Ramanaidu "Rana" Daggubati (born 14 December, 1984), is an Indian actor, producer, visual effects entrepreneur, and television host who works predominantly in Telugu, Hindi, and Tamil cinema. Before beginning his acting career, he worked as a visual effects producer and won a National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu as a co-producer of *Bommalata* (2004). He made his acting debut as the lead in Sekhar Kammula's political drama *Leader* (2010), followed by his Hindi film debut in *Dum Maaro Dum* (2011). He played the antagonist Bhallaladeva in S. S. Rajamouli's two-part film series *Baahubali: The Beginning* (2015) and *Baahubali 2: The Conclusion* (2017). His other films include *Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum* (2012), *Baby* (2015), *The Ghazi Attack* (2017), *Nene Raju Nene Mantri* (2017), *Haathi Mere Saathi* / *Aranya* (2021), *Bheemla Nayak* (2022), and the Tamil action drama *Vettaiyan* (2024). He starred alongside Venkatesh in the crime drama series *Rana Naidu* (2023) and hosted the celebrity talk show *No. 1 Yaari with Rana*. He has won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South for *Leader*, the Nandi Award for Best Villain for *Baahubali: The Beginning*, and multiple South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA). He also heads the media and entertainment company Spirit Media.

Filmography

• 2026Last Man in Tower — Producer
• 2026Neelira — Co-Producer
• 2026Parasakthi — Michael Reddy
• 20253BHK — House - Telegu (voice)
• 2025Bāhubali: The Epic — Bhallaladeva
• 2025Dark Chocolate — Presenter
• 2025Kaantha — Phoenix, Producer
• 2025Kothapallilo Okappudu — Producer
• 2025Mirai — Jaithraya
• 2025Premante — Presenter
• 2025Uppu Kappurambu — Narrator
• 202435 - Chinna Katha Kaadu — Presenter
• 2024Jigra — Presenter
• 2024Kalki 2898-AD — Presenter
• The Rana Daggubati Show — The Host
• 2024Vettaiyan — Natraj 'Nat' Shanmugam
• 2023Keedaa Cola — Presenter
• Maya Bazaar - For Sale — Producer
• 2023Pareshan — Producer
• Rana Naidu — Rana Naidu
• 2023Spy — Arjun (Special Appearance)
• 20221945 — Adhi
• 2022Bheemla Nayak — Daniel "Danny" Shekar
• 2022Viraata Parvam — Dr. Ravi Shankar "Aranya / Ravanna"
• 2021Kaadan — Kaadan
• 2020Krishna and His Leela — Producer, Presenter
• 2019Housefull 4 — Raja Gama / Pappu Rangeela
• 2019N.T.R: Kathanayakudu — Nara Chandrababu Naidu
• 2019N.T.R: Mahanayakudu — Nara Chandrababu Naidu
• 2018C/o Kancharapalem — Producer
• 2018Rajaratha — Rajaratham (Voice)
• 2018Welcome to New York — Rana
• 2017Bāhubali 2: The Conclusion — Bhallaladeva
• 2017Nene Raju Nene Mantri — Jogendra
• 2017The Ghazi Attack — Arjun Varma
• 2016Bangalore Naatkal — Shiva
• 2015Baby — Jai Singh Rathod
• 2015Bāhubali: The Beginning — Bhallaladeva
• 2015Inji Iduppazhagi — Cameo Appearance
• 2015Rudhramadevi — Prince Chalukya Veerabhadra
• 2013Arrambam — ACP Sanjay
• 2013Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani — Vikram Jaiswal (Special appearance)
• 2012Department — Inspector Shivnarayan
• 2012Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum — BTech Babu
• 2012Naa Ishtam — Ganesh
• 2011Dum Maaro Dum — DJ Joaquim "Joki" Fernandes
• 2011Nenu Naa Rakshasi — Abhi
• 2010Leader — Arjun Prasad
• Jai Hanuman
• Mirai Jaithraya — Jaithraya
• Untitled Akshay Kumar - Chandoo Mondeti Film — Producer

Appearances as themselves (16)

• Bãhubali: The Torchbearer — Self
• 2025WrestleMania 41: Sunday — Self
• 2024Modern Masters: SS Rajamouli — Self
• 2024Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairy Tale — Self
• The Journey Of India — Self
• Mission Frontline with Rana Daggubati — Himself
• Unstoppable with NBK — Self
• Sam Jam — Self
• 2019Enai Noki Paayum Thota — Self
• Social Media Star With Janice Sequeira — Himself
• Bigg Boss Telugu — Himself as Guest
• No.1 Yaari with Rana — Himself
• 2015Bollywood and Beyond: A Century of Indian Cinema — Self
• 2015Dongata — Self
• Comedy Nights with Kapil — Self
• Koffee with Karan — Self