Bigg Boss Season 1 Telugu Contestants List With Short Description (2017)

The first season of this Telugu edition of the Indian reality Television shows Bigg Boss. It was started on 16 July 2017, from 9:00 am to 10:30 pm on weekdays and from 8:30 am to 10:00 pm on weekends, on Star Maa Tv Channel, Telugu Star Jr NTR hosted on the series. The series continues with 16 selected Bigg Boss 1 Telugu Contestants include 2 wild card entries.

Bigg Boss home set was assembled in Lonavala With over 32 cameras around the house. Siva Balaji was the winner of the show. The prize money for the winner was Rs. 50 Lakhs. And Aadarsh Balakrishna was the runner-up.

Host: Jr. NTR

List Of  Contestants in Bigg Boss Season 1

The First Season of Bigg Boss Telugu started on July 16, 2017, with only 14 contestants, Following a few days one wildcard entries in this series. Here is the list of Bigg Boss 1 Contestants Telugu; look at the list.

1. Siva Balaji
2. Aadarsh Balakrishna
3. Hari Teja
4. Archana Shastry
5. Prince Cecil
6. Mumaith Khan
7. Kathi Karthika
8. Dhanraj
9. Kalpana Raghavendar
10. Mahesh Kathi
11. Sameer Hasan
12. Madhu Priya
13. Sampoornesh Babu
14. Jyothi Lakshmi

Bigg Boss in Telugu 1 Wild Card Entries

1. Diksha Panth
2. Navdeep Pallapolu

Bigg Boss Season 1 Telugu Contestants Name Details with Photos

Siva Balaji

Siva Balaji Manoharan was born 14 October 1980 and bought up in Chennai. Also he is a popular actor, who mostly works in the Telugu Film Industry and also in Tamil movie (s).

He has well known for his work from the Telugu film industry, in addition to for a few Tamil movies. He is the winner of Bigg Boss 1 Telugu series, which will be host by Jr. NTR. On 2009 Shiva was married Englishkaran, she is the co-star of Madhumitha cinema.

Career

Following his studies, he works with dad in the company, Balaji Group of employers when he was only 17 years old. After sometimes later he moved to the movie industry. He became renowned for his performance as a young guy with hot blood and shades of grey at the cult classic Arya in 2004.

Siva is famous for appearing in many blockbuster movies as a Sankranti in 2005, Pote Poni in 2006, Shambo Shiva Shambo in 2010, Katamarayudu in 2017 and also Snehamera Jeevitham in 2017. He even won the Copper Nandi Award for his performance in the film Pothe Poni.

Aadarsh Balakrishna

Aadarsh Balakrishna is an Indian film actor, who mostly works in Telugu film industry. He also made his acting debut with Bollywood film”Iqbal,” directed by Nagesh Kukunoor at the year 2005.

His dad, Balakrishna, is a businessman while his mum Uma is a homemaker. He’s got a younger sister. He finished his graduation from Nizam College in Commerce.

He had been passionate about cricket and represented his school team when he was a college student. His sole goal is to become a professional cricketer and also to represent team India. After that Bollywood director, Nagesh Kukunoor requested him to play with the role of his film Iqbal as a cricketer.

Later he started his very first Telugu debut with Happy Days, where he played a significant role as a college senior. His wife’s name is Gulnar Virk Krishna, and they got married on 28 May 2016.

Hari Teja

Hari Teja was born on 26-02-1989 at Tirupati, Chittoor, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. She’s famous because of her work in Telugu cinema in addition to Tamil & Kannada films.

Her dad’s name is Suresh, a BSNL worker, and her mom’s name is Kavita. She’s a sister called Nithya.

Career

During her youth, she had been very interested in dance. Hari Teja’s attraction to dance made her a learned Kuchipudi dancer, and then she’s into TV shows as a dancer. She began her acting career with the Telugu TV serials and from anchoring TV shows.

She made her television debut with all the Telugu show “Manasu Mamatha,” from 2010 to 2017. Hari Teja also in Bigg Boss 1 Contestants Telugu, and Show was Host by Jr. NTR and telecast on the Star Maa channel. Read more…

Archana Shastry

Archana Shastry is an Indian film actress who mostly works in Tollywood movie industry. She has also appeared in several Tamil and Kannada movies.

