Navdeep

Navdeep Pallapolu (born 26 January 1986) is an Indian actor and television personality who predominantly appears in the Telugu film industry alongside Tamil and Hindi works.^[3] He made his film debut in 2004 with the patriotic sports drama Jai. He starred in films such as Arinthum Ariyamalum (2005), Gowtam SSC (2005), Chandamama (2007), Arya 2 (2009), Baadshah (2013), Ice Cream (2014), Dhruva (2016), Nene Raju Nene Mantri (2017), Ala Vaikunthapurramloo (2020), Seeru (2020), and Run (2020).

Navdeep
Navdeep in 2010
Born	Navdeep Pallapolu^[1] (1986-01-26) 26 January 1986 (age 37)^[2]
Nationality	Indian
Occupations	Actor television personality
Years active	2004–present

Navdeep is also prominent in the television industry, as he finished in 4th place in the first season of the reality TV show Bigg Boss Telugu. In 2018, he hosted the game show Tollywood Squares and was a judge on the comedy TV show Adhirindi in 2020.^[4] Navdeep further starred in web series such as Gangstars

Film career

Navdeep has appeared in both Telugu and Tamil films, portraying diverse characters. Navdeep's first film appearance was in the 2004 Telugu romantic film, Jai, in which he played an Indian boxer fighting Laskar-E-Taiba terrorists. The movie was a hit. In the 2005 Tamil blockbuster Arinthum Ariyamalum, he portrayed a hero who is the son of the don, Prakash Raj, who was estranged from his father. His following films were primarily forgettable and failed at the box office, despite him gaining a reputation as a talented actor.

His biggest break was the 2007 film Chandamama, where he starred along with Kajal Aggarwal, in which his performance as a flirty and naughty youth won high praise. The film was one of the biggest blockbusters of 2007, and Navdeep and Kajal won high accolades. He later essayed a lead role in Arya 2 opposite Kajal once again and Allu Arjun, and he received praise for his character with grey shades. Despite it being a multi starrer with Allu Arjun, Navdeep made his presence felt in this box office hit.

From 2010 till 2013, he continued to star in diverse films, which include Om Shanti opposite Aditi Sharma, Kajal Aggarwal, and Nikhil Siddharth, the mystery thriller Yagam, slapstick comedy Mugguru, romantic drama Aakasame Haddu, a cameo in Oh My Friend, and the thriller Mythri, none of which made a mark at the box office.

In 2013, Navdeep played the powerful main antagonist opposite Jr. NTR in Baadshah, and the film was a blockbuster. Later that year, he starred in masala flick Vasool Raja, in which Srihari played an important role. That movie failed at the box office. In 2014, his crime comedy Bangaru Kodipetta was an average venture, in which he starred opposite Swathi Reddy, and then he played the male lead in the supernatural horror flick Ice Cream, which was a hit at the box office. He also hosted the "3rd South Indian International Movie Awards" that year. He played a cameo role in Anukshanam and his next film Poga flopped. In 2015 he starred in another crime drama Bham Bolenath, which flopped miserably, and played a cameo in Tamil movie Idhu Enna Maayam.

In 2016, Navdeep hosted the 1st IIFA Utsavam Awards with Allu Sirish and Regina Cassandra. He also made a cameo appearance in the Hindi flick Azhar and played an important supporting character in Ram Charan's blockbuster movie Dhruva. He later played a crucial role in Nene Raju Nene Mantri in 2017, which also starred Rana Daggubati. He finished as in 4th place on the reality TV show Bigg Boss Telugu in 2017. In 2018 he starred in Gangstars, a crime drama web series alongside Jagapati Babu and Swetha Basu Prasad. The series was promoted heavily like a film and got a positive reception. After nearly 3 years in 2018, following the new success of Gangstars, he starred as a hero once again in romantic comedy Next Enti, opposite Tamannaah and Sundeep Kishan. This film unfortunately failed at the box office. In 2020, he played a supporting role in blockbuster action comedy Ala Vaikunthapurramloo, which stars Allu Arjun and Pooja Hegde. In the same year, Navdeep starred as the main lead in psychological thriller Run, which was panned by critics.

