Bigg Boss Telugu 9 contestants
1- IMMANUEL :
Immanuel came from a middle-class family. He was born on 1st June in the year 1994 as the second son to his parents. Immanuel’s father, ‘Amaraiah’ is a farmer, and his mother is ‘Adamma’. He had a big brother who supported him a lot in his initial days.
Immanuel was born in Andhra Pradesh. He completed his schooling in Jilla Parishath School, Andhra Pradesh. From his school, he had an interest in comedy. He used to entertain the class with his punches since his childhood.
In 2017, he made his debut on the “Patas” show. He was recognised by everyone in a short period through comedy timing, and then in 2019, he entered “Jabardasth” in the ‘Venky Monkeys’ team. From there, with his talent and comic skills, he became the team leader in Jabardasth. He never looked back and changed his family’s status through his hard work.
He entered Bigg Boss Telugu 9. With his game, he became the most valuable and influential player in the Bigg Boss.
2) RAMU RATHOD:
Ramu Rathod was born on June 13th in Udaypur, Mahaboobnagar district, Telangana. Ramu Rathod is a folk singer, writer and dancer.
His father, Krishna and mother Kamalamma had 5 children. Ramu was their younger son. His father is a farmer, and both parents worked hard on daily wages as labourers, also to feed their children and give them some basic education. Ramu finished his Degree.
From childhood, Ramu was a great dancer. During the lockdown time, he started his career by writing “Sommasilli Pothunnave Ramulamma”, which gave him his first success. From then, he did many songs like “yellipoke sakkani Seethamma,yelo yelo yeniyalo,yedikelli vochinave,yedo maya chesave,ringu ringula juttu dana, Ranu Bombai ki ranu,sukka theeru, Are aminde pilla” and more. He did 50-plus songs on YouTube.
“Ranu bombai ki ranu” has 1500 million views and is still running with a huge response. This song brought a lot of profits in crores and solved all his financial problems. He settled down his brother and sisters, and parents. He became a celebrity and made his parents feel proud of him.
Ramu entered Bigg Boss Telugu 9 as a celebrity and created his own mark in the house with his behaviour and hard work.
3- THANUJA:
Thanuja Puttaswamy, well known as Thanuja Gouda, is a TV actress. She was born on 5th March in the year 1994 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Thanuja completed her Graduation in Karnataka. Soon after finishing her education, she started her acting in the Kannada film industry in a horror film. This was also dubbed in Telugu as ‘Chitram kadu Nizam’.
Next, she acted in the ‘Dhande Boys’ movie. Then she made her debut in the Telugu TV industry in the ‘Andala Rakshasi’ serial. After that serial, she acted in “Mudda mandaram” serial as a lead with Pavan Sai as co-actor in Zee Telugu. This pair had become a favourite with all Telugu TV audience hearts. This serial ran for years and completed about 1500 episodes with the top TRP rating.
After Muddamandaram, she then made her debut in the Tamil TV industry with ‘Siva Manasula Sakti’ on Vijaya TV . She also acted in the Agnipariksha serial. She worked in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada languages.
Now she entered “Bigg Boss Telugu 9 ” as the first contestant from celebrities. With her cuteness and way of talking, she is becoming a favourite among the Bigg Boss audience.
4- BHARANI:
Bharani’s full name is Bharani Shanker. He is an actor who works both in the film industry and in the TV industry. He mainly worked in the Telugu language.
Bharani was born on 16th August in the year 1983 in Vizag, Andhra Pradesh. As he is working in the industry, he shifted to Hyderabad for better opportunities and convenience.
Bharani completed his Engineering and in the year 2003, he started his career in acting in a side role in the TV industry. He did more than 30 serials like “Chi la Sow “, ” Sravanthi, Kumkumarekha, Thurpu Padamara, Abhishekam, Punnaga and more.
He also acted in movies like Bahubali, Gopala Gopala, Mestri, Young India, Parama Veera Chakra, etc. Bharani mainly did villain roles in the movies.
Now in 2025, Bharani entered Bigg Boss season 9. By this opportunity, he wanted to change his name from villain in the audience’s mindset. By his mind game and good heart, he is winning everyone’s hearts.
5- DEMON PAVAN:
Pavan’s real name is Pavan Krishna, and his screen name is Demon Pavan. He is a social media influencer. He was born in 1994 in Tanuku, West Godavari district, in Andhra Pradesh state. Pavan is from a middle-class family.
