Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1954-07-14 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Also known As
Thanikella Bharani
Thanikirla Bharani
Tanikella Bharani is an Indian actor, screenwriter, poet, playwright and director who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has worked in more than 750 films, including Tamil, Kannada, and Hindi. He has won three Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Awards.
2004
2021
2021
as Vashishta's Uncle
2009
2022
as Priest
2014
2021
as Sadasivam, Anand's Grandfather
2023
as Singinadham
2021
as Vinay Chandra
2022
2022
2023
2003
as Subramanyam
2006
as Criminal Lawyer Sachidanandam
2023
as (Voice Only)
2022
2022
as Ramu, Sanjana's Father
2010
as Chari's Adoptive Father
2023
as Thanigachalam
2000
2021
as Appayya Panthulu / Outdated Priest
1995
2001
1997
2011
as Guruvayya
2004
as Murthy
2002
as Valmiki
2006
as Captain Chintamani
2011
as Kaksheera
2008
as Raghava /"Dallas" Nageswara Rao
1994
2006
as Mallika's father
2005
as Kantepudi Srinivasa Rao
2004
as Minister Rajendran
2010
as Nanaji
2023
as Rameshwar Kodathi
2022
as MLA
2016
as Kaalidasu
2022
2012
as Narayana Murthi
1990
as Nanaji
2022
2022
2001
as Jailor
2012
as Mavayya
1993
as Manikyam
2003
as Actor
2010
as Actor
2023
as Subhash and Jai's father
2013
2014
2012
2016
2011
2001
2014
2001
as Papanashanam
2013
as Kondala Rao
2022
as Master
2008
as School Teacher
2002
as Abu, Vishwanath's friend
2003
as Preeti's Father (Telugu version)
2007
as RBI Official
2009
as Varun's Father
2004
1995
as Pakir Dada
2006
2013
as Komali's Father
2023
2006
as Lallu
2001
2004
as Farah's father
2013
2022
as Police Officer
2023
1986
as Police
1987
as Dorababu
2009
as Devudu Babu
2000
as TV Anchor
1999
1998
as G. K. Naidu
2014
as Vedam
2014
as Adi Moolam
1996
1994
as Doctor
1995
1995
2022
2001
as Bhrungi
1999
1995
2003
2007
as Forest officer
2010
2011
2000
2003
1998
2011
2003
as Chakradhar
2008
2005
2013
2022
as The Priest
2000
2005
1996
2022
2009
1989
2022
as Sreenu's Father
2022
as Vasudeva Rao
2014
as Valli's Father
1997
2017
as Jai's Dad
2001
1996
1995
as Inspector Prem Chand
2023
2024
as Sarpanch
1999
2002
as Swapna's Father
2003
as Naidu
2004
as Prudhvi's Father
2011
as Narayanan
2007
as Corporator Krishna
2008
2011
as Rakesh's Father
2004
as Muthupandi's Father
2008
2008
2001
2007
2010
as Ajay's Father
2011
as Y. Venkat
2014
2022
2007
2023
as Appa Rao
2002
as Prasad
2008
2015
as Venkata Rao
2015
as Ersam
2008
as School Teacher
2007
2024
2010
1993
2009
as Veeraiah
2015
as Swamiji
2000
2005
2002
as Doobey
1988
2014
-
2006
2011
as Badrinath's Father
2015
as Ravi's Father and Rama Chandra Rao's Big Brother
2001
as Fishing Inspector
2015
as Ramarao
2024
2015
as RMP Doctor
2015
as Venkatratnam
2016
as Sathyaraj's Friend
2015
as Doctor
2005
as Raju's father
2011
as Viswanath
2016
as Gabbar Singh's Guardian
1994
2006
2006
2005
2007
1991
as Raja Varma's Henchman
2024
as Spiritual Preacher
2024
as Satyanand
2008
as Bommana brothers' father
2006
as Paparao
1996
2006
2002
as Anil's Maternal Uncle
2001
2000
as Ramana's father
2004
as Venky's Father
2001
as Ashok
1995
as Manikyam
2007
2008
as Sarva Sarma
2002
2005
as Naidu
2000
as Kanaka Raju
1997
as Sub Inspector Gottam Gopala Krishna
2010
as Sharma C.S.
1993
2013
2016
as Anu's would-be father in law
2009
as Telugu Teacher
2008
2003
2015
2010
as Ram Murthy
2010
as Ram Murthy
2016
as Sudoku Murthy
2024
2008
2016
as Sathya's father
2005
as Suryakantam's Father
2016
as Amala's Father
2023
1995
as Khan
2024
2007
as Guru's Father
2024
as Bala
2017
as Deva Dattudu
2012
1993
as Harichandra
1989
as Nanaji
2017
as Rama's Father
2017
as DJ's Father
2017
2009
2002
2017
as Murthy
2015
as Orphanage Principal
2017
as Chief Minister
2001
2015
as Makrandam
2013
1999
2014
as Narasimha's friend
2009
2012
2017
as Waiter
2017
as A.K.Ganapathi Sastry
2017
as Chalaram (Cameo)
2017
2017
as Mailaramgadda
2018
2017
as Radhakrishnan's Father
2018
as Abhi's uncle
2003
as Kamesh's Father
2010
2001
as Ganesh's father
2017
as Gundappa Naidu
2007
as Anjali's father
2013
as judge
2010
2011
as Chandu's Father
1999
2018
as C.M.
2018
2016
as Mohan
1993
as Lawyer Saab
1998
as Sai Babu
1996
as Psychologist
2018
as Shyam Prasad
2018
2018
as Trust chairman Tilak
2014
1994
as Pattabhi
2011
as Preethi's Father
2014
as Jailor
2003
2017
as Janardhan
2005
2006
as Gajapati
2017
as Swami (voice) (uncredited)
1990
2003
as Anjaneya Shastri
2006
2013
as Ammullu's Father
2008
as Principal of College
2019
as Ravi's father
2003
as Nanda Gopal's neighbor
2004
as Narayana Swamy
2019
2019
2008
as Deiva's Father
2019
2004
as Father of Nandu
2020
as Anjaneya Prasad
2020
as Rama Sharma
2020
as Venkateshwar Anandaraju
2020
2006
as Aravind's Friend
2019
2000
2005
2004
2020
as Varaha Murthy
2021
2020
as IG Y. V. Narendra
2021
as Govindu
2022
2021
2021
as Ganapthi
2007
2021
as Producer of Movie
2019
as Govindayya Sharma
1993
as Bank Manager
2002
as Shyam Prasad
2016
1987
1989
as Paata Samanlavaadu
1991
1993
2006
2010
as Durga Prasad
2024
2025
as Ahobila Rao
2016
as Dr. Anjeneyulu
2024
2025
as Sivaguru
2000
2013
as Jaydev
2025
2006
as Paala Pullayya
2024
as Mahendra
2025
as Swami
2012
as Director
1986
as Screenplay
1986
as Dialogue
1989
as Dialogue
1987
as Dialogue
1989
as Writer
-
as Writer
-
as Director
1993
as Writer
1989
as Dialogue
1993
as Dialogue
1987
as Writer
1992
as Dialogue
1987
as Dialogue
2012
as Lyricist
2012
as Screenplay
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