Anand Deverakonda (born 15 March 1992) is an Indian actor who appears in

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. His notable films include '' Middle Class Melodies a''nd ''

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Early life

Deverakonda was born in

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, Telangana, India, to Govardhan Rao and his wife, Madhavi. Govardhan Rao was a television show director, while Madhavi was a soft-skills tutor. His brother

Vijay Deverakonda Deverakonda Vijay Sai (born 9 May 1989), professionally known as Vijay Deverakonda, is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Telugu films. One of the highest-paid actors of Telugu cinema, he has featured in ''Forbes Indi ...

is also an actor in Telugu films. Like his brother, Anand also attended the Sri Sathya Sai Higher Secondary School at

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. Anand Deverakonda graduated with an engineering degree and worked at

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. He worked in the

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for a few years and returned to India to pursue a full-time career in film.

Career

Deverakonda made his film debut in 2019 with ''

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'', a period love story directed by KVR Mahendra and starring Shivatmika Rajashekar. Although the film didn't do well commercially, Deverakonda went on to win Best Debut Male award at

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2020. Deverakonda's second feature film, '' Middle Class Melodies'', premiered directly on

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in 2020. Later in 2021, he starred in '' Pushpaka Vimanam''. His next film ''

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,'' directed by K. V. Guhan, premiered on Aha on 19 August 2022. In 2023, he starred in a new age romantic drama film ''

''. He will next be seen in a comedy chaos film, ''Gam Gam Ganesha''.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Devarakonda, Anand Male actors in Telugu cinema Indian male film actors 21st-century Indian male actors Living people Telugu male actors Male actors from Andhra Pradesh Zee Cine Awards Telugu winners 1996 births Santosham Film Awards winners South Indian International Movie Awards winners