Sunil Varma is an actor from the Telugu film industry. His roles usually are to provide comic relief

Comic relief

Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character, scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension.-Definition:...

 to the audience. In Andala Ramudu (2006), he appeared in the lead role for the first time and his Second one as hero is Maryada Ramanna

Maryada Ramanna

Maryada Ramanna is a Telugu comedy thriller film directed by S.S. Rajamouli starring Sunil and Saloni in lead roles. This is the second film for Sunil as a hero. The film opened to favorable reviews by critics and turned out to become a super hit...

(2010) directed by S. S. Rajamouli

S. S. Rajamouli

S.S. Rajamouli is a screenwriter and film director who works in Telugu cinema. He was introduced as a director by K. Raghavendra Rao. Starting from his first venture as a director, all his movies have had great success at the box office...

. He won several awards for his comic abilities.

Early Life

Born on Feb 28th 1974 in Bhimavaram

Bhimavaram

Bhimavaram is a city and mandal in the West Godavari District in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located east of state capital, Hyderabad....

, Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

, Sunil's early childhood saw the death of his father when he was just five years old. His mother toiled hard to raise him after this incident.

Sunil's early aspirations to the movie industry were fueled by watching films of Chiranjeevi

Chiranjeevi

Chiranjeevi is a Telugu film actor and a politician. He has appeared primarily in Telugu Cinema along with a few Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films. He made his acting debut in Punadhirallu . However, Pranam Khareedu released at the box office earlier...

 in the lead role. Watching these films right from elementary school, Sunil dreamt of being a good dancer. He even went on to win awards in a local dance competition. With one of his teachers suggesting him of Bachelors in Fine Arts, he pursued this course. Thereafter, he attempted stage theater for a start. Due to his persona, he was not given enough opportunities in the theater.

In 1995, he entered the film industry by performing dances. He thereafter joined a dancing school in Hyderabad  but to no real avail. He considered art direction as well to make his ends meet. He wanted to be a villain but was cast in a comic role by the director.

Career

Sunil's career began on a slow note with movies like Second Hand (which was stopped from production), and 'Peruleni Cinema'.

Prema kadha and Swayamvaram were his first real opportunities in the industry. Chiru Navvuto

Chiru Navvuto

-The Plot:The story revolves around Venu , who is an orphan. His philosophy is to live happily with smile all the time. His uncle wants to marry him with his daughter Aruna . Aruna runs away from the house during the marriage.Venu goes to the city to find a job. There he meets Sandhya...

and Nuvve Kavali

Nuvve Kavali

Nuvve Kavali is a 2000 blockbuster Telugu film under Ushakiron Movies, directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar of Swayamvaram fame. Tarun and Richa Pallod debuted with this film. In many ways the film became a catalyst for new trends in Tollywood...

were the first films that he acted in. Nuvve Kavali

Nuvve Kavali

Nuvve Kavali is a 2000 blockbuster Telugu film under Ushakiron Movies, directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar of Swayamvaram fame. Tarun and Richa Pallod debuted with this film. In many ways the film became a catalyst for new trends in Tollywood...

was the first one to release.

Sunil acted as a Hero for the first time in the movie Andala Ramudu opposite Aarti Agarwal, in 2006 and his second film as hero was Maryada Ramanna

Maryada Ramanna

Maryada Ramanna is a Telugu comedy thriller film directed by S.S. Rajamouli starring Sunil and Saloni in lead roles. This is the second film for Sunil as a hero. The film opened to favorable reviews by critics and turned out to become a super hit...

opposite Saloni

Saloni Aswani

Saloni Aswani is an Indian film actress and model. After finishing her her education, Saloni ventured into modeling, appearing in various television advertisements...

, directed by SS Rajamouli.
Maryada Ramanna turned out to be a super hit, and today Sunil has established himself as a top hero in the telugu film industry. His next venture was with Ram Gopal Varma

Ram Gopal Varma

Ram Gopal Varma is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer...

. The movie is titled Katha Screenplay Darshakatvam Appalaraju (KSD Appalaraju). The movie was released on 18th February, 2011.
Sunil is currently busy with his new movie ‘Poolarangadu’ and it is announced that the film will be released across 450 theatres worldwide.
It is heard that even an average hit like ‘KSD Appalaraju’from Sunil got a whopping Rs 2.5 cr through satellite rights. Then Sunil has been roped in for another project titled ‘Ramudu Weds Seetha’. Already he has the much talked about ‘Napoleon’ on hand.

