Murali Sharma (born 9 August 1972) 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 (2017), 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
+ Year Title Role Notes2007 Athidhi Qaiser / Ajay SastryNandi Award for Best Villain2008 Kantri Gangster 2011 Chattam Sarath Chandra Oosaravelli Local Don Dhoni Ghani Bhai 2012 Mr. Nookayya Shajahan Bismil Adhinayakudu DGP Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum Reddappa2013 Platform No. 6 Ramachari Commissioner Chaddha 2014 Yevadu ACP K. Ashok Verma IPS 2015 Gopala Gopala Akbar BhaiBhale Bhale Magadivoy Panduranga Rao2016 Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema GaadhaDavid Bhai Savithri Dora BabuSri Sri J. K. Bharadwaj Babu Bangaram Commissioner Aatadukundam RaaVijay RaoAbhinetri Dilip Hyper GajaMeelo Evaru Koteeswarudu Priya's father2017Dwaraka ChaitanyaMister Sri Veera Narasimha Rayalu DJ: Duvvada Jagannadham PurushottamYuddham Sharanam Jaidev "JD" ShastriNinnu Kori Chandramouli (Pallavi's father) London Babulu Sharma Prematho Mee Karthik Karthik's father2018Bhaagamathie ACP SampathAgnyaathavaasi SharmaTouch Chesi Chudu Police Commissioner Awe Magician YogiJuvva CI ViswanathMehboobaAfreen's fatherVijetha K. Srinivas RaoHappy Wedding Akshara's fatherBrand Babu Diamond Babu's fatherShailaja Reddy Alludu Chaitanya's fatherEe Maaya Peremito Pramod JainDevadas Police Officer Sharma Padi Padi Leche Manasu Prakash Cherukuri2019NTR: Kathanayakudu Aluri ChakrapaniRanarangamMLA SimhachalamSaaho DavidNinu Veedani Needanu Nene Tharun Evaru Vinay VarmaTenali Ramakrishna BA. BL ChakravarthyPrati Roju Pandage Dhamodhar2020 Sarileru Neekevvaru Army General Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo ValmikiSIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actor – TeluguFilmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu HIT: The First Case Ibrahim2021 Check SP A1 ExpressMurali SreekaramChaitra's father Jathi RatnaluSports Minister Chanakya Chaavu Kaburu ChallagaSekhar Samuel PaagalMLA Raja Reddy "Raji" Most Eligible Bachelor Vibha's father Varudu Kaavalenu Bhoomi's fatherShyam Singha Roy Lawyer Krishnamurthy2022Radhe Shyam ChakravarthyBoth films were simultaneously shot in Telugu and HindiMajor Commander Shera Singh Khiladi Puttaparthi Bheemla Nayak CI Kodanda Ram Stand Up Rahul Prakash F3 Anand PrasadGodfatherNarayana VermaSita RamamSubramanyamOri DevudaPaulrajYashodaBalram2023Veera Simha Reddy JayaramMr. King Seetha Rama RajuVinaro Bhagyamu Vishnu Katha SharmaRavanasura DIG Narasimha MurthyAgentP. Vittal RaoRangabaliSahaja's fatherKushiChadarangam Srinivasa RaoMiss Shetty Mr PolishettyPolishetty PhanindraTiger Nageswara Rao DSP Vishwanath Sastry My Name Is Shruthi ACP Ranjith Kota Bommali PS Minister Barisela Jayaraj Jilebi MLA Rudra Pratap Rana2024 Guntur Kaaram Basavaraju Sarangapaani "Paani"Chaari 111 Major Prasad RaoTillu Square Sheikh MehboobPurushothamudu Aditya RamShivam Bhaje Dr. NishanthSaripodhaa Sanivaaram KoormanandDevara: Part 1 Muruga2025MazakaBhargav VarmaHari Hara Veera MalluKasi LingamMass JatharaSI RajaramAndhra King TalukaPurushottamChampionSundarayya2026Vishnu VinyasamGurujiS Saraswathi Sub-Inspector Krishna Reddy Nagabandham: The Secret Treasure Achyutha Chary
