Sunil
Born
Indukuri Sunil Varma[1][2]

(1974-02-28) 28 February 1974[3][1]
Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India[4]
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian
Years active2000–present
Spouse
Sruthi
​
(m. 2002)​
Children2

Indukuri Sunil Varma (born 28 February 1974), known mononymously as Sunil, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu films, and has also featured in a few Tamil films. Noted for his comic roles, Sunil has appeared in over 180 films in his career, including a few lead roles.[1] He has won three state Nandi Awards and two Filmfare Awards South. He was widely considered as one of Tollywood's most finest comedians during his peak in the 2000s, most known for his distinct laugh and delivery of jokes.

Sunil played a lead role in Andala Ramudu (2006)[1] and later went on to star in several Telugu language films including commercial successes like Maryada Ramanna (2010), Poola Rangadu (2012), and Tadakha (2013).[5][6]

His career took a decline over the 2010s as he opted for more lead hero roles over comedian roles in commercially unsuccessful films,[7] but has seen a career resurgence as a villain and in more versatile roles.[8] Sunil started as the antagonist in the films Colour Photo (2020) and Pushpa: The Rise (2021), which were commercially successful films. His Tamil films include Maaveeran (2023) and Jailer (2023), the latter of which is his highest grossing release till date.

Career

Sunil started his career in 1996 when first worked as an extra in the film Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi, however, Sunil's scenes did not make it to the final cut of the film.[9] His career began on a slow note with movies like Second Hand (which was stopped from production), and Peruleni Cinema. Prema Katha and Swayamvaram were his first real opportunities in the industry. Chiru Navvutho and Nuvve Kavali were the first films that he acted in. Nuvve Kavali was the first one to release.[4]

In 2010, Sunil starred in S. S. Rajamouli-directed Maryada Ramanna, which was a commercial success.[6] A reviewer from Sify noted that: "Sunil would no longer look like a comedy hero. His dances are simply superb."[10]

Sunil was then cast in the lead role in Poola Rangadu, directed by Veerabhadram Chowdary. which was released across 450 theatres worldwide. The film received positive reviews. He was the antagonist in the film Colour Photo (2020), which brought him critical acclaim.[11]

The 2021 film Pushpa: The Rise saw Sunil in an unusual role of a serious gangster Mangalam Seenu, very different from the comedy roles he usually plays.[12] The success of the film brought him many offers to play negative roles and he made his Tamil debut in 2023 with Maaveeran (2023).[13]

Personal life

Sunil hails from Bhimavaram of Andhra Pradesh, India.[4] Sunil celebrated his 40th birthday for a noble cause donating to a blind school and spending time with them.[14]

Director Trivikram Srinivas and Sunil were friends since their days in Bhimavaram. They, along with director Gunasekhar, were roommates in Punjagutta during their struggling days. As of 2016, Trivikram rents the room as a memory.[15][16]

Awards

Filmfare Awards South

Nandi Awards

South Indian International Movie Awards

Santosham Film Awards

Filmography

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
  • All films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.

