Police/cop stories are an evergreen formula for success on the silver screen. There are many Tollywood actors who carved a niche for themselves in the minds of the movie lovers with their performances as police officers.
Actors since ANR and NTR have donned the roles of police officers but Vijayashanti, Srihari attained stardom only through police stories. Coming to current generation NTR, Ravi Teja, Pawan Kalyan, Mahesh Babu, Ram Charan showed their power as police officers.
Among them, Ravi Teja donned the police officer roles more number of times than any other star. He starred in Vikramarkudu, Khatarnak, Mirapakay, Power and Touch Chesi Choodu and even in Idiot, Venky and Kick, he was shown donning khaki colors. He is now turning police officer once again with Krack.
Ram Charan already acted as a police officer in Toofan and Dhruva. He is turning police officer in RRR under the direction of Rajamouli. Nagarjuna turned police officer with Shivamani. Later he played the role of a Major in Gaganam and recently in Officer. He is now turning a cop in his upcoming entertainer Wild Dog.
Sudheer Babu donned Khaki outfit in Veerabhoga Vasantha Rayalu, Sharwanand turned cop in Radha. Sudheer Babu is playing the role of police in V. Sharwanand is turned cop in his next under UV Creations.