Happy birthday to Nani (Ghanta Naveen Babu), the Natural Star, an Indian actor, and producer working mostly in Telugu films, born on February 24, 1984, in Hyderabad, Telangana. Nani began assisting producer Anil, who was a relative, on several of his movies. He also was a radio jockey with a program called ‘Non-stop Nani’. His acting career began in 2008, in the successful romantic comedy ‘Ashta Chamma’, and ‘Ride’ (2009). Other successful films are ‘Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu’ (2010), ‘Veppam’ (2011), winning a Vijay Award for Best Debut Actor, SS Rajamouli’s fantasy blockbuster ‘Eega’ (2012), won Best Hero of the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, ‘Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu’ (2013), won Best Actor Nandi Awards, ‘Bhale Bhale Magadivoy’ (2015), won Best Critics Actor – Filmfare Awards South, ‘Gentleman’ (2016), won Special Jury Award Nandi Awards, ‘Nenu Local’, ’Ninnu Kori’, and ‘Middle-Class Abbayi’ (2017). In 2019 Nani won praise for ‘Jersey’, playing a failed cricketer who makes a comeback in his mid-thirties. Film Companion ranked Nani on its list of 100 Greatest Performances of the Decade. The film is being remade in Hindi with Shahid Kapoor. Nani was last seen in ‘Nani’s Gang Leader’ (2019), a crime comedy, and ‘V’, his first film as the bad guy serial killer. Nani is married and has a son.