Rana Daggubati

Rana Daggubati
Daggubati in 2015
Born Ramanaidu Daggubati[1]
(1984-12-14) 14 December 1984[2]
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India[3]
Residence Film Nagar, Hyderabad, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actor
Film Producer
Visual Effects Supervisor
Presenter
Host
Entrepreneur
Distributor
Years active 2005–present
Parent(s)
Family See Daggubati-Akkineni Family

Ramanaidu Rana Daggubati[1] (born 14 December 1984[4]), also known by his stage name Rana Daggubati, is an Indian actor,[5] producer, visual effects co-ordinator and photographer. He works in Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema and Hindi cinema.[6][7] As a Visual Effects producer, Rana won the State Nandi Award for Best Special Effects in 2006 for the Telugu film Sainikudu.[8] In 2006, he received the National Film Award for co-producing Bommalata – A Bellyful of Dreams.[9]

In 2010, he made his acting debut with the Telugu blockbuster Leader, for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South. He made his Hindi film debut through Dum Maaro Dum, alongside Bipasha Basu, where he received positive reviews for his performance. In 2015, he starred as the main antagonist in Baahubali: The Beginning, which recorded the second highest gross opening for an Indian film, and later reprised his role as Bhallaldeva in Baahubali 2: The Conclusion which became the highest grossing Indian film of all time.[10][11][12] He has also been in the successful movies The Ghazi Attack, playing Lieutenant Commander Arjun Verma and Nene Raju Nene Mantri.

Rana is also an established television personality, as he hosted award shows such as the 2nd IIFA Utsavam alongside Nani, the 2nd South Indian International Movie Awards and he currently hosts his own celebrity talk show, No. 1 Yaari, which brought celebrities such as S.S. Rajamouli, Naga Chaitanya, Kajal Aggarwal, Rakul Preet Singh, Navdeep, Nikhil Siddharth, Raj Tarun and others

In 2015, his movie Baahubali The Beginning won a National Award for Best Feature Film. Further, at the 65th National Awards, held in 2018, his movie The Ghazi Attack won the National Award for Best Telugu Movie, and also Best Action, Best VFX and Best Popular Film Award for Baahubali 2 The Conclusion.

Early life

Rana was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, to Telugu film producer Daggubati Suresh Babu [13][14] and is part of the Daggubati-Akkineni Family. His paternal grandfather was Tollywood film producer D. Ramanaidu. His paternal uncle Venkatesh and his cousin Naga Chaitanya are also actors in the film industry.Rana revealed in 2016 that he is blind in his right eye, and his left eye is a transplanted one.The surgery was done in L. V.Prasad hospital, Hyderabad. Another surgery was done on his right eye when he was 14,but was unsuccessful.[15][16][17][18][19][20] He did his schooling in Hyderabad and Chennai from Hyderabad Public School and Chettinad Vidyashram. He lives with his family at his home in Hyderabad.

Career

Rana's first movie was Leader, in Telugu, directed by Shekhar Kammula, which is one of his biggest successes. Rana made his Bollywood debut with the film Dum Maaro Dum, which released on 22 April 2011. The Times of India called it a "dashing debut".[21] He was voted "The Most Promising Newcomer of 2011" in the Times Of India poll.[22] He was listed at number 20 on the Times of India's Most Desirable Men for the year 2011.[23][24] In 2012, he was voted as the 10th most desirable man in India, in the poll conducted by The Times of India.

He played a professional killer in the film Nenu Naa Rakshasi, under Puri Jagannath's direction,[25] which was a box office bomb.[26][27] His first release in 2012 was Naa Ishtam, which was followed by his second Hindi film Department. He next starred in Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum, directed by Krish, which became a box office success.[28][29] He made his debut in Tamil through Thala Ajith Kumar's Aarambam.[30] Rana did a cameo role in Ayan Mukerji's Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.[31]

In 2013, he joined two big budget projects, Gunasekhar's Rudhramadevi[32] and S. S. Rajamouli's Baahubali, in which he is the lead antagonist.[33] Rana played Bhallaladeva, the cousin of Baahubali, who had negative shades and received unprecedented appreciation from critics. Baahubali: The Beginning was released worldwide in July 2015 and was the highest-grossing film in India at the time of its release. The concluding film of the series Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, became the first Indian film to cross 1000 crore and is currently the second highest grossing Indian film. In 2017, he did India's first underwater film, The Ghazi Attack. It opened to very positive reviews.

