J. D. Chakravarthy

Chakravarthy starred in more than seventy feature films in a variety of roles predominantly in Telugu, Hindi and a few Tamil, and Malayalam films. He is best known for his performances in box office hits like Neti Siddhartha (1990), Money (1993), One by Two (1993), Money Money (1994), Gulabi (1995), Bombay Priyudu (1996), Anaganaga Oka Roju (1997), Egire Paavurama (1997), Nenu Premisthunnanu (1997), Premaku Velayara (1999), Pape Naa Pranam (2000), Madhyanam Hathya (2004), and Dayaa (2023). He won the Nandi Special Jury Award, Screen Award Special Jury Award and Best Supporting Actor Award at the Eko International Film Festival for Gulabi (1995), Satya, (1998), and Dahini: The Witch (2022) respectively.

• Name — J. D. Chakravarthy • Birth Name — Nagulapati Srinivasa Chakravarthy • Born — 16 April 1970 • Birthplace — Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India (currently Telangana, India) • Education — Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology • Years Active — 1989–present • Occupation — * Actor • filmmaker • screenwriter • musician

Chakravarthy was born into a Telugu speaking family of carnatic singer Prof. Dr. Kovela Shantha, and father Nagulapati Suryanarayana Rao. He was born in Hyderabad, India. His elder sister Vijayanthi is settled in the United States. He did his schooling in St. George's Grammar School (Hyderabad), and completed B. E. from Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology.

He debuted in 1989 through Ram Gopal Verma's debut Telugu film, Siva as J.D., as one of the student leaders, and in the same year appeared in a supporting role in the Malayalam film Ennodu Ishtam Koodamo before devoting all his time to films under his mentor's Ram Gopal Varma 's production. He has worked in many Telugu films directed by ace film makers of the time like Mani Ratnam, Krishna Vamsi, S. V. Krishna Reddy, K. Raghavendra Rao, Kodi Ramakrishna, E. V. V. Satyanarayana, Siva Nageswara Rao, Gunasekhar, and Vamsy. His first Hindi film in a lead role, Satya, was critically acclaimed and became a commercial blockbuster. In 2002, he played a role of Sri Lankan Tamil Eelam fighter Dileepan, in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film, Kannathil Muthamittal. He also starred in Hindi films like Vaastu Shastra, and Aag alongside Sushmita Sen, and Bhoot Returns alongside Manisha Koirala. He made his film directing debut, with Darwaaza Bandh Rakho and anthology film Darna Zaroori Hai got archived at the New York Institute of Technology, New York, America as part of the film course He has returned to Telugu film industry with Homam as a director and actor in the year 2008. He then went on to direct Siddham. He had a role in director Vishnuvardhan's Tamil film Sarvam, starring Arya and Trisha. In 2016, he has appeared in the Malayalam film Bhaskar the Rascal pairing with Nayanthara also starring Mammootty. Then he played a young army officer in another Malayalam film Shikhamani, and made his Kannada film debut with the unreleased Raavani alongside Pooja Gandhi.

List of J. D. Chakravarthy Telugu film credits • Year — Title — Role — Language — Notes • 1989 — Shiva — J. Durga Rao / JD — Telugu • 1990 — Neti Siddhartha — Chakravarthy • Shiva — Jagadish Dave / JD — Hindi • 1991 — Srivari Chindhulu — Telugu • Atiradhudu — Venky • Prem Qaidi — Prabhavati's son — Hindi • 1992 — Ennodishtam Koodamo — Renjith Lal — Malayalam • Lathi — Ramana — Telugu • Akka Chellillu • 1993 — Rakshana • Adarsham — Prem • Prathap — Vimal Raj — Tamil • Inspector Ashwini — Telugu • Money — Chakri • One By Two — Balaji • 1994 — Money Money — Chakri — Also playback singer • 1995 — Gulabi — Chandu • 1996 — Mrugam • Deyyam — Narsing • Bombay Priyudu — Chitti Babu / J. D. • Anaganaga Oka Roju — Chakri • 1997 — Egire Paavurama — Siva • Nenu Premisthunnanu — Chakri • Wife of V. Varaprasad — Thyagaraju • 1998 — Satya — Satya — Hindi — Screen Award Special Jury Award • Pape Naa Pranam — Chakri — Telugu • 1999 — Harischandraa — Harishchandra "Hari" • Premaku Velayara — Manohar • 2000 — Akka Bava Ekkada — Suryam • Maa Pelliki Randi — Kumar • Soori — Soori • Kodanda Ramudu — Kodanda Ramudu (Ramu) • 2001 — Navvuthu Bathakalira — Ganesh • 2002 — Premaku Swagatham — Balaji • Kannathil Muthamittal — Dileepan — Tamil • Durga — Durga — Hindi • 2003 — Golmaal — Ameer Khan — Telugu • 2004 — Kaasi — Kaasi • Madhyanam Hathya — Ravi Kumar • Vaastu Shastra — Virag Rao — Hindi • 2007 — Dubai Seenu — Chakri — Telugu • | Aag — Subbu — Hindi • 2008 — Homam — Chandrashekhar aka Chandu — Telugu • 2009 — Sarvam — Eashwar — Tamil • Josh — Durga Rao — Telugu • 2010 — Kacheri Arambam — Sivamani — Tamil • 2011 — Money Money, More Money — Chakri — Telugu • 2012 — All the Best — Chandu • Bhoot Returns — Tarun Awasthi — Hindi • 2013 — Samar — John Frederick — Tamil • 2014 — Arima Nambi — Rishi Dev • Ice Cream 2 — Sikka — Telugu • 2015 — Bhaskar the Rascal — Sanjay Sharma — Malayalam • Dynamite — Rishi Dev — Telugu • 2016 — Zero — Solomon — Tamil • Shikhamani — Anti-terrorist squadron leader — Malayalam • 2017 — Nakshatram — Ramachandra Naidu — Telugu • 2018 — Marainthirunthu Paarkum Marmam Enna — Dilip Chakravarthy — Tamil • 2019 — Mikhael — Muhammad Easa — Malayalam • Hippi — Hippi's boss — Telugu • 2022 — Oppanda — Chakri — Kannada • Anek — Anjaiah Bellamkonda IPS — Hindi • Ek Villain Returns — ACP V.K. Ganesan • Kaari — SKR — Tamil • Dahini: The Witch — Pratap — Hindi • 2026 — Gaayapadda Simham — Brutal Dharma — Telugu • TBA — Jhatasya Maranam Dhruvam — Shravan Jonnada — Telugu

• Year — Film — Credited as — Language — Notes • Director — Writer — Producer • 1998 — Pape Naa Pranam — Telugu • 2000 — Suri — Uncredited • 2002 — Durga — Hindi • 2006 — Darna Zaroori Hai — Anthology film, segment: "A Bride's Revenge" • Darwaaza Bandh Rakho — Screenplay • 2008 — Homam — Telugu • 2009 — Sidham • 2011 — Money Money, More Money • 2012 — All the Best — Remake, original story writer not credited

• Year — Title — Role — Language — Network • 2023 — Taaza Khabar — Shetty — Hindi — Disney+Hotstar • Dayaa — Dayaa — Telugu