J. D. Chakravarthy

J. D. Chakravarthy
Born
Nagulapati Srinivasa Chakravarthy

(1970-04-16) 16 April 1970 (age 54)
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Alma materChaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology
Occupations
  • Actor
  • filmmaker
  • screenwriter
  • musician
Years active1989–present
Spouse
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(m. 2016)​

Nagulapati Srinivasa Chakravarthy, known professionally as J. D. Chakravarthy, is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter and musician known for his work primarily with Telugu cinema in addition to Hindi, Tamil, and Malayalam films. Chakravarthy made his screen debut with the Telugu film, Siva, an action blockbuster directed by Ram Gopal Varma, featured at the 12th IFFI.[1] He subsequently made his Bollywood debut with the remake of the same film titled Shiva (1990). He then starred in the blockbuster Satya, featured in the Indian panorama section at the 29th IFFI, and was listed among CNN-IBN's 100 greatest Indian films of all time.[2][3] Chakravarthy received the Screen Award Special Jury Award.[4][5]

Chakravarthy has starred in more than seventy feature films in a variety of roles predominantly in Telugu, Hindi and a few Tamil, and Malayalam films. He is best known for his performances in box office hits like Neti Siddhartha (1990), Money (1993), Money Money (1995), One by Two (1993), Gulabi (1995), for which he received the state Nandi Special Jury Award,[citation needed][6][4][5] Mrugam (1996), Bombay Priyudu (1996), Anaganaga Oka Roju (1997), Egire Paavurama (1997), Nenu Premisthunnanu (1997), Wife of V. Varaprasad (1998), Premaku Velayara (1999), Pape Naa Pranam (2000), Premaku Swagatam (2002), Madhyanam Hathya (2004), Homam (2008), and Dayaa (2023).[7][8][9]

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  3. ^ "100 Years of Indian Cinema: The 100 greatest Indian films of all time". IBNLive. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013.
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  6. ^ "Rediff On The NeT, Movies: Tough and uncompromising". m.rediff.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Friday Review Hyderabad / Cinema : Flip side of being super cop". The Hindu. 6 February 2009. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  8. ^ "JD ChakravarthyБ─≥s new film with Srikanth". Supergoodmovies.com. 12 December 2011. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  9. ^ "Sasikumar to face-off against JD Chakravarthy in Kaari". The Times of India. 1 April 2022. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.