After Baahubali 2's epic release, he further did a Telugu political Thriller movie Nene Raju Nene Mantri in which he plays a Politician with grey shades, alongside Kajal Aggarwal. This film too received positive reviews for Rana's acting and screen presence. The film, also called NRNM, was also released in Tamil as Naan Aanaiyittal and in Malayalam as Raja Kireedam. It was also dubbed into Hindi as Main Hi Raja Main Hi Mantri. Along with the movies, he also starred in a web series called Social. Further, he hosted a Telugu Television programme, No 1. Yaari, which created highest TVP values for a Telugu TV show.He also dubbed for the character Thanos in the Telugu dubbed version of Avengers Infinity War.

Filmography

As actor

Year Film Role Language Notes
2010LeaderArjun PrasadTeluguFilmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South
CineMAA Award for Best Male Debut
2011Dum Maaro DumDJ Joki FernandesHindiZee Cine Award for Best Male Debut
Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut
Nenu Naa RakshasiAbhimanyuTelugu
2012Naa IshtamGaneshTelugu
DepartmentShiv NarayanHindi
Krishnam Vande JagadgurumB.Tech BabuTeluguSIIMA Award for Best Actor (Critics)
2013Yeh Jawaani Hai DeewaniVikramHindiCameo appearance
Something SomethingHimselfTeluguCameo appearance
ArrambamSanjayTamilGuest appearance
2015BabyJai Singh RathoreHindi
DongaataHimselfTeluguCameo appearance
Baahubali: The BeginningBhallaladevaTelugu
PalvaalthevanTamilCineMAA Award for Best Villain
RudramadeviChalukya VeerabhadraTelugu
Inji IduppazhagiHimselfTamilCameo appearance
Size ZeroHimselfTelugu
2016Bangalore NaatkalShiva PrasadTamil
2017WinnerTeluguNarrator
The Ghazi AttackArjun VermaTelugu/Hindi
Baahubali: The ConclusionBhallaladevaTelugu
PalvaalthevanTamil
Nene Raju Nene MantriRadha JogendraTelugu
2018 Welcome to New York As HimselfHindi Cameo appearance
RajarathamRajarathamTeluguNarrator
Madai Thiranthu / 1945Films that have not yet been releasedTamil / TeluguFilming
Enai Noki Paayum ThotaFilms that have not yet been releasedTamilFilming
Cameo appearance
2019 N. T. R. N. Chandrababu Naidu Telugu Cameo appearance, Announced

Other crew positions

Year Film Role Language Notes
2004BommalataProducerTeluguNational Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu
2006SainikuduVisual effects coordinatorTeluguNandi Award for Best Special Effects
2018Avengers: Infinity WarDubbing artistTeluguDubbed for the character Thanos

Awards & Nominations

Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Award
  • Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Award for Outstanding Performance (Male) 2018 – Baahubali 2 The Conclusion (2018)
National Film Awards
  • National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu – Co-producer (Spirit Media) – A Bellyful of Dreams (2006)
  • National Film Award for Best Regional Movie in Telugu – The Ghazi Attack (2017)
  • National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017)
  • National Film Award for Best Feature Film – Baahubali 1: The Beginning (2015)
Filmfare Awards South
Nandi Awards
Zee Cine Awards
SIIMA Awards

