Tanikella Bharani
Tanikella Bharani (Telugu: తనికెళ్ళ భరణి) (born on 14 July 1956) is a critically acclaimed, multi-faceted actor from Tollywood and a writer. He is a playwrighter, a dialogue writer, screen writer, poet, magazine editor, an actor and a director. He has worked in more than 500 films (Including Tamil, Kannada and Hindi).
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| Born | July 14, 1956 Secundrabad, Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Occupation | Actor, Writer and Director |
| Years active | 1984 to present |
| Spouse | Durga Bhavani |
| Children | Maha Teja, Soundarya Lahari |
| Parents | Sethu Ramalingeswara Rao, Laxmi Narasamma |
Early life
Tanikella Bharani was born in Secunderabad at Gandhi Hospital(then it was King George Memorial (KM)), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh to TVV Setu Ramalingeswar Rao and Laxminarasamma ofBrahmin community. He is a commerce graduate, B.Com and a PG Diploma in Theatre Arts.
His great grand father is Diwakarla Venkatavadhani, a Telugu scholar and Divakarla Tirupati Sastry. His uncle is Viswanatha Satyanarayana.
[edit]Career
Bharani did stage plays in the mid 70s and during this time he made the acquaintance of Rallapalli, a Tollywood actor. With his help Bharani started writing small dialogues and stage scenes. Later, he took a diploma in Theatre arts. Following Rallapalli's advice he moved to Chennai.
He started his career as a dialogue writer for Kanchu Kavachum in 1984. and has written dialogues for various movies like Ladies Tailor (1985 film), Sri Kanaka Mahalakshmi Recording Dance Troupe (1987), Varasudochhadu (1988), Chettu Kinda Pleader (1989), Swara Kalpana (1989), and Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi (2004). Bharani also penned and sung the lyrics of Gundammagaari Manavadu (Bhale Bhaleti Mandu).
He has acted in more than 500 movies starting with 'Ladies Tailor‘ (1985) & Sri Kanaka Mahalakshmi Recording Dance Troupe’ (1987) in which he was seen as Dora Babu. In 1989 he appeared in the hit film Shiva by Ram Gopal Varma which starred Nagarjuna. With the release of the film Shiva, he received much recognition and his character Nanaji impressed the whole Telugu audience. He also played the lead role in the Hindi comedy film Main Tere Pyar Mein Pagal in 1999. His powerful antagonism in ‘Samudram’ got him the Nandi award as the Best Villain.
After 2000, he started playing more mature roles in movies like Manmadhudu (2002), Okariki Okaru (2003), Samba (2004), Malliswari, Godavari (2006), Happy (2006), and more.
He played one of the lead roles in Rajubhai (2007).
He is very much popular in the background of movie industry, often quoted as "Maga Saraswathy" ( Male god of education) by different actors and actresses.
[edit]Personal life
Bharani is married to Bhavani and has a son, Maha Teja and a daughter, Soundarya Lahari.
Books
- Parikini
- Nakshatra Darshanam
- Maathralu
- Endaro Mahanubavulu
Awards
- State Government Awards (Nandi Awards)
- Best Villain - Samudram
- Best Character Actor - Nuvvu Nenu
- Sangam Academy award for completing 25 years in Telugu Cinema
- Awards for Short Films (as a Director)
- Idaho Panhandle Award, Hyderabad International Film Festival Award as the Best Debut Director for Sira, The Ink.
- Sira,the ink:-movie won the `Best Antiterrorism Message Award’ at the 'Idaho Panhandle International Film Festival'. (The movie directed by tanikella bharani and first surrealistic movie in telugu surreleastic:correlating the shattered images of your dream and made as movie)
- 10th Mumbai International Film Festival Award
- Hyderabad International Film Festival Award as the Best Director for Blue Cross.
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