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Navdeep

Birth Name Navdeep Pallapolu
Date of birth 1986-01-26
birth place Hyderbad
spouse(s) -
children -
debut year 2004
debut movie Jai

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Overview

Navdeep is one actor who is currently shuffling between acting as sidekicks in movies and acting as hero in small movies but is still in search of a good break to his acting career.

Personal Life

Navdeep is born to Rama Rao and Madhavi. He has a sister Deepthi. His father is a businessman working for Electrical industry. He completed his schooling in DAV Safilguda and Brilliant Grammar High school in Hyderabad. He is pursuing his degree currently.

Recently, the actor pledged to donate all his organs to Mohan foundation, a successful organ donating organization.
Career

Navdeep is director Teja’s find. He played the role of boxer who fights Terrorists from Pakistan in the movie ‘Jai’. The movie did not do well at the box office but earned him a good name. In the same year (2004), he made his Tamil debut with Arinthum Ariyamalum. He acted in 3 Telugu films and 2 Tamil movies till 2007.

His first break in Telugu came in 2007 in the form of Chandamama in which he played one of the heroes in the movie. The movie became a good hit and it marks his first commercial success in films. Results of movies did not deter his chances at any time; he went on to do movies without prominent success. He played a sidekick in Allu Arjun starrer Aarya-2 and that role earned him a very good role. After 2009, he went on to do movies like Om Shanti, Yagam, Mugguru, Akasame Haddu without making any buzz at the box office.

In 2011, he did a second hero role in Siddharth’s Oh My Friend and it got registered well with the audience. Similarly, he played a negative character in NTR’s Baadshah (2012) and got good reviews. In the same year, he has two releases as solo hero, Mytri and Vasool Raja only to disappoint once again. His most recent films - Bangaru Kodipetta directed by Raj Pippalla and Ice Cream and Anukshanam both directed by Ram Gopal Varma managed to create some curiosity before the release but could not impress the audience after the release.

His other film, Poga, a horror thriller has struggled to release in theaters due to financial problems and finally the makers directed released it on Television.
Trivia
Navdeep’s career is not devoid of controversies. Here are some of those incidents involving him.
- In 2005, while shooting for Manasu Mata Vinadhu movie, he along with his friends reportedly passed on some indecent comments on actress Ankitha. The actress hurt with those and reportedly slapped him and later popped up some sleeping pills. Navdeep had to apologize her and make up the incident.
- In May, 2010, He was arrested in Hyderabad for drunken driving.
- In October, 2010, he ran in to controversy after he and his friends were pulled up for setting out in a boat to Srisailam without permission.
- In October 2011, a Police case was registered on him after he thrashed an engineering student in an inebriated state. The actor later alleged that the students misbehaved with his girlfriend, Sharu, when they were dining at a hotel.
Upcoming Movies
- Telugu film, Antha Nee Mayalone directed by PV Krishna
- Bilingual film, Antha Scene Ledhu in Telugu (Nondi Kudhirai in Tamil) directed by debutante, Venkat Kancharla.
- Natudu directed by Prasad
- Bham Bholenath directed by a newcomer, Karthik Varma Dandu