IIFA Awards

Asiavision Movie Awards

Sri Kala Sudha Telugu Association's 20th Ugadi Awards 2018

CineMAA Awards

References

  1. 1 2 "What Caused Bhallaladeva, Aka Rana Daggubati, To Go Blind In One Eye?". Outlook India. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Happy Birthday Rana Daggubati: From Leader to Baahubali, Rana's blockbuster journey". The Indian Express. 14 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Rajamani, Radhika (24 November 2009). "An entrepreneur who acts too". Rediff. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
  4. ↑ Vamsi, Krishna. (16 December 2016) Baahubali 2: Rana Daggubati’s first look as Bhallaladeva is out and he looks vicious, see pic. The Indian Express. Retrieved on 2018-08-12.
  5. ↑ "Photos: Nene Raju Nene Mantri actor Rana Daggubati impresses audience as a storyteller at TedxHyderabad".
  6. ↑ "From 'Baahubali' to 'Ghazi', Rana Daggubati has come a long way – Times of India". Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Content is king for Rana Daggubati as Ghazi, Baahubali 2 win National Awards".
  8. ↑ The multifaceted ‘leader'. The Hindu (12 February 2012). Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "53rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. pp. 93–94. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  10. ↑ Mike McCahill. "Baahubali: The Beginning review – fantastic bang for your buck in most expensive Indian movie ever made". The Guardian.
  11. ↑ Sangeetha Devi Dundoo (10 July 2015). "Baahubali review: A little more, a little less". The Hindu.
  12. ↑ Nanisetti, Serish (12 July 2015). "Baahubali Smashes Box Office Records, Rakes in Rs 68 Crore". The New Indian Express.
  13. ↑ "The new entrants in Times 50 Most Desirable Men 2011". The Times of India. 4 February 2012.
  14. ↑ "Rana Daggubati's a family man". The Times of India. 19 June 2011.
  15. ↑ Daggubati admitted -is-blind-in-one-eye-bahubali-2-villain-bhallala-deva-admits-of-getting-a-donated-eye-in-viral-video-2085164/
  16. ↑ Baahubali 2: The Conclusion actor Rana Daggubati makes stunning revelation, says he is blind in one eye. The Financial Express (30 April 2017). Retrieved on 2018-08-12.
  17. ↑ ராணா பார்வை இழந்தார் | Rana Was Blind, But How He Got His Vision? – YouTube. M.youtube.com (27 April 2016). Retrieved on 2018-08-12.
  18. ↑ Actor Rana daggubati at Maxivision Super Speciality Eye Hospital – YouTube. M.youtube.com (15 April 2013). Retrieved on 2018-08-12.
  19. ↑ Bahubali – Bhallala Deva Rana Inaugurated Dr.Agarwal Eye Hospital- Hybiz.tv – YouTube. M.youtube.com (24 June 2015). Retrieved on 2018-08-12.
  20. ↑ Twitter. Mobile.twitter.com (17 April 2017). Retrieved on 2018-08-12.
  21. ↑ "Dum Maaro Dum-Gripping thriller". The Times of India. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  22. ↑ "The Most Promising Newcomer of 2011 – Male". The Times of India. 26 March 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  23. ↑ "Times Most Desirable Men of 2011: Rana Daggubati – No. 20 – Video". The Times of India.
  24. ↑ "Bipasha is like family: Rana Daggubati". The Times of India. 16 December 2011.
  25. ↑ "Rana Daggubati turns professional killer". Rediff. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  26. ↑ "Allu Arjun rejects Ileana ". IndiaGlitz. 21 June 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  27. ↑ "'Leader' to 'Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum': Why hasn't Rana Daggubati found a foothold yet?|South Cinema Photos". CNN IBN. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  28. ↑ "Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum heads towards Rs 45-cr collections". Business Standard. 3 December 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  29. ↑ : Shekhar (3 December 2012). "Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum strikes gold at Box Office ". OneIndia. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  30. ↑ P Sangeetha, TNN 17 August 2012, 10.53AM IST (17 August 2012). "Rana shoots with Ajith". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  31. ↑ "Rana's cameo in Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani | Hindi Movies News". BollywoodHungama.com. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  32. ↑ "Rana as Chalukya in Anushka's Rudrama Devi". The Times of India. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  33. ↑ "Director Rajamouli in location hunt for Bahubali". The Times of India. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
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