Akkineni Nagarjuna
Born Akkineni Nagarjuna Rao
అక్కినేని నాగార్జున రావు
August 29, 1959 (age 52)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Residence Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Other names Yuva Samrat, Nag
Occupation Actor, Producer, Businessman
Years active 1986–present
Spouse Lakshmi Daggubati (1984–1990 divorced)
Amala Akkineni (1992–present)
Children Naga Chaitanya Akkineni
Akhil Akkineni
Parents Nageswara Rao Akkineni
Annapurna Akkineni
Relatives Sumanth 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)
Nagarjuna (Telugu: నాగార్జున; born Akkineni Nagarjuna Rao) is an Indian film actor and producer who works primarily in the Telugu film industry (Tollywood). He has also worked in a few Bollywoodand Kollywood films. He has won two National Film Awards, six Nandi Awards and three Filmfare Awards South
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 theHyderabad Public School and studied his "Intermediate" from Little Flower Junior College and B.E. (Mechanical) from the College of Engineering, Guindy before completing M.S in Automobile Engineering from Eastern Michigan University.
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. In 1988, he was 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. The film earned him his first Filmfare Best Actor Award. In 1990, he subsequently made hisBollywood 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 directors such as Fazil and Priyadarshan. Other films which were released in the subsequent years includePresident Gari Pellam, Varasudu, Gharana Bullodu and Allari Alludu. In 1994 he starred in a Hindi-Telugu bilingual Criminal (1994) 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. The next year, Nagarjuna acted in Annamayya where he portrayed the role of Annamacharya, a 15th-century Telugu singer and poet, won him his third Filmfare Best Actor Awardand 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, andShivamani 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.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,Damarukam and Shirdi Sai
Television production
Nagarjuna made his début as a television producer in 2009 with the serial Yuva. He is one of the shareholders of the television channel Maa TV.
Charity
Nagarjuna, with his wife Amala, is the co-founder of Blue Cross of Hyderabad, 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.
In 2010, he starred in an HIV/AIDS animated software tutorial created by TeachAIDS, a nonprofit founded at Stanford University.
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
- 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
- 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
- 1989 - Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) for Shiva
- 1996 - Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) for Ninne Pelladatha
- 1997 - Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) for Annamayya
- Other Awards
- 1989 - 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
- Vamsee Berkeley Awards
- AP Cinegoers Awards
- 1989 - Best Actor for Geethanjali
[edit]Filmography
[edit]As actor
[edit]As producer
| Year | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Kalyani | |
| 1980 | Pilla Zameendaaru | |
| Buchhibabu | ||
| 1981 | Money Hai To Honey Hai | |
| Premaabhishekam | ||
| 1983 | Shri Ranganeethulu | |
| Rakshana | ||
| 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 | |
| 2011 | Rajanna |
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The best movie of Nagarjuna and Anushka Shetty together is Super. I love this movie.
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