Nani
Acting
Born: February 24, 1984 (age 42) · Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Highest Rated
Biography
Ghanta Naveen Babu (born 24 February 1984), known professionally by his screen name Nani, is an Indian actor, film producer, and television presenter who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He made his acting debut in Mohana Krishna Indraganti's romantic comedy *Ashta Chamma* (2008) and appeared in Nandini Reddy's *Ala Modalaindi* (2011). His other films include *Pilla Zamindar* (2011), S. S. Rajamouli's fantasy film *Eega* (2012), Gautham Vasudev Menon's romance *Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu* (2012), *Yevade Subramanyam* (2015), *Bhale Bhale Magadivoy* (2015), *Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha* (2016), *Gentleman* (2016), *Nenu Local* (2017), *Ninnu Kori* (2017), *Middle Class Abbayi* (2017), the sports drama *Jersey* (2019), *Nani's Gang Leader* (2019), *Shyam Singha Roy* (2021), *Ante Sundaraniki* (2022), the rural period drama *Dasara* (2023), *Hi Nanna* (2023), and the action thriller *Saripodhaa Sanivaaram* (2024). Nani has received two Nandi Awards, three Filmfare Awards South, including Best Actor for *Dasara* and Critics Awards for Best Actor for *Bhale Bhale Magadivoy* and *Shyam Singha Roy*, and multiple SIIMA Awards. He hosted the reality television show *Bigg Boss Telugu 2* (2018) and established the production banner Wall Poster Cinema, which produced *Awe* (2018), *HIT: The First Case* (2020), *HIT: The Second Case* (2022), and *Court – State vs a Nobody* (2025).
Known for
Eega
2012
V
2020
Jersey
2019
Hi Nanna
2023
HIT: The Third Case
2025
HIT: The First Case
2020
HIT: The 2nd Case
2022
Shyam Singha Roy
2021
Ante... Sundaraniki!
2022
Awe!
2018
Nani's Gang Leader
2019
Saripodhaa Sanivaaram
2024
Photos (7)
Movies (40)
The Paradise
Sarakka 'Jadal'
Jersey
Arjun
HIT: The Third Case
Arjun Sarkaar
Hi Nanna
Viraj
Eega
Nani
Ante... Sundaraniki!
K. P. V. S. S. P. R. Sundara Prasad
HIT: The 2nd Case
Arjun Sarkaar
Shyam Singha Roy
Shyam Singha Roy/Vasudev Ghanta
Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu
Suri
Saripodhaa Sanivaaram
Surya
Janda Pai Kapiraju
Aravind Shiva Shankar/Maya Kannan
Bhale Bhale Magadivoy
Lucky
Aaha Kalyanam
Shakthivel
Dasara
Dharani
Praana
2019
V
Vishnu
Majnu
Aditya
Pilla Zamindar
Praveen "PJ" Jayaramaraju
Nenu Local
Babu
Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu
Varun Krishna
Nani's Gang Leader
"Pencil" Parthasarathy
Yavade Subramanyam
Subramanyam 'Subbu'
Ninnu Kori
Uma Maheshwar Rao
Krishnarjuna Yudham
Krishna / Arjun
Ala Modalaindi
Goutham
Tuck Jagadish
Jagadish Naidu
Devadas
Das
Ride
Arjun
M.C.A
Nani
Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha
Krishna
Paisa
Prakash
Amoli
Narrator (Telugu)
Awe!
Humanitarian Fish "Nani" (Voice)
Ee Maaya Peremito
2018
Neethaane En Ponvasantham
special appearance
Gentleman
Gautham / Jai
Ashta Chamma
Rambabu / Mahesh
Veppam
Karthik
Snehituda
2009
Jyo Achyutananda
Cameo Appearance
