Muralidhar Goud

Ireni Muralidhar Goud is an Indian actor who works in Telugu cinema and television shows. His breakthrough came with his performance in DJ Tillu (2022) and Balagam (2023).^[1][2]

Muralidhar Goud
Born	Ramayampet, Telangana, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2018–present

Personal life

Goud hails from Ramayampet, Telangana and completed his education in Siddipet.^[3] He worked as a Junior Accounts Officer at the Electricity Board of the Mint Compound in Hyderabad until retirement, after which he pursued a career in films.^{[citation needed]}

Career

He began his career with small roles in television shows.^[2] Goud’s first breakthrough role in film came through with DJ Tillu (2022).^[2] He went on to reprise his role in its Tillu Square (2024) as well. Speaking about his role as Tillu’s father, Abhilasha Cherukuri of The New Indian Express wrote that Goud emerged in "steady form without missing a single beat."^[4] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote that Goud is naturally talented and praised his comic timing.^[5] Speaking about his role in Mad (2023), Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu stated that, "Muralidhar is easily one of the best actors in Telugu cinema today to play the frustrated father who delivers snarky lines with a deadpan expression."^[6]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	Rangasthalam
	Aatagallu
	Antariksham 9000 KMPH
2019	Marshal
2021	Climax
	Pitta Kathalu	Ex-MLA	"Ramula" segment
2022	The American Dream
	DJ Tillu	Tillu's father
2023	Mem Famous	Sarpanch Yella Reddy	[7][8]
	Pareshan	Samarpan
	Unstoppable	Kohinoor Kalyan's father
	Slum Dog Husband	Mounika's father	[9]
	Mad	Ganesh's father
	Bhagavanth Kesari	Jogi	[10]
	Das Ka Dhamki	Sanjay's pretending father
	Mangalavaaram
	Balagam	Narayana	[11][12]
2024	Babu
	Tillu Square	Tillu's father
	Padmavyuham Lo Chakradhari	840 Ramakrishna
	Darling	Raghav's father
	Bhavanam
	Ramnagar Bunny	Bunny’s father	[13]
	Pushpa 2	Jewellery shop owner
	Srikakulam Sherlock Holmes
2025	Sankranthiki Vasthunam	Bhagyam's father
	Pelli Kani Prasad
	Mad Square	Ganesh's father
	Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi		[14]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network
2024	Brinda	Postmortem Surgeon	SonyLIV
2025	Sivarapalli	Mitta Sudhakar	Amazon Prime Video

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2023	Filmfare Awards South	Best Supporting Actor – Telugu	DJ Tillu	Nominated	[15]
2023	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Supporting Actor – Telugu		Nominated	[16]