Nandamuri Kalyan Ram
- Actor
- Producer
Nandamuri Kalyan Ram is an Indian actor and producer predominantly working in Telugu films. He is the owner of Advitha Creative Studios, a VFX company. They have provided special effects in movies like Legend (2014), To Father with Love (2016), and Krishnashtami (2016).
Ram is the son of the late politician and actor Nandamuri Harikrishna. He is also the grandson of politician and producer N.T. Rama Rao. His half-brother is the reputed actor N.T. Rama Rao Jr..
Ram attended St. Paul's in Hyderabad and KCP Siddhartha Adarsh Residential School, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India, for his schooling. He earned his engineering degree from Coimbatore and his master's at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, The United States of America.
Ram debuted in 1989 with the film Bala Gopaludu (1989) alongside his uncle Nandamuri Balakrishna.
After setting up his production company, he produced Athanokkade (2005), which was the directorial debut film of Surender Reddy.
He also acted in a series of films, including Abhimanyu (2003), Asadhyudu (2006), Vijaya Dasami (2007), Lakshmi Kalyanam (2007), Hare Ram (2008), Jayeebhava (2009), and Kalyan Ram Kathi (2010).
In 2013, he produced and starred in Om 3D (2013). In 2015, he also produced the film Kick 2 (2015), starring Ravi Teja in the lead role. Ram also acted in the movie Sher (2015) alongside Sonal Chauhan.
In 2016, he produced and starred in the film Ism (2016) as the undercover journalist Satya Marthand. The next year, he appeared in the first season of the reality show Bigg Boss Telugu (2017).
In 2019, he played his father on the silver screen in the film NTR Kathanayakudu (2019) and NTR: Mahanayakudu (2019). In 2020, he acted in Entha Manchivaadavuraa (2020), an official remake of the Gujarati film Oxygen (2018).
He also produced and acted as the main character in the Telugu fantasy action film Bimbisara (2022).
Ram is the son of the late politician and actor Nandamuri Harikrishna. He is also the grandson of politician and producer N.T. Rama Rao. His half-brother is the reputed actor N.T. Rama Rao Jr..
Ram attended St. Paul's in Hyderabad and KCP Siddhartha Adarsh Residential School, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India, for his schooling. He earned his engineering degree from Coimbatore and his master's at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, The United States of America.
Ram debuted in 1989 with the film Bala Gopaludu (1989) alongside his uncle Nandamuri Balakrishna.
After setting up his production company, he produced Athanokkade (2005), which was the directorial debut film of Surender Reddy.
He also acted in a series of films, including Abhimanyu (2003), Asadhyudu (2006), Vijaya Dasami (2007), Lakshmi Kalyanam (2007), Hare Ram (2008), Jayeebhava (2009), and Kalyan Ram Kathi (2010).
In 2013, he produced and starred in Om 3D (2013). In 2015, he also produced the film Kick 2 (2015), starring Ravi Teja in the lead role. Ram also acted in the movie Sher (2015) alongside Sonal Chauhan.
In 2016, he produced and starred in the film Ism (2016) as the undercover journalist Satya Marthand. The next year, he appeared in the first season of the reality show Bigg Boss Telugu (2017).
In 2019, he played his father on the silver screen in the film NTR Kathanayakudu (2019) and NTR: Mahanayakudu (2019). In 2020, he acted in Entha Manchivaadavuraa (2020), an official remake of the Gujarati film Oxygen (2018).
He also produced and acted as the main character in the Telugu fantasy action film Bimbisara (2022).