As an actor

List of films and roles
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2000Nuvve KavaliSunil
Chirunavvutho
2001Family CircusGang Member
Naa Manasistha RaaCab driver
Tholi ValapuGiri
Nuvvu NenuVenkatesh
Nuvvu Naaku NachavBanthi
Manasantha NuvveSunil
2002Nuvvu Leka Nenu LenuKarri Seenu
Premaku SwagatamTenali
KalusukovalaniAchi
Aaduthu PaaduthuPapi
VasuBalu
SantoshamKranthi Kumar a. k. a. Seetayya
SreeramMegaserial Mahadeva
NeethoJohnny
IndraBalu
SonthamSeshagiri
HoliRaja
Okato Number KurraaduSunil
Nuvve NuvvePandu
Pilisthe PalukuthaAjay's friend
BobbyHotel Manager
Yuva RathnaSunil
Thotti GangSathi Babu
Premalo Pavani KalyanArjun
ManmadhuduBunk Seenu
2003NaagaRavi
Pellam OorelitheSamba
GangotriExam Supervisor
RunMohanTelugu version
Ottesi CheputunnaNela Baludu [20]
VijayamSrinivas
Ninne IstapaddanuBangaru Babu
Oka Raju Oka RaniMahesh's sidekick
VasanthamRamesh
Kalyana RamuduChari
DongoduJustice Chowdhary
SimhachalamRaju
Oka Radha Iddaru Krishnula PelliBala Raju
TagoreBoost
Ela CheppanuSunil
Toli ChoopuloneWhite and White Simhachalam
Ori Nee Prema Bangaram KaanuGanesh
Nenu Pelliki ReadyRajesh
Nee Manasu Naaku TelusuKapali a. k. a. Kapil
Neeke ManasichaanuSattibabu
2004Lakshmi NarasimhaRaj
VarshamJagan "The Gun"
Athade Oka SainyamThief
Love TodayDharma
Anandamanandamaye"Panchatantram" Seenu
MalliswariPadmanabham a. k. a. Paddu
Mee Intikoste Em Istaaru Maa Intikoste Em TestaruTeja
Seenu Vasanthi LakshmiSeenu
NenunnanuTip Sundaram
Kushi KushigaServer Prakash
Oka Pellam Muddu Rendo Pellam VadduSatish
PedababuBapineedu
AaryaTicket Collector "Punch" Falaknama
NaaniVishwanath a. k. a. X
KodukuBalasubramanyam
Pallakilo PellikoothuruGoutham
Donga DongadiRockfort Chandu
Naa AutographSathyam
Gudumba ShankarPrabhu
Cheppave ChirugaliKrishnamurthy
AaptuduVenkat
SuryamGaali Seenu
MassAditya a. k. a. Adi
2005Balu ABCDEFGShankar
Nuvvostanante NenoddantanaBanda
Radha GopalamLakshmana Rao
SravanamasamKanchu Babu
Sada Mee SevaloBunty
SoggaduVenkat
Subash Chandra BoseChandram's sidekick
Mr. ErrababuErra Babu's sidekick
HungamaBalaraju
BhadraBullabbayi
AndarivaaduVeerendra's nephew
Oka OoriloSeenu's servant
Kanchanamala Cable TVSudarshan's assistant
SuperJournalist
AthaduRamana
AndhruduThief
Allari BulloduBobby
Political RowdyRohit
BhageerathaNanda
Modati CinemaSri
SriSubbarao
Jai ChiranjeevaDhanushkoti
Gowtam SSCGopal Rao
2006LakshmiSuresh
Chukkallo ChandruduPuppy
Sarada SaradagaRaghava's sidekick
SivakasiKiran KumarTelugu version
Sri RamadasuRamana Sastry
PournamiPournami's elder brother100th film
KithakithaluSathi
Amrutha VarshamTelugu version [21]
GameKulkarni
BommarilluSathi
Andala RamuduRamu
StalinStalin's younger brother
BossSunil
Gopi - Goda Meeda PilliResort Manager Karunanidhi
Pellaina KothaloChalapathi
RakhiMohan Reddy
AnnavaramRaju
2007YogiRamu
Pagale VennelaWaiter
Athili Sattibabu LKGAthili Sathibabu's brother
DheeKathi
ClassmatesBaddu
Aadavari Matalaku Arthale VeruleSrinu
AataVicky's brother-in-law
Thiru Ranga/JulayiSunilSimultaneously shot in Tamil
Dubai SeenuDubai Seenu's cousin
BahumatiLawyer
SatyabhamaSunil
Shankar Dada ZindabadKumar
JulayiSunil
Pellaindi KaaniAchi Babu's sidekick
AthidhiAmrita's fiancé
Nava VasanthamVijay
GodavaTrain Ticket Collector
Navvule NavvuluPolice officer
2008KrishnaSunil
PouruduSamyukta's prospective groom
VaanaHimselfGuest appearance
SwagatamSunil Honda
KrishnarjunaArjun's sidekick
Andamaina ManasuloTushar's friend
OntariSubbu
Idi SangathiNeeladri
PremabhishekamSunil
JalsaBunk Seenu
Bhale DongaluTaxi Driver
KalidasuBasha
Michael Madana KamarajuKamaraju
ParuguKrishna's sidekick
KantriRajni Haasan
BujjigaduSathi a. k. a. Tokyo Johnny
PandurangaduNarasimha Sastry
ReadyJanaki
Ullasamga UtsahamgaInstant Investor
KathanayakuduShanmugam
BaladurSeenu
Chintakayala RaviPendurthi Babu
RainbowSunil Bachchan
Nenu Meeku Telusa?Kishore
KingSarath
2009MaskaKrish's sidekick
DronaPrasad
Aa OkkaduChandra
Raju MaharajuArjun
Neramu SikshaAdvocate
Oye!Abhishek
MagadheeraHarsha's sidekick
Neelo NaaloLoverTelugu version
JoshBujji150th film
Ek NiranjanChanti Babu
PravarakhyuduRavi
2010Om ShantiRanadhir
Shambo Shiva ShamboKumar
BindaasSarath
VaruduHimselfGuest appearance
Maryada RamannaKovelamudi Ramu
KhalejaBabji
2011MirapakayCharukesha
Katha Screenplay Darsakatvam AppalarajuAppalaraju
Dongala MuthaRichard
2012Poola RangaduRanga
2013Mr. PellikodukuBuchi Babu
TadakhaSivarama Krishna
2014Bhimavaram BulloduRambabu
2016KrishnashtamiKrishna
Eedu Gold EheBangarraju
JakkannaJakkana / Ganesh
2017Ungarala RambabuRam Babu [22]
2 CountriesUllaas Kumar
2018Silly FellowsSoori
Aravinda Sametha Veera RaghavaNeelambari
Amar Akbar AnthonyBobby
Padi Padi Leche ManasuChatur Ramalingam
Operation 2019HimselfSpecial appearance in the song "Life is Like a Party"
2019ChitralahariMichael "Mike"
ChanakyaSeenu
2020Ala VaikunthapurramulooSitaram
Disco RajaUtham Kumar / Antony Das
Colour Photo Inspector Rama Raju [23]
2021 Kanabadutaledu Detective Rama Krishna
Ichata Vahanamulu Niluparadu Actor Cameo appearance
Heads and TalesGodCameo appearance [24]
Pushpaka Vimanam Rangam
Pushpa: The Rise Mangalam Srinu [25]
2022Bheemla Nayak Prisoner Special appearance in the song "Bheemla Nayak"
Son of India News reporter
F3 Katthi Seenu [26]
Chor Bazaar Home Mister of Telangana
DarjaACP Paidipati Shiva Shankar
Thank You Himself Special appearance in the "Farewell Song"
Godfather Koti
Tees Maar Khan Chakri
Wanted Pandugod Pandugadu [27]
Geetha Saradhi
Sita Ramam TC Varadhi
Bujji Ila Raa CI Mohammad Khayyam
Ginna NRI groom Special appearance
Mukhachitram Dr. Neeladri Varma
Cheppalani Undhi
Urvasivo Rakshasivo Sree’s uncle
S5 No Exit Suleman Khan [28]
2023 Valentines Night Krishnamohan
Mr. King Driver [29]
Organic Mama Hybrid Alludu Monikonda [30]
Virupaksha Abbai Raju
Bhuvana Vijayam ‘Feelings Star’ Preetham Kumar
Katha Venuka Katha Satya
Maya Petika Narayana
Nenu Student Sir Techie
Maaveeran Paramu Tamil debut
Jailer Blast Mohan Tamil film
Mark Antony Ekambaram Tamil film
Japan Sridhar Tamil film [31]
2024 Guntur Kaaram Lenin [32]
Pushpa 2: The Rule † Mangalam Srinu Filming [33]
Game Changer † TBA Filming
TBA Bootcut Balaraju † TBA Completed [34]

