Venkatesh
Birthday: Born in 1960-12-13 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Deathday: Alive
Daggubati Venkatesh (born 13 December 1960) is an Indian film actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. Venkatesh debuted with the 1986 film Kaliyuga Pandavulu for which he won his first Nandi Award. In a career spanning over 30 years, he starred in many successful films such as Bobbili Raja, Chanti, Intlo Illalu Vantintlo Priyuralu, Preminchukundam Raa, Suryavamsam, Premante Idera, Raja, Kalisundam Raa, Jayam Manadera, Sankranti, Lakshmi, Adavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule, Ganesh, Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu, Drushyam, and F2: Fun and Frustration, establishing himself as a major actor in Telugu films. Venkatesh won five Nandi Awards for Best Actor for his performances in Swarna Kamalam, Prema, Dharma Chakram, Ganesh, Kalisundam Raa, and Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule, in addition to six Filmfare Awards South in various categories. Along with his brother D. Suresh Babu, Venkatesh co-owns of Suresh Productions, one of the largest film production companies in India, under which he acted in several films.[6][7] He is also the mentor of the Telugu Warriors, representing Telugu cinema (Tollywood) in the Celebrity Cricket League.
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राणा नायडू
Character: Naga Naidu
Rana Naidu can solve any problem in Bollywood. But when his father is suddenly released from prison, the one mess he can’t handle may be his own....
Unstoppable with NBK
Character: Self
Unstoppable is an iconic show hosted by the legendary actor Nandamuri Balakrishna. In every episode, he interacts with different celebrities followed by interesting questions and unlimited entertainment....
Movie Credits
Chintakayala Ravi
Character: Chintakayala Ravi
The film revolves around Chintakayala Ravi, a waiter in a New York bar, who has lied to his mother that he is a software engineer. When his mother arranges for a match for him in her village, the girl's friend Sunitha finds out the truth and informs everyone. Ravi is humiliated by the entire village after coming back....
Saindhav
Character: Saindhav Koneru "SaiKo"
The father of a sick child takes on a criminal gang running a pharmaceutical racket....
Surya IPS
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Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule
Character: Ganesh
Ganesh, an unemployed man, lands up in a company where Keerthi, the girl he loves, works but who is already engaged to someone else. Sudden incidents ruin his life and he again comes across her, but refuses to marry her....
Malliswari
Character: Vara Prasad aka Pellikani Prasad
A man falls in love with a woman, unbeknownst to the fact that she is a princess in hiding....
Nuvvu Naaku Nachav
Character: Venkateswarlu
Venky and Nandini's relationship changes from mere friendship to something that is more romantic. However, love only blossoms between the two after Nandini's marriage is fixed elsewhere....
Nagavalli
Character: Sri Naga Bhairava Rajshekhara/Dr. Vijay
After a family member receives a Nagavalli/Chandramukhi's portrait as a prize in the Nagavalli Dance competition, various characters start having abnormal experiences. In order to save themselves and unfold the mystery, the family looks to Ramachandra Acharya and Dr. Vijay....
Lakshmi
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Lakshmi Narayana (Venkatesh) is an elder son in a family with 3 brothers and 2 sisters. Lakshmi owns a factory that is worth hundreds of crores. Janardhan (Sayaji Shinde) - a former employee of Lakshmi Industries - plans to take revenge on Lakshmi by creating difference in his family and succeeds in it. The rest of the story is all about why Janardhan separated Lakshmi's family and how he wins back his lady love Nandini (Nayantara)....
Namo Venkatesa
Character: Venkataramana
Venkata Ramana (Venkatesh) is a ventriloquist. He goes along with the troop of artists to perform for a local Telugu association in Europe. Paris Prasad (Brahmanandam) is a tour organizer in Europe. He enjoys making people around bakras. Pooja (Trisha) is the niece of Prasad. Venkata Ramana falls in love with her. Prasad realises that only way to make Ramana bakra is to tell him that Pooja loves him too. Pooja is the daughter of a rich factionist in Rayalaseema and she is forced to return back i...