Hindi films + Year Title Role Notes2002 Dil Vil Pyar VyarRaazInspector Saab 2003 Maqbool Devsare Dhoop Colonel Rathore 2004 Main Hoon Na Mr. Khan Masti Eunuch at band stand Black Friday Inspector Virendra Vani aka VV Vani 2005 Karam Kaif Mangal Pandey: The Rising Sheikh Paltu Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena Bakra (target) Apaharan Muralidhar Kal: Yesterday and Tomorrow Shekhar Chocolate Bilaal 2006 Teesri Aankh: The Hidden Camera Dinesh The Memsahib Kishore Thakkar Rockin Meera Prem Singh Fight Club – Members Only Police Inspector Buddha Mar Gaya Rohan Alexander 2007 Dhamaal Inspector Kulkarni (Crime Branch) Dhol Zicomo Ek Dastak Laaga Chunari Mein Daag Sunil 2008 Sunday Mysterious Stalker One Two Three M. M. Munde Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na Airport InspectorSpecial appearance Golmaal Returns M. D. Sawant 2009 Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye Concertgoer Chal Chala Chal Gajendra Singh 13B Inspector Shiva Naik Bilingual film; Hindi version 2010 Shaapit Mr. Shekhawat (Kaaya's father) Lamhaa News Reporter Dabangg ACP Malik Golmaal 3 Inspector Mohan Dande Tees Maar Khan Agent Mr. Mukherjee2011 Singham DSP Satyam Patkar Chatur Singh Two Star Tony2012 Aalaap Naxalite Choron Ki Baraat Jeena Hai Toh Thok Daal Hanumant Singh OMG – Oh My God! Laxman Mishra Chakravyuh Naga2013 Policegiri MLA Zindagi 50-50 Inspector Ramakant Rangoji Pawar2015 Baby Mr. Gupta Badlapur Michael Bhai Black Home ABCD 2 Shetty2016Wazir MaheshJai Gangaajal Munna MardaniTutak Tutak Tutiya DilipSanam Teri Kasam Police Officer2017 Poster Boys Health Minister Golmaal Again Inspector Mohan Dande2018Simmba Shagun's father (picture only)2019 One Day: Justice Delivered Dr. AjaySaaho DavidTadka Tebli Singh2020 Street Dancer 3D UK Cop2022Radhe Shyam ChakravarthyMajor Commander Shera SinghCirkusDr. Roy Jamnadas2023Yaariyan 2 Raajlaxmi's father2025Jaat Brig. Sukhveer Singh Cameo appearance
Tamil films + Year Title Role 2011 Dhoni Ghani Bhai2013 Pattathu Yaanai Marudhamuthu Arrambam Durani 2014 Anjaan Johnny 2015 Paayum Puli Lal 2016Devi Dilip 2018Bhaagamathie ACP Sampath 2019Kennedy Club Mukesh Rathore 2023KolaiAdithya Koushik 2024 RathnamBeema Rayudu / Dharmalingam Mazhai Pidikkatha Manithan Surla IPSTBAValaiTBA
Films in other languages + Year Title Role Language2012 Karmayodha Khais Khanna Malayalam Ajintha MukhiyaMarathi 2013 Vijay Aso MLA 2014 Poshter Boyz Cabinet Minister in State Government2016 Guru Maan Singh GhantaaSanjay Hegde 2023Kabzaa CM Veer BahaddurKannada2024 UIKiran Adarsh
Television
Year Title Role Language Notes1997–98Raja Aur RanchoHindiEpisodic1997Ghar JamaiDoctor Salim1998SaayaMr MalikRishtey Guest2002 Aryamaan – Brahmaand Ka YodhaShukrant2004 Special SquadBomber2006 CIDKillerEpisode 4402013Hum Ne Li Hai... ShapathRangeelaEpisode 189,1902026Super SubbuChilukri Kukkuteshwar RaoTeluguNetflix series
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