Rahul Ramakrishna

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

Rahul Ramakrishna (born 15 January 1991) is an Indian actor, writer and journalist. He made his debut with the short film, Sainma. He became popular with his role in the 2017 Telugu film, Arjun Reddy.

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 dailies, Post Noon and Metro India. He also worked as a translator for journalists visiting Hyderabad on assignments. Along with a short stint as a film 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 film 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. Rahul repeated his "hero's best friend" role and combination with actor Vijay Deverakonda in the film Geetha Govindam. In 2020 he appeared in Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo.

In late 2018, Rahul announced that he will be marrying his girlfriend, however, he later postponed the marriage citing busy shooting schedules.

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 Prime Video 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
	Guvva Gorinka		Amazon Prime Video film
2021	A1 Express	Rahul
	Jathi Ratnalu	Jogipet Ravi
	Y	Baalu	Aha film
	Shaadi Mubarak	Driver
	Paagal	Youth leader
	Net	Lakshman
	Republic	Mani
	Skylab	Subedar Ramarao
2022	RRR	Lacchu
	Virata Parvam
	Ante Sundaraniki	Dr. Guruvesh
	Happy Birthday	Gunda
	Krishna Vrinda Vihari
	Ori Devuda	God's Assistant	Extended cameo appearance

As lyricist

• Sainma (2014)
• Pelli Choopulu (2016)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result	Ref.
2018	SIIMA	Best Comedian (Telugu)	Arjun Reddy	Won
2019	Filmfare Awards South	Best Supporting Actor – Telugu	Geetha Govindam	Nominated
2020	Zee Cine Awards Telugu	Best Comedian	Brochevarevarura	Won
2021	SIIMA			Nominated

External links

• Rahul Ramakrishna at the Internet Movie Database
• Rahul Ramakrishna on Twitter