Actor and writer · Telugu cinema
Naveen Polishetty
Naveen Polishetty movies: 7 Telugu films on file (7 as actor, 2 as writer), 2012–2026. Earliest on file: Life Is Beautiful (2012). Latest release: Anaganaga Oka Raju (14 January 2026).
- Films on file
- 7 (7 as actor, 2 as writer)
- Years on file
- 2012–2026
- Born
- 27 December 1989 · December birthdays (Wikidata)
- Selected films on file
- 1: Nenokkadine, Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya, D for Dopidi
- Record
- Q65548556 on Wikidata
Naveen Polishetty (born 26 December 1989) is an Indian actor and screenwriter who works mainly in Telugu films. After small parts and popular YouTube sketches, he became a lead with Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya (2019), made his Hindi debut in Chhichhore (2019), and starred in the hits Jathi Ratnalu (2021) and Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty (2023).
Early life
Naveen was born in Hyderabad and earned a civil engineering degree from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (NIT Bhopal). He worked as an engineer in England before returning to India to pursue acting, taking part-time jobs in Mumbai while performing in theatre.
Early work
After stage plays, he had supporting roles in the Telugu films Life Is Beautiful, D for Dopidi and 1: Nenokkadine between 2012 and 2014. He then moved to Mumbai and played major roles in YouTube videos made by AIB and Cheers!
Breakthrough
In 2019 he co-wrote and starred in the comedy thriller Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya, his first lead. The same year he played Acid in Nitesh Tiwari’s Chhichhore, which the source says grossed ₹150 crore and brought him a Zee Cine nomination.
Jathi Ratnalu
Jathi Ratnalu (2021), in which he played Jogipet Srikanth, grossed ₹70 crore according to the source, his biggest success, and won him the SIIMA Award for Best Actor.
Recent films
In Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty (2023) he played a stand-up comedian opposite Anushka Shetty. In 2026 he starred with Meenakshi Chaudhary in the comedy Anaganaga Oka Raju, a box office success.
Career on file
Naveen Polishetty has 7 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 2012 to 2026: seven films as actor and two films as writer. The earliest of them is Life Is Beautiful (2012), and the most recent release is Anaganaga Oka Raju (2026). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are 1: Nenokkadine (2014), Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya (2019) and D for Dopidi (2013). Other recent releases on file are Miss. Shetty Mr. Polishetty (2023), Jathi Ratnalu (2021) and Life Is Beautiful (2012).
Nassar and Murali Sharma are the most frequent co-stars, each sharing two films with Naveen Polishetty. Mickey J. Meyer and Radhan each scored two of them, more than any other music director. Across these films the credits on file name 7 different directors, 5 music directors and 22 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 5 of them; they average 158 minutes, and the longest is 1: Nenokkadine at 177 minutes. Five of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 2010s (4) and 2020s (3).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.