This story is from March 23, 2023
Ghanta Naveen Babu aka Nani is an Indian actor and TV presenter who is known for his work in Telugu cinema. He made his acting debut with the 2008 comedy film ‘Ashta Chamma’ and later acted in several superhit Telugu films. We have compiled the top 10 box-office numbers of his super hits ahead of his ambitious pan-India film ‘Dasara’ which is gearing up to release on 30th March 2023, have a look…!
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This SS. Rajamouli's fantasy action film that is made with a budget of Rs 30 – 40 crores and went on to mint the highest in his career so far which is around Rs 130 crores. The reincarnation film that kills Nani's character in the first half and he takes his rebirth as a fly is a massive success not just in Telugu but in Tamil and Malayalam languages as well. The film also went on to win Best Feature film and best Special effects film National awards the following year besides winning 5 Filmfare awards south.
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‘MCA’ (Middle-Class Abbayi) is a Telugu action comedy film written and directed by Venu Sriram starring Nani and Sai Pallavi in the lead roles while Bhumika Chawla plays an important role. The film has Devi Sri Prasad composing its music while Prawin Pudi edited the film. The success of the film made the makers remake it in Hindi. The Telugu version that is said to be made with a budget of Rs 25 crore went on to mint over Rs 70 crore. Second biggest grosser in Nani’s career.
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This 2019 action comedy film written and directed by Vikram Kumar is produced by Mythri Movie Makers starring Nani, Kartikeya, Priyanka Arul Mohan and others in important roles. This critically acclaimed film is said to have been made with a budget of Rs 25 crores and has minted over Rs 70 crores at the Tollywood box office.
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‘Shyam Singha Roy’ is a radical romantic period drama film written by Janga Satyadev and directed by Rahul Sankrityan that is partly set in Kolkata in the 1970s. The film is his second reincarnation film that has shown Nani in a dual role. Sai Pallavi, Srithi Shetty and Madonna Sebastian played the lady leads that has its music was composed by Mickey J. Meyer, the cinematography by Sanu John Varghese and the film was edited by Naveen Nooli. The film that is said to be made with a budget of Rs 45 crores went on to mint Rs 65 crores at the Tollywood box office.
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This 2017 romantic action comedy film by Trinadha Rao Nakkina is commercially very successful and went to get remade in Bengali, Odia and other languages that starred Keerthy Suresh as the lady lead. The film is said to have minted over Rs 60 crores at the Tollywood box office, beating his previous record that was set by ‘Bhale Bhale Magadivoy’ (BBM) and the film is said to have minted over Rs $1 Million at the US after Eega and BBM.
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'Majnu' is a 2016 romantic comedy drama Telugu film written and directed by Virinchi Varma starring Nani, Anu Emmanuel, and Riya Suman in the lead roles. The film is said to be made with Rs 16 crores and it went on to mint over Rs 58 crores at the Tollywood box office.
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Yet another romantic comedy-drama from him directed by Shiva Nirvana to the screenplay by Kona Venkat featured Nivetha Thomas and Aadhi Pinisetty in the important roles. The film had its music composed by Gopi Sunder while Karthik Ghattamaneni's cinematographed film is edited by Prawin Pudi that is said to be made with a budget of Rs 18 crores mint over Rs 53 crores at the Tollywood Box-office.
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This romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Maruthi is produced jointly by GA2 and UV creations. The film featured Nani and Lavanya Tripathi in the lead roles. The film revolves around an absent-minted plant scientist and his efforts to hide his memory-related flaws. The film is said to be made with a budget of around Rs 7-9 crores. The film went on to mint over Rs 50+ crores at the Tollywood box office.
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'Devadas' is a 2018 Telugu action comedy film written and directed by Sriram Adittya. The film stars Nagarjuna Akkineni, Nani, Akanksha and Rashmika Mandanna playing the lead roles that have its music composed by Mani Sharma. The Hindi remake is currently underway, The film is said to have minted over Rs 45 crores at the Telugu box office.
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