Actors who portrayed role of Lord Ram on screen
List of Actors who played role of Lord Rama in Television series and films
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Anna Salunke is known for Satyavadi Raja Harishchandra (1917), Buddha Dev (1923) and Satyanarayan (1922).- D.N. Murthy Rao is known for Sati Sulochana (1934).
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Prem Adib was born on 10 August 1917 in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. He was an actor, known for Anokhi Ada (1948), Subhadra (1946) and Bharat Milap (1942). He was married to Krishna Kumari (alias Pratima). He died on 25 December 1959 in Bombay, State of Bombay, India.- Actor
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Born into a farmer's family, Rama Rao Taraka Nandamuri got his bachelors of arts degree and took a job with the government. Married to Nandamuri Basavatarakam, he began acting in films, his first being Mana Desam (1949), in which he played a police officer. His first movie as a hero was Palletoori Pilla (1950), which was a huge hit. His subsequent movies--Showkar (1950), Pathala Bhairavi (1951), Malliswari (1951) and Chandraharam (1953)--established him as the premier hero in the Telugu film industry. He acted in a mythological role as Lord Krishna for the first time in Mayabazar (1957) and acted in most of the major roles in "Ramayana" and "Mahabharatam", even in Tamil films. He acted in a total of 254 films, including some Tamil and Hindi films. He suffered some career reversals in the late 1960s and early 1970s, but came back with a bang in the late 1970s with some major hits like Adavi Ramudu (1977), Yamagola (1977), Vetagadu (1979). Some of his major hits in the early 1980s include Sardar Papa Rayudu (1980), Bobbili Puli (1982), Kondaveeti Simham (1981). He became the first superstar of the Telugu films a position which was held by Chiranjeevi till around 2001. An intensely emotional person, he also directed films, built a studio and produced films. He established the TeluguDesam party in 1982 and within a year became the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. He was an avid advocate of Telugu Pride and made sure his native state. He married Lakshmi Parvathi in 1993. He was re-elected by a landslide in 1994, but was ousted from power by an internal party coup in which his son-in-law and the present Chief Minister, Mr. Chandrababu Naidu, took over in 1995. He died less than six months later, in 1996 because of heart attack. His son Nandamuri Balakrishna is a famous actor in Telugu films. He is survived by six sons and three daughters.Sampoorna Ramayanam (1958), Ramadasu, Lava Kuda, Sri Ramanjaneya Yuddham, Shri Rama Pattabhishekham- Haranath was born on 2 September 1936 in Raparthi, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India. He was an actor, known for Seetha Rama Kalyanam (1961), Bhishma (1962) and Sri Krishna Pandaveeyam (1966). He died on 1 November 1989.
- Mahipal was born on 24 November 1919 in Jodhpur, State of Jodhpur, British India. He was an actor, known for Sampoorna Ramayana (1961), Tulsidas (1954) and Shree Ganesh (1962). He died on 15 May 2005 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
- Sobhan Babu was born on 14 January 1937 in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India. He was an actor, known for Jeevana Jyoti (1975), Kurukshetra (1977) and Soggadu (1975). He was married to Santha kumari. He died on 20 March 2008 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Ashish Kumar was an actor and director, known for Raja Harishchandrra (1979), Jai Dwarkadheesh (1977) and Hanuman Vijay (1974). He was married to Bela Bose. He died on 23 November 2013 in Goa, India.- Actor
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Biswajeet Chatterjee was born on 14 December 1936 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He is an actor and director, known for Do Dil (1966), Paisa Ya Pyar (1969) and Kahtey Hain Mujhko Raja (1975).- Actor
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Arun Govil is best known for playing the role of Lord Rama in Ramanand Sagar's epic television series Ramayan (1987).
Govil was born in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. He got his formal education at Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, where he studied engineering science and acted in some plays. He spent his teenage life in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. His father wanted him to become a government servant while Arun wanted to do something for which he would be remembered.
In 1975, He moved to Mumbai to join his brother's business there. After a short while, he found that he no longer enjoyed the work and decided to find something more enjoyable. After doing dramas in college he decided to start acting. Govil got his first break in Indian cinema in the 1977 film Paheli, when he was introduced to Tarachand Barjatya by his sister-in-law Tabassum. Barjatya was really impressed by Govil's performance in the film and he signed him a three-film-deal - Kanak Mishra's Sawan Ko Aane Do (1979), Vijay Kapoor's Raadha Aur Seeta (1979) and Satyen Bose's Saanch Ko Aanch Nahin (1979). Sawan Ko Aane Do became a major success at box office catapulting Govil to stardom. Raadha Aur Seeta was a box office failure while Saanch Ko Aanch Nahin was another success at box office. He featured in Kanak Mishra's Jiyo To Aise Jiyo (1981).
