Jeeva (born 30 November 1952) is an Indian actor who works primarily in
Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
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and
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
films. He has been working in films since 1978 and is well known for his negative roles in various
Ram Gopal Varma
Penmetsa Ram Gopal Varma (born 7 April 1962), often referred to by his initials RGV, is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, known for his works in Telugu cinema in addition to Bollywood, Hindi, Kannada cinema, Kannada language ...
films, particularly ''
Satya'' (as Jagga), ''
Ab Tak Chhappan
''Ab Tak Chhappan'' () is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Shimit Amin. It was written by Sandeep Shrivastava and produced by Ram Gopal Varma. It starred Nana Patekar in the lead role. It also starred Revathi, Yashpal Sh ...
'' (as Commissioner Suchak) and ''
Sarkar'' (as Swami Virendra).
Ab Tak Chhappan, reviewed by Taran Adarsh
/ref> He has acted in around 250 films in Telugu and Hindi languages.
Personal life
He was born as Kocharla Dayaratnam. He belongs to Guntur region. K. Balachander
Kailasam Balachander (9 July 1930 – 23 December 2014) was an Indian film maker and playwright who worked mainly in the Tamil cinema. He was well known for his distinct film-making style, and the Indian film industry knew him as a master of un ...
changed his name to Jeeva after his first film, changing his fortunes forever.
He named his son as K. Balachander. His son is a director of Telugu movies. He has seven siblings.
Career
He made his debut as an actor with the film ''Tholi Kodi Koosindi
''Tholi Kodi Koosindi'' () is a 1981 Indian Telugu-language film directed by K. Balachander, starring Saritha, Seema, Madhavi, and Sarath Babu with Jeeva as the antagonist. The film was simultaneously made in Tamil as ''Enga Ooru Kannagi'' ( ...
'', directed by K. Balachander
Kailasam Balachander (9 July 1930 – 23 December 2014) was an Indian film maker and playwright who worked mainly in the Tamil cinema. He was well known for his distinct film-making style, and the Indian film industry knew him as a master of un ...
. He was selected for this role from a number of aspirants. Later he worked with popular directors like Ram Gopal Varma
Penmetsa Ram Gopal Varma (born 7 April 1962), often referred to by his initials RGV, is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, known for his works in Telugu cinema in addition to Bollywood, Hindi, Kannada cinema, Kannada language ...
, Vamsy
Vamsy is an Indian film director, screenwriter and music director known for his works in Telugu cinema. In 1985, he received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu, National Film Award for ''Sitaara''. Vamsy has his own styl ...
, Krishna Vamsi
Pasupuleti Venkata Bangarraju, know professionally as Krishna Vamsi, is an Indian film director, producer and choreographer known for his work in Telugu cinema. Vamsi started his career as an assistant director to Ram Gopal Varma. He made his d ...
, Puri Jagannadh
Petla "Puri" Jagannadh (born 28 September 1966) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer, who works primarily in the Telugu film Industry. He made his directorial debut with the Telugu film '' Badri'' starring Pawan Kalyan, Renu ...
etc.
Filmography
Films
Telugu
Hindi
Tamil
Kannada
Malayalam
Television
References
External links
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Male actors in Telugu cinema
Indian male film actors
Living people
Telugu comedians
Indian male comedians
Male actors in Hindi cinema
Male actors in Tamil cinema
1952 births
20th-century Indian male actors
21st-century Indian male actors
People from Guntur
Telugu male actors
Male actors from Andhra Pradesh
People from Guntur district
Indian Christians