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Hyderabad Times

30

Most Desirable Men

, 2019! They're hot as hell, funny as can be, and charm the pants off you, no kidding. Check 'em out ladies and gentlemen, if you would, please...

2. Ram Charan

Claim to fame: Not one to remain in his Megastar father, Chiranjeevi’s shadow, Ram Charan has been carving a niche for himself ever since he made his debut with Chirutha in 2007, which won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South. He has gone on to work in several superhit movies ever since, constantly experimenting with his looks and reinventing himself.

Relationship Status: Happily married to Upasana Kamineni

Desirability Quotient: A ripped body and a suave sense of style are this gentleman’s weapons of choice. Add to that his deep, sexy voice and you have a package you can’t resist.

3. Ram Pothineni

Claim to fame: He started off as a teen actor with Devadasu in 2006 and there’s been no looking back.

Relationship Status: Single — but they say there’s no dearth of pelli proposals. They’re all routed to mom though, so ladies, you know whom to approach.

Desirability Quotient: After winning the girls over with his cutesy chocolate boy avatar for years, Ram revealed his smoking hot macho side in Ismart Shankar leaving the girls weak in the knees. He’s the kind of good boy who can ace the bad boy act and walk away with all the girls in the room, good or bad.

4. Prabhas

Claim to fame: Prabhas is one actor whose name and fame goes beyond Tollywood, thanks to his multilingual blockbuster Baahubali. And Saaho is just the beginning of his Bollywood journey.

Relationship Status: Single. We are sure he is never short of female attention though. The constant talk of his folks looking for a girl for him has been getting all the Raju matchmakers excited.

Desirability Quotient: Tall, dark, handsome, – Prabhas is every bit the South Indian version of Greek God.

5. Salman Zaidi

Claim to fame: This Hyderabadi hunk won millions of hearts after winning the reality show, Ace of Space season 2.

Relationship Status: Dating TV hottie Krissan Barretto. one helluva lucky girl, we tell you.

Desirability Quotient: He makes the ladies go “OMG!” every time he posts a selfie in all his bare-chested muscular glory. And when he smiles that impish smile... oh! don’t get us started...

6.Baseer Ali

Claim to fame: In 2017, this Hyderabadi boy shot to fame when he participated in MTV Roadies, where he emerged as the runner-up. He then went on to win Splitsvilla 10. And hey, he was Hyderabad Times Most Desirable Man 2017.

Relationship Status: We hear he is single again Shoot your shot, ladies!

Desirability Quotient: After proving his mettle in multiple reality shows, this hunk has garnered millions of fans with his Hyderabadi charm, killer bod and a daring, if bizarre, sense of style. When he breaks into his adorable brand of ‘Hyderabadi Hindi’, the girls love him even more.

7. Varun Tej

Claim to fame: One of the most dashing men in Tollywood, he’s known to be choosy when it comes to his films. But in a short span of time, he has emerged as one of the most bankable stars of the industry.

Relationship Status: Good news, ladies — He is hot! He is single!

Desirability Quotient: Intense eyes that stare into your soul and a smile that lights up the world — this hunk has every tool to melt a woman’s heart.

8.Sudheer Babu

Claim to fame: After carving a niche for himself as a hero in Tollywood, he made an impact in Bollywood as well, with his baddie act in Baaghi.

Relationship Status: Married to Priyadarshini; that makes him Mahesh Babu’s brother-in-law. We wonder what their double dates are like.

Desirability Quotient: Those washboard abs; that chiselled face; that impeccable sense of style — as if all that wasn’t enough, he also has a dimpled smile. No wonder the girls go all heart-eyes!

9. Pradeep Machiraju

Claim to fame: Starting his career as an RJ, Pradeep Machiraju went on to become a household name with a slew of superhit shows on TV.

Relationship Status: single, but constantly crushing on Rakul and Kajal Aggarwal. Cute.

Desirability Quotient: He is the fun-loving, boy-next-door that any woman could easily take home to mom. With a ready wit, this dapper dude can win you over in no time.

10. Pranav Chaganty

Claim to fame: Who would have thought that there could be a rap about pani puri? That too in Telugu? But this Telangana boy did just that in his viral rap video, which garnered a whopping one million views on Youtube. He also rose to fame after writing and singing for Rajnikanth’s Kaala.

Relationship Status: Single. ready to mingle?

Desirability Quotient: A cute chocolate boy with a hot rebellious streak — it can’t get better than that. Add to that a great sense of humour, oodles of talent and the guts to speak his mind and stand up for the causes he believes in — Pranav’s just got too good to be true.

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17. Sameer Khan

Claim to fame: After winning Mr Dubai in 2017, this Hyderabad hunk made his Tollywood debut with last year’s romantic-thriller KS 100.

Relationship Status: Single

Desirability Quotient: His workout sessions and subsequent #sweatfies are making the girls swoon; and with his bedroom eyes, he seems to be playing a different kind of game with their fragile hearts. Those abs are every girl’s dream come true and if the ladies had their way, ‘Dilwaliya Dulha Le Jayenge’ would be made.

18. Shravan Reddy

Claim to fame: This Virat Kohli look-alike has been part of TV shows like Jersey No. 10, Yahan Ke Hum Sikandar and Mere Ghar Aayi Ek Nanhi Pari, but it was Thinkistaan that displayed his acting chops.

Relationship Status: Single

Desirability Quotient: With that chiselled jawline, boy-next-door charm and that oh-so-naughty smile, he is the yardstick that makes girls sulk about their not-so-hot real life boyfriends. Sigh!

24. Tharun Bhascker

Claim to fame: He directed the National award-winning film Pelli Choopulu. And then, he went ahead and enthralled the audience debuting as the hero in Meeku Maathrame Cheptha.

Relationship Status: Happily married

Desirability Quotient: He is the perfect example of why smart guys are hot. A dog-lover (brownie points for that one), his quirky perspective on just about everything in life will dazzle you — watch his films if you don’t believe us.

28. Naveen Polishetty

Claim to fame: This Telugu boy made his debut in Bollywood as Acid in Chhichhore alongside Sushant Singh Rajput and Shraddha Kapoor and then went on to play the hero in Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya in Tollywood. 2019 was his golden year as he had two back-to-back hits in two different industries.

Relationship Status: Our very own ‘chhichhora’ seems to have a clean record till now —no link-ups, no hank-panky, no kissing and telling. But hey, this is just the beginning.

Desirability Quotient: He can be a pakka Hyderabadi potta — what with his accent and jokes — when he wants to, making you ROFL till your sides hurt. And just as easily, he can morph into a sauve gentleman. What more does a girl need, huh?

30. Vishwak Sen

Claim to fame: This lad shot to fame with Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi, which was hugely appreciated by the audience. He also mastered the Hyderabadi slang with his recent release Falaknuma Das, and carved his own niche as a hero. HIT saw him in an entirely new avatar.

Relationship Status: Single

Desirability Quotient: Brooding hot looks with a bad boy vibe — a deadly combo. What’s hotter? The fact that you can’t really figure out if he is good boy gone bad or bad boy turned good.