Ohmkar is an Indian television presenter and film director who predominantly works in

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television and films. He made his debut into television as a video jockey in the music show ''Ankitham'' on Gemini Music. He is best known for producing and hosting television shows ''Maayadweepam, Aata'' and ''Sixth Sense''''.'' He is known for directing the ''

Raju Gari Gadhi ''Raju Gari Gadhi'' () is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language horror comedy film directed by Ohmkar, starring Ashwin Babu and Dhanya Balakrishna which is produced by Varahi Chalana Chitram, AK Entertainments Pvt. Ltd and OAK Entertainments Pvt. Lt ...

'' film series.

Early and personal life

Ohmkar was born in

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, India. He was born into a

-language speaking

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family. His father N. V. Krishna Rao worked as a doctor in

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. He has two brothers and one sister. His brother

Ashwin Babu Ashwin Babu (born 1 August 1985) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Telugu films. He made his acting debut in the 2012 film, ''Genius''. He is a frequent collaborator with his brother Ohmkar. Career Ashwin made his debut in 2012 with ...

is an actor in Tollywood and their other brother Kalyan Babu is a producer. His sister name is Srivalli. He holds a

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in Physiotheraphy from GBR AC Campus, Anaparthi, East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh. He married Swaroopa in 2011 and the couple have 1 child.

Career

2005–2011: Career in television

Ohmakar made his debut into television as a video jockey in the music show ''Ankitham'' on Gemini Music (Previously 'Aditya Music'). In 2005, he created and presented dance reality show ''Aata'' on Zee Telugu. This show became widely popular on Telugu Television. People fondly started calling Ohmkar as 'Ohmkar ''Annayya'''. He soon became one of the popular television celebrities. He further produced, created and hosted many television shows like ''Maayadweepam, Challenge, 100% luck,'' etc. Ohmkar started a film and television production company, OAK Entertainments, which is headed by his brother, Kalyan Babu.

2012: Debut into Tollywood

He then turned into film director due to his passion to film making. He directed his first Tollywood film ''Genius'', which did not perform well. He introduced his brother, Ashwin Babu, as an actor through the film. On the other side, he continued hosting television shows.

2015

He got his big success for directing ''

'' (2015), which was a huge commercial success. With the film, Ohmakar created the ''

'' series and directed two other films in the series, however, they did not perform as well as the first film.

Filmography

Television

References

External links

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