Rahul Ramakrishna

Rahul Ramakrishna (born 15 January 1991) is an Indian actor, writer and journalist.[1][2][3] He made his debut with the short film, Sainma. He became popular with his role in the Tollywood blockbuster, Arjun Reddy.[4][2]

Rahul Ramakrishna
Born	(1991-01-15) 15 January 1991 Secunderabad, Telangana, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor, singer, lyricist, journalist
Years active	2014–present

Early life

Rahul Ramakrishna was born in Hyderabad, Telangana. His father was a yoga instructor and his mother is an assistant editor for a business magazine. He studied mechanical engineering in VJIT Hyderabad but discontinued it after second year.

Career

Rahul Ramakrishna worked as a journalist in evening daily, Post Noon and Metro India. He also worked as a translator for journalists visiting Hyderabad on assignments. Along with a short stint as a movie review writer for a Hindustan Times affiliated website, Rahul did many varied odd-jobs, as a songwriter, screenwriter, and as a presenter for a television cook show.

Film career

Rahul's affiliation with acting began as a theatre enthusiast where he worked with several theatre groups as part of their production crew. According to his interviews, Rahul developed a keen interest in acting after a workshop with playwright and activist N Madhusudan and Dr. Sagari Ramdas, both of whom Rahul credits as his teachers and guides. His first attempt at acting was in a short film, Sainma directed by Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam. Following the appreciation that poured in both for the film's attempt and aesthetics and for the acting prowess of the entire cast, he signed up to play the main lead's supporting friend in a comic role in the Telugu film, Jayammu Nischayammu Raa starring Srinivasa Reddy and Poorna directed by Sivaraju Kanumuri.

After this, Rahul shot to fame as Shiva, in the movie Arjun Reddy, where his character's unwavering loyalty to the lead's combined with wit and emotional support garnered him a massive fan following in the audience and the film fraternity alike.

The success of Arjun Reddy and the widespread recognition furthered his career with instrumental characters in many Telugu films of 2018 such as Bharat Ane Nenu, Sammohanam, Chi La Sow, the Amazon produced Telugu original web series titled Gangstars et al. Rahul repeated his "hero's best friend" role and combination with actor Vijay Deverakonda in the film, Geetha Govindam, which opened to massive collections and went on to become a commercial blockbuster in the Telugu film industry joining the 1 billion film club. In 2020 he appeared in Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo.

Filmography

As actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2014	Sainma	Ramu	Short film
2016	Jayammu Nischayammu Raa	Yadagiri	Actor, Dialogue writer
	Sheesh Mahal	Filmmaker
2017	Arjun Reddy	Shiva
2018	Inttelligent	Rahul
	Bharat Ane Nenu	Ramana
	Sammohanam	Murthy
	Gangstars	Red	Amazon Original Telugu webseries
	Chi La Sow	Police Officer
	Geetha Govindam	Ramakrishna
	Nirudyoga Natulu	Himself	Web series; Cameo appearance in the Season Finale
	Husharu	Raj Bollam
	Mithai	Sai
2019	Kalki	Deva Dutta
	Brochevarevarura	Rambo
2020	Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo	Ravindra
	Pressure Cooker	Chandrasekhar
	Jathi Ratnalu		Filming
	RRR		Filming
	Virata Parvam		Filming
	Good Luck Sakhi		Filming

As lyricist

Year	Film	Songs	Notes
2014	Sainma	"Merise Merise"
2016	Pellichoopulu	"Ee Babu Gariki" "Raalu Raaga Poolamala" "Paramparaalu"

As singer

Year	Film	Songs	Notes
2018	Husharu	"O Pilla Kabooma"

Webseries

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Story Discussion	Himself

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result	Ref.
2018	SIIMA	Best Comedian	Arjun Reddy	Won	[5]
2019	Filmfare Awards South	Best Supporting Actor – Telugu	Geetha Govindam	Nominated	[6]
2020	Zee Cine Awards Telugu	Best Comedian	Brochevarevarura	Won	[7]

References

1. My role as Shiva in Arjun Reddy is the usual me: Rahul Ramakrishna
2. Chowdhary, Y Sunita (29 August 2017). "Redefining friendship". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
3. "Arjun Reddy: In red and black". The Hindu. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
4. "Mahesh Babu to join hands with 'Arjun Reddy' director?". The Times of India. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
5. "The South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA) in Dubai". Arts and Culture. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
6. "Nominations for the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019". Filmfare.
7. "Complete winner list of Zee Cine awards Telugu 2020". 12 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2020.

External links

• Rahul Ramakrishna on IMDb
• Official Twitter account – https://twitter.com/eyrahul