He has given his voice to an HIV/AIDS education animated software tutorial created by the nonprofit organization TeachAids, and he is an avid humanitarian supporting various other causes and charities.^[5]

Television career

Navdeep has hosted the Fear Factor adaptation in Telugu, Super, along with a few film festivals. His most notable appearance in Television was as a wildcard contestant in popular reality TV show Bigg Boss Telugu, in which he gained large praise and exposure due to his charm and wit. He finished in 4th place. He then appeared in Yupp TV's rom-com Mana Mugguri Love Story, in which he played a wealthy, successful, and suave young businessman. The show also starred Tejaswi Madivada and Adith Arun in lead roles, and was received well. In 2018, he started hosting his own game show Tollywood Squares on Star Maa, and many celebrities came to participate. The show had 26 episodes in the first season.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2004	Jai	Jairam	Telugu
2005	Manasu Maata Vinadhu	Venu	Telugu
	Arinthum Ariyamalum	Sathya	Tamil
	Modati Cinema	Sreeram	Telugu
	Gowtam SSC	Goutham	Telugu
2006	Premante Inte	Veeru	Telugu
	Seethakoka Chiluka	Cheenu	Telugu
	Nenjil	Anand	Tamil
2007	Poramboku	Karthik	Telugu
	Chandamama	Kishore	Telugu
2008	Ready	Swapna's Boyfriend	Telugu	Guest appearance
	Aegan	Narain	Tamil
2009	A Aa E Ee	Akash	Tamil
	Ride		Telugu	Cameo appearance
	Solla Solla Inikkum	Sathya	Tamil
	Arya 2	Ajay	Telugu
2010	Om Shanti	Anand	Telugu
	Yagam	Santosh	Telugu
2011	Mugguru	Pavan	Telugu
	Aakasame Haddu	Karthik	Telugu
	Oh My Friend	Uday	Telugu
2012	Mythri	Deepu	Telugu
2013	Baadshah	Aadi	Telugu
	Vasool Raja	Raja	Telugu
2014	Bangaru Kodipetta	Vamsi	Telugu
	Ice Cream	Vishal	Telugu
	Anukshanam	Ajit	Telugu	Cameo appearance
	Poga	Shiva	Telugu
2015	Bham Bolenath	Vivek	Telugu
	Dongaata	Himself	Telugu	Special appearance in Song
	Idhu Enna Maayam	Santosh	Tamil	Cameo appearance
2016	Azhar	Meera's boyfriend	Hindi	Cameo appearance
	Dhruva	Gowtham IPS	Telugu
2017	Nene Raju Nene Mantri	Siva	Telugu
2018	Next Enti	Krish	Telugu
2020	Ala Vaikunthapurramloo	Shekhar	Telugu
	Seeru	Ashok Mithran	Tamil
	Run	Sandeep Reddy	Telugu
2021	Mosagallu	Vijay	Telugu
2024	Eagle		Telugu	Filming
	Love, Mouli	Mouli	Telugu	Filming

As dubbing artiste

• Keka (2008) for Raja^[6]

Television

Year	Show	Role	Network	Notes
2011–2016	Super	Host	ETV	2 seasons
2017	Bigg Boss 1	Contestant	Star Maa	Finalist
2017	Mana Mugguri Love Story	Surya	Yupp TV
2018	Tollywood Squares	Host	Star Maa
2018	Gangstars	Vishwa	Amazon Prime Video	Web series
2019–2020	Ragini MMS: Returns 2	Rajeev	ZEE5	Hindi debut; Web series
2020	Adhirindi	Judge	Zee Telugu
2020	Masti's	Pranav	aha	Web series
2021	Ram Yug	Vibheeshana	MX Player
2023	Newsense	Shiva	Aha	^[7]
2023	Maya Bazaar For Sale	Abhijeet	ZEE5

References

1. "Tollywood drug case: Navdeep refuses to give hair, nail samples". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
2. "Happy Birthday Navdeep: The Self-Made Actor is extremely fond of pets and these photos prove so". The Times of India. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
3. "'I've survived'". The Hindu. 22 September 2014. from the original on 6 June 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020 – via www.thehindu.com.
4. "Adhirindi: Bigg Boss Telugu fame Navdeep continues to judge the show this season". The Times of India. from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
5. "Star touch to animated film on HIV/AIDS". The New Indian Express. 27 November 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
6. "Keka – more like a whisper". www.123telugu.com. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
7. The Times of India (9 May 2023). "Navdeep and Bindhu Madhavi starrer web series 'Newsense' to premiere on May 12th; watch the teaser". Retrieved 17 May 2023.

External links

 

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