Akkineni Nagarjuna

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Akkineni Nagarjuna

Nagarjuna at TeachAIDS launch in 2010
Born Akkineni Nagarjuna Rao
అక్కినేని నాగార్జున రావు
August 29, 1959 (1959-08-29) (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 Bollywood and Kollywood films. He has won two National Film Awards, six Nandi Awards and three Filmfare Awards South.

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[edit] Early life and Family

Nagarjuna was born on 29 August 1959 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India to actor Nageswara Rao Akkineni and Annapurna Akkineni. The family later moved to Hyderabad where he attended the Hyderabad 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.[1][2]

He is the spouse of actress Amala Akkineni, the father of actors Naga Chaitanya Akkineni and Akhil Akkineni, the ex-brother-in-law of actor Venkatesh Daggubati and producer Suresh Babu Daggubati, uncle of actors Sumanth Yarlagadda and Sushanth, the ex-uncle of Rana Daggubati, and the ex-son-in-law of Ramanaidu Daggubati.

[edit] 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.[3] 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 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 (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 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.[4] 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,[5] Damarukam and Shirdi Sai[6]

[edit] Television production

Nagarjuna made his début as a television producer in 2009 with the serial Yuva.[7] He is one of the shareholders of the television channel Maa TV.[8]

[edit] Charity

Nagarjuna, with his wife Amala, is the co-founder of Blue Cross of Hyderabad,[9] 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.[10]

In 2010, he starred in an HIV/AIDS animated software tutorial created by TeachAIDS, a nonprofit founded at Stanford University.[11]

[edit] Awards

National Film Awards
Nandi Awards
Filmfare Awards South
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
Vamsee Berkeley Awards
  • 1986 - Best Actor for Vikram
  • 1989 - Best Actor for Shiva
AP Cinegoers Awards

[edit] Filmography

[edit] As actor

Year Title Role Co-stars Notes
1986 Vikram Vikram Shobhana
1986 Captain Nagarjuna Nagarjuna Khusboo, Rajendra Prasad
1987 Aranyakanda Ramya Krishna
1987 Majnu Rajesh Rajani
1987 Sankeertana Kali Ramya Krishna
1987 Collector Gari Abbai Rajesh Rajani
1987 Agni Putrudu Kalidaasu Rajani
1987 Kirai Dada Vijay Khusboo, Radha
1988 Aakhari Poratam Vihari Sridevi, Suhasini
1988 Chinna Babu Chinnababu 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 Winner: Filmfare Best Actor
1990 Shiva Shiva Amala Akkineni Hindi Film
1990 Prema Yuddham Kalyan Amala Akkineni
1990 Neti Siddhaartha Siddhaartha Shobhana, Ayesha Jhulka
1990 Iddaru Iddare Ramya Krishna, ANR
1991 Nirnayam Vamsi Krishna Amala Akkineni
1991 Chaithanya Chaitanya Gouthami, Silk Smitha
1991 Santhi Kranthi Kranti Juhi Chawla
1991 Jaitrayatra Vijay Vijayashanti
1992 Killer Eeshwar / Prem Nagma, Sharada
1992 Khuda Gawah Raja Mirza Sridevi, Shilpa Shirodkar, Amitabh Bachchan Hindi film
1992 Antham Raghav Urmila Matondkar
1992 Drohi Raghav / Shekhar Urmila Matondkar Hindi film
1992 President Gari Pellam Raja Meena
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 Criminal Dr. Ajay Kumar Manisha Koirala, Ramya Krishna Hindi film
1994 Hello Brother Deva / Ravi Varma Ramya Krishna, Soundarya
1995 Sisindri Raja Aamani, Tabu, Pooja Batra
1995 Gharana Bullodu Raju Ramya Krishna, Aamani
1996 Ninne Pelladatha Seenu Tabu Also producer,
Winner: Filmfare Best Film
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 Winner: Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Actor)
Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
Winner, 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 Hindi film
1998 Auto Drivggger Jagan Simran, Deepti Bhatnagar
1998 Aavida Maa Aavide Vikranth Tabu, Heera Rajagopal
1999 Ravoyi Chandamama Sashi Anjala Zhaveri, Keerthi Reddy, Aishwarya Rai
1999 Seetaramaraju Ramaraju Sanghavi, Sakshi Shivanand
2000 Azad Chandra Sekhar Azad Soundarya, Shilpa Shetty Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Silver
AP Film Journalists Association Award
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 Guest appearance
2001 Snehamante Idera Aravind Bhumika Chawla, Sumanth
2002 Agni Varsha Yavakri Raveena Tandon Hindi film
2002 Santosham Karthikeya Gracy Singh, Shriya Saran Winner: Nandi Award for Best Actor
2003 Manmadhudu Abhiram Sonali Bendre, Anshu
2003 LOC Kargil Maj. Padmaphani Acharya Hindi film
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
2006 Style Mass Cameo appearance
2006 Sri Ramadasu Gopanna,
Sri Ramadasu		 Sneha, Suman, Veda(Archana) Winner: Nandi Award for Best Actor
2006 Boss - I Love You Gopal Krishna Saloni Aswani, Nayantara, Poonam Bajwa, Shriya Saran
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 Special appearance
2010 Ragada Satya Reddy Anushka Shetty, Priyamani, Charmy Kaur
2011 Payanam Major Raveendran Poonam Kaur Tamil Movie
2011 Gaganam Major Raveendra Poonam Kaur
2011 Rajanna Rajanna Sneha
2012 Damarukam Anushka Shetty Filming
2012 Shirdi Sai Shirdi Sai Baba Filming

[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

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://spawnofmzone.blogspot.com/2009/09/know-your-foe-eastern-michigan-2009.html
  2. ^ "I chose life over Bollywood: Nagarjuna". The Times Of India. 11 July 2010. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/I-chose-life-over-Bollywood-Nagarjuna/articleshow/6147698.cms. 
  3. ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/33286.html
  4. ^ "Sri Ramadasu floors them all". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 15 April 2006. http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/15/stories/2006041503530200.htm. Retrieved 2 March 2010. 
  5. ^ "Nagarjuna Rajanna movie details". http://cinema.currentweek.net/2011/04/nagarjunas-rajanna-set-caught-fire-rs.html. 
  6. ^ http://cinema.currentweek.net/2011/05/nagrjuna-saibaba-movie-titled-as-shirdi.html
  7. ^ "Nagarjuna launches ‘Yuva’". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 20 November 2007. http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/20/stories/2007112059490200.htm. Retrieved 2 March 2010. 
  8. ^ "Actor Nagarjuna to focus on entertainment biz". The Hindu Business Line. 20 December 2007. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/12/20/stories/2007122051572300.htm. Retrieved 2 March 2010. 
  9. ^ "Blue Cross of Hyderabad - The Team". Blue Cross of Hyderabad. 26 January 2011. http://www.bluecrosshyd.in/team.php. Retrieved 26 January 2011. 
  10. ^ "Maa Tv associationTeam". Maa Tv Reach out (Chennai, India). 26 January 2011. http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/23/stories/2011012360940200.htm. Retrieved 26 January 2011. 
  11. ^ "Animation lessons on HIV/AIDS awareness released". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 27 November 2010. http://www.hindu.com/2010/11/27/stories/2010112765081200.htm. Retrieved 1 December 2010. 
  12. ^ a b c d "Many Happy Returns to Nag". IndiaGlitz. 29 August 2007. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/33286.html. Retrieved 2 March 2010. 
  13. ^ "Nandi Awards -2000". 2002-09-19. http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/nandiawards2000.html. Retrieved 2011-11-18. 

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