She made her acting debut with the movie Tapana at the year 2014. Archana Shastry is quite a pretty and wonderful actress. Her full name Veda Archana Shastry.

Career

Archana is a fantastic dancer, and she’s well-known for her dance songs. Her very first Malayalam film is”Lanka”. She also played the character of Archana from the film.

She got lead character in director E. Sathibabu’s movie”Nenu”, and the film was a major hit. “Nenu” made her superstar of Telugu Cinema. She’s worked in over 35 films till today, and 30 of these are Telugu movies. Read more…

Prince Cecil

Prince Cecil is an Indian Telugu movie actor who works in Tollywood movies as a hero and unique character artist. He had been born on 3 June 1993 in Andhra Pradesh, India.

He finished his primary education and proceeded to Visakhapatnam because of his graduation. At the same time, studying his engineering diploma in Visakhapatnam, Director Teja discovering a young actor for his film. Prince attended the audition for the man lead role.

After releasing his debut film, Director Maruthi has signed him to get his movie Bus Stop in 2012, and The film earned a huge excellent collection at the box office. His next films, Bunny and Cherry in 2013.

After a very long break, the celebrity participated in Bigg Boss 1 Telugu in 2017. The reality game series played with 14 celebrity contestants from the Telugu cinema and tv market.

Mumaith Khan

Mumaith Khan is one of the popular Model and very beautiful Indian celebrity, she mainly worked dance for item numbers in South Indian films.

She’s done cameo dancing for songs in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada languages for at least 50 movies. Mumaith looking very hot and beautiful. Her mother’s name is Hasina Khan, along her dad’s name is Abdul Rashid khan. Mumaith has two sisters.

Her first tv debut in 2013, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Season 6, was for Teen Ka Tadka and Sana Saeed and Tushar. Afterward, she found it in Super two (2017). During 2017, she’d worked more then 40 Telugu films, over 20 Hindi films, 16 Tamil, and 5 Kannada movies. She’s participated as a Bigg Boss 1 Telugu Contestants in 2017. Read more…

Kathi Karthika

Kathi Karthika is an Indian Television Host and Video Jockey. She’s among those dominant VJ of Telugu tv station V6 News. She was born and grew up in Hyderabad, India. Kathi finished her graduation from Architecture and worked some years.

Career

She worked in London for two years after completing her master’s level before returning to Hyderabad to pursue a TV career. She did a song in September 2017 to get V6 News for Bonalu festival Dillam Bhallam that became a massive hit with over 3.4 million viewpoints on YouTube. After that Karthika engaged in the Bigg Boss Telugu Season 1 on Star Maa television.

Dhanraj

Dhanraj is an artist who stars in a comedy character in Telugu movies. He made his debut in 2004 by performing small roles, and after 13 years, he made almost 50 films.

He was born in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. Before receiving a chance in Tollywood, He worked in a hotel for his daily survival, food, and other needs in Hyderabad’s.

He began his career in cinema with Teja’s movie, Jai, in 2004. Following he started performing small roles in many Telugu movies. He has signed back-to-back movies over the years after his powerful performance.

He has worked nearly in 50 films over the past 14 years. Some of the famous films he worked in are Parugu, Jagadam, and more.

He is one of the contestants of the Big Boss Telugu show, which is begun with 15 members. The show host by Jr. NTR and telecast on the Star Maa channel in 2017.

Kalpana Raghavendar

Kalpana Raghavender is popularly called Kalpana. She has been an Indian playback singer and actor since age 5. She had been born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, in a musical household.

Her Father name T. S. Raghavendra, is an outstanding singer, celebrity, and audio composer in the Tamil cinema market. She also recorded her first song for a movie at the age of 5, and after starting the song Mangalagouriki frin Telugu film Manoharam in 1999 to get Mani Sharma.

Kalpana is the winner of the 2010 Star Singer Season 5 tv series. She’s also among the contestants of first season of BB Telugu, telecast at Star Maa. She’s sung for at least 1000 songs and played in over 3000+ point shows across the world.

Mahesh Kathi

Mahesh Kathi is a famous movie writer and actor in Telugu cinema. He’s also called a political and social critic. Mahesh was born on the 12th of December from the year 1976.

He had been born in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. His Body Dimensions are 42-32-15 Inches. He moved into Hyderabad Central University, where he studied Film Theory.

