Ram Pothineni

Ram Pothineni (born 15 May 1988) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films. He made his debut with Devadasu (2006) which won him a Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South. He then went onto to play the lead in successful films such as Ready (2008), Kandireega (2011), Pandaga Chesko (2015), Nenu Sailaja (2016), Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi(2017) , Hello Guru Prema Kosame (2018), iSmart Shankar (2019), and Red (2021). He established himself as a successful and leading actor in Telugu cinema.

Ram Pothineni
Pothineni in 2017
Born (1988-05-15) 15 May 1988[1]
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (now in Telangana), India[2]
OccupationActor
Years active2006-present
RelativesSravanthi Ravi Kishore (uncle)

Early life

Ram Pothineni was born to Murali Pothineni and his wife Padmasree. He is the nephew of Telugu film producer Sravanthi Ravi Kishore.[3]

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.[2] He then made his theatrical debut in 2006 with Devadasu.[4][5] 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.[6] 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).[7] 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.[8]

In 2015, Pothineni starred in two films, Pandaga Chesko and Shivam . While Pandaga Chesko directed by Gopichand Malineni, was a commercial success,[9] while Shivam ended up as one of the biggest failures of his career.[10] In 2016, He had two releases, both produced by his own production house Sri Sravanthi Movies, Nenu Sailaja which was a commercial success[11] and Santosh Srinivas-directed Hyper which was an average at the box office.[12]

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. Pothineni tasted success with the film after a series of flops.[13] It grossed over ₹90 crore, his career's highest grosser.[14]

His 2021 film is Red, was hit where he played a dual role, is a remake of Tamil film Thadam (2018).[13]

Ram Pothineni is set to star in an untitled film, also shot in Tamil with Lingusamy.

Filmography
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
  • All films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.
Year Film Role(s) Notes
2002 Adayaalam Naren Tamil short film[15]
2006Devadasu DevadasDebut film as lead role
2007Jagadam Seenu
2008Ready Chandu / Danayya
2009Maska Krishna alias Krish
Ganesh Just Ganesh Ganesh
2010Rama Rama Krishna Krishna Rama Krishna
2011Kandireega Srinivas alias Sreenu
2012Endukante... Premanta! Krishna / RamSimultaneously shot in Tamil as Yen Endral Kadhal Enben!
2013Ongole Githa Dorababu / Whiteu
Masala Ram / Rehman
2015Pandaga Chesko Karthik
Shivam Shiva / Ram
Rey N/ANarrator
2016Nenu Sailaja Hari
Hyper Surya Murthy "Suri"
2017Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi Abhiram
2018Hello Guru Prema Kosame Sanju
2019iSmart Shankar Shankar / Arun
2021Red Aditya / SiddharthDual Role
2021 Romantic Himself Cameo Appearance
TBA Untitled Lingusamy film TBA Simultaneously shot in Tamil; filming[16]

Discography
Year Film Song Co- singers
2018 Hello Guru Prema Kosame "Idea Cheppu Friendu" Prakash Raj

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Film Result Ref.
2002 Europe Film Festival, Switzerland Best Actor Adayaalam Won [17]
2007 Filmfare Awards South Best Male Debut Devadasu Won [18]
2008 Filmfare Awards South Best Actor – Telugu Ready Nominated [19]
2011 Filmfare Awards South Best Actor – Telugu Kandireega Nominated
2015 Zee Telugu 10 Years Award Heart-Throb of the Decade Won
2020 Zee Cine Awards Telugu Sensational Star of the Year iSmart Shankar Won [20]
Zee Cine Awards Telugu Best Actor iSmart Shankar Nominated
2021 South India International Movie Awards Best Actor iSmart Shankar Nominated

References
  1. "Happy Birthday Ram Pothineni: 5 career-best performances of the energetic star". The Times of India. 15 May 2020. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  2. "Happy Birthday Ram Pothineni: Do You Know These Lesser-known Facts About this Tollywood Actor?". News18. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  3. "Stars : Star Interviews : 'Sravanthi' Ravi Kishore - Interview". Telugucinema.com. 1 July 2008. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008.
  4. Telugu cinema trade report for the first half of year 2006 - idlebrain.com Archived 5 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  5. CineGoer.com - Box-Office Records And Collections - All Time Long Run List Archived 15 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Surprise success". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  7. Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (13 August 2011). "Kandireega: This bee has no buzz". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  8. "Venkatesh joining hands with Ram for Bol Bachchan remake". Oneindia Entertainment. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  9. "Twitterati shower love on Ram's Pandaga Chesko as the film completes five years - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  10. Girl, Gossip (23 December 2015). "Hero Ram Pothineni is desperate". www.thehansindia.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  11. kavirayani, suresh (28 September 2016). "I love spending time with myself: Ram". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 23 November 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  12. "Ram speaks on his gap after Hyper flop". My First Show. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020.
  13. "Ram Pothineni's Red to have a digital release? The iSmart Shankar actor responds". India Today. 12 April 2020. Archived from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  14. "iSmart Shankar completes 100 days; Ram, Puri and Charmme reminisce the success - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  15. Ram pothineni first short film | Adayalam, retrieved 18 July 2021
  16. "RAPO 19: Ram Pothineni to start shooting for Lingusamy's bilingual film on July 12; Deets inside - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  17. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. "Complete winner list of Zee Cine awards Telugu 2020". Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  19. "56th Idea Filmfare Awards 2008 South: The winners - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  20. "Zee Cine Awards Telugu 2020 Full Winners List: Megastar Chiranjeevi, Samantha Akkineni, Pooja Hegde win big". www.msn.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
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