Bodyguard
Character: Venkatadri
A remake tale, the story begins with Venkatadri (Venkatesh) who has great respect for Varadarajulu Naidu (Prakash Raj) as he saves his life. However, he keeps getting into fights wherever he sees injustice. To bring some discipline, Venkatadri’s uncle (Tanikella) sends him to Varadarajulu Naidu as his personal bodyguard.However, Varadarajulu’s enemy Siva Reddy (Kota) wants revenge and he wants to kill Keerthi (Trisha), Varadarajulu’s daughter. Knowing this threat, Venkatadri is assigned the task...
Taqdeerwala
Character: Suraj
Shri Bhramma is unhappy with Yamraj and his assistant, Chitragupt, as they have misplaced a book or prophecy called "Bhavishya Vani", and asks them to go down to Earth and find the book within 30 days or else they will lose their status in heaven and will be forced to live as mortals on Earth. The two descend to Earth, and find out that the book is in the possession of a man named Suraj, who is unwilling to give up the book as he has read the prophecy about his mother's dying. This refusal is ca...
Jayam Manadera
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Abhiram and Uma fall in love with each other when they meet in Europe. Unable to express their feelings at the right time, the two are separated when Uma returns to India. Abhiram goes to India to marry his lover, Uma. However, when he reaches the country, he is attacked by some unknown people. Later, a lady named Jhansi reveals Abhiram's shocking past....
Shadow
Character: Rajaram / Shadow / Chanti
Raghurman infiltrates Nana Bhai's criminal organisation to find evidence of his wrongdoings. When Nana learns of his plans, he massacres Raghurman's family and only his son Rajaram escapes. When he grows up, Rajaram sets out to destroy Nana Bhai....
Kisi Ka Bhai... Kisi Ki Jaan
Character: Balakrishna Gundapeneni
Bhaijaan, a self-defense trainer lives happily as a bachelor with his three brothers Moh, Ishq and Luv and uses violence to settle disputes. When his brothers, who’ve already found partners, come together to fix a match for him, Bhagya Lakshmi, Bhaijaan decides to mend his ways for his lover's sake. All hell breaks loose when he learns about Bhagya's family facing threats from their haunting past....
Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu
Character: Vijay "Peddodu"
Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu revolves around a lovable family headed by Relangi . He has two sons- Vijay "Peddodu" and Ajay "Chinnodu". The unemployment of his children and the ridicule heaped on the family by relatives puts some strain on the relationships. What does he do in these circumstances is the rest of the story....
Gharshana
Character: DCP Ramachandra
Rama Chandra (played by Daggubati Venkatesh) is the Deputy Commissioner of Police of Hyderabad City. His upbringing as an orphan, and the special nature of his job as a policeman, have left him reluctant to form relationships with women. He doesn't have much faith in the judicial system and seeks to 'eliminate' the criminals in the town through encounters....
Raja
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A story about a petty thief Raja, and how his life changes when he meets Anjali in a robbery gone wrong....
Gopala Gopala
Character: Kanneganti Gopala Rao
Gopala Rao, an atheist, finds himself in the midst of crises. When Govinda Hari enters his home, Rao's life changes in miraculous ways....
Drushyam
Character: Rambabu
Rambabu, a cable operator, lives with his beloved wife Jyothi and two daughters. One day, his family inadvertently gets involved in a grave crime and he must go to great lengths to protect them....
Masala
Character: Balaram
Masala (English: Mixture of Spices) is a 2013 Telugu film directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar and jointly produced by Daggubati Suresh Babu and Sravanthi Ravi Kishore. It is a remake of the 2012 Hindi film Bol Bachchan and Venkatesh and Ram Pothineni reprised the roles of Ajay Devgan and Abhishek Bachchan respectively. The film released worldwide on November 14, 2013. Upon release, the film received positive reviews from critics albeit the lead actors and the comedians' performances were appreciated....
