Nithiin

Biography

Nithin Reddy (born 30 March 1983), known professionally as Nithiin, is an Indian actor and producer who primarily works in Telugu films. Nithiin made his acting debut with the romantic action film Jayam (2002), for which he received the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South and CineMAA Awards for Best Male Debut.

Nithiin then appeared in Dil (2003), Sye (2004) and Sri Anjaneyam (2004). He won the Santosham Film Awards for Best Young Performer for Sri Anjaneyam. After a series of commercial failures, Nithiin achieved success with the romance films Ishq (2012) and Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde (2013), receiving Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu nominations for both these performances.

He went on to establish himself with films including Heart Attack (2014), A Aa (2016) and Bheeshma (2020). He received the SIIMA Award for Best Actor – Telugu nominations for the latter two.

Nithiin collaborated with director Chandra Sekhar Yeleti for Check (2021), co-starring Rakul Preet Singh and Priya Prakash Varrier. His second release of the year was Rang De, directed by Venky Atluri and starred alongside Keerthy Suresh.

His third release of the year was the black comedy crime thriller Maestro which had a direct-to-streaming release on Disney+ Hotstar on 17 September 2021. He played the role of a pianist, with critics praising his performance in the film and this is a remake of the Hindi film Andhadhun.

[better source needed] In September 2021, he started filming for his next film Macherla Niyojakavargam. It was released in August 2022 to negative reviews and surfaced as a box-office bomb. In 2023, Nithiin starred in Extra Ordinary Man. He has partnered with filmmaker Venu Sriram for his next film named Thammudu.

In 2020, Nithiin married his girlfriend Shalini Kandukuri. Their wedding took place at Falaknuma Palace, Hyderabad.