
Ghanta Naveen Babu (born 24 February 1984), known professionally by his screen name Nani, is an Indian actor, film producer, and television presenter who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He made his acting debut in Mohana Krishna Indraganti's romantic comedy *Ashta Chamma* (2008) and appeared in Nandini Reddy's *Ala Modalaindi* (2011). His other films include *Pilla Zamindar* (2011), S. S. Rajamouli's fantasy film *Eega* (2012), Gautham Vasudev Menon's romance *Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu* (2012), *Yevade Subramanyam* (2015), *Bhale Bhale Magadivoy* (2015), *Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha* (2016), *Gentleman* (2016), *Nenu Local* (2017), *Ninnu Kori* (2017), *Middle Class Abbayi* (2017), the sports drama *Jersey* (2019), *Nani's Gang Leader* (2019), *Shyam Singha Roy* (2021), *Ante Sundaraniki* (2022), the rural period drama *Dasara* (2023), *Hi Nanna* (2023), and the action thriller *Saripodhaa Sanivaaram* (2024). Nani has received two Nandi Awards, three Filmfare Awards South, including Best Actor for *Dasara* and Critics Awards for Best Actor for *Bhale Bhale Magadivoy* and *Shyam Singha Roy*, and multiple SIIMA Awards. He hosted the reality television show *Bigg Boss Telugu 2* (2018) and established the production banner Wall Poster Cinema, which produced *Awe* (2018), *HIT: The First Case* (2020), *HIT: The Second Case* (2022), and *Court – State vs a Nobody* (2025).

as Jadal

as Arjun Sarkaar

as Surya

as Viraj

as Dharani

as Arjun Sarkaar

as K. P. V. S. S. P. R. Sundara Prasad

as Shyam Singha Roy/Vasudev Ghanta

as Jagadish Naidu

as Vishnu

as "Pencil" Parthasarathy

as Arjun

as Das

as Narrator (Telugu)

as Krishna / Arjun

as Humanitarian Fish "Nani" (Voice)

as Nani

as Uma Maheshwar Rao

as Babu

as Aditya

as Cameo Appearance

as Gautham / Jai

as Krishna

as Lucky

as Self

as Aravind Shiva Shankar/Maya Kannan

as Subramanyam 'Subbu'

as Self

as Shakthivel

as Prakash

as special appearance

as Varun Krishna

as Nani

as Praveen "PJ" Jayaramaraju

as Karthik

as Goutham

as Suri

as Arjun

as Rambabu / Mahesh