Aadhi Pinisetty

Aadhi
Aadhi
	Pinisetty at the audio release event of Maragadha Naanayam (2017)
Born	14 December 1982 (age 41)
Occupation	Film actor
Years active	2006–present
Parent	Ravi Raja Pinisetty (father)

Aadhi (born 14 December 1982) is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil and Telugu films. He is recipient of a Nandi Award and a SIIMA Award, in addition to two nominations for Filmfare Awards South .

Born to film director Ravi Raja Pinisetty, he debuted in 2006 with the Telugu film Oka `V` Chitram. He got his big break with the Tamil film Eeram (2009), produced by director S. Shankar.^[1]

Early life

Aadhi Pinishetty was born on 15 December 1982 in a Telugu-speaking family.^[2]^[3] His father, Ravi Raja Pinisetty has directed over 50 films.^[4] He grew up in Chennai and was schooled at Don Bosco.^[5]^[6]

Career

Pinnishetty made his debut in 2006 with the Teja-directed Oka V Chitram.^[7] He later appeared in the Tamil film Mirugam (2007). In 2009, he starred in the supernatural thriller Eeram. In 2010, he had two releases, Ayyanar and Aadu Puli, which were commercial films and were average grossers, building his commercial value well despite the negative reviews.^[8]

In 2017, he starred in the thriller Maragadha Naanayam and the Telugu romantic-drama film Ninnu Kori. His portrayal as Arun in the latter was well reviewed by one reviewer.^[9]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2006	Oka `V` Chitram	P. Balaram	Telugu
2007	Mirugam	Ayyanar	Tamil
2009	Eeram	ACP Vasudevan
2010	Ayyanar	Prabha / Ayyanar
2011	Aadu Puli	Idhayakanni
2012	Aravaan	Varipuli / Chinna
2013	Gundello Godari	Malli	Telugu
2013	Maranthen Mannithen	Malli	Tamil
2014	Vallinam	Basketball coach	Tamil	Guest appearance
2014	Kochadaiiyaan	Veera Mahendran
2015	Yagavarayinum Naa Kaakka	Saga
2016	Malupu	Saga	Telugu
2016	Sarrainodu	Vairam Dhanush	Telugu
2017	Maragadha Naanayam	Senguttuvan	Tamil
2017	Ninnu Kori	Arun	Telugu
2018	Agnyaathavaasi	Seetharam
	Rangasthalam	Chelluboina Kumar Babu
	Neevevaro	Kalyan
	U Turn	Sub-inspector Pradeep Nayak	Tamil
	U Turn	Sub-inspector Pradeep Nayak	Telugu
2020	Partner		Tamil	Filming
2021	Clap		Tamil	Filming
	Clap		Telugu	Filming
	Good Luck Sakhi		Telugu	Filming

Awards and nominations

Film	Award	Ceremony	Category	Result	Ref.
Sarrainodu	Nandi Awards	2016	Best Villain	Won	^[10]
	South Indian International Movie Awards	2017	Best Actor in a Negative Role (Telugu)	Nominated
	Santosham Film Awards	2017	Best Villain	Won
Ninnu Kori	Filmfare Awards South	2018	Best Supporting Actor – Telugu	Nominated	^[11]
Ninnu Kori	South Indian International Movie Awards	2018	Best Supporting Actor (Telugu)	Won	^[12]
Rangasthalam	Filmfare Awards South	2019	Best Supporting Actor – Telugu	Nominated	^[13]
Rangasthalam	South Indian International Movie Awards	2019	Best Supporting Actor (Telugu)	Nominated	^[14]

References

^ "'Eeram' Aadhi, again a cop in RGV's film". Kollywood Today. 17 September 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
^ Vora, Kashyap. "Aadhi Pinisetty's 'Good Luck Sakhi' poster unveiled by Keerthy Suresh on his birthday". Republic World. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
^ "5 Telugu-origin heroes who made it big in Tamil cinema". The Times of India. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
^ kavirayani, suresh (4 April 2018). "We are actors, not heroes: Aadhi Pinisetty". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
^ Srinivasan, Sudhir (20 June 2015). "'Fame is fleeting'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
^ sundar, priyanka (23 September 2015). "Crowning Chennai's capital". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
^ "Oka 'V' Chitram review. Oka 'V' Chitram Telugu movie review, story, rating". IndiaGlitz.com. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
^ "An Interview With Pradeep Pinisetty". cinegoer.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2009. Retrieved 19 September 2009.
^ "'Ninnu Kori' review: A dose of maturity". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
^ "Nandi Film Awards G.O and Results 2016". APSFTVTDC. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
^ "Nominations for the 65th Jio Filmfare Awards (South) 2018". filmfare.com. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
^ Narayanan, Nirmal (15 September 2018). "SIIMA Awards 2018 Telugu Kannada winners list live updates: Baahubali 2 and Rajakumara turn best movies [Photos]". www.ibtimes.co.in. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
^ "Nominations for the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019". filmfare.com. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
^ "SIIMA Awards 2019: Here's a complete list of nominees - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

External links

Aadhi at IMDb

[1] "'Eeram' Aadhi, again a cop in RGV's film". Kollywood Today. 17 September 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2010.

[2] Vora, Kashyap. "Aadhi Pinisetty's 'Good Luck Sakhi' poster unveiled by Keerthy Suresh on his birthday". Republic World. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

[3] "5 Telugu-origin heroes who made it big in Tamil cinema". The Times of India. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

[4] virayani, suresh (4 April 2018). "We are actors, not heroes: Aadhi Pinisetty". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

[5] Srinivasan, Sudhir (20 June 2015). "'Fame is fleeting'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

[6] sundar, priyanka (23 September 2015). "Crowning Chennai's capital". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

[7] "Oka 'V' Chitram review. Oka 'V' Chitram Telugu movie review, story, rating". IndiaGlitz.com. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

[An_Interview_With_Pradeep_Pinisetty-8] "An Interview With Pradeep Pinisetty". cinegoer.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2009. Retrieved 19 September 2009.

[9] "'Ninnu Kori' review: A dose of maturity". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 July 2017.

[10] "Nandi Film Awards G.O and Results 2016". APSFTVTDC. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

[11] "Nominations for the 65th Jio Filmfare Awards (South) 2018". filmfare.com. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

[12] Narayanan, Nirmal (15 September 2018). "SIIMA Awards 2018 Telugu Kannada winners list live updates: Baahubali 2 and Rajakumara turn best movies [Photos]". www.ibtimes.co.in. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

[13] "Nominations for the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019". filmfare.com. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

[14] "SIIMA Awards 2019: Here's a complete list of nominees - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

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v t e SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
Kannada	Rangayana Raghu (2012) Avinash Diwakar (2013) Achyuth Kumar (2014) Pannaga Bharana (2015) Chandan Achar (2016) Kashinath (2017) Achyuth Kumar (2018) Devaraj (2019, 2020) Panju (2021)
Malayalam	Nandu (2012) Murali Gopy (2013) Jayasurya (2014) Siddique (2015) Renji Panicker (2016) Shane Nigam (2017) Roshan Mathew (2018)
Tamil	R. Sarathkumar (2012) R. Madhavan (2013) Arya (2014) Bobby Simha (2015) Prakash Raj (2016) Prakash Raj (2017) M. S. Bhaskar (2018) Prakash Raj (2019)
Telugu	Prakash Raj (2012) Rajendra Prasad (2013) Sunil (2014) Srinivas Avasarala (2015) Rajendra Prasad (2016) Srikanth (2017) Aadhi Pinisetty (2018) Rajendra Prasad (2019)