Ram Pothineni

Early life

Ram Pothineni was born as Pothineni Seetha Ram Chowdary on 15 May 1988, in Hyderabad, to Murali Pothineni. He is the nephew of Telugu film producer, Sravanthi Ravi Kishore. Actor Sharwanand is his cousin. His family hails from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.

Career

Debut and early career (2006–2010)

Pothineni first appeared with his theatrical debut in 2006 with Devadasu.[http://www.cinegoer.com/alltimelongrun.htm CineGoer.com – Box-Office Records And Collections – All Time Long Run List generated title --] His second film, Jagadam opposite Isha Sahani was directed by Sukumar. He then appeared in Ready alongside Genelia D'Souza directed by Srinu Vaitla which was a commercial success. In 2009, he had two releases, Maska and Ganesh.

In 2010, Pothineni had only one release, Rama Rama Krishna Krishna, produced by Dil Raju and directed by Sriwass.

Career ups and downs (2011–2016)

Pothineni's next film was Kandireega (2011). Later he starred in Endukante... Premanta! (2012) alongside Tamannaah, directed by Karunakaran and produced by Sravanthi Ravi Kishore. In 2013, Pothineni appeared in Ongole Githa with Kriti Kharbanda directed by Bhaskar and produced by B.V.S.N. Prasad. In the same year, he co-starred alongside Venkatesh in the action comedy Masala, the remake of the Hindi film Bol Bachchan, directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar and jointly produced by Sravanthi Ravi Kishore and D. Suresh Babu.

In 2015, Pothineni starred in two films, Pandaga Chesko and Shivam . While Pandaga Chesko directed by Gopichand Malineni, was a commercial success, Shivam ended up as one of the biggest failures of his career.

In 2016, He had two releases, both produced by his own production house Sri Sravanthi Movies, Nenu Sailaja which was a commercial success and Santosh Srinivas-directed Hyper which was an average at the box office.

Success and recent work (2017–present)

His 2017 coming-of-age film Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi received mixed reviews. In 2018, he starred in the romantic comedy Hello Guru Prema Kosame directed by Trinadha Rao Nakkina. In 2019, he collaborated with director Puri Jagannadh for the action thriller iSmart Shankar. The film became a commercial success for Pothineni after a series of failures. It grossed over , his career's highest grosser. His 2021 film was Red where he played a dual role, is a remake of Tamil film Thadam (2018). In 2022, he starred in the Lingusamy-directed The Warriorr where he played a police officer. The film received negative reviews from critics and was huge commercial failure. Pothineni then starred in Boyapati Srinu's Skanda (2023) opposite Sreeleela to mixed reviews from the critics. He next starred in Double iSmart, which released in 2024.

Media image

Pothineni has featured on Hyderabad Times Most Desirable Men list various times. He ranked 11th in 2017, 11th in 2018, 3rd in 2019 and 2nd in 2020. Pothineni did his first ever brand endorsement for Garnier alongside John Abraham.

Filmography

As actor

• All films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.

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Accolades

Notes

References

References

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2. (15 May 2020). "Happy Birthday Ram Pothineni: 5 career-best performances of the energetic star".
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4. (22 August 2021). "8 lesser-known Siblings of Tollywood, see the list". Times Of India.
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8. (30 January 2013). "Venkatesh joining hands with Ram for Bol Bachchan remake". Oneindia Entertainment.
9. (29 May 2020). "Twitterati shower love on Ram's Pandaga Chesko as the film completes five years".
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11. kavirayani, suresh. (28 September 2016). "I love spending time with myself: Ram".
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14. (25 October 2019). "iSmart Shankar completes 100 days; Ram, Puri and Charmme reminisce the success".
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16. (19 February 2022). "RAPO20: Ram Pothineni says he is excited to see himself 'through the eyes of daddy of mass emotions' Boyapati". Pinkvilla.
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