J. D. Chakravarthy Explained

J. D. Chakravarthy
Birth Name:Nagulapati Srinivasa Chakravarthy
Birth Date:16 April 1970
Birth Place:Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Alma Mater:Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology
Yearsactive:1989–present

Nagulapati Srinivasa Chakravarthy, known professionally as J. D. Chakravarthy, is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter and musician known for his work primarily with Telugu cinema in addition to Hindi, Tamil, and Malayalam films. Chakravarthy made his screen debut with the Telugu film, Siva, an action blockbuster directed by Ram Gopal Varma, featured at the 12th IFFI.[1] He subsequently made his Bollywood debut with the remake of the same film titled Shiva (1990). He then starred in the blockbuster Satya, featured in the Indian panorama section at the 29th IFFI, and was listed among CNN-IBN's 100 greatest Indian films of all time.[2] [3] Chakravarthy received the Screen Award Special Jury Award.[4]

Chakravarthy has starred in more than seventy feature films in a variety of roles predominantly in Telugu, Hindi and a 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 (1995), for which he received the state Nandi Special Jury Award,[5] [4] Mrugam (1996), Bombay Priyudu (1996), Anaganaga Oka Roju (1997), Egire Paavurama (1997), Nenu Premisthunnanu (1997), Wife of V. Varaprasad (1998), Premaku Velayara (1999), Pape Naa Pranam (2000), Premaku Swagatam (2002), Madhyanam Hathya (2004), Homam (2008), and Dayaa (2023).[6] [7] [8]

Early life

Chakravarthy was born into a Telugu speaking family of carnatic singer Prof. Dr. Kovela Shantha, and father Nagulapati Suryanarayana Rao. He is born in Hyderabad, India. His elder sister Vijayanthi is settled in the United States.[9] [10] He did his schooling in St. George's Grammar School (Hyderabad), and completed B. E. from Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology.[11] [12]

Career

He debuted in 1989 through Ram Gopal Verma's debut Telugu film, Siva as J.D., as one of the student leaders, and in the same year appeared in a supporting role in the Malayalam film Ennodu Ishtam Koodamo before devoting all his time to films under his mentor's Ram Gopal Varma 's production.

He has worked in many Telugu films directed by ace film makers of the time like Mani Ratnam, Krishna Vamsi, S. V. Krishna Reddy, K. Raghavendra Rao, Kodi Ramakrishna, E. V. V. Satyanarayana, Siva Nageswara Rao, Gunasekhar, and Vamsy.[13] [14] His first Hindi film in a lead role, Satya, was critically acclaimed and became a commercial blockbuster.[15] In 2002, he played a role of Sri Lankan Tamil Eelam fighter Dileepan, in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film, Kannathil Muthamittal.

He also starred in Hindi film like Vaastu Shastra, and Aag alongside Sushmita Sen, and Bhoot Returns alongside Manisha Koirala. He made his film directing debut, with Darwaaza Bandh Rakho and anthology film Darna Zaroori Hai got archived at the New York Institute of Technology, New York, America as part of the film course [16] [17]

