J. D. Chakravarthi

Acting

J. D. Chakravarthi

Born

1970-04-16 (56)

Place of birth

Hyderabad, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

74 titles

J.D. Chakravarthy (born Nagulapati Srinivasa Chakravarthy) is an Indian film actor and director known for his works in South Indian film industry and Bollywood. He has starred in Hindi films like Shiva, Satya,Vaastu Shastra 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

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 7 titles

2010s · 16 titles

Mikhael poster
4.6

A school kid commits suicide after a humiliating incident at school. All hell breaks loose as his brute businessman dad gets obsessed with finishing off all responsible for the same.

Mikhael

2019

Exploring ''Shiva'' Movie After 25 Years poster
NR

This Documentary is about a film whish released on oct 5th 1989. IT NOT ONLY SHOCKED THE AUDIENCE, BUT IT REDEFINED RULES OF FILM MALKING.

Exploring ''Shiva'' Movie After 25 Years

2014

Ice Cream 2 poster
5.0

Fate of a short film crew vs burglar crew who just robbed a bank.

Ice Cream 2

2014

Marainthirunthu Paarkum Marmam Enna poster
6.1

A daring young man joins a gang that is behind chain-snatching crimes in the city. What's his game plan?

Marainthirunthu Paarkum Marmam Enna

2018

Samar poster
5.0

Shakthi, a trekking guide, goes to Bangkok after he receives a patch-up invitation from his lover Roopa, who had broken up with him. En route, he strikes up a friendship Maya. When Roopa doesn’t arrive for the rendezvous, Shakthi decides to return to India but gets embroiled in a mystery where he is taken for a millionaire businessman. Pretty soon, even Shakthi starts doubting his own identity. Can he get out of this conundrum?

Samar

2013

Shikhamani poster
6.0

The railway runs kilometers through the forest. Shikhamani is the most honest and efficient gang man. He lives in the nearby village. Quite unexpectedly a girl enters his life and the resulting events are plotted.

Shikhamani

2016

Nakshatram poster
2.9

A young boy is made to realise that the police form the backbone of society and every cop is akin to Lord Hanuman the protector. He then makes up his mind about becoming a cop when he grows up.​

Nakshatram

2017

Zero poster
5.8

A newly-wedded couple's domestic bliss is smashed to smithereens when the wife starts acting crazy. Has she become mentally unstable like her dead mother, or is there a sinister force at work?

Zero

2016

No artwork available
4.0

Four small time crooks, turn towards kidnapping for some quick money. They kidnap a millionaire's daughter, and they demand money (1 crore). They are forced to barge into the home of a vegetarian family of 35. Their stay in the house gets extended when they learn than the hostage's father has gone abroad and they have to wait until he returns. The kidnappers are forced to take more hostages to keep their identity secret and prevent the kidnapping venture from failing. Eventually other people are stuck in the house, such as: pizza guy, a police constable, a guy who wants money from the goon, real estate guy What follows is a "mad-mad comedy of errors", along with a sales girl who is dragged into the fray when she arrives in the house in order to sell them shampoo.

Money Money More Money

2011

Hippi poster
2.0

Devadas is a kick boxer turned techie who wants to break his relationship with Amukta Malyada at any cost. But will she let it happen?

Hippi

2019

Bhaskar The Rascal poster
4.9

Businessman Bhaskaran Pillai builds a large commercial empire until his wife dies. Under pressure from his son, Bhaskaran goes on a trip where he meets Hima, a small-business owner.

Bhaskar The Rascal

2015

Arima Nambi poster
5.2

When Anamika, the girl who he is on a date with, is kidnapped, Arjun goes to the police for help and gets into a dangerous situation from where there is no escape.

Arima Nambi

2014

Dynamite poster
6.0

Dynamite is a Telugu action thriller film directed by Master Vijayan, Manchu Vishnu and also guest directed by Deva Katta for 9 days of the shoot, the film is produced by Manchu Vishnu under the banner 24 Frames Factory featuring himself, Pranitha Subhash, J. D. Chakravarthy in pivotal roles. It is the official Tamil remake of Arima Nambi. Stunts and actions co-ordinated by Vijayan who also directed the film along with Vishnu Manchu after Deva Katta walked out of the project due to creative differences.

