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Naveen Kumar Ghanta, better known by his stage name Nani is an Indian film actor who mainly stars in Telugu films. After his education, he became an assistant director and worked with Srinu Vaitla and Bapu, before working as a RJ for World Space Satellite in Hyderabad.An advertisement, featuring him, led to his first acting assignment in Ashta Chamma. Since then, Nani has appeared in half-a-dozen films, including one Tamil film.
Nani was born and brought up in Hyderabad. He did his schooling from St. Alphonsus, Hyderabad and studied in Narayana Junior College, S.R.Nagar. He graduated from Wesley’s. He says that it was during his graduation, that he got "addicted to movies", citing Maniratnam as a big influence on him. He wanted to become a director, thanks to producer Anil, who was a distant relative of his, Nani could join director Bapu as a "clap director" for the film Radha Gopalam that Anil was producing at that time. He then worked for films including Allari Bullodu, Dhee and Asthram.
Nani took a sabbatical to work on a film script. Nandini Reddy, a friend of him who was then working as a radio jockey for World Space Radio, offered Nani a work as an RJ. He accepted and worked for one year at World Space, becoming popular as "Non-Stop Nani".He was offered the film Ashta Chamma also starring Swati Reddy, when the film's director Mohan Krishna Indraganti noticed him in an advertisement.His second film Ride was produced by Bellamkonda Suresh. His first release in 2011 Ala Modalaindi was a romantic comedy written and directed by Nandini Reddy. The film turned out be a super hit and became a critical success. Nani's performance in the film received positive reviews, with critics noting that he was "completely natural" and "living [his] role".Nani is currently shooting for two Telugu films, S. S. Rajamouli's live action project Eega and Gautham Menon's Yeto Velli Poyindhi Manasu, both starring him opposite Samantha.