Ram Charan Konidala (born 27 April 1985) is an Indian film actor, entrepreneur, and an accomplished equestrian.

He won two Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards, two Filmfare Awards, two CineMAA Awards, and one Santosham Best Actor Awards. This year he was granted Youngsters Symbol Awards by North American Telugu Society (NATS). Moreover to the movies, he also endoresed manufacturers like Coke and Airtel for some period. Currently he is the product ambassador for Tata DoCoMo for Andhra Pradesh area. He operates a Polo Group Ram Charan Hyderabad Polo Riding Group (RC HPRC). He also provides on the panel of administrators of MAA TV

Early life

Ram Charan was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on 27 March 1985 to acclaimed South Indian actor Chiranjeevi and Surekha. He has two sisters Sushmita and Sreesha.

Career

In 2007, Ram Charan made his film debut as the leading man in the film Chirutha, which was directed by Puri Jagannadh. His performance in the film gained him a Filmfare Best South Debutant Award and Nandi Special Jury Award. After the discharge of this year's smash hit Magadheera which was only his second film, Charan established himself as one of the top modern stars of Tollywood. Directed by S. S. Rajamouli, the film received six Filmfare Awards including the award for Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu and Nandi Special Jury Award for Charan. After the success of Magadheera, Charan starred in Bommarillu Bhaskar's Orange in 2010. Though the movie failed at the box-office, his performance and musical score by Harris Jayaraj were applauded. His next, Rachcha released in 2012 took a grand opening and was declared a commercial success. His first release in 2013 was Naayak directed by V. V. Vinayak. It opened to positive critical acclaim and became a huge success. Most of his films have been dubbed in other regional languages like Tamil and Malayalam and achieved success there too, contributing to Charan's popularity in the neighbouring states.

As of now, Cherry is working on one Telugu movie Yevadu directed by Vamsi Paidipally. He is set to make his Bollywood debut through Zanjeer (2013 film) in telugu named as Toofan, a remake of the film of same name starring Amitabh Bachchan

Personal life

Charan got wedded to Upasana Kamineni, the vice-chairman of Apollo Charitable organisation and primary manager of B Positive magazine. The engagement took position in Hyderabad on 1 Dec 2011. Upasana is the daughter of Prathap C. Reddy, the Executive Chairman of the Apollo Medical Hospitals. Consequently, Ram Charan wedded Upasana Kamineni on 14 July 2012 at the Temple Trees Farm House

Awards

• CineMAA Award for Best Male Debut - Chirutha
• CineMAA Award for Best Actor – Magadheera
• Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South - Chirutha
• Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu - Magadheera
• Nandi Special Jury Award for Best Actor - Chirutha
• Nandi Special Jury Award for Best Actor - Magadheera
• TSR-Tv9 Film Award For Best Hero - Naayak