Venkatesh is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. In a career spanning 38 years, he starred in 72 feature films. He has played a variety of challenging roles in Telugu cinema and a few Hindi films.[1] He has received seven state Nandi awards, and six Filmfare Awards for best acting.

Venkatesh at the 62nd Filmfare Awards South press conference

Along with his brother D. Suresh Babu, Venkatesh is the co-owner of Suresh Productions, one of the largest film production companies in India. Venkatesh has starred in several of his films under this production, most of them turned out to be blockbusters, owing to this, he is widely known as Victory Venkatesh in the media.[2] Apart from films, He is the mentor of Telugu Warriors representing Tollywood in Celebrity Cricket League.[3][4]

Film

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  • All films are in Telugu unless otherwise noted.

As actor

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List of Venkatesh film acting credits
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1971 Prema Nagar Young Keshav Varma Child artist
1986 Kaliyuga Pandavulu Vijay Won—Nandi Award for Best Male Debut (Special Jury Award) [5][6]
Brahma Rudrulu Satya Prasad
1987 Ajeyudu Murali
Bharatamlo Arjunudu Arjun
Trimurtulu Raja
Vijetha Vikram Vikram
Srinivasa Kalyanam Srinivas
1988 Raktha Tilakam Krishna Prasad
Brahma Puthrudu Shakthi Won—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu [7]
Swarna Kamalam Chandra Sehkar Won—Nandi Special Jury Award [6]
Varasudochhadu Raghu / Bose
1989 Prema Pruthvi Won—Nandi Award for Best Actor [6]
Ontari Poratam Raja
Dhruva Nakshatram Dhruva Kumar
Jayammu Nischayammu Raa Himself Cameo appearance
Two Town Rowdy Sakthi
1990 Aggiramudu Aggi Ramudu
Vijay[a]
Bobbili Raja Raja
1991 Shatruvu Ashok
Coolie No.1 Raju / Bharath
Surya IPS Surya
Kshana Kshanam Chandu
1992 Chanti Chanti
Chinarayudu Chinarayudu
Sundarakanda Venkateswarlu
1993 Anari Rama Hindi film
Kondapalli Raja Raja
Abbaigaru Dora Babu
1994 Super Police Vijay
Muddula Priyudu Ramu
Raju
1995 Pokiri Raja Chanti
Balaraju[a]
Taqdeerwala Suraj Hindi film
1996 Dharma Chakram Rakesh Won—Nandi Award for Best Actor [6][8]
Won—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
Sahasa Veerudu Sagara Kanya Ravi Chandra
Intlo Illalu Vantintlo Priyuralu Sriram
Saradha Bullodu Vijay
Pavithra Bandham Vijay
1997 Chinnabbayi Sundarayya
Preminchukundam Raa Giri
Pellichesukundam Aanand
1998 Suryavamsam Harischandra Prasad
Bhanu Prasad[a]
Ganesh Ganesh Won—Nandi Award for Best Actor [6][9]
Won—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
Premante Idera Murali
1999 Raja Raja
Seenu Seenu
2000 Kalisundam Raa Raghu Won—Nandi Award for Best Actor [6][10]
Won—Filmfare Special Award – South
Jayam Manade Raa Mahadeva Naidu
Rudrama Naidu / Abhiram[a]
Won—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu [10]
2001 Devi Putrudu Balaram
Krishna[a]
Prematho Raa Chandra Sekhar "Chandu"
Nuvvu Naaku Nachav Venkateswarlu "Venky"
2002 Vasu Vasu
Gemeni Gemeni
2003 Vasantham Ashok
2004 Malliswari Vara Prasad
Gharshana DCP Raamachandra
2005 Sankranthi Raghavendra
Subash Chandra Bose Subash Chandra Bose
Asok[a]
2006 Lakshmi Lakshmi Narayana
2007 Adavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule Ganesh Won—Nandi Award for Best Actor
Tulasi Parvathaneni Tulasi Ram
2008 Chintakayala Ravi Ravi
2009 Eenaadu Commissioner Eeshwar Prasad
2010 Namo Venkatesa Venkataramana "Venky"
Nagavalli Naagabhairava Raajasekhara
Vijay[a]
2012 Bodyguard Venkatadri / Venky
Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum Ballari Babu Special appearance in the song "Sye Andre Nanu"
2013 Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu Peddodu
Shadow Rajaram
Masala Venkata Raja Narasimha Balaram
2014 Drushyam Rambabu
2015 Gopala Gopala Gopalaraao [11]
2016 Babu Bangaram ACP Krishna
Premam DCP Rama Chandra Cameo appearance
2017 Guru Aditya Won—Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor – Telugu
2018 Agnyaathavaasi Guru Cameo appearance
2019 F2: Fun and Frustration Venky
Venky Mama Venkataratnam "Military Naidu " Venky Mama""
2021 Narappa Narappa
Drushyam 2 Rambabu
2022 F3: Fun and Frustration Venky
Ori Devuda God Extended Cameo
2023 Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan Gundamaneni Balakrishna "Rowdy Anna" Hindi film
2024 Saindhav Saindhav Koneru "SaiKo"
2025 Sankranthiki Vastunnam "Unknown" Telugu film
2025 F4 Venky Telugu film

Television

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List of Venkatesh television series credits
Year Title Role Network Language
2023–present Rana Naidu Naga Naidu Netflix Hindi
2023 Maya Bazaar For Sale Producer ZEE5 Telugu

Voice acting

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List of Venkatesh voice acting credits
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2019 Aladdin Genie Telugu dub; portrayed by Will Smith [12]

Other crew positions

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List of Venkatesh other crew credits
Year Title Role Ref.
2017 Guru Playback singer for the song "Jingidi"
2018 Srinivasa Kalyanam Narrator
2021 Krack Narrator
2021 Mosagallu Narrator

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Dual role

References

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  1. ^ Venkatesh getting younger on screen
  2. ^ Victory, yet again | The Hindu
  3. ^ Venkatesh - Telugu Actor Gallery stills images clips
  4. ^ Ram-Laxman to direct Venkatesh | Deccan Chronicle
  5. ^ Telugu cinema’s second gen actors remember ANR- Times of India. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Awards won by Venkatesh Daggubati - Telugu cinema news - idlebrain.com". www.idlebrain.com. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  7. ^ HYBIZTV HD (3 June 2015). "Victory Venkatesh - Britannia Filmfare Awards 2014 - Hybiz.tv" – via YouTube.
  8. ^ "Filmfare - South Special". 18 October 1999. Archived from the original on 18 October 1999.
  9. ^ "Filmfare (South) awards presented". The Tribune. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Venkatesh Daggubati Awards: List of awards and nominations received by Venkatesh Daggubati | Times of India Entertainment". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  11. ^ Pawan Kalyan and Venkatesh OMG Remake Telugu Title Confirmed?- Times of AP. 05 August 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  12. ^ "F2 duo Venky & Varun dub for Hollywood biggie Aladdin". 25 April 2019.