Ram Charan is an Indian actor and producer who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He is one of the highest paid south indian actors. He made his acting debut with Chirutha (2007), a box office hit, winning the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South. He rose to prominence starring in S. S. Rajamouli's fantasy action film Magadheera (2009), the highest-grossing Telugu film of all time at the time, winning the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu. His notable works include Orange (2010), Racha (2012), Naayak (2013), Zanjeer (2013), a remake of the 1973 movie of the same name and Yevadu (2014), Govindudu Andarivadele (2014), and Dhruva (2016). Charan then starred in the blockbusters Rangasthalam (2018), winning his second Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu. His career highest grossing movie as a solo lead is Rangasthalam (2018). He also starred in commercially unsuccessful films like Vinaya Vidheya Rama (2019) and Game Changer (2025). He also starred in as one of leads in S.S Rajamouli's blockbuster film RRR (2022) and made an extended cameo role in Acharya (2022).
In 2016, Charan launched his own production house Konidela Production Company, which has notably backed Khaidi No. 150 (2017) and Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2019).
Film As an actor Note: All films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.
YearTitleRoleNotes2007ChiruthaCharan2009MagadheeraKaala Bhairava / Harsha 2010OrangeRam2012RachaRaj2013NaayakCharan "Cherry" / Siddharth NaayakZanjeerACP Vijay Khanna Also shot in Hindi; Singer for "Mumbai Ke Hero" (Telugu version only)2014YevaduSatya / CharanGovindudu AndarivadeleAbhiram 2015Bruce Lee: The FighterKarthik / Bruce Lee2016DhruvaASP K. Dhruva IPS2017Khaidi No. 150HimselfSpecial appearance in the song "Ammadu Lets Do Kummudu"2018RangasthalamChelluboina Chitti Babu2019Vinaya Vidheya RamaKonidela Ram2022RRRAlluri Sitarama RajuAcharya Comrade Siddha 2023Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki JaanHimselfHindi film; Cameo appearance in the song "Yentamma"2025Game ChangerRam Nandan / Appanna2026 Peddi Peddi
As a producer YearTitle2017Khaidi No. 1502019Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy 2022Godfather
Television YearTitleRoleNetworkNotes2024Modern Masters: S. S. RajamouliHimselfNetflixDocumentary filmRRR: Behind and BeyondHimselfDocumentary film
Awards and nominations
YearAwardCategoryFilmResultRef2008Nandi AwardsSpecial Jury AwardChirutha2010Magadheera2014Zee Cine AwardsBest Male DebutZanjeer2008Filmfare Awards SouthBest Male Debut – SouthChirutha2010Best Actor – TeluguMagadheera2012Racha2013Naayak2024RRR2016Dhruva2019RangasthalamSouth Indian International Movie AwardsBest Actor (Telugu)2010Santosham Film AwardsBest ActorMagadheera2015Govindudu Andarivadele2016Asiavision AwardsYouth Icon of India2010CineMAA AwardsBest Actor – MaleMagadheera2019Zee Cine Awards TeluguBest Actor in a Leading Role – MaleRangasthalam2023Critics' Choice Super AwardsBest Actor in an Action MovieRRR Filmfare Awards SouthBest Actor in a Leading Role – MaleSouth Indian International Movie AwardsBest Actor in a Leading Role – Male
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