Dynamite

2015

Kacheri Arambam poster
NR

The film begins at a journey in train where Paari (Jeeva) looks back at everything. Cut to the beginning, one remote village in Ramanathapuram. Paari is a do-gooder helping everyone in need. A magnanimous man, he gives anything and everything to others if they ask for. Promising his dad (Azhagan Perumal) to earn more, Paari sets out to Chennai. But he faces more challenges. He meets a young girl Madhi (Poonam Bajwa) and falls in love with her. Some goons also cause trouble for Paari. Meanwhile, Sivamani (J D Chakravarthy), the dreaded but sophisticated don of the city is getting ready to marry Madhu. When the two stories meet, chaos ensue, it is now up to Paari and Sivamani to sort it out.

Kacheri Arambam

2010

All the Best poster
5.0

Ravi desperately needs money to bail out his father who has been wrongly accused and jailed. He becomes a con artist but keeps getting into trouble. Chandu saves him and they become partners in crime.

All the Best

2012

Bhoot Returns poster
3.0

A family moves into a possessed bungalow. A sudden turn of events in the house leaves them astonished. When things worsen, escape seems to be their last resort.

Bhoot Returns

2012

2000s · 15 titles

Kannathil Muthamittal poster
7.7

A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her birth mother, her family eventually agrees to take her to Sri Lanka, where they encounter the militant group known as the Tamil Tigers.

Kannathil Muthamittal

2002

Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag poster
2.3

A pair of bodyguards for a politician find their positions under threat when their employer is implicated in a scandal. Fleeing to Mumbai they find work with a gangster, but also find that the police are onto them.

Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag

2007

Dubai Seenu poster
5.4

Seenu (Ravi Teja) is fondly called as Dubai Seenu. His sole aim in life is to fly to Dubai and earn tonnes of money. In the process, he gets hold of a broker and gets duped by him in Mumbai. He along with his friends starts a small canteen to earn his llivelihood. and eventually falls in love with a girl called Madhumati (Nayana Tara). He then witnesses an incident that prompts him to return back to Hyderabad. The rest of the story is all about how he helps out Madhumati.

Dubai Seenu

2007

Anandamanandamaye poster
NR

While on a train journey, Kiran, an engineer, meets Bhuvana and falls in love with her. Bhuavana's family agrees to their marriage, but mistaken identities lead to the cancellation of the wedding.

Anandamanandamaye

2004

Aanai poster
4.5

Vijay is an ex-cop who was framed up after he cleaned the city of the scum of the earth including nine encounter killings of dreaded gangsters. Now out of work, he is persuaded by his former boss to be the bodyguard of 8-year-old Priya whose parents are millionaires. He is hired to protect the little girl from kidnappers who are on the prowl. The kidnappers are led by a loony militant called 'Ahmed Khan' who manages to kidnap Priya and humiliate Vijay. The rest of the film is how Vijay assisted by two glam girls mete out vigilante justice in a cat-and-mouse game with the kidnappers.

Aanai

2005

Premaku Swagatam poster
NR

Mahendra, a multimillionaire businessman, chooses a wealthy young man for his daughter, Lahari. However, she insists on getting married to her boyfriend, a mere car driver.

Premaku Swagatam

2002

Vaastu Shastra poster
5.7

A couple and their sister move to their new house with their young son, but soon discover that an old tree outside the house holds a strange curse which is haunting their house.

Vaastu Shastra

2004

Sarvam poster
5.8

The film revolves around five individual characters and the events in their life, that, on the one hand, changes everything in their respective lives, which the film's title refers to, and, on the other hand, also brings together these people. It is an anthology film, that contains two parallel moving stories, which are connected by a freak accident in Chennai. A young architect, falls in love with a young beautiful pediatric doctor, runs after her and tries to convince her to marry her, while, simultaneously, a morose ex-football coach troubles a software engineer by vowing to kill his eight-year-old son. How these characters get connected and confronted through the accident forms the crux of the story.

Sarvam

2009

Josh poster
5.4

When a man in search of employment, becomes involved with a group of students, who are being led astray by destructive influences, he invests all his energy and effort into ensuring that the students are able to stave off the negative powers. Why is he so passionate about helping the students?

Josh

2009

Nee Sukhame Ne Koruthunna poster
6.0

Nee Sukhame Ne Korukunna is a Telugu movie (2008) with Raja and Sneha in the lead roles.Giribabu had earlier produced and directed several hit films including Devatalara Deevinchandi, Simha Garjana, Merupu Dadi and Muddu Muchata. After a long time, he chose to wield the megaphone under his own banner. However, he could not change his style of direction and continued it in the old fashion. The film could be categorised as a love and family entertainer.

