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Nithiin is an Indian film actor
and producer known for
his works predominantly in
Telugu cinema. He is the
son of noted Tollywood
producer and film distributor
Sudhakar Reddy. Nithiin
made his film debut in the
year 2002 with Jayam,
for which he received the
Filmfare Award for Best Male
Debut – South. This film was
one of the highest-grossing
Telugu films of all time.
Nithiin was born to noted
film producer and distributor
Sudhakar Reddy and Laxmi
Reddy. He has an elder
sister named Nikitha Reddy.
On February 15, Nithiin got
engaged to Shalini and they
are set to marry in April.
Nithiin started his career with
the movie Jayam in 2002,
directed by Teja. Sadha
played the female lead role
and Gopichand played the
villain role in the movie. It
was remade by Jayam Ravi
in Tamil. In 2003, Nithiin
acted in the film Dil, directed
by VV Vinayak. This film
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is produced by Raju, who
got the title "Dil Raju" after
this film. Later in the same
year, Nithiin acted in the
film Sambaram, directed by
Dasarath.
In 2004, Nithiin starred in
Sri Anjaneyam, directed by
Krishna Vamsi. He played
the role as a devotee of
Lord Hanuman in the
movie. This is the first time
Nithiin dubbed his own
voice for his movie, Sivaji
dubbed his voice for his
earlier films. Shivaji won
Nandi Award for Best Male
Dubbing Artist for his voice
for Nithiin in the movie Dil.
After a series of failures,
Nithiin tasted success back
with Ishq in the year 2012.
He acted in the film Gunde
Jaari Gallanthayyinde in
2013. Later, he acted in
Chinnadana Nee Kosam, a
film written and directed by
A. Karunakaran.
In the same year, he acted
in the film Heart Attack,
directed by Puri Jagannadh.
He made the role of a hippie
and the movie got mixed
reviews. He acted in the
role of a courier boy in the
movie Courier Boy Kalyan,
released in 2015. Nithiin
scored his career's biggest
it with A Aa directed by
Trivikram. The film released
in 2016 and Samantha
played the leading lady. In
2017, Nithiin acted in the
film LIE which was directed
by Hanu Raghavapudi. In
2018, Nithiin's Chal Mohan
Ranga directed by Krishna
Chaitanya. On August 9,
2018, another film of Nithiin's
titled Srinivasa Kalyanam
released.
After four years, Nithiin
returned back to success
streak with Bheeshma
directed by Venky
Kudumula. The film is
running successfully all
over. Nithiin is currently busy
with the shoot of Rang De
and Check. He also signed
the remake of Bollywood
blockbuster Andhadhun.