Tanikella Bharani Biography

Tanikella Bharani is a multi-faceted actor in Tollywood. He is a playwright, a dialogue writer and an actor. He has worked in around 320 films.

Early Life And Background

Tanikella Bharani was born in a Brahmin family in Palakolle, Andhra Pradesh.

Career

Bharani did stage-plays in the mid 70s and during this time, he made acquaintance with Rallapalli, a Tollywood actor. With his help, Bharani started writing small dialogues and stage scenes. Later, he took a diploma in Theatre Arts. As per Rallapalli's advice, he moved to Chennai and for the first time, he wrote dialogues for the film "Kanchu Kavacham" in 1984.

And with the release of the film Shiva, he received much recognition and his character Nanaji impressed the whole Telugu audience.

Personal Life

Bharani is married to Bhavani and has a son, Maha Teja and a daughter, Soundarya Lahari.