Actor and producer · Telugu cinema
Ram Charan
Ram Charan movies: 18 Telugu films on file (16 as actor, 3 as producer), 2007–2026. Earliest on file: Chirutha (2007). Latest release: Peddi (4 June 2026).
- Films on file
- 18 (16 as actor, 3 as producer)
- Years on file
- 2007–2026
- Born
- 27 March 1985 · March birthdays (Wikidata)
- Selected films on file
- RRR, Magadheera, Yevadu
- Record
- Q3765047 on Wikidata
Ram Charan (Konidela Ram Charan) is an Indian actor, film producer and entrepreneur who works mainly in Telugu cinema. Known in the media as “Mega Power Star”, he broke through with S. S. Rajamouli’s Magadheera (2009) and gained international attention with Rajamouli’s RRR (2022), his highest-grossing film. His awards include four Filmfare Awards and two Nandi Awards.
He was born on 27 March 1985 in Madras (now Chennai), the son of actor Chiranjeevi and Surekha, according to Wikipedia, citing Filmfare, and Wikidata. His maternal grandfather was the comic actor Allu Ramalingaiah. Vels University in Chennai gave him an honorary doctorate in April 2024 (Hindustan Times).
Career
His debut, Puri Jagannadh’s action film Chirutha (2007), was a box-office hit; Rediff found him “quite promising”, with dance and action his strengths, and he won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South and a Nandi Special Jury Award. In Magadheera he played two roles, the warrior Kala Bhairava and Harsha. The film was the highest-grossing Telugu film of its time and brought his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu.
Bhaskar’s romance Orange (2010) did poorly at the box office but later gained a cult following. Rachcha (2012), in which he played the gambler “Betting Raj”, ran 100 days in 38 centres, and V. V. Vinayak’s Naayak (2013) was a commercial success despite mixed reviews. He played a third double role in Yevadu (2014), then appeared in Krishna Vamsi’s family drama Govindudu Andarivadele (2014) and Srinu Vaitla’s Bruce Lee – The Fighter (2015).
Surender Reddy’s Dhruva (2016), a remake of the Tamil Thani Oruvan, was a commercial success. Sukumar’s Rangasthalam (2018), in which he played the semi-deaf villager Chitti Babu, was the year’s highest-grossing Telugu film and won him a second Filmfare Best Actor award and the SIIMA Best Actor award. Vinaya Vidheya Rama (2019) received negative reviews, and he wrote an open apology to his fans.
In RRR he played Alluri Sitarama Raju opposite N. T. Rama Rao Jr. The role earned a Critics’ Choice Super Award nomination for Best Actor in an Action Movie (The Hollywood Reporter), a third Filmfare Best Actor award and an honour at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne in 2024 (The Hindu). He also appeared with his father in Acharya (2022). S. Shankar’s Game Changer (2025) received mixed reviews and underperformed. Buchi Babu Sana’s sports drama Peddi was released on 4 June 2026.
His Konidela Production Company, launched in 2016, produced his father’s Khaidi No. 150 (2017) and Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2019). In 2023 he co-founded V Mega Pictures with Vikram Reddy of UV Creations.
Awards
- Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu for Magadheera, Rangasthalam and RRR (Wikipedia winners list), plus Best Male Debut – South for Chirutha (Filmfare).
- Nandi Special Jury Awards for Chirutha and Magadheera.
- SIIMA Award for Best Actor – Telugu for Rangasthalam (list).
- Honoured at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2024 for RRR.
Upcoming films
No upcoming film is on our records after Peddi. Any new film will appear on upcoming Telugu movies once it is recorded.
Where to watch his films
- Peddi: Netflix, from 9 July 2026, per Wikipedia (OTT details)
- Game Changer: Prime Video, from 7 February 2025, per Wikipedia (OTT details)
- RRR: ZEE5, from 20 May 2022, per Wikipedia (OTT details)
- Acharya: Prime Video, from 20 May 2022, per Wikipedia (OTT details)
- Rangasthalam: Prime Video, from 12 May 2018, per Wikipedia (OTT details)
- Magadheera and Yevadu: Aha, from Aha’s listings (Magadheera, Yevadu)
- Chirutha: digital rights with ZEE5 and Prime Video, per Wikipedia; no streaming date is on file (OTT details)
Catalogues change; check the platform before you plan to watch.
Personal life
He married Upasana Kamineni in Hyderabad on 14 June 2012 (The Times of India).
Sources: Wikipedia and the references it cites (linked above), Wikidata, and Tollywood Desk’s film, release and OTT records.
Career on file
Ram Charan has 18 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 2007 to 2026: 16 films as actor and three films as producer. The earliest of them is Chirutha (2007), and the most recent release is Peddi (2026). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are RRR (2022), Magadheera (2009) and Yevadu (2014). Other recent releases on file are Game Changer (2025), Godfather (2022) and Acharya (2022).
Kajal Aggarwal and Brahmanandam are the most frequent co-stars, each sharing five films with Ram Charan, followed by Prakash Raj (3) and Chiranjeevi (3). Among directors, S. S. Rajamouli and V. V. Vinayak each cast Ram Charan in two films, more than any other director. Music on four of them is by Devi Sri Prasad, with Mani Sharma (3) and M. M. Keeravani (2) next. Konidela Production Company produced four of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 15 different directors, 10 music directors and 71 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 18 of them; they average 160 minutes, and the longest is Peddi at 189 minutes. 11 of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 2000s (2), 2010s (11) and 2020s (5). 2022 is the busiest single year, with three films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.