Actor and producer · Telugu cinema
Rana Daggubati
Rana Daggubati movies: 24 Telugu films on file (20 as actor, 5 as producer), 2004–2025. Earliest on file: Bommalata (2004). Latest release: Baahubali: The Epic (31 October 2025).
- Films on file
- 24 (20 as actor, 5 as producer)
- Years on file
- 2004–2025
- Born
- 14 December 1984 · December birthdays (Wikidata)
- Selected films on file
- Baahubali: The Beginning, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, Rudhramadevi
- Record
- Q3418709 on Wikidata
Rana Daggubati (Ramanaidu Daggubati) is an Indian actor, film producer and entrepreneur who works mainly in Telugu cinema, as well as in Tamil and Hindi films. He is best known as Bhallaladeva in the two Baahubali films. His honours include a National Film Award (as a co-producer), Nandi Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and six SIIMA Awards.
He was born on 14 December 1984 in Madras (now Chennai), the son of the producer D. Suresh Babu and grandson of D. Ramanaidu, according to Wikipedia and Wikidata. Venkatesh is his paternal uncle and Nagarjuna his maternal uncle. He went to school in Chennai and at The Hyderabad Public School.
Career
Before acting he ran Spirit Media, a visual-effects and animation company. Spirit Media won the Nandi Award for Best Special Effects for Sainikudu (2006) and co-produced the National Film Award-winning animated film Bommalata. His acting debut, Sekhar Kammula’s Leader (2010), in which he played an aspiring chief minister, won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South. His Hindi debut, Dum Maaro Dum (2011), won the Zee Cine Award for Best Male Debut. He followed it with Nenu Naa Rakshasi (2011), Naa Ishtam (2012) and Krish’s Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum (2012), which won him the SIIMA Critics award for Best Actor.
As Bhallaladeva, cousin and rival to Prabhas‘s hero in S. S. Rajamouli’s Baahubali: The Beginning (2015), he won the Nandi Award for Best Villain and the SIIMA award for Best Actor in a Negative Role. He reprised the role in Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017), which won him the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu and another SIIMA award. In 2015 he also appeared in Rudhramadevi, Krishnamma Kalipindi Iddarini and Size Zero. In 2017 he starred in the submarine war film Ghazi and played a politician in Teja’s Nene Raju Nene Mantri.
He played N. Chandrababu Naidu in the two-part biopic N.T.R: Kathanayukudu and N.T.R: Mahanayakudu (2019). For Kaadan (2021; Aranya in Telugu) he lost 30 kg. In 2022 he co-starred with Pawan Kalyan as Daniel Shekhar in Bheemla Nayak, which won him Filmfare and SIIMA Best Supporting Actor awards. The same year he starred in the period drama Virata Parvam, and the long-delayed 1945 was released. He has since co-starred with Venkatesh in the Netflix series Rana Naidu. He hosts the talk show No. 1 Yaari and is a partner in Ramanaidu Studios.
Awards
- National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu, as co-producer of Bommalata (53rd National Film Awards).
- Filmfare Awards South: Best Male Debut (Leader), and Best Supporting Actor – Telugu for Baahubali 2 and Bheemla Nayak (Wikipedia winners list).
- Nandi Awards: Best Villain for Baahubali (list), and Best Special Effects for Sainikudu through Spirit Media (list).
- SIIMA Awards: Best Actor in a Negative Role – Telugu for both Baahubali films (list), Best Supporting Actor – Telugu for Bheemla Nayak (list), and Best Actor (Critics) for Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum.
Upcoming films
No upcoming film is on our records for him. New films appear on upcoming Telugu movies as they are recorded.
Where to watch his films
- Mirai (2025): JioHotstar, from 10 October 2025, per Wikipedia (OTT details)
- Baahubali: The Epic, the combined re-release: JioHotstar and Netflix, according to TMDB’s India watch-provider data (OTT details)
- Virata Parvam: Netflix, from 1 July 2022 (OTT details)
- Bheemla Nayak: Disney+ Hotstar and Aha, from 24 March 2022 (OTT details)
- N.T.R: Kathanayukudu: Prime Video, from 8 February 2019, per Wikipedia (OTT details); N.T.R: Mahanayakudu is also on Prime Video (OTT details)
Catalogues change; check the platform before you plan to watch.
Personal life
He married Miheeka Bajaj at Ramanaidu Studios on 8 August 2020 (NDTV).
Sources: Wikipedia and the references it cites (linked above), Wikidata, and Tollywood Desk’s film, release and OTT records.
Career on file
Rana Daggubati has 24 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 2004 to 2025: 20 films as actor and five films as producer. The earliest of them is Bommalata (2004), and the most recent release is Baahubali: The Epic (2025). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Baahubali: The Beginning (2015), Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017) and Rudhramadevi (2015). Other recent releases on file are Mirai (2025), Kothapallilo Okappudu (2025) and Virata Parvam (2022).
Anushka Shetty is the most frequent co-star, sharing five films with Rana Daggubati, followed by Nassar (4) and Sathyaraj (4). Among directors, S. S. Rajamouli and Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi each cast Rana Daggubati in three films, more than any other director; next is Sekhar Kammula (2). Music on six of them is by M. M. Keeravani, with Mani Sharma (2) next. Across these films the credits on file name 18 different directors, 22 music directors and 61 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 20 of them; they average 155 minutes, and the longest is Baahubali: The Epic at 225 minutes. 14 of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 2000s (1), 2010s (14) and 2020s (9). 2015 is the busiest single year, with five films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.