Naveen Polishetty

Naveen Pollishetty
Polishetty at his film Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya's press meet in 2019
Born	26 December 1990 Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (present-day Telangana), India
Alma mater	NIT Bhopal
Occupations	Actor screenwriter
Years active	2012 - present

Naveen Polishetty (born 26 December 1990) is an Indian actor and screenwriter who primarily works in Telugu films. After a few supporting roles, he made his debut as a leading man with the hit film Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya (2019), for which he earned the Zee Cine Awards Telugu – Best Find of the Year, and continued to rise to prominence with the coming-of-age film Chhichhore (2019), also marking his Hindi debut. Naveen achieved further success with the comedy film Jathi Ratnalu (2021) and the romantic comedy Miss. Shetty Mr. Polishetty (2023).

Early life

Polishetty was born into a middle class family in Hyderabad, India. His father is in the pharmaceutical business while his mother is a bank employee. He has a younger brother and a younger sister who are twins. Both his siblings are settled in the United States. He graduated in Civil engineering, from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (also known as NIT Bhopal) and joined a software firm in Pune. He later moved to England to work as an engineer, but wasn't happy with his job at all. He then secretly returned to India without informing his parents, and started to live in Mumbai by renting a house and doing some part-time jobs to pursue a full-time career in acting. He started working in theatre and performed in several plays.

Career

Polishetty made his debut with the Telugu film Life Is Beautiful (2012) as the antagonist. He also played a minor role in the Mahesh Babu-starrer 1: Nenokkadine (2014). As his subsequent Telugu projects were either shelved films or replaced by other actors, Polishetty moved to theatre and stand-up comedy.

Later, he collaborated with All India Bakchod to make YouTube skits. He got wide response for his portrayal of an "average" guy in Honest Engineering Campus Placements.

In 2019, Polishetty returned to Telugu cinema with the comedy thriller film Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya, which he co-wrote and played the lead. The film won him the Zee Cine Awards Telugu – Best Film of the Year . He then made his Hindi cinema debut in Nitesh Tiwari's Chhichhore. Both the films performed very well at box office. He then starred in the 2021 comedy film Jathi Ratnalu. The film was commercially successful at the box office, with a gross collection of ₹70 crore. The film thus emerged as Polishetty's biggest success. Anupama Chopra felt that his character Jogipet Srikanth, is "terrific" and "a charming everyman". In May 2021, he signed a film alongside Anushka Shetty under UV Creations banner and will be next featured in the sequel of his previous film Jathi Ratnalu. Polishetty will reprise his role in that film from the first part.

Filmography

• All films are in Telugu unless otherwise noted.

Films

Television

• All shows are in Hindi unless otherwise noted.

Awards and nominations