Ram Pothineni (born 15 May 1988) is an Indian film actor of the Telugu film industry.[2] He hails from (Hyderabad,Telangana).
Ram is the son of Muralimohan Pothineni, the nephew of noted film producer Ravi Kishore Pothineni, popularly known as Sravanthi Ravi Kishore.[3] He was born in Hyderabad, Telangana. He did his schooling at Chettinad Vidyashram in Chennai,Tamil Nadu.
In 2002, Ram acted in a Tamil short film titled Adayaalam and he won Best actor in European movies festival. The producer and Director were awarded Notable film in New Jersey Art Film Festival.
Ram made his debut in 2006 with Devadasu and the film went on to become a blockbuster, running for 175 days in over a 17 centers and completed 205 days in Hyderabad Odeon 70mm theatre.[4][5] His second film, Jagadam was directed by Sukumar. Though it did not do well at the box office, it received critical acclaim.
[citation needed] He then appeared in Ready alongside Genelia D'Souza directed by Srinu Vaitla with the film becoming a huge success, prompting remakes into other Indian languages and catapulting him to the big league.[6] In 2009, he had two releases, 'His next maska was declareda blockbuster.[Ganesh Just Ganesh]], the latter was not successful at the box office. Maska had one of the biggest openings at the time, collecting over ₹2.5 crores on the opening day and recovering its investment within the first week.
In 2010, Ram had only one release, Rama Rama Krishna Krishna, produced by Dil Raju and directed by Srivaas. Ram's next film Kandireega was a big blockbuster of 2011 and Ram proved to be the man of the masses along with his lover boy image. His next latest release was Endhukante Premanta with Tamannaah, directed by Karunakaran and produced by Sravanthi Ravi Kishore.
 The movie was shot in the beautiful lavish locales with a huge budget but it turned out to be an average grosser.