Govil made his television debut with Ramanand Sagar's Vikram Betaal and in 1987 he starred in Ramayan and became a household name.- Actor
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Alumnus, The Film & Television Institute of India, Pune
Theatre: English Actor / Director / Mentor / Writer / Designer: The Phoenix Players Mumbai since 1984
International Theatre Festivals: "Troubadour", a solo play, based on the writings of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi at Edinburgh [2004] Dublin [2005] Prague [2007] Lahore [2008] & "Shakespearewallah", a solo play, based on the works of William Shakespeare at Stratford upon Avon [2014]
Feature Films Hindi: "Sardari Begum" & "Trikaal" - Shyam Benegal, "Chakra" - Robin Dharmaraj, "Soldier" - Abbas Mustan, "Maharaja" - Anil Sharma, "Koyla" - Rakesh Roshan, "Shapath" - Rajiv Babbar, "Mohan Joshi Haazir Ho" - Saeed Mirza, "Drohi" - Ramgopal Varma
Malayalam: "Thazhvaram" - Bharathan, "Udayon" - Bhadran
Telugu: "Antham" - Ramgopal Varma, "Rakshana" - Narayan Rao, "Muggaru Manogalu" - Raghavendra Rao
Tamil: "Vetri Vizha" - Pratap Pothen, "Thiruda Thiruda" - Mani Ratnam, "Chinna Gounder" - Udaya Kumar, "Seemaan" - Raj Ghafoor, "Sentamizh Paattu" - P Vasu, "Dass" - Babu Yogeswaran, "Dharmaseelan" - C Ravi, "Vettaikaran" - Babu Sivan
English: "The Deceivers" - Nicholas Meyer, "The Maharajah's Daughter" - Burt Brinckerhoff, "The Perfect Murder" - Zafar Hai, "Kim" - John Davis, "NR 3535" [Short Film]
Pali: "Chapter Three" [Short Film]
Television: Hindi "Subah" & "Inkaar" - Bharat Rungachary "Bharat Ek Khoj" - Shyam Benegal, based on "The Discovery of India" by Jawaharlal Nehru. Portrayed "Krishna", "Rama", "Tipu Sultan" & "Ramaraya"
Voice overs CD's "Mandookya Upanishad" [English] "The Speaking Tree" [English & Hindi] "The Glimpses of the Gita", "Manah Shanti", "Vishwaroopam" [English]
NDTV - promos TV [Hindi] "Outstanding Voice of the Year, 2004 & 2005" Feature Film Dubbing in Hindi for "Scar" in "The Lion King" & "Leonidas" in "300"
Martial Arts & Healing "Hanshi" 9th Dan Black Belt, "Soke Shihan" [Founder] Zendokai Kokusai. Grand Master in Martial Arts & Healing Sciences - Okinawa, Japan, China & India- Actor
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Known for his action star persona, N.T. Rama Rao Jr. , commonly referred to as Tarak or Jr NTR is the grandson of legendary Telugu actor and politician N.T. Rama Rao. Tarak is the most successful star from Nandamuri family working in the Telugu film industry.
Tarak was born on 20th May 1983 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (currently in Telangana), India to Nandamuri Harikrishna and Shalini Rao. Tarak learnt the Kuchipudi dance form in his early childhood and gave many stage performances in India and abroad.
Tarak was selected by acclaimed Telugu director Gunasekhar to star as the mythological character Lord Ram in the children's film Ramayanam (1996), marking his debut in movies. After starring in a few TV serials, he made his adult debut in movies with Ninnu Choodalani (2001) directed by V.R. Pratap. He has since then starred in over thirty movies in leading roles. He is the recipient of two Filmfare Awards, two Nandi awards and four CineMAA awards.- Actor
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Ravi Kapoor was born in a business family that dealt with imitation Jewelery and used to live in a chawl. While supplying jewelry to V. Shantaram, he was cast as Sandhya's double in the 1959 movie 'Navrang'.
His first break as a Bollywood leading man came in 'Geet Gaya Patharon Ne'. Although Ravi Kapoor was born on April 7, 1942, Jeetendra birth's took place in 1964.When he was to go for auditions, he used to seek help from his childhood friend Rajesh Khanna to mug up his dialog and get guidance to give expressions.Geet Gaaya Pattharonne was his first hit, but that didn't fetch him offers as lead hero. It was Farz released in 1967, which was his 4th film appearance and 3 rd as the male lead, which made him a known face in the public.
