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Akkineni Nagarjuna Akkineni Nagarjuna

Nagarjuna at TeachAIDS launch in 2010 Born

Akkineni Nagarjuna Rao, August 29, 1959 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Residence

Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Other names Yuva Samrat King Alma mater

Anna University Eastern Michigan University

Occupation

Actor, Producer, Businessman

Years active

1986–present

Spouse(s)

Lakshmi Ramanaidu Daggubati (1984–1990 divorced) Amala Akkineni (1992–present)

Children

Naga Chaitanya Akkineni Akhil Akkineni

Parents

Nageswara Rao Akkineni Annapurna Akkineni

Relatives

Sumanth Kumar Yarlagadda (nephew) Sushanth (nephew) Ramanaidu Daggubati (ex-father-in-law) Venkatesh Daggubati (ex-brother-in-law) Suresh Babu Daggubati (ex-brother-in-law) Rana Daggubati (ex-nephew)

Akkineni Nagarjuna Nagarjuna Akkineni is an Indian film actor and producer who works primarily in the Telugu Cinema. He has acted in over 90 films as an actor in a lead and ing role, including Bollywood and Tamil films. He has won two National Film Awards, nine state Nandi Awards and two Filmfare Awards South. He owns the Production company, Annapurna Studios and is the president of the non-profit film school Annapurna International School of Film and Media based in Hyderabad.[1][2][3] He is the co-founder of Blue Cross of Hyderabad, a ed society recognized by the Animal Welfare Board of India.[4] He was listed #56 in Forbes India top 100 Celebrities for the year 2012.[5]

Early life and Family Nagarjuna was born on 29 August 1959 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India to actor Nageswara Rao Akkineni and Annapurna Akkineni. The family later moved to Hyderabad where he attended the Hyderabad Public School and studied at Little Flower Junior College and B.E. from the College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai. He completed M.S. in Automobile Engineering from Eastern Michigan University.[6][7] He is the spouse of actress Amala Akkineni, the father of actors Naga Chaitanya Akkineni and Akhil Akkineni.

Acting career Nagarjuna acted as a child artist in the 1967 Telugu film Sudigundalu directed by veteran Adurthi Subbarao. Years later he made his debut as a lead actor through the 1986 Telugu film Vikram directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao. In 1988, he starred in Aakhari Poratam directed by K. Raghavendra Rao where he was paired opposite Sridevi and Suhasini. In 1989, he was starred in the Maniratnam directed Romantic-drama, Geethanjali which became a major box-office success and was critically acclaimed. The film went on to win the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment in 1990. In the same year, Nagarjuna acted in Siva, an action blockbuster directed by Ram Gopal Varma. In 1990, he subsequently made his Bollywood debut with the Hindi remake of the same film titled Shiva. He followed it up with action films like Killer, Chaithanya and Nirnayam working with eminent directors such as Fazil and Priyadarshan. Other films which were released in the subsequent years include President Gari Pellam, Varasudu, Gharana Bullodu and Allari Alludu. In 1994 he starred in a Hindi-Telugu bilingual Criminal directed by Mahesh Bhatt. The same year he ventured into comedy for the first time with Hello Brother. It was later remade into Hindi as Judwaa and dubbed into Tamil. In 1996, Nagarjuna starred and produced Ninne Pelladatha, which was directed by Krishna Vamsi. The movie fetched a National Award for him by winning the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu & Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu that's his 1st Filmfare Award as a producer. The next year, Nagarjuna acted in Annamayya where he portrayed the role of Annamacharya, a 15th-century Telugu singer and poet, won him his Filmfare Best Actor Award and his first Nandi Award for Best Actor. His subsequent releases were Nuvvu Vastavani, Ninne Premistha and Azad. He starred in the romantic comedies such as Santhosham, Manmadhudu, and Shivamani as well. He produced Satyam in 2003, that starred his nephew Sumanth. In 2004, Nagarjuna had two releases—Nenunnanu and Mass. The latter was produced by Nagarjuna and directed by choreographer Lawrence Raghavendra. In 2005, Nagarjuna acted in and produced Super. In 2006, he starred in Sri Ramadasu, his second period film based on the 18th-century Telugu composer of the same name.[8] Nagarjuna received the Nandi Award for Best actor for the film. In December 2007, he appeared in Don and a year later, he appeared in King alongside Trisha Krishnan and Srihari. In the year 2010, he had releases such as Kedi and Ragada. His latest film Gaganam was released on 11 February 2011. Its Tamil version was titled Payanam. In 2011 Nagarjuna signed three movies in a row. They are Rajanna,[9] Damarukam and Shirdi Sai.[10] He recently signed Love Story which starts its shooting in June 2012.[11]

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Television production Nagarjuna made his début as a television producer in 2009 with the serial Yuva.[12] He is one of the major shareholders of the television channel Maa TV.[13]

Charity Nagarjuna, with his wife Amala, is the co-founder of Blue Cross of Hyderabad,[14] a non-government organization (NGO) in Hyderabad, India, which works towards the welfare of animals and preservation of animal rights. He is also involved in some of the welfare programs undertaken by the MAA TV association.[15] In 2010, he starred in an HIV/AIDS animated software tutorial created by TeachAIDS, a nonprofit founded at Stanford University.[16]

