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J.D. Chakravarthy is an Indian Film Actor and Director known for his works in South Indian Film Industry and Bollywood.
Chakravarthy was born to Carnatic Singer Dr. Santha and father Suryanarayana Rao Nagulapati in Hyderabad, India. He did his schooling in St. George’s Grammar School (Hyderabad), and completed B. E. from Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology.On August 18, 2016, he married model turned actress Anukriti Govind Sharma in a private wedding.
J.D. Chakravarthy is often called J.D. by close friends and known as Chakravarthi by the Telugu film audience,He became known as J.D Chakravarthy from his debut in Ram Gopal Verma’s debut blockbuster ‘Shiva’ (film).He was only 18 when he made his debut as J.D in Shiva ( 1989)
Chakravarthy made his screen debut with the Telugu film ‘Siva’ an action blockbuster directed by Ram Gopal Varma, premiered at the 13th International Film Festival of India. He subsequently made his Bollywood debut with the remake of the same film titled ‘Shiva’ (1990). He was then starred in the blockbuster Satya, premiered in the Indian panorama section, at the 1998 International Film Festival of India, and was listed among CNN-IBN’s 100 greatest Indian films of all time, and Chakravarthy has received the Screen Award Special Jury Award for his work in the film.
Chakravarthy is starred in more than fifty feature films in a variety of roles predominantly Telugu, and few Tamil, and Malayalam films. He is best known for his performances in box office hits like Neti Siddhartha (1990), Money (1993), Gulabi (1996), for which he received the state Nandi Special Jury Award, Mrugam (1996), Bombay Priyudu (1996), Anaganaga Oka Roju (1997), Egire Paavurama (1997), Wife of V. Varaprasad (1998), Premaku Velayara (1999), Pape Naa Pranam (2000), Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), Premaku Swagatam (2002), Madhyanam Hathya (2004) Dubai Seenu (2007), Homam (2008), Josh (2009), Sarvam (2009), Samar (2013), Arima Nambi (2014) and Ice Cream 2 (2014).
He is also starred in Hindi films like Vaastu Shastra alongside Sushmita Sen, Bhoot Returns, alongside Manisha Koirala, and Aag. He made his film directing debut, with Darwaza Bandh Rakho which was archived at the New York Institute of Technology, as part of the film course He then went on to direct Darna Zaroori Hai, Homam and Sidham.
Chakravarthy gets a new lease of life J.D. Chakravarthy has returned to Telugu film industry with Homam. His scintillating performance (dialogue delivery, acting and direction) in Homam has boosted his market value with producers and with his growing number of fans.
Apart from Durga, the Bollywood film that he produced, directed and starred in, all his other Hindi films have been produced and directed by Ram Gopal Verma.
