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RamCharanisanIndianfilmactor,dancer,producer,
businessmanandentrepreneur,whoworksinTelugucinema.He
wontwostateNandiAwards,twoFilmfareAwardsSouth,two
CineMAAAwards,andtwoSantoshamBestActorAward.
CharanisoneofthehighestpaidTeluguactorsinthecountry[2]

RamCharan

In2016,heestablishedhisproductionhouse,Konidela
productioncompany.HewasthecoownerofAnjana
Productionswhichestablishedtheyear1988.[3]

Contents
1 Personallife
2 Nonfilmwork
3 Career
3.1 20072012
3.2 2013present
4 Filmography
5 Awardsandrecognition
6 References
7 Externallinks

Personallife

CharanatMumbaiAirport,May2015
Born

RamCharanTejaKonidela
27March1985 [1]
Madras(nowChennai),TamilNadu,
India

Residence

Hyderabad,Telangana,India

Nationality Indian
Occupation

Actor
Entrepreneur
Filmproducer

RamCharanwasborninChennaitoTeluguactorChiranjeevi
Yearsactive 2007present
andSurekha.Hehastwosisters.HeisthegrandsonofAllu
Spouse(s) UpasanaKamineni(m.2012)
RamaLingaiahandthenephewofNagendraBabu,Pawan
Kalyan,andAlluAravind.HeisthecousinofAlluArjun,Varun Parent(s) Chiranjeevi
TejandSaiDharamTej.CharangotengagedtoUpasana
SurekhaKonidela
Kamineni,thevicechairmanofApolloCharityandchiefeditor
Family
seeChiranjeevifamilytree
ofBPositivemagazine,inHyderabadon1December2011.
UpasanaisthegranddaughterofPrathapC.Reddy,the
ExecutiveChairmanoftheApolloHospitals.[4][5]Subsequently,theygotmarriedon14June2012attheTemple
TreesFarmHouse.[6]

Nonfilmwork
RamCharanisanequestrian,andentrepreneur.[7]HeownsthepoloteamRamCharanHyderabadPoloRiding
Club.[8]HeservesontheboardofdirectorsofMAATV.[9]
InearlyJuly2015,hestartedhisownHyderabadbasedairlinebusinesscalledTruJet.[10]
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RamCharanistheface&coownerofobstaclerunningseries,Devil'sCircuit[11]

Career
20072012
In2007,RamCharanmadehisfilmdebutastheleadingmaninthefilmChiruthawhichwasdirectedbyPuri
Jagannadhandcompleted50daysin178directcentresand15othershiftedcentres.Thefilmcompleted100days
in40directcentres.[12]HeplayedtheroleofCharan,anexconvictwhoishellbentonkillingthemurdererofhis
father.Rediff.compraisedhisperformancestating"RamCharanisquitepromising.Danceandactionappeartobe
forte.Heisrathergracefulinthedancenumbers.Healsostaysclearofanyobliquereferencetohisstarfatherby
wayofdialogueoradoptinganyparticularmannerismorstyle."[13]Hisperformanceinthefilmearnedhima
FilmfareBestSouthDebutantAwardandNandiSpecialJuryAward.[14]
Afterthereleaseofthe2009blockbusterMagadheera,whichwasonlyhissecondfilm,directedbyS.S.Rajamouli
CharanestablishedhimselfasoneoftheleadingcontemporaryactorsofTollywood.Heplayedadualroleinthis
filminwhichoneisabravesoldierofakingdominRajasthaninthe17thcenturywhoisinlovewiththeprincess
butlosesheranddies,theotherabikeracerwhofallsinlovewithagirlwhoisthereincarnationoftheprincess
andwinsherknowingtheirpast.Hisportrayalgotimmensecriticalacclaim.TheTimesofIndiawrote"Ram
Charanreturnsasavaliantsoldierandbreatheslifeintothelargerthanliferolewithease.Heshowcaseshishorse
ridinganddancingskillstoperfection."[15]IndiaGlitzcommented"Charanhascomeupwithamatureperformance
andhehascarriedthefilmverywell.Bothhischaractersweredonegoodjusticeandheremindedofhisfatherat
manyplaces."[16]DirectedbyS.S.Rajamouli,[17]thefilmreceivedsixFilmfareAwardsincludingtheawardfor
FilmfareAwardforBestActorTeluguandNandiSpecialJuryAwardforCharan.[18]In2009,hebecamea
spokespersonforPepsi'sadvertisementcampaigns.[19]
CharanstarredinBommarilluBhaskar'sOrangein2010asRam,anNRIlivinginAustraliawhoseopinionsare
againstlovingforever.IndiaGlitzwrote"RamCharangaveanexcellentperformanceallthroughthefilm.His
attire,makeup,dressingstyle,accessoriesandbodylanguagegivestheaudiencesafreshfeelofanurbaneguy.He
improvedalotinallthedepartmentsincludingaction,dances,dialoguemodulation,bodylanguage."[20]
HisnextfilmwasRachchadirectedbySampathNandi.HedidtheroleofBettingRaj,agamblerwhoselifetakes
atollonhim.IndiaGlitzwrote"HeshowsflashesofChirunessmorethanheeverdidinthepastbeithis
baritoneordemeanour,heisaMegastarineffect.Helpedbyastrongscript,hecouldhavebeenmuchbetter."[21]
Thefilmreleasedon5April2012andwasdeclaredacommercialsuccess.[22]

