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).

Filmography

• 2027Alias Rukmini — Presenter
• 2026The Paradise — Sarakka 'Jadal'
• 2025Court: State vs. A Nobody — Producer
• 2025HIT: The Third Case — Arjun Sarkaar
• 2024Saripodhaa Sanivaaram — Surya
• The adventures of Raj — Nani
• 2023Dasara — Dharani
• 2023Hi Nanna — Viraj
• 2022Ante... Sundaraniki! — K. P. V. S. S. P. R. Sundara Prasad
• 2022HIT: The 2nd Case — Arjun Sarkaar, Producer, Presenter
• Meet Cute — Presenter, Producer, Creator
• 2021Shyam Singha Roy — Shyam Singha Roy/Vasudev Ghanta
• 2021Tuck Jagadish — Jagadish Naidu
• 2020HIT: The First Case — Presenter, Producer
• 2020V — Vishnu
• 2019Jersey — Arjun
• 2019Nani's Gang Leader — "Pencil" Parthasarathy
• 2019Praana
• 2018Amoli — Narrator (Telugu)
• 2018Awe! — Humanitarian Fish "Nani" (Voice), Producer
• 2018Devadas — Das
• 2018Ee Maaya Peremito
• 2018Krishnarjuna Yudham — Krishna / Arjun
• 2017M.C.A — Nani
• 2017Nenu Local — Babu
• 2017Ninnu Kori — Uma Maheshwar Rao
• 2016Gentleman — Gautham / Jai
• 2016Jyo Achyutananda — Cameo Appearance
• 2016Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha — Krishna
• 2016Majnu — Aditya
• 2015Bhale Bhale Magadivoy — Lucky
• 2015Janda Pai Kapiraju — Aravind Shiva Shankar/Maya Kannan
• 2015Yavade Subramanyam — Subramanyam 'Subbu'
• 2014Aaha Kalyanam — Shakthivel
• 2013Paisa — Prakash
• 2012Eega — Nani
• 2012Neethaane En Ponvasantham — special appearance
• 2012Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu — Varun Krishna
• 2011Ala Modalaindi — Goutham
• 2011Pilla Zamindar — Praveen "PJ" Jayaramaraju
• 2011Veppam — Karthik
• 2010Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu — Suri
• 2009Ride — Arjun
• 2009Snehituda
• 2008Ashta Chamma — Rambabu / Mahesh
• Bloody Romeo
• Untitled Chiranjeevi - Srikanth Odela Film — Presenter, Producer
• Untitled Nani - Venky Atluri Movie

Appearances as themselves (7)

• The Rana Daggubati Show — Self
• Kumari Srimathi — Himself
• Pearle Maaney Show — Self
• Unstoppable with NBK — Self
• Bigg Boss Telugu — Himself - Presenter
• 2015Dongata — Self
• 2014Nimirndhu Nil — Self