Nee Sukhame Ne Koruthunna

2008

Golmaal poster
8.0

Golmal is an Comedy based movie. In which, Ameer Khan (JD Chakri) and Amar Sastry (Ramesh Arvind) are buddies in a village. Ameer Khan is a rich guy and has a long-cherished dream of flying to USA and to do the white collared job. Amar Sastry is a poor guy who has lots of responsibilities and the entire burden of his family is on his shoulders.The conventional parents of Ameer want him to join the college run by Abdullah - a friend of Ameer

Golmaal

2003

Madhayanam Hathya poster
5.0

A Police Inspector is assigned to investigate the case of the dead woman whose body is recovered from a lake. The cop checks if this matter can be linked with a missing persons' report filed by a film editor Ravi kumar J. D. Chakravarthy and his father-in-law.

Madhayanam Hathya

2004

Homam poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Homam

2008

Kodanda Ramudu poster
6.0

Ramu, a tour guide, is deeply in love with Mounika, who does not believe in the concept of love. She pretends to be smitten by him and then humiliates him when he proposes marriage.

Kodanda Ramudu

2000

Maa Pelliki Randi poster
8.3

Happy-go-lucky Kumar falls head over heels in love with Anjali at first sight. After a lot of persuasion, Anjali agrees to marry him, but his parents have different plans for him.

Maa Pelliki Randi

2001

1990s · 19 titles

Shiva poster
6.7

Shiva, a fresher at VAC College, is forced to stand up against the students' union president and a group of gangsters who have made the college environment increasingly violent.

Shiva

1990

Satya poster
7.3

A young man named Satya comes to Mumbai from South India in search of a job. Jailed for something he did not do, the once-honest young man meets an underworld boss, Bhiku Mhatre in jail and joins his gang.

Satya

1998

Paape Naa Pranam poster
NR

When a man's daughter is taken hostage, he is forced to assassinate a minister to save her life.

Paape Naa Pranam

1998

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Athiradhudu

1991

No artwork available
NR

A man is falsely convicted and imprisoned for crimes he did not commit. He decides to set out on a mission to track down the real culprits.

Pratap

1993

Money poster
8.4

Two unemployed youths kidnap their wealthy neighbor and later learn that her husband wants her dead for the property; they end up helping her out of the situation.

Money

1993

Egire Paavurama poster
NR

As Jyothi, a joyful woman, prepares herself to marry Balu, a singer, her best friend Yashoda's husband misbehaves with her. Jyothi's uncle vows to teach him an unforgettable lesson.

Egire Paavurama

1997

Gulabi poster
6.6

Chandu's heart skips a beat when he finally meets Pooja, the captivating woman who's been calling him anonymously. Their connection is undeniable, but their whirlwind romance is met with disapproval from Pooja's father. Determined to be together, they make a daring plan to elope. However, on the day they're supposed to flee, Chandu finds himself waiting in vain – Pooja is nowhere to be found.

Gulabi

1995

Prem Qaidi poster
5.5

A teenage couple fall in love, but their relationship is opposed by the girl's father because the boy is not from a wealthy family.

Prem Qaidi

1991

Premaku Velayera poster
6.3

A young man plans to climb the ladder of success by trying to woo his rich uncle's daughter.

Premaku Velayera

1999

W/O V.Varaprasad poster
7.8

W/O V. Vara Prasad is a 1998 Indian Telugu film, directed by Vamsy and Produced by Ram Gopal Varma. The film stars J. D. Chakravarthy, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vineeth and Esha in lead roles. The music of the film was composed by M. M. Keeravani.

W/O V.Varaprasad

1998

Deyyam poster
5.7

Murali and Sindhu, bought a new farm house in the suburbs of Hyderabad. The problem comes when Sindhu's son starts making imaginary friends in their new home. It is later then revealed that his "imaginary friends" are ghosts and they have been telling their son to move out of their house.

Deyyam

1996

Mrugam poster
NR

Mrugam is a 1996 Telugu crime film, written and directed by Rudraraju Suresh Varma. Actor J. D. Chakravarthy played the role of a sincere cop in the film The film became a box office hit.

Mrugam

1996

Neti Siddhartha poster
6.5

Neti Siddhartha is a 1990 Telugu action film produced and directed by Kranthi Kumar under the Kranthi Chitra banner. The film stars Krishnam Raju, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Shobana and Ayesha Jhulka in the lead roles, with music composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. This film is a remake of the Hindi film Dharmatma (1975) which inturn is based on The Godfather. The film was recorded Average at the box office.

