Actor · Telugu cinema
Chakrapani Ananda
Chakrapani Ananda movies: 19 Telugu films on file, 1988–2025. Earliest on file: Daasi (1988). Latest release: Jatadhara (7 November 2025).
- Films on file
- 19 (19 as actor)
- Years on file
- 1988–2025
- Selected films on file
- Daasi, Vakeel Saab, Love Story
- Record
- Q96574321 on Wikidata
Chakrapani Ananda is an Indian actor who works in Telugu cinema, best known for playing the weaver Chintakindi Mallesham’s father in Mallesham (2019) (Wikipedia). He was born in Gaddamvari Yadavalli village in Nalgonda district, Telangana, left school to work in a printing press, and later worked in advertising as a visualiser and copywriter.
Career
His first film was B. Narsing Rao’s Daasi (1988). He returned to the screen 25 years later with Mallesham, after production designer Laxman Aelay suggested him to director Raj (Wikipedia). In 2013 he began directing a documentary, Waiting for Death, about fluorosis in his home district. Since Mallesham he has appeared in Vakeel Saab (2021), Love Story (2021), Naandhi (2021), Tiger Nageswara Rao (2023), Gandhi Tatha Chettu (2025) and Jatadhara (2025).
Chakrapani Ananda: quick facts
- Born: Gaddamvari Yadavalli, Nalgonda district, Telangana (Wikipedia)
- First film: Daasi (1988), directed by B. Narsing Rao (Wikipedia)
- Best-known role: Mallesham’s father in Mallesham (2019) (Wikipedia)
- Films on this page: 19 Telugu films; more released titles listed on TMDB are below.
More Chakrapani Ananda Telugu films listed on TMDB
These Telugu-language films are credited to Chakrapani Ananda on TMDB but are not yet part of the filmography table on this page. The credit column is TMDB’s own listing; check the film’s page for full details.
| Year | Film | Credit listed on TMDB |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Mallesham | as Home Minister Narasimhulu |
| 2020 | World Famous Lover | as Seenayya's Father |
| 2021 | Tera Venuka | Cast |
| 2021 | Play Back | Cast |
| 2022 | Black | as Rawat |
| 2022 | Viraata Parvam | as Naxalite |
| 2023 | Sindhooram | Cast |
| 2023 | Unstoppable | Cast |
| 2023 | Devil | as Ramana |
| 2024 | Raju Yadav | Cast |
| 2026 | LGBT – A Legal Battle | Cast |
Career on file
Chakrapani Ananda appears in 19 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1988 to 2025. The earliest of them is Daasi (1988), and the most recent release is Jatadhara (2025). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Daasi (1988), Vakeel Saab (2021) and Love Story (2021). Other recent releases on file are Solo Boy (2025), Shashtipoorthi (2025) and Gandhi Tatha Chettu (2025).
Music on two of them is by S. Thaman. Sri Venkateswara Creations produced two of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 19 different directors, 17 music directors and 40 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 14 of them; they average 138 minutes, and the longest is Tiger Nageswara Rao at 182 minutes. 11 of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 1980s (1) and 2020s (18).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.