He has returned to Telugu film industry with Homam as a director and actor in the year 2008.[18] He then went on to direct Siddham.[17] He had a role in director Vishnuvardhan's Tamil film Sarvam, starring Arya and Trisha.[19] In 2016, he has appeared in the Malayalam film Bhaskar the Rascal pairing with Nayanthara also starring Mammootty. Then he played a young army officer in another Malayalam film Shikhamani, and made his Kannada film debut with the unreleased Raavani alongside Pooja Gandhi.[20] [21]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
1989 Shiva J. Durga Rao / JD Telugu
1990 Neti Siddhartha Chakravarthy
Shiva Jagadish Dave / JDHindi
1991 Srivari Chindhulu Telugu
Atiradhudu
Prem Qaidi Prabhavati's sonHindi
1992 Ennodishtam Koodamo Renjith LalMalayalam
Lathi Ramana Telugu
Akka Chellillu
1993 Rakshana
Adarsham Prem
Prathap Vimal Raj Tamil
Inspector Ashwani Telugu
Money Chakri
One By Two Balaji
1994 Money Money Chakri Also playback singer
1995 Gulabi Chandu
1996 Mrugam
Deyyam Narsing
Bombay Priyudu Chitti Babu / J. D.
Anaganaga Oka Roju Chakri
1997 Egire Paavurama Siva
Nenu Premisthunnanu Chakri
Wife of V. Varaprasad Thyagaraju
1998 SatyaSatyaHindiWon-Screen Award Special Jury Award
Pape Naa Pranam Chakri Telugu
1999 Harischandraa Harishchandra "Hari"
Premaku Velayara Manohar
2000 Akka Bava EkkadaSuryam
Maa Pelliki Randi Kumar
Soori Soori
Kodanda Ramudu Kodanda Ramudu (Ramu)
2001 Navvuthu Bathakalira Ganesh
2002 Premaku Swagatham Balaji
Kannathil Muthamittal DileepanTamil
Durga DurgaHindi
2003 Golmaal Ameer Khan Telugu
2004 Kaasi Kaasi
Madhyanam Hathya Ravi Kumar
Vaastu Shastra Virag RaoHindi
2007 Dubai Seenu Chakri Telugu
Aag SubbuHindi
2008 Homam Chandrashekhar aka Chandu Telugu
2009 Sarvam Eashwar Tamil
Josh Durga Rao Telugu
2010 Kacheri Arambam Sivamani Tamil
2011 Money Money, More Money Chakri Telugu
2012 All the Best Chandu
Bhoot Returns Tarun AwasthiHindi
2013 Samar John Frederick Tamil
2014 Arima Nambi Rishi Dev
Ice Cream 2 Sikka Telugu
2015 Bhaskar the Rascal Sanjay SharmaMalayalam
Dynamite Rishi Dev Telugu
2016 Zero Solomon Tamil
Shikhamani Anti-terrorist squadron leaderMalayalam
2017 Nakshatram Ramachandra Naidu Telugu
2018 Marainthirunthu Paarkum Marmam Enna Dilip Chakravarthy Tamil
2019 Mikhael Muhammad EasaMalayalam
Hippi Hippi's boss Telugu
2022 OppandaChakriKannada
AnekAnjaiah Bellamkonda IPSHindi
Ek Villain ReturnsACP V.K. GanesanHindi
KaariSKRTamil
Dahini - The WitchPratapHindi

Other credits

YearFilmLanguageDirectorWriterProducer
1998Pape Naa Pranam Telugu
2002DurgaHindi
2006Darna Zaroori Hai (Segment: A Bride's Revenge)Hindi
Darwaaza Bandh RakhoHindi
2008HomamTelugu
2009SidhamTelugu
2011Money Money, More MoneyTelugu
2012All the BestTelugu

Web series

YearNameRoleLanguageService
2023Taaza Khabar ShettyHindiDisney+Hotstar
DayaaDayaaTeluguDisney+Hotstar