Awards

Nandi Awards

Nandi Awards

The Nandi Awards is the most Prominent award ceremony for Telugu films, Telugu Theater & Television, presented annually in Andhra Pradesh, India. "Nandi" means "bull", the awards being named after the big granite bull at Lepakshi — a cultural and historical symbol of Andhra Pradesh.Nandi...

• Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian
  Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian
  The Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian winners:...
  
   - Nuvvu Nenu
  Nuvvu Nenu
  Nuvvu Nenu was 2001 hit Telugu film directed by Teja with a love storyline of a rich boy and a poor girl. Uday Kiran and Anita Hassanandani played the lead roles. The supporting roles were done by Sunil, Benarjee, Tanikella Bharani, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Telangana Shakuntala etc...
  
  (2001)
• Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian
  Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian
  The Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian winners:...
  
   - Andhrudu
  Andhrudu
  Andhrudu is a 2005 Telugu film released on 19 August 2005 and was directed by Paruchuri Murali. It starred Gopichand, Gowri Pandit, K. Viswanath, Sayaji Shinde, and many others. Kalyani Malik, brother of M.M. Keeravani, scored music for the film. The film was also dubbed into tamil as "Ivanthanda...
  
  (2005)

Filmfare Awards

Filmfare Awards South

Filmfare Awards South is the South Indian segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, presented by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the South Indian film industry. The awards are separately given for Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films...

• Filmfare Best Comedian Award (Telugu)
  Filmfare Best Comedian Award (Telugu)
  The Telugu Filmfare Best Comedian Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Telugu films.The award was introduced and first given at the 50th South Filmfare Awards in 2003, with Brahmanandam being the first recipient. This category has been retired from 2007...
  
   - Pedababu (2004)

Filmography

• Dongala Mutta (2011)
• Mirapakaay
  Mirapakaay
  -External links:* at Oneindia.in* at ReviewUmpire.com* at indiancinemafans.com...
  
   (2011)
• Katha Screenplay Darshakatvam Appalaraju
• Mahesh Khaleja
• Maryada Ramanna
  Maryada Ramanna
  Maryada Ramanna is a Telugu comedy thriller film directed by S.S. Rajamouli starring Sunil and Saloni in lead roles. This is the second film for Sunil as a hero. The film opened to favorable reviews by critics and turned out to become a super hit...
  
   (Lead Role)
• Shambo Shiva Shambo
  Shambo Shiva Shambo
  Sambho Shiva Sambho is a Telugu language action drama directed by Samuthirakani. It is a remake of his successful Tamil venture Nadodigal. It stars Ravi Teja, Allari Naresh, Siva Balaji, Priyamani and Abhinaya in the lead roles...
  
  
• Pravarakyudu
• Parugu
  Parugu
  - External links :* *...
  
  
• Bindaas
  Bindaas (2010 film)
  -Reception:Bindaas received generally positive reviews. Jeevi of Idlebrain.com states "Manoj Manchu brought a new perspective to his character with his extremely cool attitude and deserves a huge round of applause for his terrific work in this movie". Industry pundits have declared it as the...
  
  
• Om Shanthi
• Udatha Udatha ooch
• Oye
  Oye
  Oye may refer to:*"Oye", the Spanish title of the Beyoncé song "Listen"*Oye: an exclamation used informally in India.*Oye, Nigeria*"Oye!", Gloria Estefan song*Oye , a 2006 album by Aterciopelados...
  
  
• Drona
  Drona (2009 film)
  Drona is a Telugu film, starring Nitin, Priyamani, Kelly Dorge, Mukhesh Rushi, Sita, Sunil, Raghubabu, directed by Karunakumar. Produced by DS Rao, and music composed by Anoop Rubens. The film released in 2009....
  
  
• Maska
• Magadheera
  Magadheera
  Magadheera is a 2009 Telugu film. The film is a historical drama love tale, directed by S. S. Rajamouli and produced by Allu Aravind. The film stars Ram Charan Tej and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles, while actors Sri Hari Raghumundri and Dev Gill play other prominent roles. The film features an...
  
  
• Josh
  Josh (2009 film)
  Josh is a 2009 Telugu film that marked the debut of Naga Chaitanya and Karthika in the lead roles, whilst, prominent actor J. D. Chakravarthy plays a pivotal role. Directed by Vasu Varma, and produced by noted producer, Dil Raju. An initial date of the 3rd of September for release, was delayed due...
  
