Venkatesh filmography

Venkatesh at the 62nd Filmfare Awards South press conference

Venkatesh is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. In a career spanning 38 years, he starred in 76 feature films.[1] He has received seven state Nandi awards, and six Filmfare Awards for best acting.

Along with his brother D. Suresh Babu, Venkatesh is the co-owner of Suresh Productions, one of the largest film production companies in India. Venkatesh has starred in several of his films under this production, most of them turned out to be blockbusters, owing to this, he is widely known as Victory Venkatesh in the media.[2] Apart from films, He is the mentor of Telugu Warriors representing Tollywood in Celebrity Cricket League.[3][4]

Film

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
  • All films are in Telugu unless otherwise noted.

As actor

List of Venkatesh film acting credits
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1971Prema NagarYoung Kesava VarmaChild artist
1972Vasantha MaligaiYoung Vijay KumarChild artist; Tamil film; footage reused from Prema Nagar
1986Kaliyuga PandavuluVijay[5][6]
Brahma RudruluSatya Prasad
1987AjeyuduMurali
Bharatamlo ArjunuduArjun
TrimurtuluRaja
Vijetha VikramVikram
Srinivasa KalyanamSrinivas
1988Raktha TilakamKrishna Prasad
Brahma PuthruduSakthi [7]
Swarna KamalamChandra Sehkar[6]
VarasudochhaduRaghu / Bose
1989PremaPruthvi[6]
Ontari PoratamRaja
Dhruva NakshatramDhruva Kumar
Jayammu Nischayammu RaaHimselfCameo appearance
Two Town RowdySakthi
1990AggiramuduAggi Ramudu
Vijay[a]
Bobbili RajaRaja
1991SathruvuAshok
Coolie No.1Raju / Bharath
Surya IPSSurya
Kshana KshanamChandu
1992ChantiChanti
ChinarayuduChinarayudu
SundarakandaVenkateswarlu
1993AnariRama Hindi film
Kondapalli RajaRaja
AbbaigaruDora Babu
1994Super PoliceVijay
Muddula PriyuduRamu
Raju
1995Pokiri RajaChanti
Balaraju[a]
TaqdeerwalaSuraj Hindi film
1996Dharma ChakramRakesh[6][8]
Sahasa Veerudu Sagara KanyaRavi Chandra
Intlo Illalu Vantintlo PriyuraluSriram
Saradha BulloduVijay
Pavithra BandhamVijay
1997ChinnabbayiSundarayya
Preminchukundam RaaGiri
PellichesukundamAanand
1998SuryavamsamHarischandra Prasad
Bhanu Prasad[a]
GaneshGanesh[6][9]
Premante IderaMurali
1999RajaRaja
SeenuSeenu
2000Kalisundam RaaRaghu[6][10]
Jayam Manade RaaMahadeva Naidu
Rudrama Naidu / Abhiram[a]
Dual role in both films [10]
2001Devi PutruduBalaram
Krishna[a]
Prematho RaaChandra Sekhar "Chandu"
Nuvvu Naaku NachavVenkateswarlu "Venky"
2002VasuVasu
GemeniGemeni
2003VasanthamAshok
2004MalliswariVara Prasad
GharshanaDCP Raamachandra
2005SankranthiRaghavendra
Subash Chandra BoseSubash Chandra Bose
Asok[a]
2006LakshmiLakshmi Narayana
2007Adavari Matalaku Ardhalu VeruleGanesh
TulasiParvathaneni Tulasi Ram
2008Chintakayala RaviRavi
2009EenaaduCommissioner Eeshwar Prasad
2010Namo VenkatesaParvateneni Venkataramana "Venky"
NagavalliNaagabhairava Raajasekhara
Vijay[a]
2012BodyguardVenkatadri / Venky
Krishnam Vande JagadgurumBallari BabuSpecial appearance in the song "Sye Andre Nanu"
2013Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle ChettuPeddodu
ShadowRajaram
MasalaVenkata Raja Narasimha Balaram
2014DrushyamRambabu
2015Gopala GopalaGopalaraao[11]
2016Babu BangaramACP Krishna
PremamDCP Rama ChandraCameo appearance
2017GuruAditya
2018AgnyaathavaasiGuruCameo appearance
2019F2: Fun and FrustrationVenky
Venky MamaVenkataratnam "Military Naidu " Venky Mama""
2021NarappaNarappa
Drushyam 2Rambabu
2022F3: Fun and FrustrationVenky
Ori DevudaGodExtended Cameo
2023Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki JaanGundamaneni Balakrishna alias "Rowdy Anna"Hindi film
2024SaindhavSaindhav Koneru "SaiKo"75th Film
2025Sankranthiki VasthunamYadagiri Damodara Sinaraju IPS "Raju" alias YD Raju / Yama Dharma Raju
2026Mana Shankara Vara Prasad GaruVenky GowdaExtended Cameo
Aadarsha Kutumbam House No: 47 - AK47 †ChittibabuFilming[12]
2027 January 12 Vidudala † Kalnal Venkat Reddy Filming

Television

List of Venkatesh television series credits
Year Title Role Network Language Notes
2023–present Rana Naidu Naga Naidu Netflix Hindi
2023 Maya Bazaar For Sale – ZEE5 Telugu Producer only

Voice acting

List of Venkatesh voice acting credits
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2018 Srinivasa Kalyanam – Narrator
2019 Aladdin Genie Telugu dub; portrayed by Will Smith [13]
2021 Krack – Narrator
2021 Mosagallu – Narrator

As playback singer

List of Venkatesh playback singing credits
Year Title Song Ref.
2017 Guru "Jingidi"
2025 Sankranthiki Vasthunam "Blockbuster Pongal"

Notes

References

  1. ↑ Venkatesh getting younger on screen
  2. ↑ "Victory, yet again | The Hindu". The Hindu. 19 January 2013. Archived from the original on 6 October 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Venkatesh - Telugu Actor Gallery stills images clips
  4. ↑ Ram-Laxman to direct Venkatesh | Deccan Chronicle
  5. ↑ Telugu cinema’s second gen actors remember ANR Archived 26 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine- Times of India. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Awards won by Venkatesh Daggubati - Telugu cinema news - idlebrain.com". www.idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  7. ↑ HYBIZTV HD (3 June 2015). "Victory Venkatesh - Britannia Filmfare Awards 2014 - Hybiz.tv". Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2021 – via YouTube.
  8. ↑ "Filmfare - South Special". 18 October 1999. Archived from the original on 18 October 1999. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "Filmfare (South) awards presented". The Tribune. 26 April 2017. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  10. 1 2 "Venkatesh Daggubati Awards: List of awards and nominations received by Venkatesh Daggubati | Times of India Entertainment". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  11. ↑ Pawan Kalyan and Venkatesh OMG Remake Telugu Title Confirmed? Archived 26 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine- Times of AP. 05 August 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "Title of Venkatesh, Trivikram Srinivas film revealed". The Hindu. 10 December 2025. Archived from the original on 10 December 2025. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  13. ↑ "F2 duo Venky & Varun dub for Hollywood biggie Aladdin". 25 April 2019. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.