Shafi is an Indian film actor known for his works in Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, and Hindi cinema. An alumnus of National School of Drama,
Shafi won Filmfare Award for Best Villain – Telugu South for his debut Telugu film, Khadgam directed by Krishna Vamsi in 2002. Shafi then played the lead role along with Nandita Das in the film Kamli directed by K. N. T. Sastry, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for that year. His other awards include Cine Goers Award for best supporting actor for the film Chatrapathi directed by S. S. Rajamouli, and Bharathamuni Award for best supporting actor for the film Khaleja directed by Trivikram Srinivas.