Awards National Film Awards • 1997 - National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for producing Ninne Pelladatha • 1998 - National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) for acting Annamayya Nandi Awards • 1996 - Akkineni Award for Best Home-viewing Feature Film for Ninne Pelladutha[] • • • • • • • •

1997 - Nandi Award for Best Actor for Annamayya[] 1999 - Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Kansya (Bronze) for producing Prema Kadha 2000 - Nandi Special Jury Award for producing Yuvakudu[17] 2002 - Nandi Award for Best Actor for Santhosham[] 2002 - Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Swarna (Gold) for producing Manmadhudu 2006 - Nandi Award for Best Actor for Sri Ramadasu 2011 - Nandi Special Jury Award for Rajanna 2011 - Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Rajata (Silver) for producing Rajanna[18]

Filmfare Awards South • 1996 - Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) for Ninne Pelladatha • 1997 - Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) for Annamayya South Indian International Movie Awards • 2012 - Special Appreciation (Actor) for Rajanna[19] CineMAA Awards • 2012 - Special Jury Award for Rajanna[20] Other Awards • • • • •

1990 - Cinema Express Award for Shiva 1996 - Akruthi Film Award for Ninne Pelladatha 1997 - Screen Videocon Award for Annamayya 2000 - Andhra Pradesh Film Journalists Association Award for Azad 2011- TSR Kala Ratna Award

Bharathamuni Awards • 1989 - Best Actor for Geethanjali • 1997 - Best Actor for Annamayya

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Vamsee Berkeley Awards • 1986 - Best Actor for Vikram • 1990 - Best Actor for Shiva AP Cinegoers Awards • 1989 - Best Actor for Geethanjali

Filmography As actor Year

Title

1986 Vikram Captain Nagarjun

Role

Co-stars

Vikram

Shobhana

Nagarjun

Khusboo, Rajendra Prasad

1987 Aranyakanda

Notes

Radhika

1987 Majnu

Rajesh

Rajani

1987 Sankeerthana

Kali

Ramya Krishna

1987 Collector Gari Abbai

Rajesh

Rajani

1987 Agni Putrudu

Kalidaasu

Rajani

1987 Kirai Dada

Vijay

Khusboo, Amala

1988 Aakhari Poratam

Vihari

Sridevi, Suhasini

1988 Chinababu

Chinababu

Amala Akkineni

1988 Murali Krishnudu

Murali Krishna

Rajani

1988 Janaki Ramudu

Ramu

Vijayashanti

1989 Vijay

Vijay

Vijayashanti

1989 Vicky Daada

Vikram

Juhi Chawla, Radha

1989 Geethanjali

Prakash

Girija, Silk Smitha

1989 Agni

Pawan

Shantipriya

1989 Siva

Siva

Amala Akkineni

1990 Shiva

Shiva

Amala Akkineni

1990 Prema Yuddham

Kalyan

Amala Akkineni

1990 Neti Siddhartha

Siddhartha

Shobhana, Ayesha Jhulka

1990 Iddaru Iddare

Hindi Film

Ramya Krishna, ANR

1991 Nirnayam

Vamsi Krishna

Amala Akkineni

1991 Chaithanya

Chaitanya

Gouthami, Silk Smitha

1991 Santhi

Kranti

Juhi Chawla

1991 Jaitrayatra

Teja

Vijayashanti

1992 Killer

Eeshwar / Prem

Nagma, Sharada

1992 Khuda Gawah

Raja Mirza

Sridevi, Shilpa Shirodkar, Amitabh Bachchan

1992 Antham

Raghav

Urmila Matondkar

1992 Drohi

Raghav / Shekhar

Urmila Matondkar

1992 President Gari Pellam

Raja

Meena

Hindi film

Hindi film

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1993 Rakshana

Bose

Shobhana, Roja(Guest Role), Silk Smitha

1993 Varasudu

Vinay

Nagma, Krishna

1993 Allari Alludu

Kalyan

Nagma, Meena, Vanisri

1993 Govinda Govinda

Seenu

Sridevi

1994 Hello Brother

Deva / Ravi Varma

Ramya Krishna, Soundarya

1995 Criminal

Dr. Ajay Kumar

Manisha Koirala, Ramya Krishna

1995 Sisindri

Raja

Aamani, Tabu, Pooja Batra

1995 Gharana Bullodu

Raju

Ramya Krishna, Aamani

1995 Ghatothkachudu

Hindi film

Cameo appearance

1996 Ninne Pelladatha

Seenu

Tabu

Also producer, Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu)

1996 Mr. Bechara

Ajay

Sridevi, Anil kapoor

Hindi film

1996 Vajram

Chakri

Roja, Indraja (Guest Role)

1996 Ramudochhadu

Ram

Soundarya, Ravali

1997 Ratchagan

Ajay

Sushmita Sen

Tamil film

1997 Annamayya

Annamayya

Ramya Krishna, Kasthuri, Suman, Mohan Babu

National Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Actor) Nandi Award for Best Actor Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)

