Ram Charan is a popular Indian south movie actor, producer, dancer, entrepreneur, and businessman who performed in several Telugu films. He received 2 Cine MAA Awards, 2 Nandi Awards, 2 Santosham Best Actor Awards and 2 South Filmfare awards. Ram Charan is counted as amongst one of the highest paid actors in Tollywood.
Ram Charan recent hit movie is Yevadu. Charan other blockbuster movie credits involve Zanjeer, Naayak, Bruce Lee – The Fighter, Govindudu Andarivadele, and Dhruva. Charan is famous for dancing moves in Telugu cinema and has good proficiency in Martial Arts.
Ram Charan will also be appeared in upcoming movie Khaidi No. 150. Charan has Indian nationality with mixed ethnicity. Ram Charan parents are Surekha Konidala and Chiranjeevi and his nickname is Cherry.
Nickname | Cherry |
Gender | Male |
Age | 37 years old (in 2023) |
Date of Birth | March 27, 1985 |
Full Name | Konidela Ram Charan Tej |
Profession | Actor, Producer, Dancer, Entrepreneur |
Nationality | Indian |
Birthplace | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Religion | Hinduism |
Zodiac Sign | Aries |

Early Life:
Ram Charan belongs to a very famous, well known, and popular family in South India. Ram Charan Grandfather is Allu Rama Lingaiah, and Nagendra Babu (film producer), Pawan Kalyan (actor) is his uncle, and his cousin is a superstar like Allu Arjun, Varun Tej, and Sai Dharam Tej.
Superstar Charan was born on 1985 on 27th March. Ram Charan was born in Madras aka Chennai. Ram Charan father’s name is Chiranjeevi, and his mother’s name is Surekha.
Chiranjeevi is also a superstar in the Telugu south film industry. He is an actor and former politician. Chiranjeevi also has one elder and one younger sister and named Sushmita (Elder) and Srija (Younger).
Name | Konidela Ram Charan Tej aka Cherry |
Date of birth | 27-03-1985 |
Age | 35 years |
Height | 5 feet 8.5 inches-in feet inches 174 cm- in centimetres 1.74 m- in meters |
Weight | 75 kg- in kilograms 165 lbs-in pounds |
Birth Place | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Mother Tongue | Telugu |
Profession | Actor and Producer |
School | Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan School, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. |
College | Not known |
Education Qualification | Bachelor of Commerce(B.com) dropout |
Religion | Hindu |
Zodiac Sign | Aries |
Nationality | Indian |
Hobbies | Reading, horse riding and cooking |
Eye Color | Brown |
Hair Color | Light Brown |

Education:
Ram Charan was a bright and intelligent student in his childhood; during his childhood, he studied in more than 3 schools; first, he admitted at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, which is in Chennai; after this, Ram Charan took admission to Lawrence School, which is in the City Lovedale, after studying there Ram Charan took admission at The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet.
Again, for further education and career he took admission in one of the very famous colleges in Hyderabad St. Mary’s College. Due to his family with a film industry background, Ram Charan also wanted to be part of this industry, and seeing his interest. Then Ram Charan took admission to one of the very famous acting schools in Mumbai, Maharashtra, that name is Kishore Namit Kapoor’s acting school.
Family:
Ram Charan aka Konidela Ram Charan Teja, he is the son of megastar Chiranjeevi and Surekha, was born. He has 2 older sisters named Sushmita and Srija. The popular Tollywood actor Allu Arjun is Ram Charan cousin. Ram Charan, he is well known as Chiranjeevi’s son, is also the great-grandson of Allu Rama Lingaiah, a physician who actively participated in India’s freedom struggle.
Father | Konidela Chiranjeevi |
Mother | Konidela Surekha |
Brother | N/A |
Wife | Upasana Kamineni |
Children | N/A |
Sister | Sushmitha(elder) Sreeja(younger) |
Siblings | Sushmitha(elder) Sreeja (younger) |
Grandfather | N/A |
Grandmother | N/A |

He was a very popular comedian who appeared in over a thousand Telugu movies. Ram Charan maternal uncle is the director Allu Aravind. Charan paternal uncles are the Pawan Kalyan (Actor) and Nagendra Babu (director), he has a lot of expertise in the film industry.
Married Life:
Ram Charan married to Upasana Kamineni. Upasana Kamineni is the granddaughter of Shobana Kamineni and Prathap C. Reddy, the executive chairman of Apollo Hospitals. They became engaged in Dec in the year of 2011 and exchanged vows at Hyderabad’s Temple Trees Farmhouse on 14th June 2012.
A list of Ram Charan Movies: –
Year | Title | Role |
2007 | Chirutha | Charan |
2009 | Magadheera | Kala Bhairava / Harsha |
2010 | Orange | Ram |
2012 | Racha | Betting Raj |
2013 | Naayak | Charan “Cherry” / Siddharth Naayak |
Zanjeer / Thoofan | ACP Vijay Khanna | |
2014 | Yevadu | Charan / Satya |
Govindudu Andarivadele | Abhiram | |
2015 | Bruce Lee: The Fighter | Karthik / Bruce Lee / IB Officer Vikram Kumar |
2016 | Dhruva | ASP Dhruva IPS |
2017 | Khaidi No. 150 | Himself |
2018 | Rangasthalam | Chelluboina Chitti Babu |
2019 | Vinaya Vidheya Rama | Konidela Ram |
2022 | Acharya | Siddha |
RRR | Alluri Sitarama Raju |

Net Worth:
Ram Charan is a very famous actor in Tollywood or Telugu south film industry. He is a brilliant actor, mostly directors wants to cast him in their film; because of this, he is also one of the top paid actors in the Telugu film industry.
Net Worth | 12 Crore/film (INR) |
Monthly Salary / Income | $2 million |
House Address | Not Known |
Cars | Mercedes Maybach GLS600 (worth INR 4 crore) |
Ram Charan is one of the richest actors not only in Tollywood but also in the whole country. Ram Charan’s estimated net worth is approximately $175 million USD and 1300 crores in Indian Rupees. He earns more than 30 crores in a year, most of Ram Charan’s earns from movies and brand endorsements. Moreover, Ram Charan is also the producer of many movies.
Awards:
- In 2008 and 2010, Charan won the Nandi Awards of Special Jury Award for his popular movies Magadheera and Chirutha.
- For Ram Charan debut film Chirutha, Ram won Filmfare Awards South of Best Male Debut – South in 2008.
- In 2010, for his superhit movie Magadheera he won the South Filmfare Awards of Best Actor – Telugu.
- For the film Rangasthalam, in the year 2019, he won Best Actor Telugu of South Indian International Movie Awards.
- He won 2 times Santosham Film Awards of Best Actor in 2010 and 2015 for the movie Magadheera and Govindudu Andarivadele.
- He also won CineMAA Awards; for the film Magadheera in 2010 for Best actor.
- In the category of Youth Icon of India in 2016, he won Asiavision Awards.
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