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Ram Pothineni (born 15 May 1988) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Telugu films. He made his acting debut with the box office success Devadasu (2006), for which he won Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South. He has two Filmfare Award South and one SIIMA Awards to his credit.[1]

Ram Pothineni
Pothineni in 2017
Born	(1988-05-15) 15 May 1988 (age 34) Hyderabad, Telangana India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–present

Post his debut, he starred in the commercial and critical success, Ready (2008). This was followed by a series of commercial failures, before success with Kandireega (2011). Pothineni's other notable works include Pandaga Chesko (2015), Nenu Sailaja (2016), Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi (2017), Hello Guru Prema Kosame (2018), iSmart Shankar (2019) and Red (2021).[2]

Early life

Ram Pothineni was born on 15 May 1988 in Hyderabad to Murali Pothineni . He is the nephew of Telugu film producer Sravanthi Ravi Kishore.[3] Actor Sharwanand is his cousin.[4]

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.[1] He then made his theatrical debut in 2006 with Devadasu.[5][6] 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.[7] 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).[8] 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.[9]

In 2015, Pothineni starred in two films, Pandaga Chesko and Shivam . While Pandaga Chesko directed by Gopichand Malineni, was a commercial success,[10] Shivam ended up as one of the biggest failures of his career.[11] In 2016, He had two releases, both produced by his own production house Sri Sravanthi Movies, Nenu Sailaja which was a commercial success[12] and Santosh Srinivas-directed Hyper which was an average at the box office.[13]

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.[14] It grossed over ₹90 crore, his career's highest grosser.[15]

His 2021 film is Red where he played a dual role, is a remake of Tamil film Thadam (2018).[14] In 2022, he starred in the Lingusamy-directed The Warriorr where he played a police officer.[16] The film received negative reviews from critics and was huge commercial failure.[17]

Pothineni is signed onto star in Boyapati Srinu's #RAPO20. It will be his first pan-India film.[18]

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Pothineni has featured on Hyderabad Times Most Desirable Men list various times. He ranked 11th in 2017,[19] 11th in 2018,[20] 3rd in 2019[21] and 2nd in 2020.[22]

Pothineni did his first ever brand endorsement for Garnier alongside John Abraham.[23]

Filmography

As actor

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

• All films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.

Year	Film	Role(s)	Notes	Ref(s)
2002	Adayaalam	Naren	Tamil short film	[24]
2006	Devadasu	Devadas	Debut as lead role
2007	Jagadam	Seenu
2008	Ready	Chandu (Danayya)[lower-alpha 1]
2009	Maska	Krishna "Krish"
	Ganesh	Ganesh
2010	Rama Rama Krishna Krishna	Rama Krishna
2011	Kandireega	Srinivas "Sreenu"
2012	Endukante... Premanta!	Krishna & Ram[lower-alpha 2]	Dual role; Simultaneously shot in Tamil as Yen Endral Kadhal Enben!	[25]
2013	Ongole Githa	Dorababu (White)[lower-alpha 1]
	Masala	Ram (Rehman)[lower-alpha 1]
2015	Pandaga Chesko	Karthik
	Shivam	Shiva (Ram)[lower-alpha 1]
2016	Nenu Sailaja	Hari
	Hyper	Suryanarayana Murthy
2017	Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi	Abhiram
2018	Hello Guru Prema Kosame	Sanju	Also singer for "Idea Cheppu Friendu"
2019	iSmart Shankar	Shankar (Arun)[lower-alpha 3]
2021	Red	Aditya & Siddharth[lower-alpha 2]	Dual role
2022	The Warriorr	Satya IPS	Simultaneously shot in Tamil	[16]

Other roles

Year	Film	Role(s)	Notes	Ref(s)
2015	Rey	—	Narrator
2021	Romantic	Shankar	Cameo appearance

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2002	Europe Film Festival, Switzerland	Best Actor	Adayaalam	Won	[26]
2007	Filmfare Awards South	Best Male Debut	Devadasu	Won	[27]
2008	Filmfare Awards South	Best Actor – Telugu	Ready	Nominated	[28]
2011	Filmfare Awards South		Kandireega	Nominated	[29]
2020	Zee Cine Awards Telugu	Sensational Star of the Year	iSmart Shankar	Won	[30]
		Best Actor		Nominated	[31]
2021	10th South Indian International Movie Awards			Nominated	[32]

Notes

References

External links

• Ram Pothineni at IMDb
• Ram Pothineni on Twitter

На других языках

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[ru] Потинени, Рам

Рам Потинени (телугу రామ్‌ పోతినేని, англ. Ram Pothineni; род. 15 мая 1988 года) — индийский актёр, снимающийся в кино на телугу. В 2007 году был награждён Filmfare Awards South за лучший дебют.

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