  
• Aa Okkadu
  Aa Okkadu
  Aa Okkadu is a Tollywood movie starring Ajay Kumar, Madhurima and Suresh Gopi. It is described as a thriller, directed by N S Murthy and released by Tolly 2 Holly Films on 29 May 2009...
  
  
• Ready
• Ek Niranjan
  Ek Niranjan
  Ek Niranjan is a 2009 Telugu film starring Prabhas and Kangana Ranaut in lead roles. The film is directed by Puri Jagannadh and Produced by Aditya Ram. The film has been shot on a specially erected set in Hyderabad and shot in Bangkok and the songs have been shot in Switzerland...
  
  
• Saleem
  Saleem
  Saleem is a Palestinian - American playwright, actor and dancer based in Los Angeles, California, United States. He was the recipient of a 1996 GLAAD Harvey Fierstein Award for Best Original Writing for his semi-autobiographical play Salam Shalom: A Tale Of Passion.As a dancer, Saleem developed his...
  
  
• Rechipo
  Rechipo
  Rechipo is a 2009 Telugu film, starring Nitin and Ileana D'Cruz in the lead roles. The film released on September 25, 2009.later it was dubbed into tamil as dhana and hindi as Aaj ka Naya khiladi....
  
  
• A Aa E Ee
  A Aa E Ee (2009 Telugu film)
  A Aa E Ee is a 2009 Telugu language film directed by Srinivasa Reddy. The film stars Srikanth, Meera Jasmine and Sadha in lead roles. Krishna Bhagawan, Ali, Kovai Sarala, Kavitha, Hema etc. also play prominent roles in the film.-Cast:* Srikanth...
  
  
• King
  King (2008 film)
  King is a 2008 Indian Telugu film starring Akkineni Nagarjuna, Trisha Krishnan, Arjan Bajwa , and Mamta Mohandas. The film was directed by Sreenu Vaitla and produced by D Sivaprasad Reddy.-Plot:...
  
  
• Krishna
  Krishna (2008 film)
  Krishna is a 2008 Telugu film starring Ravi Teja and Trisha Krishnan. The film is directed by V. V. Vinayak and produced by B. Kasi Vishwanatham. The film released on 12 January 2008, during the Sankranthi festival. It was dubbed into Tamil as Madhura Thmiru.-Background:This is the first movie...
  
  
• Bhale Dongalu
  Bhale Dongalu
  Bhale Dongalu is a 2008 Telugu film, starring Tarun and Ileana D'Cruz in the lead roles and Jagapati Babu in a prominent role. The film is directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar and produced by Sakhamuri Panduranga Rao and Bellamkonda Suresh and music composed by KM Radha Krishna. It is a re-make of...
  
  
• Chintakayala Ravi
  Chintakayala Ravi
  Chintakayala Ravi is a 2008 romantic comedy Telugu Cinema starring Venkatesh, Mamta Mohandas and Anushka Shetty.-Plot:Chintakayala Ravi works in a bar named Cyber Wave in New York. He is a head waiter; he works with his three friends who also are waiters at the same bar...
  
  
• Kantri
  Kantri
  Kantri is a 2008 film starring Jr. NTR, Hansika Motwani, Tanisha Mukherjee, and Prakash Raj. The film is directed by Meher Ramesh, who is a protege of Puri Jagannadh. The movie is produced by the prestigious Vyjayanthi Movies banner, being produced by C. Ashwini Dutt...
  
   as Rajni Haasan
• Kathanayakudu
  Kathanayakudu (2008 film)
  Kathanayakudu is a 2008 Telugu drama film directed by P. Vasu, which was simultaneously made in Tamil as Kuselan . Both remake of the Malayalam film Kadha Parayumbol, the film is directed by P. Vasu and produced by Aswani Dutt and G. P. Vijayakumar in two languages. Kuselan stars Jagapati Babu in...
  
  
• Jalsa
  Jalsa
  Jalsa is a 2008 Telugu film directed by Trivikram Srinivas, who returns after directing the hit Athadu, and produced by Allu Aravind, under the Geetha Arts banner. The film stars Pawan Kalyan, Ileana D'Cruz and Parvati Melton in pivotal roles. The soundtrack of the film, composed by Devi Sri...
  
  
• Nenu Meeku Telusa
• Bujjigadu
  Bujjigadu
  The soundtrack for the film was released on 18 April 2008....
  
