Murali Sharma


Murali Sharma is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu and Hindi films. Sharma has starred in over 130 feature films including Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Marathi, Kannada and Malayalam cinema.
Sharma gained wide recognition in television with Doordarshan's Paltan in which he plays the lead role of Col. R.S. Sajwan. Sharma has appeared in various soap operas such as Guns and Roses, Siddanth, Laagi Tujhse Lagan, Mahayagya, Viraasat, Zindhagi Teri Meri Kahani, Rishtey, Humne lee hain shapath, and Rangeela Ratan Sisodia.

Early and personal life

Murali Sharma was born on 9 August 1972 in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh and was brought up in Mumbai. He completed his bachelor's degree, and studied acting at the Roshan Taneja Acting School in Mumbai. He is married to actress Ashwini Kalsekar.

Career

Murli Sharma appeared as Captain Khan in the 2004 Bollywood movie Main Hoon Na alongside Shahrukh Khan. In 2007, he had roles in the Hindi movies Dhol, Dhamaal, Black Friday, and the Telugu movies Athidhi and Kantri. He received a Nandi Award for his dual role of Kaiser/Ajay Shastri in Athidhi. In 2008, he made an appearance in the Bollywood film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na and appeared in Golmaal Returns and Sunday.
In 2011, Sharma had supporting roles in Singham, Oosaravelli, starring Jr. NTR and Dhoni in Telugu. He continued to work in Hindi and Telugu, and in 2012 he had his first role in a Malayalam film Karmayodha starring Mohanlal. In 2013 he also worked in the Tamil and Marathi film industries.
In 2015, he had larger roles in Gopala Gopala and Bhale Bhale Magadivoy. He also worked in Badlapur, ABCD 2, and the Tamil film Paayum Puli. In 2016, he appeared in Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha, Savithri, Sanam Teri Kasam and Wazir. He also did main role in DJ: Duvvada Jagannadham, in 2018 Agnyaathavaasi and Vijetha, in 2019 Saaho, in 2020 Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo, Sarileru Neekevvaru and Street Dancer 3D. He played role of Valmiki in the movie Ala Vaikunthapuramloo.
In 2021, he appeared in A1 Express, Sreekaram, Jathi Ratnalu and Chaavu Kaburu Challaga.

Awards

He received the Nandi Award for Best Villain in 2007 for Athidhi. He also received the Filmfare Award South and SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu for Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo in 2021. ‘New Life Theological University’ awarded Murali Sharma an honorary doctorate for his contributions to the welfare of society in 2021.

Filmography

Telugu films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007AthidhiQaiser/Ajay SastryNandi Award for Best Villain
2008KantriGangster
2011ChattamSarath Chandra
2011OosaravelliLocal Don
2011DhoniGhani Bhai
2012Mr. NookayyaShajahan Bismil
2012AdhinayakuduDGP
2012Krishnam Vande JagadgurumReddappa
2013Platform No. 6
2013Ramachari Veedo Pedda GudachariCommissioner Chaddha
2014YevaduACP K. Ashok Verma IPS
2015Gopala GopalaAkbar Bhai
2015Bhale Bhale Magadivoy Panduranga Rao
2016Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema GaadhaDavid Bhai
2016Savithri Dora Babu
2016Sri SriJ. K. Bharadwaj
2016Babu BangaramCommissioner
2016Aatadukundam RaaVijay Rao
2016AbhinetriDilip
2016HyperGaja
2016Meelo Evaru KoteeswaruduPriya's father
2017DwarakaChaitanya
2017MisterSri Veera Narasimha Rayalu
2017DJ: Duvvada JagannadhamPurushottam
2017Yuddham SharanamJaidev "JD" Shastri
2017Ninnu KoriChandramouli
2017London BabuluSharma
2017Prematho Mee KarthikKarthik's father
2018BhaagamathieACP Sampath
2018AgnyaathavaasiSharma
2018Touch Chesi ChuduPolice Commissioner
2018AweMagician Yogi
2018JuvvaCI Viswanath
2018MehboobaAfreen's father
2018VijethaK. Srinivas Rao
2018Happy WeddingAkshara's father
2018Brand BabuDiamond Babu's father
2018Shailaja Reddy AlluduChaitanya's father
2018Ee Maaya PeremitoPramod Jain
2018DevadasPolice Officer Sharma
2018Padi Padi Leche ManasuPrakash Cherukuri
2019NTR: KathanayakuduAluri Chakrapani
2019RanarangamMLA Simhachalam
2019SaahoDavid
2019Ninu Veedani Needanu NeneTharun
2019EvaruVinay Varma
2019Tenali Ramakrishna BA. BLChakravarthy
2019Prati Roju PandageDhamodhar
2020Sarileru NeekevvaruArmy General
2020Ala VaikunthapurramulooValmikiSIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actor – TeluguFilmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu
2020HIT: The First CaseIbrahim
2021CheckSP
2021A1 ExpressMurali
2021SreekaramChaitra's father
2021Jathi RatnaluSports Minister Chanakya
2021Chaavu Kaburu ChallagaSekhar Samuel
2021PaagalMLA Raja Reddy "Raji"
2021Most Eligible BachelorVibha's father
2021Varudu KaavalenuBhoomi's father
2021Shyam Singha RoyLawyer Krishnamurthy
2022Radhe ShyamChakravarthyBoth films were Simultaneously shot in Telugu and Hindi
2022MajorCommander Shera SinghBoth films were Simultaneously shot in Telugu and Hindi
2022KhiladiPuttaparthi
2022Bheemla NayakCI Kodanda Ram
2022Stand Up RahulPrakash
2022F3Anand Prasad
2022GodfatherNarayana Verma
2022Sita RamamSubramanyam
2022Ori DevudaPaulraj
2022YashodaBalram
2023Veera Simha ReddyJayaram
2023Mr. KingSeetha Rama Raju
2023Vinaro Bhagyamu Vishnu KathaSharma
2023RavanasuraDIG Narasimha Murthy
2023AgentP. Vittal Rao
2023RangabaliSahaja's father
2023KushiChadarangam Srinivasa Rao
2023Miss Shetty Mr PolishettyPolishetty Phanindra
2023Tiger Nageswara RaoDSP Vishwanath Sastry
2023My Name Is ShruthiACP Ranjith
2023Kota Bommali PSMinister Barisela Jayaraj
2023JilebiMLA Rudra Pratap Rana
2024Guntur KaaramBasavaraju Sarangapaani "Paani"
2024Chaari 111Major Prasad Rao
2024Tillu SquareSheikh Mehboob
2024PurushothamuduAditya Ram
2024Shivam BhajeDr. Nishanth
2024Saripodhaa SanivaaramKoormanand
2024Devara: Part 1Muruga
2025MazakaBhargav Varma
2025Hari Hara Veera MalluKasi Lingam
2025Mass JatharaSI Rajaram
2025Andhra King TalukaPurushottam