As a dubbing artist

Year Film Actor Role Notes
2012 Snehithudu Sathyan Silencer Telugu dubbed version
OKOK Santhanam Partha Telugu dubbed version
2023Changure Bangaru RajaGerman ShepherdVeerabobbili

Television

Year Title Role Channel Notes
2017 Bigg Boss 2 Himself Star Maa Guest appearance

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Srikanth, S (28 February 2020). "అందాల రాముడు సునీల్ కు పుట్టినరోజు జేజేలు!" [Birthday wishes to Andala Ramudu Sunil]. HMTV (in Telugu). Archived from the original on 30 December 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  2. ↑ Kavirayani, Suresh (9 September 2017). "Testing time for Sunil Varma". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "Sunil turns into SI Ramaraju for "Colour Photo"; first look out". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 "Sunil - Telugu Cinema interview - Telugu film actor". www.idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 22 April 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2007.
  5. ↑ "Sunil Not Interested In Comedian Roles Anymore?". Sakshi Post. 7 August 2020. Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  6. 1 2 "I am basking in the success of Maryada Ramanna, says director". The Hindu. 29 July 2010. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
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  8. ↑ https://english.tupaki.com/entertainment/suniltamiloffers-1310090
  9. ↑ Shekar, Raja (7 February 2021). "పవన్ కళ్యాణ్ సినిమాలో సునీల్ విలన్ గా నటించాడట.. కానీ…". TeluguStop.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
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  12. ↑ "Sunil as 'Mangalam Srinu' looks intense in Allu Arjun's 'Pushpa'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
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  14. ↑ "Sunil spends his birthday at Devnar Blind School". Cinesiren. Archived from the original on 2 March 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
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  18. ↑ 61st Filmfare Awards South
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