1998 Zakhm

Raman Desai

Sonali Bendre, Ajay Devgan, Pooja Bhatt

Hindi film

1998 Chandralekha

Seeta Rama Rao

Ramya Krishna, Isha Koppikar

1998 Angaarey

Raja Lokhande

Sonali Bendre, Akshay Kumar

1998 Auto Driver

Jagan

Simran, Deepti Bhatnagar

1998 Aavida Maa Aavide

Vikranth

Tabu, Heera Rajagopal

1999 Ravoyi Chandamama

Sashi

Anjala Zhaveri, Keerthi Reddy

1999 Seetaramaraju

Ramaraju

Sanghavi, Sakshi Shivanand

2000 Azad

Chandra Sekhar Azad

Soundarya, Shilpa Shetty

2000 Ninne Premistha

Srinivas

Soundarya, Srikanth

2000 Nuvvu Vastavani

Chinni Krishna

Simran, Raksha (in a guest role)

2001 Eduruleni Manishi

Surya Murthy, Satya Murthy

Soundarya, Shahanaz

2001 Akasa Veedhilo

Chandu

Raveena Tandon, Kasthuri, Rajendra Prasad

2001 Bava Nachadu

Ajay

Simran, Reema Sen, Suman Ranganathan

2001 Adhipathi

Jagan

Soundarya, Mohan Babu, Preeti Jhangiani

2001 Snehamante Idera

Aravind

Bhumika Chawla, Sumanth

2002 Agni Varsha

Yavakri

Raveena Tandon

Hindi film

2002 Santosham

Karthikeya

Shriya Saran, Gracy Singh

Nandi Award for Best Actor

2002 Manmadhudu

Abhiram

Sonali Bendre, Anshu

Hindi film

Nandi Award for Best Feature Film Silver AP Film Journalists Association Award

Guest appearance

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2003 LOC Kargil

Maj. Paphani Acharya

2003 Shivamani 9848022338

Shivamani

Rakshita, Asin Thottumkal

2004 Mass

Mass (Ganesh)

Jyothika, Charmy Kaur

2004 Nenunnanu

Venu

Shriya Saran, Aarthi Agarwal, Anitha

2005 Super

Akhil

Anushka Shetty, Ayesha Takia, Sonu Sood

2005 Amudhey

Ravindra Varadharajan Jagapathi Babu, Shalini

Tamil film

2006 Style

Mass

Cameo appearance

2006 Sri Ramadasu

Gopanna, Sri Ramadasu

Sneha, Suman, Veda(Archana)

2006 Boss - I Love You

Gopal Krishna

Saloni Aswani, Nayantara, Poonam Bajwa, Shriya Saran (Guest role)

2007 Don

Suri

Anushka Shetty, Nikitha

2008 Krishnarjuna

Krishna

Vishnu Manchu, Mamta Mohandas

2008 King

Bottu Seenu/King/Sarath

Trisha Krishnan, Mamta Mohandas

2010 Kedi

Ramesh (Rummy)

Mamta Mohandas

2010 Thakita Thakita

As himself

Bhumika Chawla, Anushka Shetty

2010 Ragada

Satya Reddy

Anushka Shetty, Priyamani, Charmy Kaur

2011 Payanam

Major Raveendran

Poonam Kaur

2011 Gaganam

Major Raveendra

2011 Rajanna

Rajanna

Sneha

2012 Shirdi Sai

Shirdi Sai Baba

Srikanth, Srihari, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Sarath Babu

2012 Dhamarukam

Mallikharjuna

Anushka Shetty, Ganesh Venkatraman

2013 Greeku Veerudu[21][22]

Nayantara

2013 Sri Jagadguru Aadi [23] Sankara

Chandaludu

2013 Bhai[24]

Bhai

2013 Manam[25]

As producer

Hindi film

Nandi Award for Best Actor

Special appearance

Tamil film

Filming Filming

Richa Gangopadhyay

Filming

Shriya Saran, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Naga [26] Chaitanya, Samantha

Pre -Production

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Year

Film

1979 Kalyani 1980 Pilla Zameendaaru Buchhibabu 1981 Money Hai To Honey Hai Premaabhishekam 1983 Sri Ranganeethulu 1995 Sisindri 1996 Ninne Pelladatha 1998 Aaha Sri Seetarama Kalyanam Chutamurarandi Chandralekha 1999 Prema Kadha Sitaramaraju 2000 Yuvakudu 2002 Manmadhudu 2003 Satyam 2004 Mass 2005 Super Amudhey 2011 Rajanna 2013 Bhai Manam

References [4] Blue Cross Of Hyderabad - The Team (http:/ / www. bluecrosshyd. in/ team. php) [5] Nagarjuna - Forbes India Magazine (http:/ / forbesindia. com/ profile/ nagarjuna/ 114) [11] Nagarjuna's Love Story (http:/ / www. ifilmish. com/ nag-looks-handsome-in-love-story/ ) www.ifilmish.com [23] http:/ / www. idlebrain. com/ news/ today/ nagarjuna-chandaludu. html

External links • Akkineni Nagarjuna (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0015459/) at the Internet Movie Database

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