Ram Pothineni

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Template:Pp Template:Short description Template:Use Indian English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Ram Pothineni (born 15 May 1988) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Telugu films. Known for his energetic screen presence, he earned one Filmfare Award and one SIIMA Award for his work.[1]

Pothineni made his acting debut with the box office success Devadasu (2006), for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South. He achieved his breakthrough in 2008 with the action comedy Ready (2008). Pothineni continued to established himself as a leading man with critical and commercial successes such as Maska (2009), Kandireega (2011), Pandaga Chesko (2015), Nenu Sailaja (2016), Hello Guru Prema Kosame (2018), iSmart Shankar (2019), and Red (2021).[2]

Beyond his film career, Pothineni endorses many products and is a brand ambassador for Garnier.

Early life

Ram Pothineni was born on 15 May 1988, in Hyderabad, to Murali Pothineni. He is the nephew of Telugu film producer, Sravanthi Ravi Kishore.[3] Actor Sharwanand is his cousin.[4] His family hails from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.

Career

Debut and early career (2006–2010)

Pothineni first appeared in Tamil language short film Adayaalam (2002) where he played an 18-year old drug addict.[1] He then made his theatrical debut in 2006 with Devadasu.[5][6] His second film, Jagadam opposite Isha Sahani was directed by Sukumar. He then appeared in Ready alongside Genelia D'Souza directed by Srinu Vaitla which was a commercial success.[7] In 2009, he had two releases, Maska and Ganesh: Just Ganesh.

In 2010, Pothineni had only one release, Rama Rama Krishna Krishna, produced by Dil Raju and directed by Srivaas.

Career ups and downs (2011–2016)

Pothineni's next film was Kandireega (2011).[8] Later he starred in Endukante... Premanta! (2012) alongside Tamannaah, directed by Karunakaran and produced by Sravanthi Ravi Kishore. In 2013, Pothineni appeared in Ongole Githa with Kriti Kharbanda directed by Bhaskar and produced by B.V.S.N. Prasad. In the same year, he co-starred alongside Venkatesh in the action comedy Masala, the remake of the Hindi film Bol Bachchan, directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar and jointly produced by Sravanthi Ravi Kishore and D. Suresh Babu.[9]

In 2015, Pothineni starred in two films, Pandaga Chesko and Shivam . While Pandaga Chesko directed by Gopichand Malineni, was a commercial success,[10] Shivam ended up as one of the biggest failures of his career.[11]

In 2016, He had two releases, both produced by his own production house Sri Sravanthi Movies, Nenu Sailaja which was a commercial success[12] and Santosh Srinivas-directed Hyper which was an average at the box office.[13]

Success and recent work (2017–present)

His 2017 coming-of-age film Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi received mixed reviews. In 2018, he starred in the romantic comedy Hello Guru Prema Kosame directed by Trinadha Rao Nakkina. In 2019, he collaborated with director Puri Jagannadh for the action thriller iSmart Shankar. The film became a commercial success for Pothineni after a series of failures.[14] It grossed over Template:Indian Rupee, his career's highest grosser.[15] His 2021 film was Red where he played a dual role, is a remake of Tamil film Thadam (2018).[14] In 2022, he starred in the Lingusamy-directed The Warriorr where he played a police officer.[16] The film received negative reviews from critics and was huge commercial failure.[17] Pothineni then starred in Boyapati Srinu's Skanda (2023)[18] opposite Sreeleela to mixed reviews from the critics. He next starred in Double iSmart, which released in 2024.

Media image

Pothineni has featured on Hyderabad Times Most Desirable Men list various times. He ranked 11th in 2017,[19] 11th in 2018,[20] 3rd in 2019[21] and 2nd in 2020.[22] Pothineni did his first ever brand endorsement for Garnier alongside John Abraham.[23]

Filmography

As actor

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  • All films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.
Year Title Role(s) Notes Ref(s)
2002 Adayaalam Naren Srinivasan Tamil short film [24]
2006 Devadasu Devadas
2007 Jagadam Seenu
2008 Ready Chandu (Danayya)Template:Efn
2009 Maska Krishna "Krish"
Ganesh Ganesh
2010 Rama Rama Krishna Krishna Rama Krishna
2011 Kandireega Srinivas "Sreenu"
2012 Endukante... Premanta! Krishna & RamTemplate:Efn Simultaneously shot in Tamil [25]
2013 Ongole Githa Dorababu (White)Template:Efn
Masala Ram (Rehman)Template:Efn
2015 Rey Narrator Voice role
Pandaga Chesko Karthik
Shivam Shiva (Ram)Template:Efn
2016 Nenu Sailaja Hari
Hyper Suryanarayana Murthy
2017 Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi Abhiram
2018 Hello Guru Prema Kosame Sanju Also singer for "Idea Cheppu Friendu"
2019 iSmart Shankar Ustaad "iSmart" Shankar / ArunTemplate:Efn
2021 Red Aditya & SiddharthTemplate:Efn Dual role
Romantic Ustaad "iSmart" Shankar Cameo appearance
2022 The Warriorr Satya Telugu/Tamil bilingual [16]
2023 Skanda Bhaskar Raju & SkandaTemplate:Efn Dual role
2024 Double iSmart Ustaad "iSmart" Shankar [26]
TBA Template:Pending film Sagar Filming [27][28]

Accolades

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2002 Europe Film Festival, Switzerland Best Actor Adayaalam Won [29]
2007 Filmfare Awards South Best Male Debut Devadasu Won [30]
2008 Filmfare Awards South Best Actor – Telugu Ready Nominated [31]
2011 Filmfare Awards South Kandireega Nominated [32]
2020 Zee Cine Awards Telugu Sensational Star of the Year iSmart Shankar Won [33]
Best Actor Nominated [34]
2021 10th South Indian International Movie Awards Nominated [35]

Notes

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See also

References

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