Rana Daggubati

Ramanaidu Rana Daggubati born 14 December 1984 is an Indian actor producer visual effects entrepreneur and television host who works predominantly in Telugu Hindi and Tamil cinema Before beginning his acting career he worked as a visual effects producer and won a National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu as a coproducer of Bommalata 2004 He made his acting debut as the lead in Sekhar Kammulas political drama Leader 2010 followed by his Hindi film debut in Dum Maaro Dum 2011 He played the antagonist Bhallaladeva in S S Rajamoulis twopart film series Baahubali The Beginning 2015 and Baahubali 2 The Conclusion 2017 His other films include Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum 2012 Baby 2015 The Ghazi Attack 2017 Nene Raju Nene Mantri 2017 Haathi Mere Saathi Aranya 2021 Bheemla Nayak 2022 and the Tamil action drama Vettaiyan 2024 He starred alongside Venkatesh in the crime drama series Rana Naidu 2023 and hosted the celebrity talk show No 1 Yaari with Rana He has won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut South for Leader the Nandi Award for Best Villain for Baahubali The Beginning and multiple South Indian International Movie Awards SIIMA He also heads the media and entertainment company Spirit Media