Venkatesh is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. In a career spanning 38 years, he starred in 72 feature films. He has played a variety of challenging roles in Telugu cinema and a few Hindi films. [1] He has received seven state Nandi awards, and six Filmfare Awards for best acting.
Along with his brother D. Suresh Babu, Venkatesh is the co-owner of Suresh Productions, one of the largest film production companies in India. Venkatesh has starred in several of his films under this production, most of them turned out to be blockbusters, owing to this, he is widely known as Victory Venkatesh in the media. [2] Apart from films, He is the mentor of Telugu Warriors representing Tollywood in Celebrity Cricket League. [3] [4]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role |
---|---|---|
1989 | Jayammu Nischayammu Raa | Himself |
2012 | Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum | Ballari Babu |
2016 | Premam | DCP Rama Chandra |
2018 | Agnyaathavaasi | Guru |
2022 | Ori Devuda | God |
Year | Title | Role | Network | Language |
---|---|---|---|---|
2023–present | Rana Naidu | Naga Naidu | Netflix | Hindi |
2023 | Maya Bazaar For Sale | Producer | ZEE5 | Telugu |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Aladdin | Genie | Telugu dub; portrayed by Will Smith | [12] |
Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
2017 | Guru | Playback singer for the song "Jingidi" | |
2018 | Srinivasa Kalyanam | Narrator | |
2021 | Krack | Narrator | |
2021 | Mosagallu | Narrator |
Venkatesh is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. In a career spanning 38 years, he starred in 72 feature films. He has played a variety of challenging roles in Telugu cinema and a few Hindi films. [1] He has received seven state Nandi awards, and six Filmfare Awards for best acting.
Along with his brother D. Suresh Babu, Venkatesh is the co-owner of Suresh Productions, one of the largest film production companies in India. Venkatesh has starred in several of his films under this production, most of them turned out to be blockbusters, owing to this, he is widely known as Victory Venkatesh in the media. [2] Apart from films, He is the mentor of Telugu Warriors representing Tollywood in Celebrity Cricket League. [3] [4]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role |
---|---|---|
1989 | Jayammu Nischayammu Raa | Himself |
2012 | Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum | Ballari Babu |
2016 | Premam | DCP Rama Chandra |
2018 | Agnyaathavaasi | Guru |
2022 | Ori Devuda | God |
Year | Title | Role | Network | Language |
---|---|---|---|---|
2023–present | Rana Naidu | Naga Naidu | Netflix | Hindi |
2023 | Maya Bazaar For Sale | Producer | ZEE5 | Telugu |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Aladdin | Genie | Telugu dub; portrayed by Will Smith | [12] |
Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
2017 | Guru | Playback singer for the song "Jingidi" | |
2018 | Srinivasa Kalyanam | Narrator | |
2021 | Krack | Narrator | |
2021 | Mosagallu | Narrator |