Ram Pothineni is a renowned Indian actor who has predominantly worked in the Telugu film industry, making a significant impact with his performances.
His uncle, Ravi Kishore, is the owner of the prominent film production company Sri Sravanthi Movies, which has produced numerous hit romantic comedies, including Nuvvu Naaku Nachchav (2001),Linga Babu Love Story (1995),and many others.
Sharwanand, a well-known actor who has acted in films such as Engeyum Eppodhum (2011),is Ram Pothineni's cousin, and has received the SIIMA Award for the best male debut- Tamil for his role in the film.
Ram Pothineni made his theatrical debut with the film Devadasu (2006),a romantic drama directed by Y.V.S. Chowdary, in which he played the role of Devadas and won the Filmfare Award South under the category of Best Male Debut in 2007.
He then went on to work in the Telugu film Jagadam (2007),written and directed by Sukumar.
In 2008, he worked in the action-comedy film Ready (2008) directed by Sreenu Vaitla, opposite actress Genelia Deshmukh, and was nominated under the category of Best Actor - Telegu in the Filmfare awards South for his role in the film.
Ram Pothineni worked in two movies in 2009. He worked in the romantic action-comedy film Maska (2009) where he played the role of Krishna, and the romantic drama film Ganesh (2009) where he played the role of Ganesh.
In 2010, he worked in Rama Rama Krishna Krishna (2010),an action-drama film produced by Dil Raju, where he played the role of Rama Krishna.
In 2011, Pothineni acted in the film Kandireega (2011) as Srinivas or Sreenu. This film is a romantic comedy action film directed by Santosh Srinivas, and he was again nominated under the Best Actor - Telegu category in the Filmfare awards South.
He played the dual role of Ram and Krishna in Endukante... Premanta (2012),a fantasy romantic comedy written and directed A. Karunakaran.
Ram Pothineni went on to act in films like Ongole Githa (2013),Masala (2013),Pandaga Chesko (2015),Shivam (2015),Nenu Sailaja (2016),Hyper (2016),Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi (2017),and Hello Guru Prema Kosame (2018).
In 2019, Pothineni acted in the film iSmart Shankar (2019) as Sankar, and was nominated for Best Actor in the 10th South Indian International Move Awards and Zee Cine Awards Telugu in 2021 for his role in this film.
He also won the Zee Cine awards Telugu Sensational star of the year.
In 2021, he worked in the film Red (2021). He also made a cameo appearance in Romantic (2021).
Besides Telegu films, Pothineni acted in a Tamil short film titled Adayaalam, in which he essayed the role of an 18-year-old drug addict, and won the Best Actor award at the European Movies Festival. He was only 11 when he played this role.
In 2022, he debuted in the Tamil film industry with the film The Warriorr (2022).
