Kireeti Damaraju

Kireeti Damaraju is an Indian Telugu film actor. He has played supporting and comic roles in films such as Uyyala Jampala (2013), Yevade Subramanyam (2015), Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi (2017) and Mental Madhilo (2017). He was also a contestant on the hit reality TV show Bigg Boss Telugu 2.[1][2][3]

Kireeti Damaraju
OccupationFilm actor

Career

Kireeti Damaraju started his acting career with the short films Ontiganta and Anukokunda. Anukokunda, which was selected for Cannes gave him the jump start to land in the role of "Subbarao" in the movie Second Hand.[4] In Bham Bolenath, Damaraju plays the role of a drug addict with Naveen Chandra and Idlebrain.com Jeevi remarks that "Pradeep and Kireeti's characters remind us of Ramesh-Suresh duo from Cadbury ads."[5] He also acted in Many Happy Returns, a sitcom directed by Gunnam Gangaraju.[6] Srividya Palaparthi of Times of India praises Damaraju saying "While Tarun and Avanthika's acting skills were evidently amateur, Kireeti Damaraju stood out in terms of acting, and comic timing." [2]

Before venturing into the Telugu Film Industry, Damaraju worked for Electronic Arts, Hyderabad. He is also an avid gamer and a usability engineering expert. A lot of his thought process and philosophy in life have been inspired from his deep interests in Japanese anime and manga.

Filmography
Year Movie Role Director notes
2011 Ontiganta Kiriti Hussain Sha Kiran Short film
2012 Anukokunda Adil Ravindra Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam Short film
2013 Uyyala Jampala[7] Murali Virinchi Varma
2013 Second Hand[8] Subbarao Kishore Tirumala
2015 Yevade Subramanyam Kireeti Nag Ashwin
2015 Bham Bolenath[9] Roshan Karthik Varma Dandu
2016 Meeku Meere Maaku Meme Kireeti Hussain Sha Kiran
2017 Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi[10] Sai Kishore Tirumala
2017 Mental Madhilo Saki Vivek Athreya
2018 Touch Chesi Chudu Shalini's friend Vikram Sirikonda
2018 Chal Mohan Ranga Surya Krishna Chaitanya
2018 Vijetha Ram's friend Rakesh Shashi
2018 Ee Office Lo Subhash Pavan Sadineni Viu India Web series
2018 Taxiwaala Doctor Rahul Sankrityan
2019 N.T.R: Kathanayakudu Pandit Krish Cameo Appearance
2020 Pressure Cooker
2020 Valayam

References
  1. Kireeti in SecondHand Movie http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/boyzone/article5460560.ece
  2. Kireeti in Meeku Meere Maaku Meme http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movie-reviews/Meeku-Meere-Maaku-Meme/movie-review/52798304.cms
  3. Hans India listing of movies with Kireeti name in cast http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Cinema/2015-02-26/Movie-Releases-This-Week/133988
  4. Interview http://www.123telugu.com/interviews/exclusive-interview-kireeti-trivikram-is-a-blessing-for-tfi.html
  5. Bham Bolenath review http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/bhambolenath.html
  6. Sitcom by Gunnam Gangaraju http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/A-new-sitcom-by-Gunnam-Gangaraju/article14384545.ece
  7. Uyyala Jampala review http://idlebrain.com/movie/archive/uyyalajampala.html
  8. Second Hand review http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movie-reviews/Second-Hand/movie-review/27312112.cms
  9. Bham Bolenath http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/previews/Bham-Bholenath/articleshow/46369670.cms
  10. "Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi Telugu Movie Review, Ram Pothineni, Anupam".
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