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Charan gained recognition with his second film, S. S. Rajamouli's fantasy action epic *Magadheera* (2009). He portrayed the dual roles of the warrior Kala Bhairava and modern-day Harsha, the film became the highest-grossing Telugu film of its time and earned him his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu and a Nandi Special Jury Award. He subsequently appeared in films including *Orange* (2010), *Racha* (2012), *Naayak* (2013), his Hindi debut in Apoorva Lakhia's *Zanjeer* / *Thoofan* (2013), *Yevadu* (2014), *Govindudu Andarivadele* (2014), and Surender Reddy's cop thriller *Dhruva* (2016). In 2018, Charan portrayed Chitti Babu, a hearing-impaired village mechanic, in Sukumar's rural drama *Rangasthalam* (2018), earning widespread critical acclaim and winning his second Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu. He later portrayed revolutionary Alluri Sitarama Raju in S. S. Rajamouli's *RRR* (2022) alongside N. T. Rama Rao Jr., earning a nomination for Best Actor in an Action Movie at the Critics' Choice Super Awards. He starred alongside Chiranjeevi in Koratala Siva's *Acharya* (2022), headlined S. Shankar's political action drama *Game Changer* (2025) opposite Kiara Advani, and starred in Buchi Babu Sana's sports action drama *Peddi* (2026).

In 2016, Charan founded the production company Konidela Production Company, which produced films including *Khaidi No. 150* (2017), the historical biopic *Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy* (2019), and *Godfather* (2022).