Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 24, 1984
Place of Birth
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Credits
55 titles
Nani
Biography
Ghanta Naveen Babu (born 24 February 1984), known professionally by his screen name Nani, is an Indian actor, film producer, and television presenter who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He made his acting debut in Mohana Krishna Indraganti's romantic comedy *Ashta Chamma* (2008) and appeared in Nandini Reddy's *Ala Modalaindi* (2011). His other films include *Pilla Zamindar* (2011), S. S. Rajamouli's fantasy film *Eega* (2012), Gautham Vasudev Menon's romance *Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu* (2012), *Yevade Subramanyam* (2015), *Bhale Bhale Magadivoy* (2015), *Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha* (2016), *Gentleman* (2016), *Nenu Local* (2017), *Ninnu Kori* (2017), *Middle Class Abbayi* (2017), the sports drama *Jersey* (2019), *Nani's Gang Leader* (2019), *Shyam Singha Roy* (2021), *Ante Sundaraniki* (2022), the rural period drama *Dasara* (2023), *Hi Nanna* (2023), and the action thriller *Saripodhaa Sanivaaram* (2024). Nani has received two Nandi Awards, three Filmfare Awards South, including Best Actor for *Dasara* and Critics Awards for Best Actor for *Bhale Bhale Magadivoy* and *Shyam Singha Roy*, and multiple SIIMA Awards. He hosted the reality television show *Bigg Boss Telugu 2* (2018) and established the production banner Wall Poster Cinema, which produced *Awe* (2018), *HIT: The First Case* (2020), *HIT: The Second Case* (2022), and *Court – State vs a Nobody* (2025).
Known For
Filmography
Alias Rukmini
Presenter
The Paradise
Sarakka 'Jadal'
HIT: The Third Case
Arjun Sarkaar
Court: State vs. A Nobody
Producer
The Rana Daggubati Show
Self
Saripodhaa Sanivaaram
Surya
The adventures of Raj
Nani
Hi Nanna
Viraj
Kumari Srimathi
Himself
Dasara
Dharani
HIT: The 2nd Case
Arjun Sarkaar
Meet Cute
Producer
Ante... Sundaraniki!
K. P. V. S. S. P. R. Sundara Prasad
Pearle Maaney Show
Self
Shyam Singha Roy
Shyam Singha Roy/Vasudev Ghanta
Unstoppable with NBK
Self
Tuck Jagadish
Jagadish Naidu
V
Vishnu
HIT: The First Case
Presenter
Nani's Gang Leader
"Pencil" Parthasarathy
Jersey
Arjun
Praana
Devadas
Das
Ee Maaya Peremito
Amoli
Narrator (Telugu)
Krishnarjuna Yudham
Krishna / Arjun
Awe!
Humanitarian Fish "Nani" (Voice)
M.C.A
Nani
Bigg Boss Telugu
Himself - Presenter
Ninnu Kori
Uma Maheshwar Rao
Nenu Local
Babu
Majnu
Aditya
Jyo Achyutananda
Cameo Appearance
Gentleman
Gautham / Jai
Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha
Krishna
Bhale Bhale Magadivoy
Lucky
Dongata
Self
Janda Pai Kapiraju
Aravind Shiva Shankar/Maya Kannan
Yavade Subramanyam
Subramanyam 'Subbu'
Nimirndhu Nil
Self
Aaha Kalyanam
Shakthivel
Paisa
Prakash
Neethaane En Ponvasantham
special appearance
Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu
Varun Krishna
Eega
Nani
Pilla Zamindar
Praveen "PJ" Jayaramaraju
Veppam
Karthik
Ala Modalaindi
Goutham
Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu
Suri
Snehituda