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Murali Sharma

Indian actor (born 1972)

Summary

Indian actor (born 1972)

Field	Value
name	Murali Sharma
image	MuraliSharma.jpg
caption	Sharma in 2013
birth_date
birth_place	Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
occupation	Actor
spouse
years active	1996–present

Murali Sharma (born 9 August 1972) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu and Hindi films. Sharma has starred in over 130 feature films including Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Marathi, Kannada and Malayalam cinema.

Sharma gained wide recognition in television with Doordarshan's Paltan in which he plays the lead role of Col. R.S. Sajwan. Sharma has appeared in various soap operas such as Guns and Roses, Siddanth, Laagi Tujhse Lagan, Mahayagya, Viraasat, Zindhagi Teri Meri Kahani, Rishtey, Humne lee hain shapath, and Rangeela Ratan Sisodia.

Early and personal life

Murali Sharma was born on 9 August 1972 in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh and was brought up in Mumbai. He completed his bachelor's degree, and studied acting at the Roshan Taneja Acting School in Mumbai. He is married to actress Ashwini Kalsekar.

Sharma with his wife [[Ashwini Kalsekar]] at an event in 2014

Career

Murli Sharma appeared as Captain Khan in the 2004 Bollywood movie Main Hoon Na alongside Shahrukh Khan. In 2007, he had roles in the Hindi movies Dhol, Dhamaal, Black Friday, and the Telugu movies Athidhi and Kantri. He received a Nandi Award for his dual role of Kaiser/Ajay Shastri in Athidhi. In 2008, he made an appearance in the Bollywood film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na and appeared in Golmaal Returns and Sunday.

In 2011, Sharma had supporting roles in Singham, Oosaravelli, starring Jr. NTR and Dhoni in Telugu. He continued to work in Hindi and Telugu, and in 2012 he had his first role in a Malayalam film Karmayodha starring Mohanlal. In 2013 he also worked in the Tamil and Marathi film industries.

In 2015, he had larger roles in Gopala Gopala and Bhale Bhale Magadivoy. He also worked in Badlapur, ABCD 2, and the Tamil film Paayum Puli. In 2016, he appeared in Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha, Savithri, Sanam Teri Kasam and Wazir. He also did main role in DJ: Duvvada Jagannadham (2017), in 2018 Agnyaathavaasi and Vijetha, in 2019 Saaho, in 2020 Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo, Sarileru Neekevvaru and Street Dancer 3D. He played role of Valmiki in the movie Ala Vaikunthapuramloo.

In 2021, he appeared in A1 Express, Sreekaram, Jathi Ratnalu and Chaavu Kaburu Challaga.

Awards

He received the Nandi Award for Best Villain in 2007 for Athidhi. He also received the Filmfare Award South and SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu for Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo in 2021. ‘New Life Theological University’ awarded Murali Sharma an honorary doctorate for his contributions to the welfare of society in 2021.

Filmography

Telugu films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Athidhi	Kantri	Chattam	Oosaravelli	Dhoni	Mr. Nookayya	Adhinayakudu
2007	Qaiser/Ajay Sastry	Nandi Award for Best Villain
2008	Gangster
2011	Sarath Chandra
Local Don
Ghani Bhai
2012	Shajahan Bismil
DGP
Reddappa
2013
Commissioner Chaddha
2014	ACP K. Ashok Verma IPS
2015	Akbar Bhai
Panduranga Rao
2016	David Bhai
Dora Babu
J. K. Bharadwaj
Commissioner
Vijay Rao
Dilip
Gaja
Priya's father
2017	Chaitanya
Sri Veera Narasimha Rayalu
Purushottam
Jaidev "JD" Shastri
Chandramouli (Pallavi's father)
Sharma
Karthik's father
2018	ACP Sampath
Sharma
Police Commissioner
Magician Yogi
CI Viswanath
Afreen's father
K. Srinivas Rao
Akshara's father
Diamond Babu's father
Chaitanya's father
Pramod Jain
Police Officer Sharma
Prakash Cherukuri
2019	Aluri Chakrapani
MLA Simhachalam
David
Tharun
Vinay Varma
Chakravarthy
Dhamodhar
2020	Army General
Valmiki	SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actor – TeluguFilmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu
Ibrahim
2021	SP
Murali
Chaitra's father
Sports Minister Chanakya
Sekhar Samuel
MLA Raja Reddy "Raji"
Vibha's father
Bhoomi's father
Lawyer Krishnamurthy
2022	Chakravarthy	Both films were Simultaneously shot in Telugu and Hindi
Commander Shera Singh
Puttaparthi
CI Kodanda Ram	date=2021-09-21	title=Rana Daggubati's Koshi is a massy avatar	language=en-IN	work=The Hindu	url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/rana-daggubatis-look-from-bheemla-nayak-draws-appreciation/article36586344.ece	access-date=2021-11-07	issn=0971-751X	archive-date=8 November 2021	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108163533/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/rana-daggubatis-look-from-bheemla-nayak-draws-appreciation/article36586344.ece	url-status=live}}
Prakash
Anand Prasad
Narayana Verma
Subramanyam
Paulraj
Balram
2023	Jayaram
Seetha Rama Raju
Sharma
DIG Narasimha Murthy
P. Vittal Rao
Sahaja's father
Chadarangam Srinivasa Rao
Polishetty Phanindra
DSP Vishwanath Sastry
ACP Ranjith
Minister Barisela Jayaraj
MLA Rudra Pratap Rana
2024	Basavaraju Sarangapaani "Paani"
Major Prasad Rao
Sheikh Mehboob
Aditya Ram
Dr. Nishanth
Koormanand
Muruga
2025	Bhargav Varma
Kasi Lingam
SI Rajaram
Purushottam

