Ram Charan (born 27 March 1985) is an Indian film actor, producer, and entrepreneur who works in Telugu cinema. He is one of the most popular and influential actors in Tollywood and has featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list since 2013. Charan is the recipient of several awards, including three Filmfare Awards, two Nandi Awards, two CineMAA Awards, and two Santosham Best Actor Awards. The son of actor Chiranjeevi and Surekha, Charan made his acting debut in the successful action film Chirutha (2007), for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South. Charan rose to prominence with a starring role opposite Kajal Aggarwal in S.S. Rajamouli's fantasy action film Magadheera (2009), which is one of the highest-grossing Telugu films of all time. He won several accolades for this film, including the Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu.
Charan established himself as a leading Tollywood actor with the commercially successful films such as Racha (2012), Naayak (2013), Yevadu (2014), Dhruva (2016) and Rangasthalam (2018), which ranks as his highest-grossing release. He won his second Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu for his performance in Rangasthalam.