 He did his schooling in St. George's Grammar School (Hyderabad), and completed B. E. from Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology.On August 18, 2016, he married Lucknow-based Anukriti Govind Sharma in a private ceremony.He debuted in 1989 through Ram Gopal Verma's debut Telugu film, "Siva" as J.D., as one of the student leader, and in the same year appeared in a supporting role in the Malayalam film "Ennodishtam Koodamo" before devoting all his time to films under his mentor's Ram Gopal Varma 's production.