J. D. Chakravarthy

Nagulapati Srinivasa Chakravarthy, known professionally as J. D. Chakravarthy, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, producer, composer, and singer known for his work in Telugu cinema, in addition to Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada films.[1][2]

J. D. Chakravarthy
Chakravarthy
Born	Nagulapati Srinivasa Chakravarthy (1972-04-16) 16 April 1972 Hyderabad, India
Other names	J.D.
Alma mater	Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology
Occupation	Actor director screenwriter producer music director singer
Years active	1989–present
Spouse(s)	Anukriti Govind Sharma ​ ​ (m. after 2016)​

Chakravarthy made his screen debut with the Telugu film, Siva, an action blockbuster directed by Ram Gopal Varma, premiered at the 13th International Film Festival of India.[3] He subsequently made his Bollywood debut with the remake of the same film titled Shiva (1990). He then starred in the blockbuster Satya premiered in the Indian panorama section, at the 1998 International Film Festival of India, and was listed among CNN-IBN's 100 greatest Indian films of all time, and [4][5] Chakravarthy has received the Screen Award Special Jury Award for his work in the film.[6][7][8]

Chakravarthy has starred in more than seventy feature films in a variety of roles predominantly in Telugu, Hindi and few Tamil, and Malayalam films. He is best known for his performances in box office hits like Neti Siddhartha (1990), Money (1993), Money Money (1995), One by Two (1993), Gulabi (1996), for which he received the state Nandi Special Jury Award,[6][9][7][8] Mrugam (1996), Bombay Priyudu (1996), Anaganaga Oka Roju (1997), Egire Paavurama (1997), Nenu Premista (1997), Wife of V. Varaprasad (1998), Premaku Velayara (1999), Pape Naa Pranam (2000), Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), Premaku Swagatam (2002), Madhyanam Hathya (2004), Dubai Seenu (2007), Homam (2008), Siddham (2009), Josh (2009), Sarvam (2009), Samar (2013), Arima Nambi (2014), Ice Cream 2 (2014), Bhaskar The Rascal ( 2016) and Shikhamani (2016).[10][11]

He also starred in Hindi films like Vaastu Shastra alongside Sushmita Sen, Bhoot Returns, alongside Manisha Koirala, and Aag. He made his film directing debut, with Darwaza Bandh Rakho and his story in the film, Darna Zaroori Hai got archived at the most prestigious institution New York Institute of Technology, New York, America as part of the film course [12][13] He then went on to direct Darna Zaroori Hai, Homam and Sidham.[14]