Subash Chandra Bose
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Subash Chandra Bose is a Patriotic action darma based movie in which Ashok (Venkatesh) working in a TV channel with his girl friend Anita (Genelia), covers the meeting of a politician (Prakash Raj). By seeing Prakash Raj there, Ashok gets images from the bygone era. In a flash back, it is revealed that in the year 1946, a man named Subash Chandra Bose alias Chandram (Venkatesh) fights against local British officer (Gulshan Grover). Subash Chandra Bose worships the real freedom fighter Subash C...
Sankranthi
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Sankranthi is a 2005 Telugu film directed by Muppalaneni Siva. The film stars Venkatesh, Srikanth, Sharwanand and Shiva Balaji in lead roles....
Vasantham
Character: Ashok
Vasantham is an Family based movie. In which, Ashok (Venkatesh) and Julie (Kalyani) are childhood friends. Ashok is like a family member of Julie...
Vasu
Character: Vasu
After graduation, Vasu runs a college canteen, and music school and teaches music for seven years to make his living. His father is an IPS officer and he wants Vasu to appear for Civil Services examinations to take up an IPS career. But Vasu has different plans for his future. He dreams of becoming a musician and a singer...
Gemeni
Character: 'Patamatalanka' Gemeni
When Gemeni, a gangster, falls in love with a girl, he tries to reform his ways. Things change when a new police commissioner is transferred to the city, who plans on ending all criminal activities....
Devi Putrudu
Character: Krishna/Balaram
An archaeologist extracts a box from the sea which contains mystical powers. However, evil people are in pursuit of the box and create trouble for the former....
Premato Raa
Character: Chandu
Premato Raa is romantic based movie in which, Chandu (Venky) and Vijay (Suresh) are brothers. They belong to a wealthy family where the elder brother Vijay is responsible and take care of the business. The younger one Chandu is a spoilt brat and a womanizer.Vijay is in love with Sandhya (Prema). Chandu happens to visit Ooty and gets bowled by a damsel Geeta (Simran). But he comes to know that Geeta is a tough nut to crack. So he plays different tricks to attract her. One fine day he expresses hi...
Seenu
Character: Seenu
Shwetha falls in love with Seenu, whom she supposes to be speech-impaired. Seenu feels guilty and asks a doctor to cut off his tongue to win her love....
Premante Ideraa
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Premante Ideraa is a 1998 Telugu film directed by Jayanth C Paranji. The film stars Venkatesh, Preity Zinta, Srihari and Ali in lead roles....
Surya Vamsham
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Telugu film remake of the Kollywood film....
Ganesh
Character: Ganesh
Ganesh, a journalist, loses his father and sister due to the negligence of the health department and decides to fight against the corruption prevalent in the medical industry....
Pelli Chesukundaam
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A man gives shelter to a girl who has been a victim of rape and has also witnessed a murder. He gives her hope to live again and they fall in love with each other....
Preminchukundam Raa
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The film starts off with the killing of two lovers by Veerabadrayya who is a Rayalaseema factionist and is against love marriages. Giridhar goes to Kurnool, to his sister’s house where he falls in love with their young and beautiful neighbor Kaveri. She too falls in love with Giri. Kaveris father, none other than Veerabadrayya himself comes to know about their affair and as expected resents, so Giri escape with Kaveri. Veerabadrayya sends his goons in their chase. Finally what happens forms the ...
Chinnabbaayi
Character: Sundarayya
Chinnabbayi is drama based movie in which, Sundarayya (Venkatesh), the orphan, is the care taker of a very famous girl...
Pavithra Bandham
Character: Vijay
Upon his father's insistence, Vijay agrees to marry Radha. However, he tells Radha that their marriage will be contractual with a one year trial period. Will they remain together after one year?...
