Kushitha Kallapu

Kushitha Kallapu
Kushitha Kallapu in 2023
Born (2002-10-19) 19 October 2002
Other nameKushita Kallapu
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active2023–present
RelativesLishi Ganesh (sister)

Kushitha Kallapu (also credited as Kushita Kallapu; born 19 October 2002)[1][2] is an Indian actress and model who works mainly in Telugu, and more recently Tamil, cinema. She played her first leading film role in the 2023 romantic drama Neethone Nenu, and went on to play leading roles in Babu (No.1 Bullshit Guy) (2024), Chiranjeeva (2025) and the Tamil film Indian Penal Law (2025).[3][4][5][6]

Kushitha first became known as a social-media personality before establishing herself in films. She came to wider public notice in 2022 after she and her sister, the model Lishi Ganesh, were reported to be present during a Hyderabad pub drug raid.[7][8]

Career

Kushitha's first leading film role came in the 2023 romantic drama Neethone Nenu, directed by Anji Ram; she played Ayesha, a village physical-education teacher, in a performance a reviewer described as "executed with finesse".[3]

In 2024 she played the female lead, Kushi, opposite Arjun Kalyan in the comedy Babu (No.1 Bullshit Guy), directed by MLR (Laxman Varma) and produced by Dandu Dileep Kumar Reddy.[4][9] A role she had filmed for Mahesh Babu's Guntur Kaaram (2024) was edited out of the final film, about which she publicly expressed disappointment.[10]

In 2025 she starred opposite Raj Tarun in Chiranjeeva, released on Aha.[5][11] The same year she made her Tamil-cinema debut as a lead in the action thriller Indian Penal Law (marketed as IPL), written and directed by Karunanithi, opposite YouTuber-turned-actor TTF Vasan; it was released on 28 November 2025.[6]

Public image

Kushitha first became widely known as a social-media personality before moving into film acting.[8]

Her public profile rose in 2022 in connection with a pub drug case. In a pre-dawn raid on 3 April 2022, the Hyderabad Task Force searched the Pudding & Mink pub inside the Radisson Blu hotel in Banjara Hills and seized about five grams of cocaine; the manager and a co-owner were arrested.[7] Kushitha and her sister Lishi Ganesh were reported to be among those detained; Kushitha said publicly that they had gone there only to eat cheese bajjis (fritters), a remark that went viral and led to her being nicknamed the "cheese bajji girl", or "Bajji Papa", online.[8] A separate drug raid at the Radisson Blu in Gachibowli on 25 January 2024 named several people including Lishi Ganesh; that case concerned her sister rather than Kushitha.[8]

In 2025 she drew political attention after posting an Instagram story showing VIP passes—reported to be worth around ₹40,000—for a Sunrisers Hyderabad–Chennai Super Kings Indian Premier League match that were marked as complimentary tickets for the Telangana chief minister; the post prompted questions over how passes meant for the office of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy had reached her, and was taken up by the opposition BRS.[12]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotesRef.
2023Neethone NenuAyeshaTeluguLead; debut leading role[3]
2024Babu (No.1 Bullshit Guy)KushiTeluguFemale lead[4]
2025ChiranjeevaTeluguLead; released on Aha[5]
2025Indian Penal LawTamilTamil-cinema debut; lead role[6]

References

  1. ↑ Birthday posts on Kushitha Kallapu's verified Instagram account, dated 19 October (e.g. "Happy birthday to me", 19 October 2025). Cited per WP:ABOUTSELF and WP:DOB for her date of birth.
  2. ↑ Kushitha Kallapu (25 February 2024). Actress Kushitha Kallapu and Arjun Kalyan – Exclusive interview with Dev Tompala. iDream Media. Retrieved 9 June 2026 – via YouTube. Kushitha gives her birth year as 2002 (at 15:57).
  3. 1 2 3 "Nethone Nenu Review: A passable message-driven social drama". OTTplay. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 "Babu: No.1 Bullshit Guy Movie Review". The Times of India. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 "Raj Tarun's Chiranjeeva on Aha – Review and Rating". 123telugu. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 "IPL: Indian Penal Law". The Times of India. 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
  7. 1 2 "Drug bust in Hyderabad pub raid; kin of stars, politicos, cops present". The Times of India. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Hyderabad 5-star hotel drug bust: Tollywood director and YouTuber among those booked". The South First. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
  9. ↑ "Babu: No.1 Bullshit Guy – Official Trailer". The Times of India. 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
  10. ↑ "Kushita Kallapu expresses disappointment over role cut in Mahesh Babu's 'Guntur Kaaram'". The Times of India. February 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
  11. ↑ "Chiranjeeva Movie Review: Raj Tarun's OTT comeback with Kushita Kallapu on Aha". NTV Telugu. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
  12. ↑ "Telugu actress Kushitha Kallapu and the CM's IPL ticket controversy". The Indian Express (in Malayalam). 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
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