Rana Daggubati
Rana Daggubati
14.12.1984 (40 gadi) (Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)
Rana Daggubati (born 14 December 1984), is an Indian actor, producer, visual effects co-ordinator and photographer. He works in Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema and Hindi cinema. As a Visual Effects producer, Rana won the State Nandi Award for Best Special Effects in 2006 for the Telugu film Sainikudu. In 2006, he received the National Film Award for co-producing Bommalata – A Bellyful of Dreams.In 2010, he made his acting debut with the Telugu blockbuster Leader, for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South. He made his Hindi film debut through Dum Maaro Dum, alongside Bipasha Basu, where he received positive reviews for his performance. In 2015, he starred as the main antagonist in Baahubali: The Beginning, which recorded the second highest gross opening for an Indian film, and later reprised his role as Bhallaldeva in Baahubali 2: The Conclusion which became the highest grossing Indian film of all time. He has also been in the successful movies The Ghazi Attack, playing Lieutenant Commander Arjun Verma and Nene Raju Nene Mantri. Rana is also an established television personality, as he hosted award shows such as the 2nd IIFA Utsavam alongside Nani, the 2nd South Indian International Movie Awards and he currently hosts his own celebrity talk show, No. 1 Yaari, which brought celebrities such as S.S. Rajamouli, Naga Chaitanya, Kajal Aggarwal, Rakul Preet Singh, Navdeep, Nikhil Siddharth, Raj Tarun and others In 2015, his movie Baahubali The Beginning won a National Award for Best Feature Film. Further, at the 65th National Awards, held in 2018, his movie The Ghazi Attack won the National Award for Best Telugu Movie, and also Best Action, Best VFX and Best Popular Film Award for Baahubali 2 The Conclusion.