for two Telugu films,  S. S. Rajamouli 's live action project  Eega  and  Gautham Menon 's  Yeto Velli Poyindhi Manasu , both starring him opposite Samantha . Career Nani was born and brought up in Hyderabad. He did his schooling from St. Alphonsus, Hyderabad and studied in Narayana Junior College, S.