caption birth_place othername name yearsactive image article_title birth_name occupation
chakravarthy in 2010 hyderabad , india j.d. j. d. chakravarthy 1989 -- present jd_chakravarthy . jpg j. d. chakravarthy
 nagulapati srinivasa chakravarthy actor director screenwriter
j. d. chakravarthy

j.d. chakravarthy -lrb- born nagulapati srinivasa chakravarthy -rrb- is an indian film actor and director known for his works in south indian film industry and bollywood .
chakravarthy made his screen debut with the telugu film , `` siva '' , an action blockbuster directed by ram gopal varma , premiered at the 13th international film festival of india .
he subsequently made his bollywood debut with the remake of the same film titled shiva -lrb- 1990 -rrb- .
he was then starred in the blockbuster `` satya '' , premiered in the indian panorama section , at the 1998 international film festival of india , and was listed among cnn-ibn 's 100 greatest indian films of all time , and chakravarthy has received the screen award special jury award for his work in the film .
chakravarthy is starred in around 50 films in a variety of roles predominantly telugu , and few tamil , and malayalam films .
he is best known for his performances in box office hits like `` neti siddhartha '' -lrb- 1990 -rrb- , `` money '' -lrb- 1993 -rrb- , `` gulabi '' -lrb- 1996 -rrb- , `` mrugam '' -lrb- 1996 -rrb- , `` bombay priyudu '' -lrb- 1996 -rrb- , `` anaganaga oka roju '' -lrb- 1997 -rrb- , `` egire paavurama '' -lrb- 1997 -rrb- , `` wife of v. varaprasad -lrb- 1998 -rrb- '' , `` premaku velayara -lrb- 1999 -rrb- '' , `` pape naa pranam '' -lrb- 2000 -rrb- , `` kannathil muthamittal '' -lrb- 2002 -rrb- , `` premaku swagatam '' -lrb- 2002 -rrb- , `` madhyanam hathya '' -lrb- 2004 -rrb- `` dubai seenu '' -lrb- 2007 -rrb- , `` homam '' -lrb- 2008 -rrb- , `` josh '' -lrb- 2009 -rrb- , `` sarvam '' -lrb- 2009 -rrb- , `` samar '' -lrb- 2013 -rrb- , `` arima nambi '' -lrb- 2014 -rrb- and `` ice cream 2 '' -lrb- 2014 -rrb- .
he is also starred in hindi films like `` vaastu shastra '' alongside sushmita sen , bhoot returns , alongside manisha koirala , and `` aag '' .
he made his film directing debut , with `` darwaza bandh rakho '' which was archived at the new york institute of technology , as part of the film course he then went on to direct `` darna zaroori hai '' , `` homam '' and `` sidham '' .