Career

Mahesh began his career with a small movie Edari Varsham (2011), the first crowdfunded Telugu Short Film. After that he worked as a Co-Writer for its movie Minugurulu (2014). Mahesh played a little part in the movie Hrudaya Kaleyam (2014).

He later performed in the movies Kobbari Matta (2017), Nene Raju Nene Mantri (2017), plus a couple more. He made his directorial debut with Pesarattu (2015). Also, he engaged in the first period of Bigg Boss Telugu (2017). He’s famous for his controversial critics of celebrity hero’s movie.

Sameer Hasan

Sameer Hasan is a south Indian celebrity with Telugu films and tv series. He was born on 25 February. He had been born into a Muslim father, Intikhab Hasan, and Hindu mommy Mahalakshmi. His did schooling in Chennai; also, he took a deep interest in acting, sports, and painting because young.

He began acting throughout his college days and has largely played supporting roles. As a movie actor, he also marked his debut with Kamal Hassan starrer Subha Sankalpam in 1995, led by ace director K. Viswanath. He’s performed around 50 movies in the Telugu language.

Madhu Priya

Madhu Priya is an Indian singer who recorded films in Tollywood. She was born on 26 August 1997 at Godavarikhani, Karimnagar.

Her dad’s name is Peddinti Mallesh, along her mom’s name is Sujatha. She’s a participant of Idea Super Singer (Musical show) and become famous with the song titled Adapillanamma Nenu Adapilanani at the show. She was married to Srikanth.

She began her singing career in her youth, and she made her debut song Vachinde for the film Fidaa in the year 2017. Afterward, she worked for additional Telugu films like Chesi Chudu written by JAM8, Nela Ticket written by Shakthikanth Karthick, and Saakshyam written by Harshavardhan Rameshwar. Madhu Priya is one of the Bigg Boss 1 Telugu Contestants (2017)

Sampoornesh Babu

Sampoornesh Babu is an Indian Actor who mainly works in Telugu films. His first name is Narasimha Chary, and he labeled himself as turning Star’ at Tollywood.

He had been born on 9th April 1972 at Siddipet, Telangana. He played little part in Krishna Vamsi’s Mahatma film in 2009. Later started her career in 2014, working at the cinema Hrudaya Kaleyam and acted in over 10+ films to date in Telugu.

He played the lead character in various other films like Singam 123, which was published in June 2015. He played cameo roles in certain notable films like 10 Enradhukulla, Jyothi Lakshmi, Pesarattu.

Jyothi Lakshmi

Jyothi is an Indian movie actress who is known for her roles in Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu movies. She started her debut within the Tollywood movie “Andam” written and directed by M. S. Reddy.

She worked in some renowned films like Father (Andari Kosam), Bhadram Be mindful Brothers, Gudumba Shankar, and much more. She also a Contestants of First Season of Bigg Boss, which is started with 16 members. The series host by Jr. NTR and also telecast on the Star Maa station in 2017.

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Wild Card Entries

Diksha Panth

Diksha Panth is a model and Indian Actress who looked in Telugu language films. She had been born in 1993 to a middle-class family in Mumbai, India.

Diksha Panth is an amazing and outstanding celebrity. After finishing school in Mumbai, she chose to take Modeling as a profession and took it very seriously.

In her very first movie Racha, she signed to roles in Telugu and played Basanthi, Papa Rao’s girlfriend. Afterward emerged in Oka Laila Kosam and Noothi Lo Kappalu films in 2014. She got her first break from the South Indian film Gopala Gopala. Diksha joined Bigg Boss 1 Contestants Telugu home as a wild card.

Navdeep Pallapolu

Navdeep was born on 26th January 1986 in Hyderabad, the state of Telangana, India. He’s an Indian popular Actor, Television Presenter, and Television Personality who operates mostly in Tamil and Telugu language movies.

He’s famous for his films like Arya two, Baadshah, and Arindhum Ariyamalum. Navdeep began his acting career with a direct role in the Telugu movie Jai. He’s also starred in Tamil language movies.

He started his Tamil movie debut with this movie. Arinthum Ariyamalum at 2005. This movie was very hit as his Telugu debut movie was. He also acted in a Hindi movie and performed his Hindi movie debut with a small part in the movie Azhar in 2016.