Sivaji (Telugu actor)

Sontineni Sivaji (born 30 June 1971), is an Indian actor and voice actor who works in Telugu cinema. He had won the Nandi Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist for Dil.^[3][4] His notable performances include Missamma (2003), Adirindayya Chandram (2005), Satyabhama (2007), Mantra (2007), Taj Mahal (2010), and Court – State vs a Nobody (2025). In 2023, he participated in the reality show Bigg Boss 7, and emerged as the second runner-up.

Sivaji
Born	Sontineni Sivaji[1] (1971-06-30) 30 June 1971 (age 53)[2] Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupations	Actor voice actor
Years active	1997–2018; 2023–present

Beside acting, Sivaji is politically active as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He embarked on a hunger strike to demand special status for Andhra Pradesh.

Early life and career

Sivaji is from Andhra Pradesh, a town near Chilakaluripet in Palnadu district. Sivaji started his stint as an editor in Gemini TV He was offered a role in a TV serial and from then he started getting offers in Telugu movies. He acted in minor roles in notable films such as Kushi and Indra. Unlike his contemporaries he did not come from a film family. He dubbed for Nithiin in the latter's early career.^[5] He did many films as a second lead. Sivaji's first success as a solo lead came with the film Missamma (2003).^[6]

Ever since the movement for keeping the state united in Andhra Pradesh, Sivaji became vocal about the political issues. Despite being a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) he started his fast unto death on granting a special status to Andhra Pradesh, which was a promise made by the erstwhile Congress government at the time of bifurcation of the state.^[7]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes	Ref.
1997	Master	Sivaji
	Hello I Love You	Sumanth
1998	Padutha Theeyaga	Rushi's friend
	Sri Sita Ramula Kalyanam Chootamu Raarandi	Sivaji
	Kanyadanam	Seshu
	Premante Idera	Sivaji
1999	Film Nagar
	Alluri Seetharama Raju
2000	Yuvaraju	Sivaji
	Bachelors	Balu
	College	Suri		[8]
2001	Priyamaina Neeku	Raghu
	Kushi	Babu
	Love	Samba
	Wife	Shankar		[9]
	Chiranjeevulu	Chanti
	Snehituda	Balu		[10]
2002	Priya Nestama	Kiran		[11]
	Chandravamsam	Hari Chandra		[12]
	Friends	Balu		[13]
	Manasunte Chalu	Visakha		[14]
	Sandade Sandadi	Kamesh
	Adrustam	Pawan
	Indra	Giri / Veerya Manohar Reddy
	Siva Rama Raju	Raju
2003	Ottesi Cheputunna	Dilip
	Aayudham	Rushendra
	Aadanthe Ado Type	Krishna
	Sriramachandrulu	Chandra
	Missamma	Nanda Gopal
2004	Ammayi Bagundi	Siva
	Mr & Mrs Sailaja Krishnamurthy	Krishnamurthy
	Swarabhishekam	Chandu
	Konchem Touchlo Vunte Cheputanu	Kalidasu		[15]
2005	Mr. Errababu	Erra Babu		[16]
	Adirindayya Chandram	Chandram		[17]
2006	Seetharamudu	Seetharamudu
	Tata Birla Madhyalo Laila	Tata
	Raraju	Surya
2007	Aadivaram Adavallaku Selavu Kavali
	Nikki and Neeraj	Neeraj
	Nee Navve Chalu	Murali Krishna
	Satyabhama	Krishna Kumar
	Tulasi	Harsha
	Bhajantrilu
	State Rowdy	Rambabu
	Mantra	Hero
2008	Pellikani Prasad	Siva Prasad
	Jalsa	Raghu
	Brahmanandam Drama Company	Vasu
	Maa Ayana Chanti Pilladu	Bullabbayyi
	Aalayam	Raja
	Kousalya Supraja Rama	Ravi
	Kuberulu	Siva Prasad		[18]
2009	Masth	Siva
	Indumathi	Chandu		[19]
	Sathyameva Jayathe	Prathap
	Naa Girlfriend Baga Rich	Sanjay Sastri
	18, 20 Love Story	Bullanna
	Diary	Vamsi		[20]
2010	Aakasa Ramanna	Jai
	Taj Mahal	Ajay / Kumar	Also producer
	Brahmalokam To Yamalokam Via Bhulokam	Seenu
2011	Lokame Kothaga	Rahul
	Mugguru		Cameo appearance
	Emaindi Nalo	Murali
2012	Ayyare	Venkatesam
	Em Babu Laddu Kavala
2013	Dasa Tirigindi
	Pavitra	Siva
	Gola Gola
2014	Kamalatho Naa Prayanam	Suryanarayana
	Boochamma Boochodu	Karthik
	Chusinodiki Chusinantha
2015	Dorakadu
2016	Seesa
2025	Court – State vs a Nobody	Mangapathi

As voice actor

Year	Title	Actor	Notes
2002	Jayam	Nithin
	Sontham	Aryan Rajesh
2003	Dil	Nithin	Nandi Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist
	Sambaram
2004	Andaru Dongale Dorikite	Prabhu Deva
2008	Ullasamga Utsahamga	Yasho Sagar
2012	Pizza	Vijay Sethupathi	For Telugu dubbed version

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
2018	Gangstars	C.I. Anjaneyalu	Amazon Prime Video
2023	Bigg Boss 7	Contestant	Star Maa	2nd Runner up
	90's – A Middle Class Biopic	Chandra Sekhar	ETV Win