Surya (Telugu actor)

Telugu actor and Telugu comedian

Surya

Born|

Surya Kumar Bhagawan Das

(1957-07-27) 27 July 1957 (age 68)

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Occupation(s)| Actor, dubbing artist
Years active| 1985-present
Spouse| Anita Sylvia Bhagawan Das

Surya Kumar Bhagawan Das (born 27 July 1957), known mononymously as Surya, is an Indian actor who appears in Telugu films.

Surya started his film career as an actor in Vikram (1986). He has been awarded four Nandi awards in his acting career spanning thirty-five years, two for TV performances as best villain (Preminchu, Premalo Jeevinchu) and best supporting actor (Janani Janmabhoomi) and two for film performances in films Sindhooram and Show. In Show, he played the male lead opposite Manjula. This performance brought him a special jury Nandi award in 2001. Surya has acted in more than 600 films and television episodes till date.[1]

## Early life

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Surya's father Lieutenant Colonel R. D. Bhagawan Das and mother Prabhavathi and the family moved to Hyderabad and started a school called 'Trinity Public School'. He was a teacher for 28 years and for several years his teaching and acting jobs ran concurrently. He joined the second batch of Students from Madhu Film Acting School (1984) after completing Bachelor of Arts in English literature and Bachelor of Education and was awarded the gold medal for most outstanding student.[2]

## Awards

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Nandi Awards[3]

* Best Supporting Actor – Sindhooram (1997)
* Special Jury Award – Show (2001)

## Filmography

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### Telugu

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1. Vikram (1986)
2. Kaliyuga Pandavulu (1986)
3. Brahma Rudrulu (1986)
4. Niyantha (1991)
5. Lathi (1992)
6. Sindhooram (1997)
7. Police (1999)
8. Anaganaga Oka Ammai (1999)
9. Thammudu (1999)
10. Premaku Velayara (1999)
11. Sambayya (1999)
12. Hands Up (2000)
13. Jayam Manadera (2000)
14. Sivanna (2000)
15. Manasu Paddanu Kaani (2000)
16. Nuvvu Vastavani (2000)
17. Mrugaraju (2001)
18. Raa (2001)
19. Premaku Swagatam (2002)
20. Chandravamsam (2002)
21. Neetho Cheppalani (2002)
22. Show (2002)
23. Lagna Patrika (2002)
24. Gemeni (2002)
25. Johnny (2003)
26. Kabaddi Kabaddi (2003)
27. Simhadri (2003)
28. Vasantam (2003)
29. Charminar (2003)
30. Donga Ramudu and Party (2003) as Manmadha Rao
31. Avuna (2003)[4]
32. Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu (2003)
33. Shankar Dada MBBS (2004)
34. Puttintiki Ra Chelli (2004)
35. Leela Mahal Center (2004)
36. Orey Pandu (2005)
37. Youth (2005)
38. Athanokkade (2005)
39. Chhatrapati (2005)
40. Naa Oopiri (2005)
41. Party (2006)
42. Valliddari Vayasu Padahare (2006)
43. Evadaithe Nakenti (2007)
44. Chiruta (2007)
45. Kick (2009)
46. Pistha (2009)
47. Magadheera (2009)
48. Josh (2009)
49. Adbutha Vaidyam Ayurvedam (2009)
50. Ye Maaya Chesave (2010) as Roy Thomas
51. Nenu Naa Rakshasi (2011)
52. Brahmi Gadi Katha (2011)
53. Sudigadu (2012)
54. Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu (2012)
55. Aravind 2 (2013)
56. Sahasam (2013)
57. Om 3D (2013)
58. 1: Nenokkadine (2014)
59. Hrudayam Ekkadunnadi (2014)
60. Power (2014)
61. Oohalu Gusagusalade (2014)
62. Yevadu (2014)
63. Paathshala (2014)
64. Erra Bus (2014)
65. Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju (2015)
66. The Bells (2015) as Ram Narayan
67. Srimanthudu (2015)
68. Jatha Kalise (2015)
69. Run (2016)
70. Patel S. I. R. (2017)
71. LIE (2017)
72. Jawaan (2017)
73. Bhaagamathie (2018) as CBI Officer
74. Hyderabad Love Story (2018)
75. Bharat Ane Nenu (2018)
76. Saakshyam (2018)
77. Saaho (2018)
78. Ramabrahmam (2018)
79. Anthaku Minchi (2018)
80. Subrahmanyapuram (2018)
81. Udyama Simham (2019)
82. Rakshasudu (2019)
83. Sarileru Neekevvaru (2020)
84. Cycle (2021)
85. Play Back (2021)
86. Missing (2021)
87. Mugguru Monagallu (2021)
88. Raja Vikramarka (2021)
89. Sebastian P.C. 524 (2022)
90. Clap (2022)
91. Radhe Shyam (2022)
92. Suraapanam (2022)
93. Waltair Veerayya (2023) as retired officer Murthy
94. Meter (2023)
95. Custody (2023) as Head Constable Mani
96. Asalu (2023) as Chakravarthy
97. IQ (2023)
98. Tiger Nageswara Rao (2023)
99. Eagle (2024)
100. Masthu Shades Unnai Raa (2024) as Machine Das
101. Dear Nanna (2024) as Ravi
102. Nindha (2024) as Chandrasekhar
103. Mercy Killing (2024)
104. Zebra (2024) as Abbu
105. Coffee with a Killer (2025)
106. Show Time (2025)

