Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani Family Photos

Tanikella Bharani is an Indian film actor, screen writer, dialogue writer, poet, theatre actor, magazine editor, playwright and director predominant in Telugu cinema. He has worked in more than 500 films (Including Tamil, Kannada and Hindi). He has garnered three Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Awards.

Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani

Tanikella Bharani was born on July 14, 1956 to a Telugu Brahmin family in Secunderabad to parents Tanikella Venkata Subramanya Sethu Ramalingeshwara Rao (TVSS Ramalingeshwara Rao) (Father) & Laxmi Narasamma (Mother). His father came & settled in Hyderabad from Bhimavaram, West Godavari in 1938.

Tanikella Bharani is a commerce graduate, B.Com and a PG Diploma in Theatre Arts. He attributes his poetic abilities and literary quest to his family and ancestry.

Tanikella Bharani is married to Bhavani Tanikella on Nov 30, 1988. They have two kids one son Maha Teja Tanikella & one daughter named Soundarya Lahari Tanikella.

TELUGU ACTOR / WRITER TANIKELLA BHARANI FAMILY PHOTOS (TELUGU CELEBRITIES FAMILY PHOTOS)

Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani with Wife Bhavani Tanikella, Kids Son Maha Teja Tanikella & Daughter Soundarya Lahari Tanikella (Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani Family Photos)

Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani with Wife Bhavani Tanikella, Kids Son Maha Teja Tanikella & Daughter Soundarya Lahari Tanikella (Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani Family Photos)

Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani with Wife Bhavani Tanikella, Kids Son Maha Teja Tanikella & Daughter Soundarya Lahari Tanikella (Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani Family Photos)

Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani Daughter Soundarya Lahari Tanikella (Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani Family Photos)

Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani Son Maha Teja Tanikella (Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani Family Photos)

Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani with Mother Lakshmi Narsamma, Wife Bhavani Tanikella, Kids Son Maha Teja Tanikella & Daughter Soundarya Lahari Tanikella (Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani Family Photos)

Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani Kids Son Maha Teja Tanikella & Daughter Soundarya Lahari Tanikella (Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani Family Photos)

Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani with Kids Son Maha Teja Tanikella & Daughter Soundarya Lahari Tanikella (Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani Family Photos)

Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani with Wife Bhavani Tanikella, Kids Son Maha Teja Tanikella & Daughter Soundarya Lahari Tanikella (Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani Family Photos)

Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani with Son Maha Teja Tanikella (Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani Family Photos)

Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani Kids Son Maha Teja Tanikella & Daughter Soundarya Lahari Tanikella (Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani Family Photos)

Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani Daughter Soundarya Lahari Tanikella (Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani Family Photos)

Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani Daughter Soundarya Lahari Tanikella (Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani Family Photos)

Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani Wife Bhavani Tanikella (Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani Family Photos)

Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani with Kids Son Maha Teja Tanikella & Daughter Soundarya Lahari Tanikella (Telugu Actor / Writer Tanikella Bharani Family Photos)

Tanikella Bharani’s ancestry includes poets and literary figures of Telugu literature. Diwakarla Venkatavadhani and Viswanatha Satyanarayana were his grand uncles. Divakarla Tirupati Sastry one of the Telugu poet duo Tirupati Venkata Kavulu were his great-grand-uncles.

Tanikella Bharani did stage plays in the mid 70s and during this time he made the acquaintance of Rallapalli, a Tollywood actor. With his help Tanikella Bharani started writing small dialogues and stage scenes. Later, he took a diploma in Theatre arts. Following Rallapalli's advice he moved to Chennai.

Tanikella Bharani started his career as a dialogue writer for Kanchu Kavachum in 1984. and has written dialogues for various movies like Ladies Tailor (1985 film), Sri Kanaka Mahalakshmi Recording Dance Troupe (1987), Varasudochhadu (1988), Chettu Kinda Pleader (1989), Swara Kalpana (1989), and Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi (2004). Bharani also penned and sung the lyrics of Gundammagaari Manavadu (Bhale Bhaleti Mandu).

Tanikella Bharani has acted in more than 500 movies starting with Ladies Tailor (1985) & Sri Kanaka Mahalakshmi Recording Dance Troupe (1987) in which he was seen as Dora Babu. In 1989 he appeared in the hit film Shiva by Ram Gopal Varma which starred Nagarjuna. With the release of the film Shiva, he received much recognition and his character Nanaji impressed the whole Telugu audience.

Tanikella Bharani also played the lead role in the Hindi comedy film Main Tere Pyar Mein Pagal in 1999. His powerful antagonism in Samudram won him the Nandi award as the Best Villain. After 2000, he started playing more mature roles in movies like Manmadhudu (2002), Okariki Okaru (2003), Samba (2004), Malliswari, Godavari (2006), Happy (2006), and more.