Rahul Ramakrishna

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| birth_place = Secunderabad, Telangana, India

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| occupation = Actor, singer, lyricist, journalist

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| years active = 2014–present

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Rahul Ramakrishna (born 15 January 1991) is an Indian actor, writer and journalist.{{Cite web|url=https://telanganatoday.com/shiva-arjun-reddy-rahul-ramakrishna-rocked-role|title=My role as Shiva in Arjun Reddy is the usual me: Rahul Ramakrishna}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/rahul-ramakrishna-redefines-on-screen-friendship-in-arjun-reddy/article19581112.ece|title=Redefining friendship | date=29 August 2017 | first=Y Sunita | last=Chowdhary | newspaper=The Hindu|accessdate=8 October 2018}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/over-5-lakh-people-have-styled-their-name-using-the-arjun-reddy-font-generator-app-over-the-weekend/article19575700.ece|title=Arjun Reddy: In red and black|website=The Hindu|date=28 August 2017 |accessdate=31 August 2017 |last1=Dundoo |first1=Sangeetha Devi }} He made his debut with the short film, Sainma. He became popular with his role in the 2017 Telugu film, Arjun Reddy.{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/mahesh-babu-to-join-hands-with-arjun-reddy-director/articleshow/63828646.cms | title=Mahesh Babu to join hands with 'Arjun Reddy' director? | newspaper=The Times of India | date=19 April 2018 | accessdate=8 October 2018 }}

Early life

Rahul Ramakrishna was born in Hyderabad, Telangana. His father was a yoga instructor and his mother is an assistant editor for a business magazine. He studied mechanical engineering in VJIT but discontinued it after second year.

Career

Rahul Ramakrishna worked as a journalist in evening dailies, Post Noon and Metro India. He also worked as a translator for journalists visiting Hyderabad on assignments. Along with a short stint as a film review writer for a Hindustan Times affiliated website, Rahul did many varied odd jobs, as a songwriter, screenwriter, and as a presenter for a television cook show.

=Film career=

Rahul's affiliation with acting began as a theatre enthusiast where he worked with several theatre groups as part of their production crew. According to his interviews, Rahul developed a keen interest in acting after a workshop with playwright and activist N Madhusudan and Dr. Sagari Ramdas, both of whom Rahul credits as his teachers and guides. His first attempt at acting was in a short film, Sainma directed by Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam. Following the appreciation that poured in both for the film's attempt and aesthetics and for the acting prowess of the entire cast, he signed up to play the main lead's supporting friend in a comic role in the Telugu film, Jayammu Nischayammu Raa starring Srinivasa Reddy and Poorna directed by Sivaraju Kanumuri.

After this, Rahul shot to fame as Shiva, in the film Arjun Reddy, where his character's unwavering loyalty to the lead's combined with wit and emotional support garnered him a massive fan following in the audience and the film fraternity alike.

The success of Arjun Reddy and the widespread recognition furthered his career with instrumental characters in Telugu films of 2018 such as Bharat Ane Nenu, Sammohanam, Chi La Sow. Rahul repeated his "hero's best friend" role and combination with actor Vijay Deverakonda in the film Geetha Govindam. In 2020 he appeared in Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo.

In late 2018, Rahul announced that he will be marrying his girlfriend, however, he later postponed the marriage citing busy work schedules.{{Cite web |date=12 December 2018 |title=Talented comedian postpones his marriage for films |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/talented-comedian-postpones-his-marriage-for-films/articleshow/67055186.cms |access-date=26 March 2022 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}

Filmography

;As actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes
class="wikitable sortable"
2014	Sainma	Ramu	Short film
rowspan="2" \| 2016	Jayammu Nischayammu Raa	Yadagiri	Also dialogue writer
Sheeshmahal	Filmmaker
2017	Arjun Reddy	Shiva
rowspan="7" \| 2018	Inttelligent	Rahul
Bharat Ane Nenu	Ramana
Sammohanam	Murthy
Chi La Sow	Police Officer
Geetha Govindam	Ramakrishna
Husharu	Raj Bollam
Mithai	Sai
rowspan="2" \| 2019	Kalki	Deva Dutta \|
Brochevarevarura	Rambo
rowspan="3" \| 2020	Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo \| Ravindra
Pressure Cooker	Chandrasekhar
Guvva Gorinka \| \|Amazon Prime Video film
rowspan="8" \|2021	A1 Express \| Rahul
Jathi Ratnalu \| Jogipet Ravi
Y \|Baalu \|Aha film
Shaadi Mubarak \| Driver
Paagal \|Youth leader \|
Net \|Lakshman \|
Republic \|Mani \|
Skylab	Subedar Ramarao
rowspan="6" \|2022 \|RRR \|Lacchu \|
Virata Parvam \| \|
Ante Sundaraniki \|Dr. Guruvesh \|
Happy Birthday \|Gunda \|
Krishna Vrinda Vihari \| \|
Ori Devuda \|God's Assistant \|
rowspan="3" \|2023	Intinti Ramayanam	Seenu
Vimanam \|Koti \|{{Cite web \|last=Today \|first=Telangana \|date=2023-05-19 \|title=Vimanam Teaser {{!}} Samuthirakani {{!}} Anasuya Bharadwaj {{!}} Meera Jasmine \|url=https://telanganatoday.com/vimanam-teaser-samuthirakani-anasuya-bharadwaj-meera-jasmine \|access-date=2023-05-28 \|website=Telangana Today \|language=en-US}}
Kushi \|RK \|
rowspan="2" \|2024 \|Om Bheem Bush \|Madhav Relangi \|
Manamey \|Ramulu \|

;As lyricist

Sainma (2014)
Pelli Choopulu (2016)
Keedaa Cola (2023)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Channel/Platform	Notes
class="wikitable sortable"
2016	Wow Emi Ruchi	Host/Chef	ETV Abhiruchi
2017	Story Discussion	Rahul	Avanti Cinema	Also singer for "Rangu Rangula Sitralanni"
rowspan="2"\|2018	Gangstars	Red	Amazon Prime Video	{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ottplay.com/interview/exclusive-rahul-ramakrishna-opens-up-on-net-his-upcoming-telugu-ott-release-on-zee5/2801b84b8591\|title=Exclusive! Rahul Ramakrishna opens up on NET, his upcoming Telugu OTT release on ZEE5\|website=OTTPlay}}
Nirudyoga Natulu	Himself	Avanti Cinema	Cameo appearance in the Season Finale

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable" \|+ !Year !Award !Category !Film !Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| {{Tooltip\|Ref.\|References}}
2018 \|SIIMA \|Best Comedian (Telugu) \|Arjun Reddy \|{{Won}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/in-pictures-the-south-indian-international-movie-awards-siima-in-dubai-1.770478\|title=The South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA) in Dubai\|last=\|first=\|date=15 September 2018\|website=Arts and Culture\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=18 January 2020}}
2019	Filmfare Awards South	Best Supporting Actor – Telugu	Geetha Govindam	{{nom}}	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web\|url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/nominations-for-the-66th-filmfare-awards-south-2019_-37931.html\|title=Nominations for the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019\|website=Filmfare}}
2020 \|Zee Cine Awards Telugu \| rowspan="2" \|Best Comedian \| rowspan="2" \|Brochevarevarura \|{{Won}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.tollywood.net/complete-winner-list-of-zee-cine-awards-telugu-2020/\|title=Complete winner list of Zee Cine awards Telugu 2020\|last=\|first=\|date=12 January 2020\|website=\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=18 January 2020}}
2021 \|SIIMA \|{{nom}} \|