini Dwivedi
Roles Self
Rating60%
Aravindan Sivasamy (Jayam Ravi) is a 26-year-old youth who was brought up in an ashram run by a Harichandra (Nassar). The atmosphere that he grew, taught him high moral values, disciplines, dignity, devotion etc. But when he comes out of the place, his belief and learning will be questioned by the cancerous system. It unsettles him and make him fight against the immoral cultures of the society. He decides to taken on corrupt bureaucrats and his friend (Soori), a lawyer (Subbu Panchu) and journalist (C. Gopinath) along with his girlfriend (Amala Paul) join him in his mission to fight against the corruption.
D for Dopidi (2013)
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Actors Varun Sandesh, Sundeep Kishan, Melanie Chandra, Nani, Tanikella Bharani, Deva Katta
Rating56%
Raju (Sundeep Kishan), Vicky (Varun Sandesh), Harish (Naveen) and Bannu (Rakesh), the four central characters in the film, need money desperately to overcome their problems. Each one has his own story. After having looked into other avenues for a solution, they finally embark upon an ignoble bank robbery. Everything goes according to plan till they enter the bank where they are confronted by another gang of robbers led by Lokamuddhu (Thanikella Bharani). Trouble starts as things get horribly messed up. What happens next — are they successful in their heist and are able to get rid of their problems finally — forms, predictably enough, the crux of the story.
Eega (2012)
, 2h25Directed by S. S. Rajamouli
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Films about religion, Films about insects
Actors Sudeep, Nani, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Hamsa Nandini, Devadarshini
Roles Nani
Rating76%
Nani is a young man who specialises in making fireworks. He lives in a house opposite micro artist Bindu, who runs Project 511, an NGO. Nani has been in love with Bindu for two years and has been constantly showing his love for her. Bindu too loves Nani but hides her love from him.
Neethaane En Ponvasantham (2012)
, 2h25Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Jiiva, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Santhanam, Vidyulekha Raman, Ravi Prakash, Anupama Kumar
Roles special appearance
Rating64%
The film begins with Varun (Jiiva) gaining admission into an engineering college, with his best friend Prakash (Santhanam). He and his friends one day participate in a cultural programme, where Varun finds his childhood sweetheart Nithya (Samantha) participating in a dance show. He begins wooing her by singing on stage and later meets up with her and begins to reminisce their childhood. The film rewinds to their early days when both were aged eight, and shows the pair becoming friends after Varun had helped Nithya retrieve a book which had fallen while she had been playing. However after a minor understanding featuring Nithya's brother, she decides not to meet Varun and makes a vow to never talk with him. However, the pair then meet again in their tenth standard, aged 15. Nithya initially hesitates to talk with Varun, but sheds her inhibitions once Varun breaks the ice between them, and resumes her friendship with him. Nithya is elected as the pupil leader in school and as a pupil leader she is in constant interaction with Deepak, another pupil leader and her classmate, much to the dismay of Varun. As a result, they have another fallout.
Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu (2012)
Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Nani, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Krishnudu, Vidyulekha Raman, Anupama Kumar, Jiiva
Roles Varun Krishna
Rating72%
The film begins with Varun (Nani) gaining admission into an engineering college. He and his friends one day participate in a cultural programme, where Varun finds his childhood sweetheart Nithya (Samantha) participating in a dance show. He begins wooing her by singing on stage and later meeting her. As they meet, the film rewinds to their early days when both were in third standard. They become good friends after a small incident and their friendship blossoms. But due to a misunderstanding, Nithya decides not to meet Varun and to never talk with him. However, as destiny would have it, they meet again in their tenth standard. Nithya initially hesitates to talk with Varun, but sheds her inhibitions once Varun breaks the ice between them, and resumes her friendship with him. Nithya is elected as the pupil leader in school and as a pupil leader she is in constant interaction with Deepak, another pupil leader and her classmate, much to the dismay of Varun. As a result, they have another fallout.
Ala Modalaindi (2011)
, 2h20Directed by Nandini Reddy
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Nani, Nithya Menen, Sneha Ullal, Pragathi Mahavadi, Ashish Vidyarthi, Rohini
Roles Goutham
Rating75%
The film begins with an accident. Gautham (Nani) is abducted by John Abraham (Ashish Vidyarthi). On the way Gautham is forced to narrate his tale as Gautham talks of stopping a marriage and John too talks of preventing a wedding. Hence, the flashback. Gautham is ready to propose to Simran (Kriti Kharbanda) with a bunch of red roses. But destiny has other plans. Elsewhere, Nithya (Nitya Menen) is playing cricket and hits Gautham with her shot. He is then taken to the hospital in the stretcher. Simran falls in love with the doctor treating Gautham and they get married eventually. Gautham is invited and goes to the wedding but cannot face Simran. When he walks out, he gets drunk and meets a drunk Nithya who actually was in love with the doctor. They go around freaking during the night and part ways the next day. As destiny has it, they happen to meet in a pub after a few days. Gautham accompanies her everywhere. He realises he's in love with her. But before he could tell her, he gets to know that she is already engaged. Gautham steps back and stays secluded. Nithya and her fiance end their engagement over an argument about Gautham. Unaware of this and having moved on, Gautham starts dating a veterinary doctor, Kavya, but they break up after an altercation. Now Nithya who realizes that she loves Gautam, goes to Gautam's house after his mother dies, to propose him but shocks to see Kavya and Gautam's house. Thinking that they both are married, she leaves to Bangalore and accepts the marriag proposal her parents set for her. After realizing Nithya misunderstood him, Gautham and his friends leave for Bangalore to stop the marriage. In the way to Bangalore, their car stops and Gautam asks for lift and they accept and that is where he was kidnapped. After a big fight between Gautam and the kidnapper, it is revealed that the kidnapper was looking for one who gave Gautam lift not Gautam. The kidnapper helps Gautham to reach the wedding. Gautam's friends reveal the truth to Nithya. Nithya in order to meet Gautham escapes from the wedding and ends up asking the kidnapper lift. After a whole confusion, Nithya unites with Gautham.
Pilla Zamindar (2011)
, 2h27Directed by G. Ashok
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Nani, Hariprriya, Bindu Madhavi, Srinivas Avasarala, Rao Ramesh, M. S. Narayana
Roles Praveen "PJ" Jayaramaraju
Rating76%
Praveen Jaya Ramaraju aka P.J (Nani) is the grandson of a wealthy Zamindar Rudra Ramaraju (Nagineedu). PJ is a spoilt and an arrogant youngster. His grandfather writes a will with several conditions before he dies. His will states that PJ would inherit the entire wealth only if he completes his graduation as a common man without any luxuries. PJ now has to not only complete his graduate studies but he must do it within three years and he should study in a government college in a small village called Siripuram.