His father is an Mestri in the house construction field. And his mother is a homemaker. He completed his Graduation. From his childhood, he is a good dancer. With his ability and skills in dancing, he started doing reels with his friends. He got many followers with his work. With his interest in acting, he also acted in short films like “MOHABBATT, My Lovely Crush, Ex Returns and more.
Mean while in the time, Bigg Boss team announced Agnipariksha for the commoners to enter season 9. Demon catched the opportunity and went for the audition and got selected in Agni pariksha. After the show with Audience votes, he entered into Bigg Boss season 9 as the first Commenor. He made his mark in the season with his energy and skills by becoming 3 times captain in the house in the first 4 weeks.
6- PAWAN KALYAN:
Pawan Kalyan Padala was born in Vijayanagaram, Andhra Pradesh state. He is from a middle-class family. His father is running a small grocery shop( kiranam)
Since his childhood, Kalyan was very interested in Acting, Movies etc. Because of the family’s financial crisis his parents didn’t let him do what he actually wanted.
With the Family’s pressure, he went for the army selection and he got the job and became an Indian army officer. He did his job for three years.
Meanwhile, the Bigg Boss team announced ‘Agnipariksha’ for commoners with his interest in Movies and acting. He thought this was the right opportunity and he kept a long leave for his job and came for the Agnipariksha auditions and got selected.
After this show with the Audience voting, he entered Bigg Boss season 9 as a commoner. Hopefully, he will prove himself in this show and reach all the audience expectations who voted for him.
7- SUMAN SHETTY:
Poosarla Suman Shetty is a film actor and Comedian. He was born on 1st May in the year 1981. His wife’s name is Lasya. Suman, had two children, Goutham and Roopika. Suman is from Miryalaguda, Hyderabad, Telangana state.
In 2002, he started his acting career in the ”jayam” movie. He got good recognition through this movie. He did many superhit films like” 7/G Brundavanam Colony, Sankranthi, Annavaram, and more. Suman worked in various languages like Telugu, Tamil and Kannada.
In 2025, Suman entered Bigg Boss season 9 as a celebrity. The entire audience had huge expectations for their favourite comedian.
8- DIVYA NIKITHA:
Divya is a social media influencer. She was born in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh state and her family moved to Hyderabad, Telangana. So from childhood, she was in Hyderabad only.
She made her debut in acting as a child artist in Ram Pothineni’s “Ganesh” movie in the year 2009.
While studying her MBBS course once she met with an accident with severe leg injuries. During that time, she was unable to walk. After a lot of struggle and support from her family, she finally recovered and wanted to do something. She then started her career as a social media influencer by giving movie reviews and creating content and reels on Instagram.
Soon after knowing about Agnipariksha, She gave her audition and got selected. After completing the show, she entered into the Bigg Boss Telugu 9 as a wild card.
9- HARISH:
Harish, well known as Haritha harish was born in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. After completing his education, he settled in Hyderabad due to his job.
Harish married Haritha. With a lot of love for his wife, he changed his name from Harish to ‘Haritha Harish’.
After doing a job for some years, Harish moved to a Furniture manufacturing business and became an entrepreneur.
After knowing about Agnipariksha, Harish gave his audition and entered the show as a mask man. Initially, he got negative vibes in the show but he changed all judges’ minds by his talent and skills, he was then promoted to Bigg Boss season 9 as a commoner.
10- MANISH:
Manish is popularly known as Manish Maryada. He was born in 1994 in Hyderabad, Telangana. He is from a well-settled family. Manish was an Entrepreneur.
He did his Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation Engineering at Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology in Hyderabad, And he moved to the USA and did his Master’s Degree in Finance at Mays Business school – Texas A&M University.
In 2021, Manish also participated in the Meelo Evaru Koteshwarulu show, which was hosted by Jr. NTR. Later in this year, Manish cofounded Fello, a Indian based Fintech company that provides rewards to users to make investing more fun.
In the year 2023, they raised over 5 million in funding through USA investors. Later in 2024, Manish also featured in Forbes 30 under 30. In 2025, Manish gave the audition for Agnipariksha which was held by the Bigg Boss team and was selected later. He entered Bigg Boss Telugu 9 as a commoner.
11- SHRASTI VERMA:
Shrasti is an Indian dance master, Traditional dancer and actress also in the Telugu film industry. Shrasti was born and brought up in Ettuvah, Uttar Pradesh state. Presently, she is living in Hyderabad.
From her childhood, she participated in dance reality shows like Dhee, Dhee jodi, which is held and telecast in ETV Telugu.
