Actor · Telugu cinema
Ram Pothineni
Ram Pothineni movies: 23 Telugu films on file, 2006–2025. Earliest on file: Devadasu (2006). Latest release: Andhra King Taluka (27 November 2025).
- Films on file
- 23 (23 as actor)
- Years on file
- 2006–2025
- Born
- 15 May 1988 · May birthdays (Wikidata)
- Selected films on file
- ISmart Shankar, Devadasu, Hello Guru Prema Kosame
- Record
- Q7288551 on Wikidata
Ram Pothineni (Pothineni Seetha Ram Chowdary) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu cinema. He debuted in Devadasu (2006), which won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South. He broke through with Ready (2008), and his biggest hit was Puri Jagannadh’s ISmart Shankar (2019). He has won a Filmfare Award and a SIIMA Award.
He was born on 15 May 1988 in Hyderabad, according to Wikipedia, citing News18, and Wikidata. His family is from Vijayawada. He is the nephew of the producer Sravanthi Ravi Kishore, and the actor Sharwanand is his cousin.
Career
After Devadasu, opposite Ileana D’Cruz, he starred in Sukumar’s Jagadam. Srinu Vaitla’s Ready (2008), with Genelia D’Souza, was a commercial success. Maska and Ganesh came in 2009, followed by Sriwass’s Rama Rama Krishna Krishna (2010), produced by Dil Raju. He went on to star in Kandireega (2011), A. Karunakaran’s Endukante… Premanta! (2012) with Tamannaah, and Bhaskar’s Ongole Gittha (2013). He also co-starred with Venkatesh in the action comedy Masala (2013).
Gopichand Malineni’s Pandaga Chesko (2015) was a commercial success, while Shivam (2015) was one of his biggest failures. In 2016 his own production house, Sri Sravanthi Movies, produced Nenu Sailaja, a success, and Hyper, an average performer. The coming-of-age film Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi (2017) drew mixed reviews, and he followed it with the romantic comedy Hello Guru Prema Kosame (2018).
Puri Jagannadh’s action thriller ISmart Shankar (2019) ended a run of failures; Wikipedia says it grossed over ₹90 crore. He played a double role in Red (2021), a remake of the Tamil Thadam. Lingusamy’s The Warrior (2022), Boyapati Srinu’s Skanda (2023) and the sequel Double iSmart (2024) were poorly received. With the romantic drama Andhra King Taluka (2025), directed by Mahesh Babu Pachigolla, he tried to move away from commercial formulas; it received mixed reviews. In May 2026 his new production house, RAPO Cinematics, announced RAPO23, a science-fiction thriller that he is writing and directing himself.
Awards
- Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South for Devadasu (2006), according to Wikipedia, citing The Times of India.
- One SIIMA Award, according to Wikipedia.
Upcoming films
No upcoming film with a release date is on our records. Wikipedia reports RAPO23 as announced. New films appear on upcoming Telugu movies as they are recorded.
Where to watch his films
- Andhra King Taluka: Netflix, from 25 December 2025 (OTT details)
- Double iSmart: Prime Video, from 5 September 2024 (OTT details)
- Skanda: Disney+ Hotstar, from 2 November 2023, per Wikipedia (OTT details)
- The Warrior: Disney+ Hotstar, from 11 August 2022, per Wikipedia (OTT details)
- Red: Netflix and Sun NXT, from 25 February 2021
- Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi: ZEE5, from February 2018, per Wikipedia (OTT details)
Catalogues change; check the platform before you plan to watch.
Sources: Wikipedia and the references it cites (linked above), Wikidata, and Tollywood Desk’s film, release and OTT records.
Career on file
Ram Pothineni appears in 23 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 2006 to 2025. The earliest of them is Devadasu (2006), and the most recent release is Andhra King Taluka (2025). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are ISmart Shankar (2019), Devadasu (2006) and Hello Guru Prema Kosame (2018). Other recent releases on file are Double iSmart (2024), Skanda (2023) and The Warrior (2022).
Brahmanandam is the most frequent co-star, sharing eight films with Ram Pothineni, followed by Prakash Raj (3) and Sayaji Shinde (3). Among directors, Kishore Tirumala cast Ram Pothineni most often, in three films; next are Puri Jagannadh (2) and Santosh Srinivas (2). Music on seven of them is by Devi Sri Prasad, with S. Thaman (4) and Mani Sharma (3) next. Sri Sravanthi Movies produced seven of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 19 different directors, 10 music directors and 66 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 21 of them; they average 157 minutes, and the longest is Ready at 175 minutes. 11 of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 2000s (5), 2010s (12) and 2020s (6).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.