Tanikella Bharani Open Heart With RK | Season:1 - Episode: 55 | 07.11.2010 | #OHRK​​​​​ | ABN

Tanikella Bharani Open Heart With RK | Season:1 - Episode: 55 | 07.11.2010 | #OHRK​​​​​ | ABN Tanikella Bharani is an Indian actor, screenwriter, poet, playwright and director who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has worked in more than 750 films, including Tamil, Kannada, and Hindi. He has won three Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Awards. Tanikella's ancestry includes poets and literary figures of Telugu literature. Diwakarla Venkatavadhani and Viswanatha Satyanarayana were his grand uncles. Divakarla Tirupati Sastry one of the Telugu poet duo Tirupati Venkata Kavulu was his great-grand-uncle. He is fluent in Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi and is conversational in English. Tanikella is a staunch, religious Hindu who is known for singing devotional songs in praise of Sri Shiva and Devi Parvati, and propagates to his fellow Hindus to not just read the Bhagavad Gita but to follow what it teaches. He is also a strong supporter of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and has endorsed current Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's previous bid for office Tanikella did stage plays in the mid 70s and during this time he made the acquaintance of Rallapalli, a Tollywood actor. With his help Tanikella started writing small dialogues and stage scenes. Later, he took a diploma in Theatre arts. Following Rallapalli's advice he moved to Chennai. He started his career as a dialogue writer for Kanchu Kavachum in 1984. and has written dialogues for various movies like Ladies Tailor, Sri Kanaka Mahalakshmi Recording Dance Troupe (1987), Varasudochhadu (1988), Chettu Kinda Pleader (1989), Swara Kalpana (1989), Shiva (1989) and Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi (2004). Tanikella also penned and sung the lyrics of Gundammagaari Manavadu (Bhale Bhaleti Mandu). He has acted in more than 750 movies starting with Ladies Tailor (1985) & Sri Kanaka Mahalakshmi Recording Dance Troupe (1987) in which he was seen as Dora Babu. In 1989 he appeared in the hit film Shiva, by Ram Gopal Varma, which starred Nagarjuna. With the release of the film Shiva, he received much recognition and his character Nanaji impressed the whole Telugu audience. He also played the lead role in the Hindi comedy film Main Tere Pyar Mein Pagal in 1999. His powerful antagonism in Samudram won him the Nandi award as the Best Villain. After 2000, he started playing more mature roles in movies like Manmadhudu (2002), Okariki Okaru (2003), Samba (2004), Malliswari, Godavari (2006), and Happy (2006). Tanikella directed Telugu Drama film Mithunam is a 2012 featuring S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and Lakshmi. Tanikella Bhranai received CineMAA Award Special Jury Award for Best Direction for this film. Tanikella wrote seven Telugu devotional songs song for the album "Nee Lona Shivudu Galudu, Na Lona Shivudu Galadu," literally translating as "The Lord Shiva in you and the Lord Shiva in me can rule the world." He also sang the title song for Nalona sivudu galadu and Shahabash Raa Shankara which were written by him. He is married to Tanikella Durga Bhavani in the year 1988. He resides in Yousufguda, Hyderabad. The couple has two children, Teja and Soundarya Lahari. Teja made his debut as an actor in the film Mr Lavangam Open Heart with RK. Number one talk show that captivated the minds of Telugu people. Most Wanted Show hosted by Seasoned Journalist Vemur Radhakrishna. Marathon Entertainment Open Heart with RK, with its top politicians, colorful celebrities and top professionals in various fields. Direct questions, hot conversations, vacation fun Open heart specialties. Over 400 episodes of entertainment are owned by Open Heart with RK. Copyright @ ABN Andhrajyothy. For More Season,episodes and Latest OHRK Interviews SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/3uibd1u Like us on Facebook: Facebook: ​ Follow us on Twitter: Twitter: abntelugutv​ Follow us on ABN Web Portal: https://www.andhrajyothy.com/​ ABN App Links: App store: https://apple.co/2GfnKMt​ Play Store: https://bit.ly/2Lrb09Q