Rana Daggubati better known as Rana, is an Native indian movie actor and producer. He made his performing first appearance with the Telugu movie Leader for which he received the Filmfare Award for Best Men Debut – Southern.

Early life

He was born on Dec 14, 1984 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, to movie producer Daggubati Suresh Babu, the latter being the elder son of D. Ramanaidu. Acting professional Daggubati Venkatesh is Rana's uncle. His relative is actor Naga Chaitanya. Rana has joined his secondary university in Vengal Rao nagar , Hyderabad.

Profession

As a Visual Effects producer, Rana won the Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Award for Best Special Effects in 2006 for Telugu movie Sainikudu. In 2006, Rana produced his first movie Bommalata – A Bellyful of Goals, which won him the Nationwide Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu.

Rana Daggubati then made his performing first appearance in 2010, as the the lead actor in the political thriller Leader. He created his Bollywood first appearance with the Hindi movie Dum Maaro Dum which launched on 22 Apr 2011. The Times of Indian called it a "dashing debut". He was elected 'The Most Appealing Newcomer of 2011 in the Times Of India poll. He was listed at number 20, on the Times of India's Most Suitable Men for the year 2011.

Later in 2011 he performed an experienced fantastic in the movie Nenu Naa Rakshasi under Puri Jagannath's direction, which became a box office blast. His first launch in 2012 was Naa Ishtam and it was followed by his second Hindi movie Department. He next appeared in Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum instructed by Krish which became a box office success. He will be creating his first appearance in Tamil through Ajith Kumar's Valai. In 2013 he packaged two big budget projects, Gunasekhar's Rudhramadevi and S. S. Rajamouli's Baahubali in which he has a negative role,. Rana has a cameo role in Ayan Mukerji's Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.

Awards

• Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut - Leader
• CineMAA Award for Best Male Debut - Leader
• Zee Cine Award for Best Male Debut - Dum Maaro Dum(Hindi)