Intlo Illalu Vantintlo Priyuralu
Character: Sriram
When Sriram learns that his wife, Seeta, cannot bear a child, he keeps it hidden from his father. However, he marries Manisha under dire circumstances during his trip to Nepal and soon learns that she is pregnant. They have a son and Seeta, after much reluctance, accepts Manisha as Sriram's wife....
Saahasa Veerudu Saagara Kanya
Character: Sahasa Veerudu
Sahasa Veerudu Sagara Kanya is action romance based movie in which, Sahasa Veerudu (Venkatesh), the film...
Dharma Chakram
Character: Rakesh
The story is about a family in which mother and son together fight against father for the principles and human values. Srividhya, as a ditched wife, rises up her kid Rakesh (Venkatesh) with well behavior, manner and makes him a good lawyer to do justice to the fellow woman who are cheated brutally by their husbands. How Rakesh takes the revenge on his father for the injustice that he had done to his mother is the crux of the film....
Pokiri Raja
Character: Chanti/ Balaraju
Pokiri Raja is a 1995 Telugu film directed by Kodandarami Reddy. The film stars Venkatesh, Roja Selvamani, Ali and Shubha in lead roles....
Super Police
Character: Vijay
Super Police is a 1994 Telugu film directed by K Murali Mohan Rao. The film stars Venkatesh, Soundarya, Nagma and Brahmanandam in lead roles....
Muddula Priyudu
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Muddula Priyudu is a 1994 Telugu film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. The film stars Venkatesh, Ramya Krishnan and Brahmanandam in lead roles....
Sundara Kanda
Character: Venteswarulu
A newly appointed professor finds that his student has a crush on him and wants to marry him. He ignores her advances and marries an orphan. Not the one to give up, she continues to pursue him....
Chinarayudu
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Chinarayudu is a 1992 Telugu film directed by B. Gopal. The film stars Venkatesh, Vijayashanti, Kota Srinivasan Rao and Nirmalamma in lead roles....
Chanti
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Chanti is a 1992 Telugu film directed by Raviraja Pinisetty. The film stars Venkatesh, Meena, Nassar and Brahmanandam in lead roles....
Shatruvu
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Shathruvu is a 1991 Telugu film directed by Kodi Ramakrishna. The film stars Venkatesh, Vijayashanti, Kota Srinivasan Rao and Jeeva in lead roles....
Kshana Kshanam
Character: Chandu
Chandu is a petty thief who comes across Satya, an innocent girl who unwittingly comes across a way to a huge amount of money stolen from a bank. While the gang that robbed the bank go after her for the clue, one member dies in her apartment and she believes she's the one that killed him. Every one including the original gang that robbed the bank, the police and now Chandu and Satya go after the money....
Coolie No. 1
Character: Raju / Bharat
Coolie No.1 is action romance based movie in which, Ranjani (Tabu), is a rich, spoilt and arrogant girl who has a I dont Care attitude towards life. Ranjanis father is a rich Industrialist Koteswara Rao (Rao Gopal Rao) who resides in Singapore. In an incident Ranjani clashes with Raju (Venkatesh) who is a coolie. Raju vows to do something about Rajinis arrogance and ego. Ranjani goes to Singapore to see her father where she meets up with Bharat (who is none other than Raju who pretends to be Bha...
Bobbili Raja
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Raja, who has always lived in the jungle with his mother and grandpa and Rani, daughter of the minister who has had all the comforts of life. How they come together and fall for each other is what the movie is all about....
Aggiramudu
Character: Aggi Ramudu / Vijay
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Ontari Poratam
Character: Raja
Priyanka, a rich heiress, cheats a poor uneducated Raja, which leads to an unfortunate death. As a result, Raja decides to teach Priyanka a lesson in humility & challanges her that he will earn double the money what she has, with a condition that if she looses the bet, then she should marry him....
