Naveen Polishetty

Naveen Polishetty was born on 26 December 1989 in Hyderabad, India. He graduated with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (also known as NIT Bhopal).

Polishetty moved to England to work as an engineer. He then decided to return to India to pursue his dream of becoming an actor. As his parents were opposed to it, he lived in Mumbai and took up part-time jobs to pursue a full-time career in acting, worked in theatre and performed in plays.^[4]

Polishetty started his career by performing in theater plays. He appeared in supporting roles in the Telugu films Life Is Beautiful, D for Dopidi and 1: Nenokkadine, from 2012 to 2014. He subsequently moved to Mumbai where he started collaborating to make YouTube videos. He played major roles in AIB and Cheers!.

In 2019, Polishetty made his debut as a leading man in Telugu cinema with the comedy thriller film Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya, which he co-wrote and played the lead. He made his Hindi cinema debut in Nitesh Tiwari's Chhichhore as Acid. Chhichhore grossed ₹150 crore globally and also earned him a Zee Cine Awards nomination for Best Actor in a comic role. He then starred in the 2021 comedy film Jathi Ratnalu. The film was commercially successful, with a gross collection of ₹70 crore, emerging as Polishetty's biggest success. He won the Best Actor award at the SIIMA Awards for his portrayal of Jogipet Srikanth. He appeared in the 2023 film Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty as a stand-up comedian alongside Anushka Shetty.

In 2026, Polishetty appeared in the comedy film Anaganaga Oka Raju, co-starring Meenakshi Chaudhary, which was a box office success.^[5]

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All films are in Telugu unless otherwise noted.

Films

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2012	Life Is Beautiful	Rakesh		[6]
2013	D for Dopidi	Harish	credited as Naveen	[7]
2014	1: Nenokkadine	Naveen		[8]
2019	Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya	Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya	Debut as lead actor; also screenplay writer	[9]
	Chhichhore	Himanshu "Acid" Deshmukh	Hindi film	[10]
2021	Jathi Ratnalu	Jogipet Srikanth		[11]
2023	Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty	Sidhu Polishetty		[12][13]
2026	Anaganaga Oka Raju	Raju	Also writer and playback singer	[14]

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Television

All shows are in Hindi unless otherwise noted.

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	AIB Honest Indian Wedding	Pankaj	Web debut; 2 episodes
2015	Mastiii (See Taare Mastiii Pe)	Anchor / Host
2016	Chinese Bhasad	Raghu	8 episodes
	AIB : The Demonetization Circus	Tea Vendor
	24	Kush Sawant	10 episodes
2017	Fais pas ci, fais pas ça	Rushik Sanghvi	French TV series; 2 episodes
	AIB: Honest Engineering Campus Placements	Average Mishra	3 episodes
	Untag	Sumit Razdan
2018	What's Your Status	Tej "TJ" Kiran	5 episodes

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