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directorate of Film Festival. 22 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20160420093021/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm13IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=13IIFA.pdf. 20 April 2016. dead.
  2. Web site: Directorate of Film Festival . Iffi.nic.in . 12 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105726/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/FrmIP1998Award.aspx?PdfName=IP1998.pdf . 4 March 2016 . dead.
  3. Web site: 100 Years of Indian Cinema: The 100 greatest Indian films of all time . https://web.archive.org/web/20130424003536/http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/13200.html. dead. 2013-04-24 . IBNLive.
  4. Web site: J. D. Chakravarthy . Koimoi . 8 February 2016 . 19 June 2013 . 15 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140915212043/http://www.koimoi.com/actor/j-d-chakravarthy/ . live.
  5. Web site: Rediff On The NeT, Movies: Tough and uncompromising . m.rediff.com . 13 January 2024 . 13 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240113055359/https://m.rediff.com/movies/1998/dec/17cha.htm . live.
  6. Web site: Friday Review Hyderabad / Cinema : Flip side of being super cop . https://web.archive.org/web/20090212014840/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/02/06/stories/2009020650290200.htm . dead . 2009-02-12 . 2009-02-06 . . 2012-07-12.
  7. Web site: JD ChakravarthyБ─≥s new film with Srikanth . Supergoodmovies.com . 2011-12-12 . 2012-07-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120315170225/http://www.supergoodmovies.com/34576/tollywood/jd-chakravarthy-s-new-film-with-srikanth-news-details . 15 March 2012 . dmy-all.
  8. News: 1 April 2022 . Sasikumar to face-off against JD Chakravarthy in Kaari . . 1 December 2022 . 19 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220619103000/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/sasikumar-to-face-off-against-jd-chakravarthy-in-kaari/articleshow/90597658.cms . live.
  9. Web site: Metro Plus Hyderabad / Personality : Rebel without a pause . https://web.archive.org/web/20050114204055/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/10/25/stories/2004102501430400.htm . dead . 2005-01-14 . 2004-10-25 . . 2012-07-12.
  10. News: J. D. Chakravarthy with Manisha Koirala . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/OOqlshvMjqE . 2021-12-13 . live . Mumbai, India . Komal Nahta . 2011-05-20.
  11. News: NATIONAL / ANDHRA PRADESH : When old memories came alive . . 2010-12-24 . 2012-07-12 . 31 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131231003411/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/article973666.ece . live.
  12. Web site: Chakravarthi – Interviews in Telugu Movies . Totaltollywood.com . 2012-07-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120504104319/http://totaltollywood.com/interviews/Chakravarthi_2035.html . 4 May 2012 . dmy-all.
  13. JD . Chakri . JD Chakravathy interview – Telugu Cinema interview – Telugu film director . . 13 January 2024 . 13 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240113055359/https://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/jdchakri-siddham.html . live.
  14. Web site: JD Chakravarthy . Andhra Headlines . 2010-11-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707141228/http://www.andhraheadlines.com/BrowseArticle.aspx?catID=6&ArtID=68437 . 7 July 2011 . dmy-all.
  15. Web site: Metro Plus Delhi / Entertainment : Some chill, some frill . https://web.archive.org/web/20050126115735/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/10/25/stories/2004102500570300.htm . dead . 2005-01-26 . 2004-10-25 . . 2012-07-12.
  16. Web site: No director does self-introspection: JD – Telugu Movie News . https://web.archive.org/web/20120628011549/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/83156.html . dead . 28 June 2012 . IndiaGlitz . 2012-06-24 . 2012-07-12.
  17. Web site: Friday Review Chennai / Film Review : Taking its own sweet time! – Sarvam . https://web.archive.org/web/20090601112931/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/05/29/stories/2009052950320200.htm . dead . 2009-06-01 . 2009-05-29 . . 2012-07-12.
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  19. News: P . Sangeetha . J D Chakravarthy's commercial kacheri . . 2010-03-21 . 2012-07-12 . 25 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240125035940/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/j-d-chakravarthys-commercial-kacheri/articleshow/5706163.cms . live.
  20. Web site: A Sharadhaa . JD Chakravarthy to Direct a Kannada Film . The New Indian Express . 2016-04-26 . 2016-05-26 . 30 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160530030828/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/JD-Chakravarthy-to-Direct-a-Kannada-Film/2016/04/26/article3399651.ece . dead.
  21. Web site: A Sharadhaa . When a Gun Summarised Raavani . The New Indian Express . 2015-08-17 . 2016-05-26 . 9 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160609201601/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/When-a-Gun-Summarised-Raavani/2015/08/17/article2977904.ece . dead.