Ravi had met his present wife, Shobha, when she was only 14. She completed school, went to college, and was employed as an Air Hostess with British Airways.
Shobha gave birth to a daughter, Ekta, and subsequently to a son, Tusshar. While Ekta became a producer of TV serials, mostly starting with 'K', Tusshar followed in his dad's footsteps. Ekta and Jeetu run a production company by the name of Balaji Films, and have produced Bollywood movies. Their TV productions are usually in Hindi & Tamil languages.
Jeetendra has acted opposite Rajshree Shantaram, Mumtaz, Saira Banu, Mala Sinha, Nanda, Sharmila Tagore,Asha Parekh, Babita, Hema Malini, Moushumi Chatterjee, Reena Roy, Jaya Pradha, Sridevi, Komal, Rekha, Parveen Babi, Neetu Singh, Shabana Azmi, Padmni Kolhapuri,Bhanupriya, Madhavi, Anita Raaj, Sangeeta Bijlani, Ashwini Bhave.
Whether running around trees (Tumhari Kasam, Ek Hi Bhool, Mawaali),singing songs (Banphool, Humjoli, Jigri Dost) or playing serious characters (Parichay, Khushboo, Dulhan, Kinara, Meri Awaz Suno,Chhup) or doing old man leading roles (Udhaar Ki Zindagi, Santaan, Jeetendra has always proved himself as an excellent actor, a family man, whose marriage is still intact, and someone who has yet to be involved in any controversy. He did 93 films as the solo lead hero and 103 multi star films as the lead hero and 2 films as a supporting actor and made guest appearances in 26 films.
Ravi had met his present wife, Shobha, when she was only 14. She completed school, went to college, and was employed as an Air Hostess with British Airways. When Jeetendra was struggling between 1960-66 to establish himself as an actor, he was in relationship with Shobha and Shobha was his girlfriend till 1972. But in 1974, after having worked in films like Waris and Gehri Chaal, friendship between Jeetendra and Hema Malini grew and while shooting for Dulhan, both expressed love for each-other and decided to have a quick marriage.But soon this information reached Shobha and Dharmendra.Shobha asked Dharmendra to change Hema's mind as she was in love with Jeetendra since many years. Soon both Shobha and Dharemndra came by helicopter and convinced Jeetendra and Hema not to marry. Jeetendra promised Shobha that if Bidai becomes a hit, he would marry her in 1974. It was not until the release of 'Bidaai"(opposite Leena Chandavarkar) on October 18, 1974, that Jeetendra and Shobha decided to get married, which they did in a simple ceremony on at Janki Kutir with only a few family and friends present (Gulzar, Rajesh Khanna and Sanjeev Kumar amongst the noted celebrities). The marriage was arranged hastily, as even Shobha's mom, who was in Japan at that time, could not attend.
Jeetendra's friendship with both actors Dharmendra, Hema Malini never got affected after this incident. All 3 remained friends. Jeetendra worked with Dharmendra and had hits like Dharamveer, Jaani Dost, Insaaf Ki Pukar, Nafrat Ki Andhi and flops like The Burning Train, Samraat, The Gold Medal, Jaan Hatheli Pe, Paapi Devtaa, Dharma Karma. Childhood school and college friends Rajesh Khanna and Jeetendra worked together and gave 3 blockbusters in the 1980's- Dharam Kanta(1982), Nishaan(1983) and Maqsad(1984). Infact all 3 films revenue showed increasing trend. Maqsad was the highest box office earner in the year 1984. Jeetendra made guest appearances in Roti, Palkon Ki Chaon Mein and Begunaah - all three films which had Rajesh Khanna as the solo lead hero. Jeetendra-Rekha were romantically paired in 26 films and had 16 hits of the 26 films as lead pair starting from 1972-1998 and only 10 flops. In addition Rekha and Jeetendra worked in another 5 films where they were not paired opposite each-other.Jeetendra-Sridevi did 16 films together between 1983-88 and 13 of them were hits and 3 were flops. Jeetendra and Jaya Prada were romantically paired opposite each other in 24 films and 18 of them were box office hits and 6 were flops. In addition 2 more films they did together where they were not paired opposite each-other. Jeetendra gave 113 box office hits (excluding guest appearances in hits Navrang, Khilona, Roti, Umar Qaid, Rani Aur Lalpari,Naya Bakra, Anokha Bandhan, Begunaah and Om Shanti Om) as the lead hero from 1964-1997, off the 198 films he appeared till 2007 as lead hero.He appeared in guest appearance in 26 other movies from 1959 to 2007 and 2 more films in supporting role after 2000. Jeetendra was 2nd highest paid Hindi actor from 1980-89. He made a guest appearance in a TV serial 'Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki'.Hence his total film appearances were in 226 films and 121 of them were box office hits and 102 were flops.- Siraj Mustafa Khan is an Indian television actor who is known for his roles of Ram in Jai Hanuman, Krishna in Om Namah Shivay, Jai Mahabharat, Maharathi Karna, Mahabali in Vishnu Puran, Sirajuddaulah in 1857 Kranti, Vishal Sharma in Piya Ka Ghar, Aditya Garewal in Kumkum: Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan and Shakti Singh Oberoi in Ishqbaaz
- Sandeep Mohan is known for Samrat Prithviraj (2022), Karmadhikari Shanidev (2023) and C.I.D. (1998).