  
• Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule
  Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule
  Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule is a 2007 Telugu language film, written and directed by Tamil film director Selvaraghavan, making his directorial debut in the Telugu film industry. The film stars Venkatesh and Trisha Krishnan in the lead and Kota Srinivasa Rao and Sriram) in supporting roles...
  
  
• Dubai Seenu
  Dubai Seenu
  Dubai Seenu is a 2007 Telugu film starring Ravi Teja in the lead role and Nayantara as Teja's love interest. The film is directed by Srinu Vaitla, who directed two other films of Ravi Teja, Nee Kosam and Venky. D.V.V. Danayya produces this film after the box office success of his maiden film,...
  
  
• Nava Vasantham
• Aata
  Aata
  Aata is a 2007 Telugu film starring Siddharth Narayan and Ileana D'Cruz in the lead roles. M.S. Raju produced this film while debutant, V.N. Aditya directed the project. This film was released on May 09, 2007.- Plot :...
  
  
• Yogi
• Dhee
  Dhee
  Dhee is a Telugu movie starring Vishnu Vardhan Babu and Genelia D'Souza. It was directed and produced by Srinu Vytla. The film released on 13 April 2007 and turned out to be a super hit.The Hindi remake starring Sanjay Dutt is in production.- Plot :...
  
  
• Lakshmi
  Lakshmi
  Lakshmi or Lakumi is the Hindu goddess of wealth, prosperity , light, wisdom, fortune, fertility, generosity and courage; and the embodiment of beauty, grace and charm. Representations of Lakshmi are also found in Jain monuments...
  
  
• Bommarillu
  Bommarillu
  Bommarillu is a 2006 Telugu romantic comedy film directed and co-written by Bhaskar, and produced by Dil Raju. The two leading roles were played by Siddharth Narayan and Genelia D'Souza. The other two significant parts, the parents of one of the leading characters, were played by Prakash Raj and...
  
  
• Sri Ramadasu
  Sri Ramadasu
  Sri Ramadasu is an epic Telugu film released on 30 March 2006 and was directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. The film stars Akkineni Nagarjuna in the lead role and Sneha, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Nassar and Nagendra Babu in the supporting roles. Music was composed by M. M. Keeravani, who composed 19 songs...
  
  
• Pournami
  Pournami
  Pournami is a 2006 Telugu language film directed by choreographer-turned director Prabhu Deva. It stars Trisha Krishnan, Prabhas, Charmy Kaur, Rahul Dev, and Sindhu Tolani. The movie was released with a lot of hype because of Prabhas and Krishnan's earlier hit, Varsham. However, despite the huge...
  
  
• Jai Chiranjeeva
  Jai Chiranjeeva
  Jai Chiranjeeva is a Tollywood 2005 film directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar and produced by Vyjayanthi Movies. The movie stars Chiranjeevi, Arbaaz Khan, Bhoomika Chawla and Rahul Dev...
  
  
• Andala Ramudu (Lead Role)
• Stalin
• Rakhi
• Balu ABCDEFG
  Balu ABCDEFG
  Balu ABCDEFG is a Telugu film which released on 6 January 2005 and was directed by A. Karunakaran. This film stars Pawan Kalyan, Shriya, and Neha Oberoi. The film was produced by C. Ashwini Dutt under his production company Vyjayanthi Movies...
  
  
• Athadu
  Athadu
  - Awards :Nandi Awards* Best Actor - Mahesh Babu* Best Dialogue Writer - Trivikram SrinivasFilmfare Awards* Best Director - Trivikram SrinivasSantosham Film Awards* Best Film - M. Rammohan-Release:The film was released with 6 prints in U.S.A...
  
  
• Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana
  Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana
  Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana is a 2005 Telugu Film. The movie stars Siddharth and Trisha Krishnan in the pivotal roles. The film is directed by Prabhu Deva...
  
  
• Andhrudu
  Andhrudu
  Andhrudu is a 2005 Telugu film released on 19 August 2005 and was directed by Paruchuri Murali. It starred Gopichand, Gowri Pandit, K. Viswanath, Sayaji Shinde, and many others. Kalyani Malik, brother of M.M. Keeravani, scored music for the film. The film was also dubbed into tamil as "Ivanthanda...
  
  
• Mass
• Nenunnanu
  Nenunnanu
  Nenunnanu is a 2004 Telugu film written and directed by V.N. Aditya. This film stars Akkineni Nagarjuna, Shriya Saran, and Arti Agarwal in the lead roles. Music by M.M. Keeravani was a big asset to the film. This movie was then dubbed in tamil as Chandramadhiand in hindi as "vishwa - the he man".-...
  
