J. D. Chakravarthy

Nagulapati Srinivasa Chakravarthy, known professionally as J. D. Chakravarthy, is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter and musician known for his work primarily with Telugu cinema in addition to Hindi, Tamil, and Malayalam films. Chakravarthy made his screen debut with the Telugu film, Siva, an action blockbuster directed by Ram Gopal Varma, featured at the 12th IFFI. He subsequently made his Bollywood debut with the remake of the same film titled Shiva (1990). He then starred in the blockbuster Satya, featured in the Indian panorama section at the 29th IFFI, and was listed among CNN-IBN's 100 greatest Indian films of all time.

Chakravarthy starred in more than seventy feature films in a variety of roles predominantly in Telugu, Hindi and a few Tamil, and Malayalam films. He is best known for his performances in box office hits like Neti Siddhartha (1990), Money (1993), One by Two (1993), Money Money (1994), Gulabi (1995), Bombay Priyudu (1996), Anaganaga Oka Roju (1997), Egire Paavurama (1997), Nenu Premisthunnanu (1997), Premaku Velayara (1999), Pape Naa Pranam (2000), Madhyanam Hathya (2004), and Dayaa (2023). He won the Nandi Special Jury Award, Screen Award Special Jury Award and Best Supporting Actor Award at the Eko International Film Festival for Gulabi (1995), Satya, (1998), and Dahini: The Witch (2022) respectively.