Shrasti started her career as an Assistant choreographer under Johny master. She worked on films like Rangasthalam, Pushpa, and Game Changer as an Assistant choreographer. She also worked for ‘ manamey’ in 2024 and ‘Seetha Payanam’ in 2025 in the Kannada industry.
Later, she also did a private song named “Gangulu” with Manas and Vishnu priya as a choreographer. In 2024, she was in the News Sexual harassment case allegement against Johny master. In 2025, she entered the Bigg Boss Telugu 9 as a Celebrity.
12- PRIYA SHETTY:
Priya Shetty is a Social media influencer. Priya was born in the Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh. She finished her education in Kurnool only. Priya studied Pharm -D.
After completing her education, Priya started running an Events planner company called ‘Pranaa Events’ in Kurnool.
She also works as Creative Director at “Reborn fitness studio” in Kurnool. In 2025, she went for the Audition of Agnipariksha and with her cuteness and skills, she was selected among 45 members, and later she entered into the Bigg Boss season 9.
13- SRIJA:
Srija Dammu is a software developer and also a social media influencer. She was born on 26th July 1997 in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh state.
After completing her intermediate, Srija did B- tech at “Shri Vishnu Engineering College” for women at Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh.
Later, she worked in some software companies like Infosys, Accenture etc. While doing her job, she also did reels and shared her opinion in Instagram and became an influencer.
In 2025, she gave the audition for Agnipariksha and got selected. She impressed the judges with her instant moves and smartness. Later, she entered into Bigg Boss 9 house as a commoner.
14- SANJJANAA:
Sanjjanaa Galrani is a film actress in India and worked in Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada Languages. She was born on 10th October 1989 in Bangalore.
She made her Telugu debut in the movie “Soggadu” with Tharun and Aarthi Agarwal’s movie. Next, she also acted in Bujjigadu, Satyamevajayathe, Police police, Dushyasana, Take it easy, Mugguru, Yamaho Yamah.
In August 2020, she became a victim in a drug case from the Kannada industry. She was in prison for so many days and got released on bail.
She had a sister, Nikki Galrani’who is also an actress. Later, Sanjjanaa married Aziz Basha and had 2 kids.
In 2025, she entered into Bigg Boss season 9 as a celebrity. From this opportunity, she wanted to prove herself against all alignments. so she left her small baby and came for Biggboss’ house.
15- FLORA SAINI :
Flora’s real name is Flora Saini, and her screen name is asha saini. She is an Indian actress and model.
Flora is born on September 29th in Chandigarh to an army officer. Her mother’s name is Kamal Saini. Flora did her schooling in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir. Later, her family moved to Kolkata.
She started her modelling career in Kolkata at 12 years of age. She got rejected at that time due to over weight. Then she moulded herself and also won an beauty contest. She also participated in the Miss Kolkata beauty pageant.
Flora made her Telugu debut in “Prema Kosam” movie in the year 1999. She also
Acted in” Nuvvu naku nachavu, Narasimha Naidu,143,manasunna maraju, chala bagundi, cheppalani vundi, sardiku podam randi, akka bavekkada etc movies.
Flora worked in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, and Kannada languages. She did more than 50 films in all languages with all-star heroes. Flora is in a relationship with Gourang. She experienced a lot of physical and mental sexual harassment from her loved one and went into depression. She came back strongly and made her re-entry in Bigg Boss Telugu 9 in 2025.
16- Rithu Chowdhary
Rithu Chowdhary was born on May 4, 1995, in Hyderabad, Telangana. Her mother’s name is Gowthami. She had a brother named Jathin. She is an actress and anchor and worked only in the Telugu language.
Rithu did her Mass Communication at St.Mary’s College. After completing her studies, she made her debut in the Television industry through the “Predeep pelli choopulu” show, which was aired on “Star Maa” in 2018
Later, she hosted some Shows as an anchor on the ‘Star Maa Music’ Channel. In 2019, Rithu started her acting career on TV in the “Gorintaku” serial, where Nikhil and Kavya played the main leads.
She also did ‘Inti guttu, Suryavamsham’ serials. Meanwhile, while she also made her debut in the Telugu film industry in ‘Mouname istam’ and ‘Uppena’ movies. She got fame through shows like “Jabardasth and Sridevi drama company” on ETV.
In 2021, she started her YouTube channel named “Rithu Chowdary”. Later, she married Srikanth and also got a divorce due to some reasons. Recently, she lost her father. In 2025, she entered into Bigg Boss Telugu Season 9 as a Celebrity.
