Actor · Telugu cinema
Aadhi Pinisetty
Aadhi Pinisetty movies: 12 Telugu films on file, 2006–2025. Earliest on file: Oka V Chitram (2006). Latest release: Akhanda 2 (12 December 2025).
- Films on file
- 12 (12 as actor)
- Years on file
- 2006–2025
- Born
- 14 December 1982 · December birthdays (Wikidata)
- Selected films on file
- Sarainodu, Rangasthalam, U Turn
- Record
- Q4661125 on Wikidata
Aadhi Pinisetty is an Indian actor who works in Tamil and Telugu films. The son of the director Ravi Raja Pinisetty, he debuted in the Telugu film Oka V Chitram (2006) and first drew notice in the Tamil thriller Eeram (2009). He is known to Telugu audiences for villain and supporting roles in Sarrainodu (2016), Ninnu Kori (2017) and Rangasthalam (2018), and has won a Nandi Award and a SIIMA Award.
Early life
Aadhi was born into a Telugu-speaking family; his father, Ravi Raja Pinisetty, has directed more than 50 films. He grew up in Chennai and went to Don Bosco school there.
Early films
After his debut in Teja’s Oka V Chitram, he appeared in the Tamil film Mirugam (2007) and then starred in the supernatural thriller Eeram, produced by S. Shankar. Ayyanar and Aadu Puli (2010) were average grossers that built his commercial standing, and he went on to films such as Aravaan (2012), Gundello Godari (2013) and Yagavarayinum Naa Kaakka (2015).
Telugu breakthrough
His role as the main antagonist in Boyapati Srinu‘s Sarrainodu, opposite Allu Arjun, won critical acclaim and a Santosham award for Best Villain. In 2017 he had a surprise Tamil hit with the thriller Maragadha Naanayam and played Arun opposite Nani in the romantic drama Ninnu Kori. In 2018 he appeared in Agnyaathavaasi, as Kumar Babu, the hero’s elder brother, in Sukumar‘s Rangasthalam, in Neevevaro and in the bilingual U Turn.
Recent work
In 2022 he appeared in the sports comedy Good Luck Sakhi and the bilinguals Clap and The Warriorr, and in 2023 in the Tamil science-fiction comedy Partner. In 2025 he was seen in the horror thriller Sabdham, the series Mayasabha, and the Telugu films Akhanda 2: Thaandavam and Drive.
Personal life
He married the actress Nikki Galrani, his co-star in Yagavarayinum Naa Kaakka and Maragadha Naanayam, on 18 May 2022.
Career on file
Aadhi Pinisetty appears in 12 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 2006 to 2025. The earliest of them is Oka V Chitram (2006), and the most recent release is Drive (2025). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Sarainodu (2016), Rangasthalam (2018) and U Turn (2018). Other recent releases on file are Akhanda 2 (2025), The Warrior (2022) and Good Luck Sakhi (2022).
Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Keerthy Suresh and Jagapati Babu are the most frequent co-stars, each sharing two films with Aadhi Pinisetty. Among directors, Boyapati Srinu cast Aadhi Pinisetty most often, in two films. Music on three of them is by Devi Sri Prasad, with Anirudh Ravichander (2) and S. Thaman (2) next. Srinivasaa Silver Screen produced two of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 11 different directors, 9 music directors and 44 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 11 of them; they average 144 minutes, and the longest is Rangasthalam at 174 minutes. Six of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 2000s (1), 2010s (7) and 2020s (4). 2018 is the busiest single year, with three films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.