Venkata Prabhu Prasad (born 1 May 1989), known professionally as Saptagiri, is an Indian actor and comedian who works in

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films. He received

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as Best Male Comedian for his role in ''

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'' (2016). He received Santosham Allu Ramalingaiah Smarakam Award at 15th Santosham Film Awards in 2017.

Early life

Saptagiri was born and brought up in Irala village of

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. His father was a guard in forest department. Though his birthname was Venkata Prabhu Prasad, Saptagiri changed his name after an incident which happened in

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Career

Sapthagiri moved to Hyderabad to pursue his career in acting, and struggled a lot before getting a break. He started film acting career with Bhaskar's film ''

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'' he used to work as an assistant director. Saptagiri got a chance to play a comedian role. He earned name as a Mini

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in terms of remuneration and fame in low budget comedy movies. Saptagiri who started his career as an assistant director and turned as an actor. He acted as a comedian in many films. He made his debut as a lead role in '' Saptagiri Express'' (2016). In 2017, he played the lead in '' Sapthagiri LLB.''

Filmography

Actor

Producer

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'' (2019)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saptagiri Telugu comedians Telugu male actors Living people 1989 births People from Chittoor district Male actors from Andhra Pradesh Indian male comedians Male actors in Telugu cinema Indian male actors Indian male film actors Santosham Film Awards winners Nandi Award winners