Venkatesh filmography

Venkatesh is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. In a career spanning twenty nine years, he starred in seventy two feature films. He has played a variety of challenging roles in Telugu cinema and a few Bollywood 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]

Film

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
  • All films are in Telugu unless otherwise noted.

As a child artist

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1971 Prema Nagar Young Keshav Varma

As actor

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1986Kaliyuga PandavuluVijay Nandi Award for Best Male Debut (Special Jury Award) [5][6]
Brahma RudruluSatya Prasad
1987AjeyuduMurali
Bharatamlo ArjunuduArjun
TrimurtuluRaja
Vijetha VikramVikram
Srinivasa KalyanamSrinivas
1988Raktha TilakamKrishna Prasad
Brahma PuthruduShakthi Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu [7]
Swarna KamalamChandra Sehkar Nandi Special Jury Award [6]
VarasudochhaduRaghu / Bose
1989PremaPruthvi Nandi Award for Best Actor [6]
Ontari PoratamRaja Tamil dubbed as Jeyithu Kattuvein
Dhruva NakshatramDhruva Kumar
Two Town RowdySakthi
1990AggiramuduAggi Ramudu & Vijay (Dual role)
Bobbili RajaRaja
1991ShatruvuAshok
Coolie No.1Raju / Bharath
Surya IPSSurya
Kshana KshanamChandu
1992ChantiChanti
ChinarayuduChinarayudu
SundarakandaVenkateswarlu
1993 Kondapalli RajaRaja
AbbaigaruDora Babu
1994Super PoliceVijay
Muddula PriyuduRamu & Raju
1995Pokiri RajaChanti & Balaraju (Dual role)
1996Dharma ChakramRakesh Nandi Award for Best Actor

Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu

[6]

[8]

Sahasa Veerudu Sagara KanyaRavi Chandra
Intlo Illalu Vantintlo PriyuraluSriram
Saradha BulloduVijay
Pavithra BandhamVijay
1997ChinnabbayiSundarayya
Preminchukundam RaaGiri
PellichesukundamAanand
1998SuryavamsamHarischandra Prasad & Bhanu Prasad (Dual role)
GaneshGanesh Nandi Award for Best Actor

Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu

[6]

[9]

Premante IderaMurali
1999RajaRaja
SeenuSeenu
2000Kalisundam RaaRaghu Nandi Award for Best Actor

Filmfare Special Award – South

[6]

[10]

Jayam Manade RaaMahadeva Naidu & Rudrama Naidu / Abhiram (Dual role) Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu [10]
2001Devi PutruduBalaram & Krishna (Dual role)
Prematho RaaChandra Sekhar "Chandu"
Nuvvu Naaku NachavVenkateswarlu "Venky"
2002VasuVasu 50th Film
GemeniGemeni
2003VasanthamAshok
2004MalliswariVara Prasad
GharshanaDCP Raamachandra
2005SankranthiRaghavendra
Subash Chandra BoseSubash Chandra Bose & Asok (Dual role)
2006LakshmiLakshmi Narayana
2007Adavari Matalaku Ardhalu VeruleGanesh Nandi Award for Best Actor
TulasiParvathaneni Tulasi Ram
2008Chintakayala RaviRavi
2010Namo VenkatesaVenkataramana "Venky"
NagavalliNaagabhairava Raajasekhara & Vijay (Dual role)
2012BodyguardVenkatadri / Venky
2013Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle ChettuPeddodu
ShadowRajaram
MasalaVenkata Raja Narasimha Balaram
2014DrushyamRambabu
2015Gopala GopalaGopalaraao [11]
2016Babu BangaramACP Krishna
2017GuruAditya Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor – South [12]
2019F2: Fun and FrustrationVenky
Venky MamaVenkataratnam "Military Naidu " Venky Mama""
2021 Narappa Narappa Released on Amazon Prime
Drushyam 2 Rambabu
2022 F3: Fun and Frustration Venky 75th film
2024 Saindhav Saindhav Koneru "SaiKo"

As Supporting Roles,Other Language Films and Cameo Appearances

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1989Jayammu Nischayammu Raa Himself Cameo appearance
1993AnariRama Remake of Chinna Thambi; Debut in Hindi cinema; 25th film
1995TaqdeerwalaSuraj Remake of Yamaleela; Hindi film
2005 Soggadu Himself Cameo appearance
2009EenaaduCommissioner Eeshwar Prasad
2012 Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum Ballari Babu Cameo appearance
2016 Premam DCP Rama Chandra Cameo appearance
2018 Agnyaathavaasi Guru Cameo appearance
2022 Ori Devuda God Cameo appearance
2023 Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan Gundamaneni Balakrishna alias 'Rowdy Anna' Hindi film [13]

Web series

Year Title Role Language Availability Notes
2023 Rana Naidu Naga Naidu Hindi
Telugu
Netflix Web Debut
Maya Bazaar For Sale Producer Telugu ZEE5

Voice acting

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2019 Aladdin Genie Telugu dub; portrayed by Will Smith [14]

Other crew positions

Year Title Role Ref.
2017 Guru Playback singer for the song "Jingidi"
2018 Srinivasa Kalyanam Narrator
2021 Krack Narrator
2021 Mosagallu Narrator

References

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