Vamsi Krishna

Vamsi Krishna is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Telugu and Tamil films. He made his debut in Gharshana (2004) and went on to play the antagonist in films including Thadaiyara Thaakka (2012) and Ivan Veramathiri (2013).

Vamsi Krishna
Born	Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004-present

Early life

He was born in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. He hails from a family of doctors, he was pursuing Business Management in London before coming to films.^[1]

Film career

Vamsi Krishna met director Gautham Vasudev Menon on a flight trip from London to India, their conversations lead to them working together, thus began Vamsi Krishna's career as an actor.^[2]

The director offered him a supporting role as a police officer in Gharshana (2004) and Krishna allotted 40 days to the project and subsequently decided to make a career in films.^[3] He played the lead role in the 2006 Telugu film Oka `V` Chitram alongside Aadhi.It failed at the box-office.^[4] He subsequently played roles in films including Darling (2010), Nagavalli (2010), Nenu Naa Rakshasi (2011) and Attarintiki Daredi (2013).^[5]

Gautham seems to figure significantly in Vamsi’s film journey. For, strangely enough, it was Gautham’s assistant Magizh Thirumeni who gave him his Kollywood break with Thadaiyara Thaakka (2012). The role got him noticed and A. Sarkunam cast him as a village goon in the Dhanush starrer Naiyaandi (2013).^[6] Vamsi Krishna donning the role of villain in Vikram Prabhu's Ivan Veramathiri (2013) directed by M. Saravanan.^[7] He is known for his roles in Maan Karate (2014), Thani Oruvan (2015), Kuttram 23 (2017), Ayogya (2019), Yenni Thuniga (2022) and Raakadhan (2023).

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2004	Gharshana	Jagan	Telugu
2006	Style		Telugu
	Oka `V` Chitram	Santosh Babu	Telugu
2007	Nava Vasantham	Rajesh	Telugu
	Desamuduru		Telugu
2008	Krishnarjuna		Telugu
	Pourudu		Telugu
2009	Ooha Chitram		Telugu
2010	Darling	Rishi	Telugu
	Nagavalli	Groom	Telugu
2011	Nenu Naa Rakshasi		Telugu
	Kudirithe Kappu Coffee		Telugu
2012	Thadaiyara Thaakka	Kumar	Tamil
2012	Julai	Bank Robber	Telugu
2013	Parents		Telugu
	Baadshah	Baadshah's accomplice	Telugu
	Naiyaandi	Krishna	Tamil
	Attarintiki Daredi	Praveen Nalla	Telugu
	Ivan Veramathiri	Eeswaran	Tamil	Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Villain
2014	Maan Karate	'Killer' Peter	Tamil
2015	S/O Satyamurthy	Yogeshwar	Telugu
	Dongaata		Telugu
	Romeo Juliet	Arjun	Tamil
	Thani Oruvan	Vicky	Tamil
	Nenu Sailaja	Babji	Telugu
2016	Dictator	Minister's son	Telugu
	Chuttalabbai	Police Officer	Telugu
2017	Muthuramalingam	Ashok Pandian	Tamil
	Kuttram 23	John Matthew	Tamil
	Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva	Sanjay	Tamil
	Mass Leader	Harshath	Kannada
	Veedevadu	Peter	Telugu
	Yaar Ivan	Peter	Tamil
	Kalavu Thozhirchalai	Ram Sanjay	Tamil
2018	Mannar Vagaiyara	JP, Ilaiyarani's brother	Tamil
2019	Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven	Praveen	Tamil
	Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel	ACP Ratnavel	Malayalam
	Udgharsha		Kannada
	Ayogya	Sabari	Tamil
	Queen	Chaitanya Reddy	Tamil	MX Player web series
2021	11th Hour	Siddharth Singh	Telugu	Aha web series
	Vakeel Saab	Vamshi	Telugu
	Sabhaapathy	Selvam	Tamil
2022	The Legend	Munna	Tamil
	Vattam	Gowtham	Tamil
	Yenni Thuniga	Madhan	Tamil
	Aattral	Jo	Tamil
	Dharavi Bank	Shiva	Hindi	MX Player web series
2023	Raakadhan	Ajmal	Tamil
	Sweet Kaaram Coffee	Vikram	Tamil	Amazon Prime Video series
2024	Vasco Da Gama	Kovarthan	Tamil
TBA	Dhruva Natchathiram		Tamil	Delayed

References

1. "Vamsi Krishna".
2. "I was a bad boy in college: Vamsi Krishna".
3. "'I'm an actor because of Gautham Menon'". Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
4. "Vizag man is the top villain in Tamil cinema Entertainment".
5. "I was a bad boy in college: Vamsi Krishna". Times of India. Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
6. "'I'm an actor because of Gautham Menon'".
7. "Vikram Prabhu up against Vamsi Krishna".

External links

• Vamsi Krishna at IMDb