Chaitanya Rao Madadi

Chaitanya Rao Madadi (born 13 July 1989) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu cinema. He made his debut with Bhandook (2015) and then appeared in films such as Valentines Night, Annapurna Photo Studio and Keedaa Cola.^[1]

Chaitanya Rao Madadi
Born	(1989-07-13) 13 July 1989 (age 36) Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh (now in Telangana), India
Alma mater	Osmania University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2015-present

Career

Chaitanya returned to Hyderabad to pursue a career in acting and was then trained at Ramanand acting School. He started his acting career with Bandook (2015). He appeared in minor roles in a few films like Premam (2016) and Shamantakamani (2017). Chaitanya acted in the lead role as Charlie in Hawaa (2019), which is the first Telugu movie to be shot entirely in Australia.^[2]

Chaitanya then acted in a web series 30 Weds 21 (2021) on YouTube, which gave him recognition.^[3] He played a character that suffered from Tourette syndrome in Keedaa Cola (2023) and took three days to prepare for the role.^[1]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role		Ref.
2015	Bhandook	Chaitanya
2016	Premam		Uncredited
2017	Shamantakamani	Ravi
2019	Hawaa	Charlie		[2]
2020	Guvva Gorinka	Aarya
2021	Vakeel Saab		Uncredited
	Thimmarusu	Aravind
2022	Mukhachitram	Dr. Satya
	Jagamemaya	Ajay
2023	A Journey to Kasi			[4]
	Valentines Night	Ajay
	Annapurna Photo Studio	Chanti		[5]
	Keedaa Cola	Vaasthu		[6][7]
2024	Sharathulu Varthisthai	Chiranjeevi
	Paarijatha Parvam	Chaitanya		[8][9]
	Dear Nanna	Surya	Short film	[10]
	Honeymoon Express	Eshan		[11]
	Theppa Samudram	Ganesh
2025	Ghaati †	TBA

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
2021–2022	30 Weds 21	Prudhvi	YouTube	Web debut	[3]
2025	AIR: All India Rankers	Surya	ETV Win
	Mayasabha	M. S. Rami Reddy	SonyLIV