### Tamil

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1. Housefull (1999)
2. Mudhalvan (1999)
3. Enakku 20 Unakku 18 (2003)
4. Bhaagamathie (2018) as CBI Officer
5. Custody (2023)

### Other languages

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1. Nayak (2001; Hindi)
2. Olave Mandara (2011; Kannada)

### Dubbing artist

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Film  | Year  | Actor

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Super | 2005 | Piyush Mishra

## References

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1. ^ "Telugu Cinema Etc – Idlebrain.com". idlebrain.com.
2. ^ Jeevi. "Interview with Actor Surya". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 10 November 2002.
3. ^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)
4. ^ Jeevi (12 December 2003). "Movie review – Avuna..!". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

## External links

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* Surya at IMDb

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Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actor

Nandi Awards

1981–1990|

* Sarath Babu (1981)
* Gummadi (1982)
* P. L. Narayana (1983)
* Nutan Prasad (1984)
* Suthi Velu (1985)
* P. L. Narayana (1986)
* Thathaji (1987)
* Sarath Babu (1988)
* Sarath Babu (1989)
* M. Prabhakar Reddy (1990)

1991–2000|

* Vinod Kumar (1991)
* Nutan Prasad (1992)
* Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao (1993)
* Brahmanandam (1994)
* D. Appa Rao (1995)
* S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1996)
* Surya Kumar Bhagvandas (1997)
* Jagapathi Babu (1998)
* K. Viswanath (1999)
* Kota Srinivasa Rao (2000)

2001–2010|

* Murali Mohan (2001)
* Prakash Raj (2002)
* Murali Mohan (2003)
* Shashank (2004)
* Srihari (2005)
* Prakash Raj (2006)
* Jagapathi Babu (2007)
* Allari Naresh (2008)
* Ramjagan (2009)
* P. Sai Kumar (2010)

2011–present|

* Prakash Raj (2011)
* Ajay (2012)
* Prakash Raj (2013)
* Naga Chaitanya (2014)
* Posani Krishna Murali (2015)
* Mohanlal (2016)

Category

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Nandi Special Jury Award

1983–1990|

* Vijayachander (1983)
* Karthik (1987)
* Kallu Chidambaram (1988)
* Chiranjeevi (1988)
* Venkatesh (1988)
* Jagapathi Babu (1990)

1991–2000|

* Naresh (1992)
* Suman (1997)
* Ravi Teja (1999)
* Venu Thottempudi (1999)
* AVS (2000)
* Srihari (2000)
* Nagarjuna (2000)
* Manjula Ghattamaneni (2001)
* Mahesh Babu (2001)

2001–2010|

* Surya (2001)
* N. T. Rama Rao Jr (2002)
* Ravi Teja (2002)
* Mahesh Babu (2002)
* Pavan Malhotra (2003)
* Saritha (2004)
* Mahesh Babu (2004)
* Allu Arjun (2004)
* Sneha (2005)
* Priyadarshini Ram (2005)
* Vadde Naveen (2005)
* Gangaraju Gunnam (2006)
* Genelia D'Souza (2006)
* Ram Charan (2007)
* Bhumika Chawla (2007)
* Allu Arjun (2008)
* Anushka Shetty (2008)
* Genelia D'Souza (2009)
* Ram Charan (2009)
* Srikanth (2009)
* Manchu Manoj (2010)
* Sunil (2010)
* Samantha Ruth Prabhu (2010)

2011–present|

* Nagarjuna (2011)
* Charmy Kaur (2011)
* S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (2012)
* Lakshmi (2012)
* Gautham Vasudev Menon (2012)
* Anjali (2013)
* Nithya Menen (2015)
* Nani (2016)

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