Rana Daggubati filmography
Rana Daggubati is an Indian actor, producer, television personality, visual effects co-ordinator, and an entrepreneur known primarily for his work in Telugu-language films, in addition to Hindi and Tamil language films.[1] He is best known for his roles Bhallaladeva in Baahubali: The Beginning (2015)[2] and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017),[3] Radha Jogendra in Nene Raju Nene Mantri (2017)[4] and Arjun Verma in Ghazi (2017).[5] His other successful films include Leader (2010),[6] Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum (2012)[7] and Bangalore Naatkal (2016).[8]
Overview
[edit]Beside being an actor, Rana is also a successful producer and an visual effects coordinator. His visual effects company Spirit Media P. Limited,[9][10] that specialised in animation and VFX,[11] produced special effects for over 70 films. He is one of the key individuals of the Suresh Productions. Rana has produced the children's film, Bommalata in 2004.[12] The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu.[13] Rana has recorded the Telugu version of the song "Lights Camera Action" along with Hiphop Tamizha and Roll Rida, for the 2019 Tamil film Action.[14] He has also appeared in the web series Social, that premiered on Viu.[15][16]
Films
[edit]As actor
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes | Ref. |
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2010 | Leader | Arjun Prasad | Telugu | [17] | |
2011 | Dum Maaro Dum | DJ Joaquim "Joki" Fernandes | Hindi | [18] | |
Nenu Naa Rakshasi | Abhimanyu | Telugu | [19] | ||
2012 | Naa Ishtam | Ganesh | Telugu | [20] | |
Department | Shiv Narayan | Hindi | [21] | ||
Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum | B. Tech Babu | Telugu | [22] | ||
2013 | Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani | Vikram Sahai | Hindi | Cameo | [23] |
Something Something | Himself | Telugu | [24] | ||
Arrambam | Sanjay | Tamil | [25] | ||
2015 | Baby | Jai Singh Rathore | Hindi | [26] | |
Dongaata | Himself | Telugu | Cameo | [27] | |
Baahubali: The Beginning | Bhallaladeva | Telugu | Bilingual film | [28] [29] | |
Palvaalthevan | Tamil | ||||
Rudhramadevi | Chalukya Veerabhadra | Telugu | [30] | ||
Size Zero | Himself | Telugu | Bilingual film; cameo | [31] | |
Inji Iduppazhagi | Tamil | [32] | |||
2016 | Bangalore Naatkal | Shiva Prasad | Tamil | [33] | |
2017 | Ghazi | Arjun Verma | Telugu | Bilingual film | [34] |
The Ghazi Attack | Hindi | [35] | |||
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion | Bhallaladeva | Telugu | Bilingual film | [36] [37] | |
Palvaalthevan | Tamil | ||||
Nene Raju Nene Mantri | Radha Jogendra | Telugu | [38] | ||
2018 | Welcome to New York | Rana Daggubati | Hindi | Cameo | [39] |
2019 | N.T.R: Kathanayakudu | N. Chandrababu Naidu | Telugu | [40] | |
N.T.R: Mahanayukudu | Telugu | [41] | |||
Housefull 4 | Raja Gama & Pappu Rangeela | Hindi | Double role | [42] | |
Enai Noki Paayum Thota | Himself | Tamil | Cameo | [43] | |
2021 | Kaadan | Veerabarathi "Kaadan" | Tamil | Trilingual film | [44] |
Aranya | Narendra Bhupathi "Aranya" | Telugu | [45] | ||
Haathi Mere Saathi | Sumitranandan "Bandev" | Hindi | [46] | ||
2022 | 1945 | Adhi | Telugu | [47] | |
Bheemla Nayak | Daniel "Danny" Shekar | Telugu | [48] | ||
Virata Parvam | Comrade Ravanna | Telugu | [49] | ||
1945 | Adhi | Tamil | [50] | ||
2023 | Spy | Arjun | Telugu | Cameo | [51] |
2024 | Vettaiyan | Natraj "Nat" Shanmugam | Tamil | [52] |
Other crew positions
[edit]- All works are in Telugu unless otherwise noted.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2002 | Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu | Clap Boy | |
2004 | Bommalata | Co-producer | National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu |
2006 | Lakshmi | Digital Post Supervisor | |
Sainikudu | Visual effects coordinator | Nandi Award for Best Special Effects | |
Thirupathi | Visual effects coordinator | Tamil film | |
2016 | Inferno | Dubbing artist | Dubbed for Tom Hanks in Telugu version[53] |
2017 | Winner | Narrator | |
2018 | Rajaratham | Narrator | For Telugu version |
Avengers: Infinity War | Dubbing artist | Dubbed for the character Thanos for Telugu version | |
C/o Kancharapalem | Presenter | ||
Subrahmanyapuram | Narrator | ||
2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Dubbing artist | Dubbed for the character Thanos for Telugu version |
Action | Playback singer | Rapped for "Lights, Camera, Action" (Telugu version) | |
2020 | Krishna and His Leela | Presenter | |
2021 | Love Story | Voice over | Uncredited[54] |
2022 | RRR | Dubbing artist | Dubbed for Ray Stevenson[55] |
777 Charlie | Presenter | Telugu version[56] | |
Virata Parvam | Producer | ||
Gargi | Presenter | Telugu version[57] | |
Ponniyin Selvan: I | Narrator | Telugu version[58] | |
2023 | Pareshan | Presenter | |
Keedaa Cola | Presenter | ||
2024 | 35 | Presenter | |
Jigra | Presenter | Telugu version |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Network | Language | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | 2nd IIFA Utsavam | Host | Gemini TV | Telugu | Television special[59] |
Bigg Boss 1 | Star Maa | Guest appearance | |||
2017–2021 | No. 1 Yaari with Rana | Viu Aha |
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2017 | Social | Vikram Sampath | Viu | Telugu Hindi |
Also producer[60] |
2021 | Mission Frontline with Rana Daggubati | Host | Discovery+ | English | [61] |
2023–present | Rana Naidu | Rana Naidu | Netflix | Hindi | [62] |
2023 | Maya Bazaar For Sale | Producer | ZEE5 | Telugu | |
2024 | Modern Masters: S. S. Rajamouli | Himself | Netflix | English | Documentary film |
3rd IIFA Utsavam | Host | Gemini TV | Telugu | Television special[63] | |
Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairytale | Himself | Netflix | English | Documentary film | |
2024–present | The Rana Daggubati Show | Host | Amazon Prime Video | Telugu | Also creator and executive producer[64] |
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