Actor · Telugu cinema
Abhimanyu Singh
Abhimanyu Singh movies: 25 Telugu films on file, 2008–2025. Earliest on file: Jalsa (2008). Latest release: They Call Him OG (25 September 2025).
- Films on file
- 25 (25 as actor)
- Years on file
- 2008–2025
- Born
- 20 September 1975 · September birthdays (Wikidata)
- Selected films on file
- Gabbar Singh, Devara: Part 1, Golusu
- Record
- Q4667424 on Wikidata
Abhimanyu Singh is an Indian actor who works mainly in Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films, usually as the antagonist. He is known for the political films Gulaal (2009) and Ram Gopal Varma’s Rakta Charitra (2010), and in Telugu for villain roles in Gabbar Singh (2012), Jai Lava Kusa (2017) and Devara: Part 1 (2024).
Wikipedia gives his birth name as Abhimanyu Shekhar Singh and his birthplace as Sonpur, Bihar, but no birth date. Wikidata lists 20 September 1975 and Saran district, which includes Sonpur.
Career
He debuted in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Aks. His first major role was in Anurag Kashyap’s Gulaal, which won him the 2010 Stardust Award for best breakthrough performance. His role in Rakta Charitra brought him critical acclaim, and he was praised as a corrupt police officer in Onir’s anthology I Am. In Hindi he later appeared in Mom (2017), with Sridevi, and Genius (2018).
In Telugu he played Shankar Prasad in Bejawada and the gangster Ratna in Nenu Naa Rakshasi (2011), Siddhappa Naidu in Gabbar Singh, Ranga in Mukunda (2014), Rudra in Mosagaallaku Mosagaadu and Shankar in Pandaga Chesko (2015), and Abhi in Shivam (2015). Later roles include ACP Gautam Krishna in Chuttalabbai and Gaja in Eedo Rakam Aado Rakam (2016), Rudhra Tiwari in Jai Lava Kusa and Chalapathi in Oxygen (2017), Balwant Khagre in Amar Akbar Anthony (2018), and Tulasi in Devara: Part 1.
In 2025 he played Rustum in Laila, Narasimha in Suryapet Junction and Inspector Tawde in They Call Him OG, and appeared in the Malayalam film L2: Empuraan. In Tamil he is known for Thalaivaa (2013).
Awards
- Stardust Award for best breakthrough performance for Gulaal (2010), per Wikipedia.
Upcoming films
No upcoming Telugu film of his is on our records. New films appear on upcoming Telugu movies as they are recorded.
Where to watch his films
- They Call Him OG: Netflix, from 23 October 2025, per Wikipedia (OTT details)
- Suryapet Junction: Prime Video, per TMDB/JustWatch provider data (OTT details)
- Devara: Part 1: Netflix, from 8 November 2024, per Wikipedia (OTT details)
- Mukunda: digital rights with ZEE5 and Prime Video, per Wikipedia (OTT details)
- Mosagaallaku Mosagaadu: Aha, per the platform listing (OTT details)
Catalogues change; check the platform before you plan to watch.
Sources: Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Tollywood Desk’s film and OTT records.
Career on file
Abhimanyu Singh appears in 25 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 2008 to 2025. The earliest of them is Jalsa (2008), and the most recent release is They Call Him OG (2025). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Gabbar Singh (2012), Devara: Part 1 (2024) and Golusu (2016). Other recent releases on file are Suryapet Junction (2025), Laila (2025) and Aaradugula Bullet (2021).
Brahmanandam is the most frequent co-star, sharing eight films with Abhimanyu Singh, followed by Prakash Raj (4) and Ileana D'Cruz (3). Among directors, Ram Gopal Varma cast Abhimanyu Singh most often, in three films. Music on four of them is by Devi Sri Prasad, with S. Thaman (3) and Sai Karthik (2) next. Across these films the credits on file name 23 different directors, 22 music directors and 74 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 20 of them; they average 144 minutes, and the longest is Devara: Part 1 at 178 minutes. Nine of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 2000s (1), 2010s (19) and 2020s (5).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.