Neti Siddhartha

1990

laati poster
NR

Srinivas is a young boy (Prashanth) who dreams of becoming a police officer. He eventually joins a police training college and gets posted as a police constable in an area, where don Avinash (Raghuvaran) rules over the area. Srinivas wins over Avinash, encountering ordeals. He falls in love with Sangeetha (played by debutant Samyuktha)

laati

1992

Anaganaga Oka Roju poster
7.4

Two runaway lovers are wanted by the police and a bunch of crooks. Unknown to them they carry a powerful evidence that can expose a dirty political plot. The only person who can help them is a thief who himself is wanted by the police.

Anaganaga Oka Roju

1997

Bombay Priyudu poster
NR

Bombay Priyudu is a 1996 Telugu-language romance film, starring J. D. Chakravarthy and Rambha.

Bombay Priyudu

1996

Money Money poster
7.8

Two young men, Chakri and Bose as they travel in the pursuit of wealth, while getting more and more entangled in a web of lies, love and loyalty. What will the future hold in store for them?

Money Money

1995

One by Two poster
NR

Comedy Movie starring JD Chakravarthy and Srikanth

One by Two

1993

Series credits

Behind the camera

Darna Zaroori Hai poster
5.3

Five children enter a haunted house and find an old woman. She promises to tell them six scary stories that they won't be able to handle.

Darna Zaroori Hai

2006

Darwaaza Bandh Rakho poster
7.0

Four men form a gang with a plan of making a quick buck by kidnapping a rich girl for ransom. Not being prepared for unforeseen situation, they are forced to barge in and take shelter in a house and take the people in the house as hostages

Darwaaza Bandh Rakho

2006

Darwaaza Bandh Rakho poster
7.0

Four men form a gang with a plan of making a quick buck by kidnapping a rich girl for ransom. Not being prepared for unforeseen situation, they are forced to barge in and take shelter in a house and take the people in the house as hostages

Darwaaza Bandh Rakho

2006

Madhayanam Hathya poster
5.0

A Police Inspector is assigned to investigate the case of the dead woman whose body is recovered from a lake. The cop checks if this matter can be linked with a missing persons' report filed by a film editor Ravi kumar J. D. Chakravarthy and his father-in-law.

Madhayanam Hathya

2004

No artwork available
4.0

Four small time crooks, turn towards kidnapping for some quick money. They kidnap a millionaire's daughter, and they demand money (1 crore). They are forced to barge into the home of a vegetarian family of 35. Their stay in the house gets extended when they learn than the hostage's father has gone abroad and they have to wait until he returns. The kidnappers are forced to take more hostages to keep their identity secret and prevent the kidnapping venture from failing. Eventually other people are stuck in the house, such as: pizza guy, a police constable, a guy who wants money from the goon, real estate guy What follows is a "mad-mad comedy of errors", along with a sales girl who is dragged into the fray when she arrives in the house in order to sell them shampoo.

Money Money More Money

2011

No artwork available
4.0

Four small time crooks, turn towards kidnapping for some quick money. They kidnap a millionaire's daughter, and they demand money (1 crore). They are forced to barge into the home of a vegetarian family of 35. Their stay in the house gets extended when they learn than the hostage's father has gone abroad and they have to wait until he returns. The kidnappers are forced to take more hostages to keep their identity secret and prevent the kidnapping venture from failing. Eventually other people are stuck in the house, such as: pizza guy, a police constable, a guy who wants money from the goon, real estate guy What follows is a "mad-mad comedy of errors", along with a sales girl who is dragged into the fray when she arrives in the house in order to sell them shampoo.

Money Money More Money

2011

Homam poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Homam

2008

Homam poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Homam

2008

Durga poster
NR

College student Durga (J D Chakravarthy) lives with his grandfather and shuns all violence. He also loves Gayathri, a fellow student whom he plans to marry, but her father is against the match. When a local don learns that Durga persists in pursuing the relationship against the wishes of Gayathri's father, he sends his henchmen to kill him -- unleashing a storm of terror on Gayathri and her family.

Durga

2002

All the Best poster
5.0

Ravi desperately needs money to bail out his father who has been wrongly accused and jailed. He becomes a con artist but keeps getting into trouble. Chandu saves him and they become partners in crime.

All the Best

2012

No artwork available
NR

Daya (Jagapati Babu) is a sincere cop and an encounter specialist. He handles his job professionally and does not hold anything personal. Salim (Kota Prasad) is his assistant who is greedy about increasing the encounters count so that he could get more publicity from the media. The city commissioner (Kota) is retired and a new commissioner takes the charge. The new commissioner has his own agenda and he discourages Daya from performing his duty in fair manner. The rest of the story is all about how Daya takes law into his hands and cleans up the mafia gang in his own indomitable style.

Siddham

2009