Hindi films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Dil Vil Pyar Vyar	Raaz	Maqbool	Dhoop	Main Hoon Na
2002
Inspector Saab
2003	Devsare	title=The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television	url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040502/spectrum/tv.htm	website=www.tribuneindia.com	access-date=18 October 2021	archive-date=18 October 2021	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018021648/https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040502/spectrum/tv.htm	url-status=live }}
Colonel Rathore
2004	Mr. Khan
Eunuch at band stand
Inspector Virendra Vani aka VV Vani
2005	Kaif
Sheikh Paltu
Bakra (target)
Muralidhar
Shekhar
Bilaal
2006	Dinesh
Kishore Thakkar
Prem Singh
Police Inspector
Rohan Alexander
2007	Inspector Kulkarni (Crime Branch)
Zicomo
Sunil
2008	Mysterious Stalker
M. M. Munde
Airport Inspector	Special appearance
M. D. Sawant
2009	Concertgoer
Gajendra Singh
Inspector Shiva Naik	Bilingual film; Hindi version
2010	Mr. Shekhawat (Kaaya's father)
News Reporter
ACP Malik
Inspector Mohan Dande
Agent Mr. Mukherjee
2011	DSP Satyam Patkar
Tony
2012	Naxalite
Hanumant Singh
Laxman Mishra
Naga
2013	MLA
Inspector Ramakant Rangoji Pawar
2015	Mr. Gupta
Michael Bhai
Shetty
2016	Mahesh
Munna Mardani
Dilip
Police Officer
2017	Health Minister
Inspector Mohan Dande
2018	Shagun's father (picture only)
2019	Dr. Ajay
David
Tebli Singh
2020	UK Cop
2022	Chakravarthy
Commander Shera Singh
Dr. Roy Jamnadas
2023	Raajlaxmi's father
2025	Brig. Sukhveer Singh	Cameo appearance

Tamil films

Year	Title	Role	Dhoni	Pattathu Yaanai	Arrambam	Anjaan	Paayum Puli	Devi	Bhaagamathie	Kennedy Club	Kolai	Rathnam	Mazhai Pidikkatha Manithan
2011	Ghani Bhai
2013	Marudhamuthu
Durani
2014	Johnny
2015	Lal
2016	Dilip
2018	ACP Sampath
2019	Mukesh Rathore
2023	Adithya Koushik
2024	Beema Rayudu / Dharmalingam
Surla IPS

Films in other languages

Year	Title	Role
2012	Khais Khanna	Malayalam
Mukhiya	Marathi
2013	MLA
2014	Cabinet Minister in State Government
2016	Maan Singh
2023	CM Veer Bahaddur	Kannada
2024

Television

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1997-98	Raja Aur Rancho		Hindi	Episodic
1997	Ghar Jamai	Doctor Salim
1998	Saaya	Mr Malik
Rishtey	Guest
2002	Aryamaan – Brahmaand Ka Yodha	Shukrant
2004	Special Squad	Bomber
2006	CID	Killer	Episode 440
2013	Hum Ne Li Hai... Shapath	Rangeela	Episode 189,190

References

"Murali Sharma is the most demanded actor in South film industry".
S. RAVI. (8 February 2015). "Poised for the big innings". The Hindu.
Y. Sunita Chowdhary. (18 February 2012). "Striving to entertain". The Hindu.
"Murli Sharma does a guest appearance in the film 'Gaur Hari Dastan' without any remuneration!". The Times of India.
(31 December 2015). "Murli Sharma". Cine Talkers.
"B-Town demand Murali Sharma in cop role". [[The Times of India]].
"Mahie Gill, Murali Sharma, Deepak Dobriyal are some of the new-age villains in Bollywood". timesofindia-economictimes.
"Popular Tollywood actor Murali Sharma turns a year older, here's a look at his spectacular work".
Tanmayi, Bhawana. "Positive roles increased my age on-screen, says Murali Sharma".
(11 August 2004). "Indian Television Dot Com - "If I had a chocolate face, I would have been driving a Ford Ikon and doing three Balaji shows; two on Star Plus and one on Sony" : Murli Sharma". Indian Television Dot Com.
Bhandaram. (16 September 2012). "One shade darker". [[The Hindu]].
(25 July 2014). "Murli Sharma and wife Ashwini in Poshter Boyz". The Indian Express.
Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi. (25 January 2020). "Murali Sharma discusses the making of his character Valmiki in ‘Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo’ and heaps praises on Trivikram Srinivas and Allu Arjun".
(2021-09-19). "SIIMA: Soorarai Pottru, Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo win big, K Viswanath honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award".
(2021-11-28). "Actor Murali Sharma conferred with an honorary doctorate".
(2021-09-21). "Rana Daggubati's Koshi is a massy avatar". The Hindu.
"Chaari 111 Movie Review : Vennela Kishore shines in spy comedy with missed potential". The Times of India.
"The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television".

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