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This is a Telugu name, Telugu language, from Telugu Cinema ; the family name is daggubati

Rana Daggubati
Daggubati in 2015
Born
Ramanaidu Daggubati[1]

(1984-12-14) 14 December 1984 (age 39)[2]
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India[3]
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Actor
Film Producer
Visual Effects Supervisor
Presenter
Host
Entrepreneur
Distributor
Years active2005–present
Parents
FamilySee Daggubati-Akkineni Family

Rana Daggubati[1] (born 14 December 1984[4]), is an Indian actor,[5] producer, television personality, and visual effects co-ordinator known primarily for his work in Telugu cinema, as well as his works in Tamil cinema and Hindi cinema.[6][7]

In 2010, he made his acting debut with the Telugu blockbuster Leader, for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South. He made his Hindi film debut with the hit film Dum Maaro Dum (2011), alongside Bipasha Basu, where he received positive reviews for his performance. In 2012, Rana gained prominence by starring in hit Telugu film Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum. In 2015, he played a notable supporting role in the successful Hindi film Baby (2015). He later starred as the main antagonist in Telugu and Tamil bilingual Baahubali: The Beginning (2015), which recorded the second highest gross opening for an Indian film. He then featured in a supporting role in Tamil film Bangalore Naatkal (2016). In 2017, Rana later reprised his role as Bhallaldeva in Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, which became the highest grossing Indian film of all time.[8][9][10] He has also simultaneously starred in the successful Telugu movies Rudramadevi (2015), The Ghazi Attack (2017), and Nene Raju Nene Mantri (2017).

As a Visual Effects producer, Rana won the State Nandi Award for Best Special Effects in 2006 for the Telugu film Sainikudu.[11] In 2006, he received the National Film Award for co-producing Bommalata – A Bellyful of Dreams.[12]

Rana is also an established television personality, as he hosted award shows such as the 2nd IIFA Utsavam, the 2nd South Indian International Movie Awards and he currently hosts his own celebrity talk show, No. 1 Yaari, which brought celebrities such as Vijay Deverakonda, S.S. Rajamouli, Nani, Kajal Aggarwal, Naga Chaitanya, Tamannaah, Rakul Preet Singh, Ram Pothineni, Navdeep, Nikhil Siddharth, and others.

Rana has established himself as one of the leading actors in Telugu cinema, as well as being described as one of the few actors in India who were able to achieve pan-Indian appeal, having taken up a variety of roles, from leading roles to supporting characters, in different languages as well.

Early life

Rana was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, to Telugu film producer Daggubati Suresh Babu[13][14] and is part of the Daggubati-Akkineni Family. His paternal grandfather was Tollywood film producer D. Ramanaidu. His paternal uncle Venkatesh and his cousin Naga Chaitanya are also actors in the film industry. Rana revealed in 2016 that he is blind in his right eye, and his left eye is a transplanted one. The surgery was done in L. V. Prasad Hospital, Hyderabad. Another surgery was done on his right eye when he was 14, but was unsuccessful.[15][16][17][18][19][20] He did his schooling in Hyderabad and Chennai from Hyderabad Public School and Chettinad Vidyashram. He lives with his family at his home in Hyderabad.

Career

Rana's first movie was Leader, in Telugu, directed by Shekhar Kammula, which is one of his biggest successes. Rana made his Bollywood debut with the film Dum Maaro Dum, which released on 22 April 2011. The Times of India called it a "dashing debut".[21] He was voted "The Most Promising Newcomer of 2011" in the Times Of India poll.[22] He was listed at number 20 on the Times of India's Most Desirable Men for the year 2011.[23][24] In 2012, he was voted as the 10th most desirable man in India, in the poll conducted by The Times of India.

He played a professional killer in the film Nenu Naa Rakshasi, under Puri Jagannath's direction,[25] which was a box office bomb.[26][27] His first release in 2012 was Naa Ishtam, which was followed by his second Hindi film Department. He next starred in Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum, directed by Krish, which became a box office success.[28][29] He made his debut in Tamil through Thala Ajith Kumar's Aarambam.[30] Rana did a cameo role in Ayan Mukerji's Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.[31]

In 2013, he joined two big budget projects, Gunasekhar's Rudhramadevi[32] and S. S. Rajamouli's Baahubali, in which he is the lead antagonist.[33] Rana played Bhallaladeva, the cousin of Baahubali, who had negative shades and received unprecedented appreciation from critics. Baahubali: The Beginning was released worldwide in July 2015 and was the highest-grossing film in India at the time of its release. The concluding film of the series Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, became the first Indian film to cross 1000 crore and is currently the second highest grossing Indian film. In 2017, he did India's first underwater film, The Ghazi Attack. It opened to very positive reviews.

After Baahubali 2's epic release, he further did a Telugu political Thriller movie Nene Raju Nene Mantri in which he plays a Politician with grey shades, alongside Kajal Aggarwal. This film too received positive reviews for Rana's acting and screen presence. The film, also called NRNM, was also released in Tamil as Naan Aanaiyittal and in Malayalam as Raja Kireedam. It was also dubbed into Hindi as Main Hi Raja Main Hi Mantri. Along with the movies, he also starred in a web series called Social. Further, he hosted a Telugu Television programme, No 1. Yaari, which created highest TVP values for a Telugu TV show. He also dubbed for the character Thanos in the Telugu dubbed version of Avengers: Infinity War.

