Penmetsa Subbaraju is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Telugu cinema, as well as Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi cinema. Subbaraju has played a variety of roles, from negative to supporting characters.

Early life

Subbaraju was born in Bhimavaram, to Penmatsa Ramakrishnam Raju and Vijayalakshmi. Subbaraju did his education at D. N. R. College, Bhimavaram. He did his bachelor's degree in Mathematics before doing a computer course and joining Dell Computers, Hyderabad.[citation needed]

Career

His most notable works include Amma Nanna O' Tamil Ammayi, Arya, Pokiri, Leader, Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap, Businessman, Mirchi, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, Temper, Duvvada Jagannadham, Geetha Govindam, and Majili. Subbaraju is immensely popular in Japan for his role as Kumara Varma in the 2017 epic action film, Baahubali: The Conclusion.

Personal life

Subbaraju is known to keep his personal life private. On 26 November 2024, Subbaraju shared via Instagram that he had tied the knot to Dr. Sravanthi Tapal in Florida, United States. Sravanthi is a dentist by profession.

Filmography

Key
†Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Telugu

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002Khadgam
2003Amma Nanna O Tamila AmmayiAnand
Guest House
2004Sri AnjaneyamThadu gang leader
NenunnanuArun
AryaSubbu
SambaPasupathi's brother
ChantiSarvarayudu's brother-in-law
SuryamBadhram
2005RelaxVeerendra
Sadaa Mee SevaloMLA Ravindra Babu
SoggaduGK
Subash Chandra BoseRajaratnam
JagapatiBandaraju
Allari PiduguShankar
BhadraTulasi
2006ShockNagesh
PokiriNayar
PournamiNagendra's son
GamePolice Officer
StalinGoonCameo appearance
2007DesamuduruMurugesan
YogiSaidulu
Sri Mahalakshmi
AthidhiGanni Bhai
TulasiRavi
2008Okka MagaaduCBI Officer's assistant
PouruduHussain
Gautama BuddhaAjatha Shatru
ParuguChinnabhai
KantriBhyraagi
BujjigaduVenkat
Sangamam
Maa Ayana Chanti PilladuVeerababu
BaladurVeera
RakshaVinay
DeepavaliInspector Ramesh
NenintheMallik
2009Sasirekha Parinayam
SiddhamAshok
BillaVikramCameo appearance
2010KhalejaGovardhan
Namo VenkatesaBhadrappa
BindaasSeshadri Naidu's son
Seetharamula Kalyanam
LeaderDhanunjay
PappuDetective Ram
2011Golconda High SchoolKiriti Das
WantedShiva
Aha Naa PellantaSanjana's brother50th film
Dongala MuthaHotel Receptionist
Nenu Naa RakshasiInspector Vikram
DookuduDinesh Goud
Madatha KajaAjay
PanjaaAshok
2012BusinessmanJaidev's assistant
BodyguardShankaram
Dhenikaina ReadyNarasimha Naidu's brother
Devudu Chesina ManushuluCI Subbaraju
2013MirchiPoorna
ShadowSanyasi Naidu
IddarammayilathoShawar Ali's brother
KaminaSiva
2014Bhimavaram BulloduKondapalli Suri
PowerRajeev
YevaduRaja
2015TemperRavi
SrimanthuduRavikanth's brother
2016ShouryaNetra's uncle
Srirastu SubhamastuACP Anand
2017Rogue
Baahubali 2: The ConclusionKumara Varma
Duvvada JagannadhamRoyyala Avinash aka Chanti
Patel S. I. R.ACP Viswas
JawaanIqbal
2018Nela TicketAditya's brother
Raju GaduGopi
Lover
AatagalluDCP Nayak
Geetha GovindamPhaneendra
2019F2: Fun and FrustrationNTR
Mr. MajnuRamesh Babu
MajiliBhushan
Gaddalakonda GaneshPrabhakar's henchman
2020Sarileru NeekevvaruKotiCameo appearance
NishabdhamVivek
2021Idhe Maa Katha
RepublicVijay Kumar
AkhandaA. Bharath Reddy
Arjuna PhalgunaDFO Subbaraju
2022Sarkaru Vaari PaataSubbaraju
Chor Bazaar
Ranga Ranga VaibhavangaRana
Swathi MuthyamBala's AO
2023Waltair VeerayyaEdukondalo
ShaakuntalamAsura Athikrodhanemi
BroRamya’s brother
Rules RanjannSana’a brother
Bhagavanth KesariSP Ravi Krishna
2024ValariRudra
Double iSmartPatrick
Jithender ReddyGopanna
2025JackPradeep Ranganathan
Hari Hara Veera MalluAbbanna
Baahubali: The EpicKumara Varma

Tamil

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004M. Kumaran S/O MahalakshmiAnandcredited as Subburaj
2005AayudhamNaaga
2006AathiRobert
SaravanaDuraisingam's younger brother
Nenjirukkum VaraiDCP Ayyanar
2007PokkiriKorattur Logu
2014ThalaivanACP
2017Baahubali 2: The ConclusionKumara Varmapartially reshot version
2020AsuraguruManickavasagam
2025Madha Gaja RajaRajesh

Kannada

YearTitleRole
2005NammannaMarigudi
2008Gaja
Satya In LoveVeda's Elder Brother (Telugu Factionist)
2011Sanchari
2017RogueEncounter specialist

Other languages

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2005Thaskara VeeranSmugglerMalayalam
2008Tathagatha BuddhaAjatha ShatruHindiBilingual film
2011Bbuddah... Hoga Terra BaapTedha
2013Sound ThomaSI RakeshMalayalam

Television

YearTitleRoleLanguageNetworkNotesRef.
2025Devika & DannyTeluguJioHotstar

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