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Nitish Bharadwaj is one of the most popular and successful faces of Indian entertainment industry. He became household name after playing the role of Lord Krishna in B.R. Chopra's epic television series Mahabharat (1988).
Born in Marathi Brahaman Bhardwaj gotra, before coming into the field of acting, Nitish was a professional veterinary surgeon and had worked as an assistant veterinarian at a racecourse in Mumbai; however, he left the job considering it a monotonous one. He started his arts career with his training in Marathi theatre as a director. He then moved on to professional Marathi theatre and later shifted to Hindi theatre. He later did a Hindi mythological play Chakravyuh, in which he reappears as Lord Krishna.
In 1988 Bharadwaj was selected to play the lead role of Lord Krishna in B. R. Chopra's classic television series Mahabharat (1988). He played the role at the age of 23 and became an overnight star. Later he also played lead roles in Chopra's 2 more mythological shows Vishnu Puran (2000) & Ramayan (2002).
Bharadwaj has starred in many Marathi & Hindi movies. In 2013 Bharadwaj made his film direction debut with a Marathi film titled Pithuran.
Bharadwaj also contested the parliamentary elections from Jamshedpur and Rajgarh (in Madhya Pradesh) as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate and was elected to Lok Sabha as a Member of Parliament from Jamshedpur in 1996, by defeating veteran Inder Singh Namdhari.- Actor
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Suman was the rising star of the Telugu industry. His movies ran 100, 200, 300 days. He was tall, knew how to dance, fought like a warrior. Then one day he is arrested. On a complaint by three girls that he took not-so-good pics of them. The end. His career went phat. All the allegations were proved wrong in court but the blue eyed boy lost his sheen and never rose again. Frankly, his life should be made into a movie.- Gurmeet Choudhary was born on 22 February 1984 in Chandigarh, India. Gurmeet is an actor, known for Geet (2010), Punar Vivaah: Zindagi Milegi Dobara (2012) and Shubho Bijoya (2020). Gurmeet has been married to Debina Bonnerjee since 15 February 2011.
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Nandamuri Balakrishna is a leading actor and producer who works in Telugu cinema and is also a politician. He has acted in more than a hundred films. His father was N.T. Rama Rao, a legendary actor, and three-time Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. He is the uncle of N.T. Rama Rao Jr.. Balakrishna is colloquially known as Balayya, NBK, Natasimham, and Yugaratna.
Over the years, he has appeared in films like Janani Janmabhoomi (1984), Mangamma Gari Manavadu (1984), Pattabhishekham (1985), Muddula Krishnaiah (1986), Muvva Gopaludu (1987), Muddula Mavayya (1989), Lorry Driver (1990), Rowdy Inspector (1992), Bangaru Bullodu (1993), Peddannayya (1997), Sultan (1999), Goppinti Alludu (2000), Sri Rama Rajyam (2011), Jai Simha (2018), and Akhanda (2021), among others.
Balakrishna grew up in Chennai before moving to Hyderabad during his adolescent years. He was a student of the Nizam College in Hyderabad, where he received his Bachelor's Degree in Commerce.
He began his career in the film industry when he was 14. His debut film was Tatamma Kala (1974), in which he played the role of Balakrishna. His father, the late N. T. Rama Rao, played the lead role in the film.
As a child artiste, he appeared in a string of interesting films directed by various directors, such as Annadammula Anubandham (1975), Rowdy Ramudu Kinte Krishnudu (1980), Anuraga Devatha (1982), and Simham Navindi (1983), among others.