Filmography

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released

As actor

Year Film Role Language Notes
2010 Leader Arjun Prasad Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South
CineMAA Award for Best Male Debut
2011 Dum Maaro Dum DJ Joki Fernandes Hindi Zee Cine Award for Best Male Debut
Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut
Nenu Naa Rakshasi Abhimanyu Telugu
2012 Naa Ishtam Ganesh Telugu
Department Shiv Narayan Hindi
Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum B.Tech Babu Telugu SIIMA Award for Best Actor (Critics)
2013 Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani Vikram Hindi Cameo appearance
Something Something Himself Telugu Cameo appearance
Arrambam Assistant commisioner sanjay Tamil Guest appearance
2015 Baby Jai Singh Rathore Hindi
Dongaata Himself Telugu Cameo appearance
Baahubali: The Beginning Bhallaladeva Telugu
Palvaalthevan Tamil CineMAA Award for Best Villain
Rudramadevi Chalukya Veerabhadra Telugu
Inji Iduppazhagi Himself Tamil Cameo appearance
Size Zero Himself Telugu
2016 Bangalore Naatkal Shiva Prasad Tamil
2017 Winner Telugu Narrator
The Ghazi Attack Lt. Commander Arjun Verma Telugu/Hindi
Baahubali: The Conclusion Bhallaladeva Telugu
Palvaalthevan Tamil
Nene Raju Nene Mantri Radha Jogendra Telugu
2018 Welcome to New York Himself Hindi Cameo appearance
Rajaratha Rajaratham Telugu Narrator
2019 N.T.R: Kathanayakudu N. Chandrababu Naidu Telugu Cameo appearance
N.T.R: Mahanayakudu
Haathi Mere Saathi † Bandev Telugu/Hindi/Tamil Filming
Hiranya Kashyap † Hiranyakashyap Telugu Pre Production
Madai Thiranthu / 1945† TBA Tamil / Telugu Filming
Enai Noki Paayum Thota† TBA Tamil Filming
Cameo appearance
Housefull 4† TBA Hindi Filming
Virataparvam 1992† TBA Telugu Pre Production

Other crew positions

Year Film Role Language Notes
2004 Bommalata Producer Telugu National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu
2006 Sainikudu Visual effects coordinator Telugu Nandi Award for Best Special Effects
2018 Avengers: Infinity War Dubbing artist Telugu Dubbed for the character Thanos
2018 C/o Kancharapalem Presenter Telugu

Awards & Nominations

Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Award
National Film Awards
  • National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu – Co-producer (Spirit Media) – A Bellyful of Dreams (2006)
  • National Film Award for Best Regional Movie in Telugu – The Ghazi Attack (2017)
  • National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017)
  • National Film Award for Best Feature Film – Baahubali 1: The Beginning (2015)
Filmfare Awards South
Nandi Awards
Zee Cine Awards
SIIMA Awards

Rana Daggubati - Baahubali 2: The Conclusion / Ghazi / Nene Raju Nene Mantri

IIFA Awards

Asiavision Movie Awards

Sri Kala Sudha Telugu Association's 20th Ugadi Awards 2018

CineMAA Awards

References

  1. ^ a b "What Caused Bhallaladeva, Aka Rana Daggubati, To Go Blind In One Eye?". Outlook India. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Happy Birthday Rana Daggubati: From Leader to Baahubali, Rana's blockbuster journey". The Indian Express. 14 December 2016.
  3. ^ Rajamani, Radhika (24 November 2009). "An entrepreneur who acts too". Rediff. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
  4. ^ Vamsi, Krishna. (16 December 2016) Baahubali 2: Rana Daggubati’s first look as Bhallaladeva is out and he looks vicious, see pic. The Indian Express. Retrieved on 2018-08-12.
  5. ^ "Photos: Nene Raju Nene Mantri actor Rana Daggubati impresses audience as a storyteller at TedxHyderabad".
  6. ^ "From 'Baahubali' to 'Ghazi', Rana Daggubati has come a long way – Times of India". Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Content is king for Rana Daggubati as Ghazi, Baahubali 2 win National Awards".
  8. ^ Mike McCahill. "Baahubali: The Beginning review – fantastic bang for your buck in most expensive Indian movie ever made". The Guardian.
  9. ^ Sangeetha Devi Dundoo (10 July 2015). "Baahubali review: A little more, a little less". The Hindu.
  10. ^ Nanisetti, Serish (12 July 2015). "Baahubali Smashes Box Office Records, Rakes in Rs 68 Crore". The New Indian Express.
  11. ^ The multifaceted ‘leader'. The Hindu (12 February 2012). Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  12. ^ "53rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. pp. 93–94. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  13. ^ "The new entrants in Times 50 Most Desirable Men 2011". The Times of India. 4 February 2012.
  14. ^ "Rana Daggubati's a family man". The Times of India. 19 June 2011.
  15. ^ Daggubati admitted -is-blind-in-one-eye-bahubali-2-villain-bhallala-deva-admits-of-getting-a-donated-eye-in-viral-video-2085164/[dead link]
  16. ^ Baahubali 2: The Conclusion actor Rana Daggubati makes stunning revelation, says he is blind in one eye. The Financial Express (30 April 2017). Retrieved on 2018-08-12.
  17. ^ ராணா பார்வை இழந்தார் | Rana Was Blind, But How He Got His Vision? – YouTube. M.youtube.com (27 April 2016). Retrieved on 2018-08-12.
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  26. ^ "Allu Arjun rejects Ileana ". IndiaGlitz. 21 June 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
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  32. ^ "Rana as Chalukya in Anushka's Rudrama Devi". The Times of India. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  33. ^ "Director Rajamouli in location hunt for Bahubali". The Times of India. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.

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