  
• Malliswari
• Naani
• Koduku
• Arya
  Arya (2004 film)
  Arya is a Telugu film which released on 7 May 2004 and was directed by Sukumar. This film has Allu Arjun in the main lead. The film was dubbed in Malayalam as Arya Proud of Youth...
  
  
• Varsham
  Varsham
  -Box-office performance:*The film had celebrated a 50-day run in 125 centres and a 100-day run in 68 centres.-Box-office performance:*The film had celebrated a 50-day run in 125 centres and a 100-day run in 68 centres.-Box-office performance:...
  
  
• Ninne Ishtapaddanu
• Ela Cheppanu
  Ela Cheppanu
  Ela Cheppanu is a Telugu film starring Shriya and Tarun, directed by Ramana. It is the remake of the Bollywood hit movie Tum Bin.-Cast:*Tarun ... Sekhar*Shriya ... Priya...
  
  
• Simhachalam
  Simhachalam
  Simhadri or Simhachalam temple is a Hindu temple located near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, South India. It is dedicated to the incarnation of Vishnu known as Narasimha...
  
  
• Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu
  Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu
  The soundtrack features 6 songs composed by A. R. Rahman....
  
  
• Tagore
  Tagore (film)
  - External links :*http://www.raaga.com/channels/telugu/album/A0000309.html...
  
  
• Manmadhudu
  Manmadhudu
  Manmadhudu was a 2002 romantic comedy Telugu film directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar and has Akkineni Nagarjuna in the lead role. Sonali Bendre and Anshu play female leads. Akkineni Nagarjuna plays the role of a woman-hater.-Plot:...
  
  
• Indra
  Indra (film)
  Indra is a Telugu language action film directed by B. Gopal. It stars Chiranjeevi, Sonali Bendre, and Arti Agarwal. It was dubbed into Hindi and Tamil as Indra- The Tiger and Indran respectively.- Cast :...
  
  
• Nuvve Nuvve
  Nuvve Nuvve
  Nuvve Nuvve is a Tollywood film that was written and directed by Trivikram Srinivas. The film starred Tarun, Shriya Saran, and Prakash Raj in important roles.-Plot:...
  
  
• Swayamvaram
• Santosham
  Santosham
  Santosham is a Telugu romantic comedy film which was written and directed by debutant Dasaradh...
  
  
• Nuvvu Nenu
  Nuvvu Nenu
  Nuvvu Nenu was 2001 hit Telugu film directed by Teja with a love storyline of a rich boy and a poor girl. Uday Kiran and Anita Hassanandani played the lead roles. The supporting roles were done by Sunil, Benarjee, Tanikella Bharani, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Telangana Shakuntala etc...
  
  
• Kalusu Kovalani
• Nuvvu leka Nenu Lenu
  Nuvvu leka nenu lenu
  Nuvvu leka Nenu Lenu is a very successful Telugu film starring Tarun, Arthi Agrawal, Laya, Sharath Babu, Chanra Mohan and Radha Kumari.This film was released on January 14, 2002. It was released with high expecationed films like Naga and Takkari Donga. Everyone expected this may not stand and...
  
  
• Nuvvu Naaku Nachav
  Nuvvu Naaku Nachav
  Nuvva Naaku Nachav is a Tollywood film which released on September 6, 2001. This film stars Venkatesh and Arti Agarwal in the lead roles. K. Vijaya Bhaskar directed this film...
  
  
• Manasantha Nuvve
  Manasantha Nuvve
  Manasantha Nuvve is a 2001 blockbuster Telugu film written and directed by V.N. Aditya. This film stars Uday Kiran & Reema Sen in the lead roles. The film is produced by M. S. Raju and has music composed by R. P...
  
  
• Family Circus
• Sontham
• Nuvve Kavali
  Nuvve Kavali
  Nuvve Kavali is a 2000 blockbuster Telugu film under Ushakiron Movies, directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar of Swayamvaram fame. Tarun and Richa Pallod debuted with this film. In many ways the film became a catalyst for new trends in Tollywood...
  
  
• Tholi Valapu
  Tholi Valapu
  Tholi Valapu is a Telugu film starring Gopichand and Sneha in the lead roles. This film was the debut of Gopichand. The film has been dubbed into tamil as "Hari."-Plot:...
  
  
• Pape Na Pranam