Natural star Nani celebrates his birthday today, February 24. The actor turned 33 and social media is swamped with birthday wishes from his fans and the film fraternity. The actor’s birthday is trending on Twitter with the hashtag HBDNaturalStarNani.

On this special occasion, we bring to you interesting tidbits not many know about Nani. Though the actor is popularly referred to as Nani, not many know that his original name is Naveen Ghanta. He forayed into the film industry as an assistant director and then debuted in Mohan Krishna Indraganti’s film Ashta Chamma. Over a the years, Nani has built a bankable image and is a name to reckon with in film circles.

Nani entered into wedlock on October 27, 2012 with Anjana Yelavarthy. He is blessed with a son named Arjun. Meanwhile, check out the celebrity wishes conveyed on actor’s birthday. “Happy Birthday sir @NameisNani .. what you’ve achieved over the last couple of years is phenomenal. More to come ? #HBDNaturalStarNani,” PR Mahesh S. Koneru posted. Meanwhile Awe director Prashanth Varma, actress Eesha Rebba, actor Sharwanand are among others who conveyed their greetings.

Here are the tweets from other actors:

Happy birthday producer garu!! ?@NameisNani #HBDNaturalStarNani pic.twitter.com/0fgnIp3jED
— Prasanth Varma 2.0 (@prasanthvarma) February 24, 2018

Wishing our @NameisNani garu an AWEsome year ahead! #HBDNaturalStarNani pic.twitter.com/Yy4n7pV3pZ
— Wall Poster Cinema's #AWE (@walpostercinema) February 23, 2018

Birthday wishes to Natural Star Nani from Bhavya Creations#HBDNaturalStarNani pic.twitter.com/3QOuu6g3mj
— Vamsi Kaka (@vamsikaka) February 24, 2018

Happy Birthday sir @NameisNani .. what you’ve achieved over the last couple of years is phenomenal. More to come ? #HBDNaturalStarNani
— Mahesh S Koneru (@smkoneru) February 24, 2018

#HBDNaturalStarNani - the entertaining, charismatic Hit machine @NameisNani ?? #HBDNani pic.twitter.com/0ODqdhmfok
— Kaushik LM (@LMKMovieManiac) February 24, 2018