Ram Charan

Konidela Ram Charan Teja born 27 March 1985 is an Indian actor film producer and entrepreneur who works predominantly in Telugu cinema The son of actor Chiranjeevi Charan made his featurefilm debut in Puri Jagannadhs action film Chirutha 2007 for which he received the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut South and the Nandi Special Jury Award Charan gained recognition with his second film S S Rajamoulis fantasy action epic Magadheera 2009 He portrayed the dual roles of the warrior Kala Bhairava and modernday Harsha the film became the highestgrossing Telugu film of its time and earned him his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor Telugu and a Nandi Special Jury Award He subsequently appeared in films including Orange 2010 Racha 2012 Naayak 2013 his Hindi debut in Apoorva Lakhias Zanjeer Thoofan 2013 Yevadu 2014 Govindudu Andarivadele 2014 and Surender Reddys cop thriller Dhruva 2016 In 2018 Charan portrayed Chitti Babu a hearingimpaired village mechanic in Sukumars rural drama Rangasthalam 2018 earning widespread critical acclaim and winning his second Filmfare Award for Best Actor Telugu He later portrayed revolutionary Alluri Sitarama Raju in S S Rajamoulis RRR 2022 alongside N T Rama Rao Jr earning a nomination for Best Actor in an Action Movie at the Critics Choice Super Awards He starred alongside Chiranjeevi in Koratala Sivas Acharya 2022 headlined S Shankars political action drama Game Changer 2025 opposite Kiara Advani and starred in Buchi Babu Sanas sports action drama Peddi 2026 In 2016 Charan founded the production company Konidela Production Company which produced films including Khaidi No 150 2017 the historical biopic Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy 2019 and Godfather 2022