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Nani
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.
Born February 24, 1984 Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India1 movie on MoviHero
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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. …
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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).
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- 2026Alias RukminiProducerUpcoming
- 2025HIT: The Third CaseProducer · Arjun Sarkaar
- 2025Court: State vs. A NobodyProducer
- 2024Saripodhaa SanivaaramSurya
- 2023Hi NannaViraj
- 2023DasaraDharani
- 2022HIT: The 2nd CaseProducer · Arjun Sarkaar
- 2022Ante... Sundaraniki!K. P. V. S. S. P. R. Sundara Prasad
- 2021Shyam Singha RoyShyam Singha Roy/Vasudev Ghanta
- 2021Tuck JagadishJagadish Naidu
- 2020VVishnu
- 2020HIT: The First CaseProducer
- 2019Nani's Gang Leader"Pencil" Parthasarathy
- 2019JerseyArjun
- 2019PraanaActor
- 2018DevadasDas
- 2018Ee Maaya PeremitoActor
- 2018AmoliNarrator (Telugu)
- 2018Krishnarjuna YudhamKrishna / Arjun
- 2018Awe!Producer · Humanitarian Fish "Nani" (Voice)
- 2017M.C.ANani
- 2017Ninnu KoriUma Maheshwar Rao
- 2017Nenu LocalBabu
- 2016MajnuAditya
- 2016Jyo AchyutanandaCameo Appearance
- 2016GentlemanGautham / Jai
- 2016Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema GaadhaKrishna
- 2015Bhale Bhale MagadivoyLucky
- 2015DongataSelf
- 2015Janda Pai KapirajuAravind Shiva Shankar/Maya Kannan
- 2015Yavade SubramanyamSubramanyam 'Subbu'
- 2014Nimirndhu NilSelf
- 2014Aaha KalyanamShakthivel
- 2013PaisaPrakash
- 2012Neethaane En Ponvasanthamspecial appearance
- 2012Yeto Vellipoyindhi ManasuVarun Krishna
- 2012EegaNani
- 2011Pilla ZamindarPraveen "PJ" Jayaramaraju
- 2011VeppamKarthik
- 2011Ala ModalaindiGoutham
- 2010Bheemili Kabaddi JattuSuri
- 2009SnehitudaActor
- 2009RideArjun
- 2008Ashta ChammaRambabu / Mahesh
- Bloody RomeoActor · Producer
- Untitled Chiranjeevi - Srikanth Odela FilmProducer
- Untitled Nani - Prem Kumar MovieActor
- Untitled Nani - Venky Atluri MovieActor
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