He also acted in various films directed by his father, such as Daana Veera Soora Karna (1977), Shrimad Virata Parvam (1979), Akbar Saleem Anarkali (1979), and Shri Tirupati Venkateswara Kalyanam (1979).
Balakrishna made his debut as a solo lead actor in 1984 in Saahasamey Jeevitham (1984), directed by Bharathi Vasu. In the same year, he appeared in another directorial venture of his father, Sri Madvirat Veera Brahmendra Swamy Charitra (1984), a biographical movie based on an Indian saint named Potuluri Veerabrahmendhra Swami Varu.
In K. Raghavendra Rao's action film Apoorva Sahodarulu (1986), Balakrishna acted in a dual role, which was the first among several other dual roles that he went on to play in his career.
A versatile actor, Balakrishna has portrayed various characters in his films, including an intelligence officer, a rowdy mechanic, a royal prince, a journalist, a smuggler, a sage from ancient times, an industrialist, a Hindu God, and a legendary actor.
He stepped into science fiction films with Aditya 369 (1991), directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, which was the first Telugu film belonging to this genre. He played a dual role in this movie.
He appeared in the role of a warrior in Singeetam Srinivasa Rao's mythological fantasy film Bhairava Dweepam (1994). It became the second highest-grossing Telegu movie that year and won nine Nandi Awards.
In 1999, Balakrishna played the title role in Gopal B.'s action-drama film Samarasimha Reddy (1999). It became a commercial hit and started the trend of faction-themed movies in Telugu cinema. The film also gave a boost to Balakrishna's career.
In 2001, Balakrishna acted in Narasimha Naidu (2001), a vigilante action-drama movie directed by Gopal B. The film was commercially successful and broke many records at the box office. Balakrishna's performance in the film won him Nandi Award for Best Actor in 2001.
Balakrishna essayed triple roles in Adhinayakudu (2012), where he appeared in the characters of a grandfather, father, and son.
His appearance in faction dramas continued with films like Chenna Kesava Reddy (2002), Simha (2010), and Legend (2014). Balakrishna portrayed dual roles in all these three movies.
Simha, directed by Boyapati Srinu, became one of the highest-grossing Telugu films of 2010, and Balakrishna won the Nandi Award for Best Actor in 2010.
Legend (2014) was another movie that became a massive hit at the box office. Balakrishna won his third Nandi Award in 2014 under the Best Actor category for his performance in this film.
Gautamiputra Satakarni (2017) marked the 100th film of Balakrishna as an actor. It was an epic historical action film based on the life of the 2nd century AD ruler Gautamiputra Satakarni. The film was directed by Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi.
For his performance in this film, Balakrishna won the TSR - TV9 National Film Award for Best Actor (Telugu) in 2019. He also bagged the 7th South Indian International Movie Award for Critics' Choice Best Actor - Telugu in 2018.
In 2019, he appeared in NTR Kathanayakudu (2019), a biographical film based on his father's acting career. In the same year, he acted in NTR: Mahanayakudu (2019), another biographical film based on his father's political career.
He appeared in a dual role in Gopichand Malineni's action-drama film Veera Simha Reddy (2023), which earned Rs. 48 crores at the box office on the opening day.- Actor
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Shobhit Attray is known for Game of the Sexes (2021), Jai Jai Jai Bajrang Bali (2011) and Key Club (2012).- Actor
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Gagan Malik is known for Rachna No Dabbo (2017), Vaisakhi List (2016) and Sri Siddhartha Gautama (2013).- Chandan Madan is an Indian television actor. He has done his roles in various Indian television shows like CID, Adaalat, Crime Patrol, Fear Files, Savdhaan India, Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke, Dard Ka Rishta etc. His notable roles are Shrikant in Sony TV's Mere Sai, Dr. Aashman in DD National's Khwabon Ke Darmiyan.
- Saurabh Raj Jain is a popular TV actor. He is best known for his role of Lord Krishna in popular TV show Mahabharat (2013). Saurabh was born on 1 December 1985 at New Delhi, India. Sourabh started his television career as supporting actor in Remix (2004) at age 19. He established himself as a remarkable actor in Devon Ke Dev... Mahadev (2011) where he played the role of Lord Vishnu. He made his debut in movies with English language movie Karma: Crime. Passion. Reincarnation (2008) and in 2017 he made his Telugu movie debut with Om Namo Venkatesaya (2017).