2013present
Hisfirstreleasein2013wasNaayakdirectedbyV.V.Vinayak.Heplayedanotherdualrole,oneamafialeaderin
KolkataandtheotherasimplesoftwareemployeeinHyderabad.TheTimesofIndiawrote"RamCharandida
greatjobthoughtherewasnovariationshownbetweenthetwocharacters."[23]Itopenedtopositivecritical
acclaimandbecameacommercialsuccess.[24]
CharanmadehisBollywooddebutthroughZanjeer,aremakeofthe1973filmofthesamename.Heplayedthe
roleofACPVijayKhannawhoswearsVengeanceonhisparents'killer.Charanmadehisdebutasaplayback
singerwiththesong"MumbaiKeHero",composedbyChirantanBhatt,inthealbumThoofan,theTeluguversion
ofZanjeer.
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InhisnextTelugufilm,Yevadu(2014)directedbyVamsiPaidipally,he
playstwocharacters,onewhohasreceivedafacetransplantoftheother
andbecomesthetargetofunderworldgangsbecauseofthemistaken
identity.BangaloreMirrorwrote"ForRamCharan,Yevaduisessentialto
establishhisstatusafterToofantankedattheboxoffice.Hischaracterhas
twoshadesandhetrieshisbesttobringvariations.Hedanceslikethereis
notomorrowandthechoreographyisadelighttowatch."[25]Sifywrote
"ComparedtohisearlierfilmsNayakandThoofan,RamCharanhasdone
afairlygoodjobhere.Hisactingiseffectiveinintensescenesandaction
episode.Tosatisfyhisaudiences,hehasalsodonesomegoodstepsinthe
Freedomsong."[26]Charan'snextreleaseinthesameyearwasthefamily
dramaGovinduduAndarivadele.[27]Thefilmopenedtomostlypositive
reviewsfromcriticsandgrossedover 40crore(US$5.9million)atthe
boxoffice.[28]
HisnextfilmwasBruceLee.[29]CurrentlyheisshootingforDhruva
(2016).Herecentlysignedonayettobetitledprojectdirectedby
Sukumar,whichwillreleasepostDiwali2016.[30]
HeisalsotheproducerofhisfatherChiranjeevi's150thfilmandalso
signedtoappearinhisunclePawanKalyan'sproduction.[31]

CharanwithPriyankaChopraduring
promotionsoftheirfilmZanjeerin
2013

Filmography
AsActor
Year

Listoffilmperformances
Role

Title

2007

Chirutha

Charan

2009

Magadheera

KalaBhairava,Harsha

2010

Orange

Ram

2012

Racha

Raj

2013

Naayak

Charan"Cherry",Siddharth
Naayak

2013

Zanjeer
Thoofan

ACPVijayKhanna

2014

Yevadu

Charan/Satya

2014

Govindudu
Andarivadele

AbhiRam

2015

BruceLeeTheFighter Karthik

2016

Dhruva

DhruvaI.P.S

Notes

Source

Dualrole

Dualrole
Hindifilm

OfficialRemakeofThani
Oruvan

AsProducer

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Key
Denotesfilmsthathavenotyetbeenreleased
Year

Title

2017

KhaidiNo.150

Language

Cast

Telugu

Notes

Chiranjeevi,KajalAggarwal filming

Assinger
Year

2013

Song(s)
"MumbaiKe
Hero"

Film

Language

Thoofan

Telugu

Singers

Composer

RamCharan,
JaspreetJasz,
RoshniBaptist

AnandRaj
Anand
MeetBros
Anjjan
ChirantanBhatt

Notes

Awardsandrecognition
Year

Award

Category

Film

Result

Source

2008

NandiAwards

SpecialJuryAward

Chirutha

Won

[32]

2008

FilmfareAwardsSouth

BestMaleDebutSouth

Chirutha

Won

[33]

2010

NandiAwards

SpecialJuryAward

Magadheera

Won

[34]

2010

FilmfareAwardsSouth

BestActorTelugu

Magadheera

Won

[35]

2010

SantoshamFilmAwards

BestActor

Magadheera

Won

2010

CineMAAAwards

BestActorMale

Magadheera

Won

2013

FilmfareAwardsSouth

BestActorTelugu

Racha

Nominated

2013

CineMAAAwards

BestActorMale

Racha

Nominated

2014

FilmfareAwardsSouth

BestActorTelugu

Naayak

Nominated

2014

TSRTV9NationalFilm
Awards

BestHero

Naayak

Won

2014

CineMAAAwards

BestActorMale

Naayak

Nominated

2015

SantoshamFilmAwards

BestActor

Govindudu
Andarivadele

2016

RitzIconAwards

MostAdmiredCelebrityIcon
Award

Won

2016

AsiavisionAwards

YouthIconOfIndia

Won

Won

[36]

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