Shafi is an Indian actor known for his works in

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, and

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. An alumnus of

National School of Drama National School of Drama (NSD) is a theatre training institute situated at New Delhi, India. It is an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. It was set up in 1959 by the Sangeet Natak Akademi and became an indep ...

, Shafi won

Filmfare Award for Best Villain – Telugu The Filmfare Best Villain Award – Telugu was given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Telugu films between 2002 and 2005. The award was introduced and first given at the 50th South Filmfare Awards in 20 ...

for his debut Telugu film, '' Khadgam'' directed by

Krishna Vamsi Pasupuleti Venkata Bangarraju, know professionally as Krishna Vamsi, is an Indian film director, producer and choreographer known for his work in Telugu cinema. Vamsi started his career as an assistant director to Ram Gopal Varma. He made his ...

in 2002. Shafi then played the lead role along with

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in the film '' Kamli'' directed by

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, which won the

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for that year. His other awards include ''Cine Goers Award for best supporting actor'' for the film '' Chatrapathi'' directed by S. S. Rajamouli, and Bharathamuni Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film '' Khaleja'' directed by

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Filmography

# '' Khadgam'' (2002) as Azhar # ''

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'' (2004) in a Guest appearance # '' Praanam'' (2003) as Uma's brother's nephew # '' Varsham'' (2004) as Kaasi # '' Danger'' (2005) as Gattayya's brother # ''

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(2005) as Ashok / Akash # '' Maayajaalam'' (2006) as Chhatrapati # ''Nuvve'' (2006) # '' Kamli'' (2006) as Redya # ''

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'' (2007) as # '' Maharajasri'' (2007) as # '' Bheemaa'' (2008) as Chinna's friend # ''

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'' (2008) as Nagappa # '' Firaaq'' (2008) as Ghogha # '' Thenavattu'' (2008) as Santhosh # ''

Sindhanai Sei ''Sindhanai Sei'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language heist film written and directed by R. Yuvan in his directorial debut. The film stars R. Yuvan and Madhu Sharma, with Shafi, Nitish Veera, Shashank, Bala, Tharsha, and Ajay playing supporti ...

'' (2009) as Shankar # '' Katha'' (2009) # '' Current'' (2009) as Shafi # '' Shh'' (2009) as # '' Kutti Pisasu'' (2010) as Mandramoorthy # '' Khaleja'' (2010) as Sidhappa # '' Telugammayi'' (2010) # '' Killer'' (2010) # '' Golconda High School'' (2011) as Madhu Babu # '' Wanted'' (2011) as Raja # '' Prema Kavali'' (2011) as Babji # '' Dookudu'' (2011) as Qadir # '' Julayi'' (2012) as Lala # '' Balupu'' (2013) as Kaasi # ''

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'' (2013) as Murthy # ''

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'' (2013) as Chinappa # '' Baadshah'' (2013) as Baadshah's henchman # '' Jaihind 2'' (2014) as Chandru # '' Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitham'' (2014) as Journalist Shafi # '' A Shyam Gopal Varma Film'' (2015) as Shyam Gopal Varma # '' Sher'' (2015) as Chotu # '' Shivam'' (2015) as Mustafa # '' Mister'' (2017) as Sadasiva Rayalu # ''

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'' (2017) as Selvam # ''

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'' (2017) # '' Hyderabad Love Story'' (2018) # ''

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'' (2018) # '' Akshara'' (2019) # '' Brochevarevarura'' (2019) as Constable Ashok Kumar # ''

'' (2020) # '' Drushyam 2'' (2021) as Janardhan # Godfather (2022) as Murugan

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shafi Living people 1980 births Male actors in Telugu cinema Male actors from Andhra Pradesh Indian male film actors Male actors in Hindi cinema Male actors in Tamil cinema National School of Drama alumni 21st-century Indian male actors Nandi Award winners Filmfare Awards South winners Telugu male actors People from Chittoor district