Two Town Rowdy
Character: Shakthi
Two Town Rowdy is a 1989 Telugu film directed by Dasari Narayana Rao. The film stars Venkatesh, Radha, Krishnam Raju and Mohan Babu in lead roles....
Prema
Character: Pruthvi
Pruthvi is an orphan who tries hard to become a great singer. One day he comes across a beautiful, naughty young girl Maggi , and they both fall in love. When he approaches Maggi's parents to ask her hand in marriage, his criminal background comes into the picture....
Dhruva Naksthram
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Dhruva Naksthram is a 1989 Telugu film directed by Y Nageswara Rao. The film stars Venkatesh, Shalini, Brahmanandam and Mohan Babu in lead roles....
Brahma Puthrudu
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Brahma Puthrudu is a 1988 Telugu film directed by Dasari Narayana Rao. The film stars Venkatesh, Rajini Nivedhita, Mohan Babu and Jayasudha in lead roles....
Raktha Tilakam
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Raktha Tilakam is a 1988 Telugu film directed by B. Gopal. The film stars Venkatesh, Amala Akkineni and Sharada in lead roles....
Varasudochadu
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Varasudochadu is a 1988 Telugu film directed by A Mohan Gandhi. The film stars Venkatesh, Suhasini Mani Ratnam, Mohan Babu and Kota Srinivasan Rao in lead roles....
Srinivasa Kalyanam
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Srinivas and his sister Lakshmi start a new life thanks to their cousin, Saroja. Years later, things take an unexpected turn when she falls in love with Srinivas, who is in love with Lalitha....
Thrimoorthulu
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Thrimoorthulu is a 1987 Telugu film directed by K Murali Mohan Rao. The film stars Venkatesh, Arjun Sarja, Rajendra Prasad and Shobana in lead roles....
Vijetha Vikram
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Vijetha Vikram is a 1987 Telugu film directed by S S Ravichandran. The film stars Venkatesh, Farah and Poornima Bhagyaraj in lead roles....
Bharathamlo Arjunudu
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Arjun is unemployed but tolerant and kind-hearted, and stays with his father Dasaradharamayah, stepmother and step sister Kalyani. One day Arjun beats up a group of ruffians who are thrashing a poor man for not paying extortion, headed by Ungarala Ramappa and Ungarala Kishtappa, protected by MLA Benerjee. With this incident, Arjun's life changes; he invokes the wrath of the local goon. Ugarala Kishtapa warns his parents and insults his sister, and the infuriated Arjun, thrashes him and destroys ...
Ajeyudu
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Murali's world comes tumbling down when he discovers that his adopted father ruined the lives of his biological parents. He then has to make the tough choice between his two sets of parents....
Brahma Rudrulu
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Brahma Rudrulu is a 1986 Telugu film directed by K Murali Mohan Rao. The film stars Venkatesh, Rajini Nivedhita, Nageshwara Rao Akkineni and Lakshmi in lead roles....
Kaliyuga Pandavulu
Character: Vijay
Kaliyuga Pandavulu is action drama based movie in which, Vijay (Venkatesh) is a spoilt son of rich industrialist Chakrapani (Rao Gopal Rao) and his father encourages him for whatever misdeeds he does. Bharathi (Khushbu), a smart, intelligent, and middle class girl studies in the same college of Vijay and changes him to a better person. Vijay and Bharathi fall in love with each other and plan to get married. In Vijays absence Chakrapani who is against their marriage tarnishes Bharathis image and ...
Ori Devuda..!
Character: Almighty
Two childhood friends, Anu and Arjun, decide to get married. However, their marital life becomes complicated due to misunderstandings and miscommunication which leads to a divorce....
Swarnakamalam
Character: Chandra Shekar
Meenakshi is a disillusioned classical dancer. With the support of her neighbor Chandram, a painter who admires her talent, she begins a journey to appreciate and celebrate her art....
