Rajeev Kanakala

Rajeev Kanakala (born 13 November 1969) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu films and television. He started his career in television serials and short films, where he not only acted but also produced and directed. He is married to Suma Kanakala since 1999, who is an actress and TV anchor.^[2]

In this Telugu name, the surname is Kanakala.

Rajeev Kanakala
Kanakala in 2017
Born	13 November 1969 (1969-11-13) (age 55)[1] Yanam, Pondicherry (now Puducherry), India
Other names	Rajiv
Years active	1995–present
Spouse	Suma Kanakala ​ (m. 1999)​
Children	Roshan Kanakala (son) Manaswini Kanakala (daughter)
Parent(s)	Devadas Kanakala (father) Lakshmi Kanakala (mother)

In 2013, he started a production house along with his wife which produces TV shows.

Rajeev Kanakala receives felicitation from FDC chairman for Anil Kurmanchalam and MD Korem Ashok Reddy on the eve of decennial celebrations of Telangana formation on 21 June 2023

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Rambantu	Jayakrishna
1996	Welcome Back	Satyanarayana's son
	Sahanam
1997	Peddannayya	Rama Krishna Prasad's friend
1998	Auto Driver	Jagan's brother-in-law
	Kanyadanam	Sarma	[3]
	Aahaa..!	Prashant
2000	Prema Kosam	Chandu's friend
2001	Student No.1	Satya
2002	Friends	Siddu
	Aadi	Rajiv
	Nuvve Nuvve	Anjali's brother
2003	Naaga	Guru
	Vijayam	Usha's brother
	Ninne Istapaddanu	Boney
	Ottesi Cheputunna	Venkat
	Chantigadu
2004	Nenu	Seenu
	Adavi Ramudu
	Swamy	Anand
	Donga Dongadi	Ganesh
	Sye	Rugby coach Rafi
2005	Orey Pandu	Vicky
	A Film by Aravind	Aravind
	Athadu	Pardhasaradhi "Pardhu"	Cameo Role
	Meenakshi
2006	Chinnodu	Inspector Sanjay
	Samanyudu	Das
	Ashok	Rajiv
	Vikramarkudu	Inspector Mahanti
	Lakshmi	Lakshmi's brother
	Kokila
2007	Athidhi	Amritha's father
	Yamadonga	Lord Indra
2008	Black & White		[4]
	Ontari	Raghava
	Raksha	Venu
	Jabilamma	Abhi
	Vishaka Express	Dr. Raja
	Hare Ram	GK Reddy
	Chintakayala Ravi	Sunitha's to-be groom
	Poison
2009	Punnami Naagu
	Baanam	Gudipudi Venkateswara Ra
2010	Cara Majaka
2011	Aakasa Ramanna	Teja
	Kshetram
	Money Money, More Money
	Siruthai	Inspector Bharath	Tamil film
	Dookudu	Sathyam
2012	Cinemakeldam Randi
	A melody in the haunted
	Eega	Thief's manager	Also shot in Tamil
	Naan Ee
2013	Naayak	Siddharth's brother-in-law
	Badshaah	Police Informer Keshava
	Thikka		[5]
	Sahasra	Narasimhan
2014	Race Gurram	Rajeev
	Geethanjali
2015	Raju Gari Gadhi	Doctor
2016	Nannaku Prematho	Abhiram's brother
	Dictator	Waiter
	Raja Cheyyi Vesthe	Chaitra's father
	Janatha Garage	Vikas
	Sarrainodu	Defense Lawyer Govindaraju
	Kundanapu Bomma
	Shankara
	Appatlo Okadundevadu	Ashok Reddy
2017	LIE	Chaitra's father
	Anando Brahma	Ramu
	Raja the Great	Police Officer
	MCA	Nani’s elder brother
2018	Vijetha	Rajiv
	Lover	Jaggu
	Rangasthalam	Rangamma husband
2019	Maharshi	Farmer
	Rakshasudu	Prasad
2020	Sarileru Neekevvaru	Ramakrishna
	Entha Manchivaadavuraa	Ganga Raju
2021	April 28 Em Jarigindi
	Thellavarithe Guruvaram
	Sashi	Sashi's father
	Naarappa	Basavaiah
	Love Story	Narasimham
	Pelli SandaD
2022	RRR	Venkat Avadhani
	Sadha Nannu Nadipe
	Geetha
2023	Veera Simha Reddy	Suri
	Virupaksha	Harishchandra Prasad
	Chakravyuham: The Trap	Sridhar
	Samajavaragamana	Sarayu’s biological father
	Bhaag Saale
	Hidimbha
	Natho Nenu
	Peddha Kapu 1		[6]
	Mama Mascheendra
2024	Love Me
	Haddhu Ledhu Raa
	Rakshana
	The Birthday Boy
	Average Student Nani	Nani's father
2025	Game Changer	Mukundha
	Brahma Anandam		[7]
	Thala
	Dear Uma

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network
1995	Lady Detective	Gopal Varma	ETV
1997–2000	Ruthuragalu	Prudhvi	DD Saptagiri
2000–2001	Santhi Nivasam	Adarsh	ETV
2020	Metro Kathalu	Abbas	Aha
2021	Oka Chinna Family Story		ZEE5
2023	Dead Pixels	Bhargav's father	Disney+ Hotstar
2025	Hometown	Prasad	Aha