Kalisundam Raa
Character: Raghu
Raghaviah and Ram Mohan Rao are brothers-in-law. But Ram Mohan Rao is at loggerhead with Raghavaiah because of a family feud. Raghavaiah is nearing his 60's and it's time for his Shastipoorti ceremony. It's time for gathering, folks!...
Eenadu
Character: DGP Eashwar Prasad IPS
The police commissioner of Hyderabad confronts an anonymous caller who has planted bombs in the city and will let them explode if four terrorists are not freed from the police custody....
Anari
Character: Rama
Rajnandini, a rich girl, appoints Rama, a simpleton, as her bodyguard. She soon falls in love with him, which creates havoc in his life....
Babu Bangaram
Character: A.C.P. Krishna
ACP Krishna strives to capture the gangsters who threaten to attack his lover and her family members....
Premam
Character: DCP K. Ramachandra (Cameo Appearance)
Vikram falls in love with three women at different stages of his life which changes him as a person until he finally meets the love of his life....
Guru
Character: Aditya / Aadi
A grumpy boxing coach takes on a young, rebellious woman under his wings and starts training her for the world championship. But their biggest battle has to be fought outside the ring....
Agnyaathavaasi
Character: Guru
A billionaire Govinda Bhargav and his son are murdered with the aim of a hostile takeover of their company. But what his enemies do not know is that he has an heir that no one knows of....
Rampur Ka Raja
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A 1993 Indian adventure film....
F2: Fun and Frustration
Character: Venky
After Venky, Varun also gets married thinking he can keep the wife in control but both of them gets frustrated with the marital life which generates fun....
Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum
Character: Ballari Babu
A boy is adopted by his grandfather after his parents are murdered. He grows up to be an actor to honor a promise to his dying grandfather that he would perform in a play in his native village. The performance leads him to his parents' murderers....
Venky Mama
Character: Venkataratnam Naidu / Venky Mama
When his sister and her husband die in a car accident, a rice-mill owner decides to raise his nephew as his own child. They become inseparable over the course of time, but there are evil forces at work that are trying to separate them....
Soggadu
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Ravi likes Swati and helps her escape from her wedding, only to realise that she likes Chandu. He decides to sacrifice his love and unite Swati with her lover....
Narappa
Character: Naarappa
Narappa is forced to flee into the forest with his younger son, Sinappa, after Sinappa murders an upper caste landlord to avenge his older brother’s death. And now Narappa must make more sacrifices and navigate a deeply unjust justice system to give his son a chance at future....
Krack
Character: Narrator
Pothuraju Veera Shankar is a hot-headed circle inspector from Andhra who doesn’t like to hear the word ‘background’. Wherever he is appointed in the state, he brings all the notorious gundas to their knees with his signature policing style. When Shankar is appointed in Ongole, the brutal Katari commits a spine-chilling murder and angers Shankar. How the rivalry between Pothuraju Veera Shankar and Katari turns worse is what Krack is all about....
F3: Fun and Frustration
Character: Venky
Venky and Varun Yadav are ordinary guys with ordinary lives. Their struggle is all about money. One day they hear about a wealthy industrialist in Vijayanagaram who is looking for his heir. What happens when Venky, Varun and the gang arrive at his doorsteps pretending to be his heir....
Tulasi
Character: Parvataneni Tulasi Ram
Tired of her husband's crusade against factional feuds, Thulasi's wife leaves him. However, when their fatally ill son is abducted by factionists, he must resort to violence again....
Mosagallu
Character: Narrator
Arjun and Anu are fraternal twins who manage to run a scam in the US from India via a call center. With police officer Kumar hot on their heels, will they manage to escape the system?...
Drushyam 2
Character: Rambabu
7 years after the events of Drushyam, the family lives with the trauma from that fateful night. A gripping tale of an investigation and a family threatened by it. Will Rambabu be able to protect his family this time?...
Sankranthiki Vasthunam
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