Venkatesh (actor)

Venkatesh
File:D.Venkatesh.jpg
Born	Daggubati Venkatesh
Other names	Venki
Occupation	Actor
Spouse	Neeraja
Website	http://justtollywood.com/profiles.php?pid=00001321

Daggubati Venkatesh (Template:Lang-te) (born on December 13, 1960) is an Indian film actor who stars in Tollywood films. He is the son of veteran Tollywood producer D Rama Naidu. He is fondly called as Victory Venkatesh in Tollywood.

Background

Venkatesh graduated with an MBA degree from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA. After his return to India, he wanted to pursue production. He became an actor in Telugu films. His father, D Rama Naidu and his brother D. Suresh Babu runs one of the most prestigious and successful banners in Telugu Cinema, Suresh Productions. He is married to Neeraja and they have four children. A son named Arjun Ramnath, and three daughters, Aashritha, Hayavahini and Bhavana.

Career

Venkatesh debuted through Kaliyuga Pandavulu in 1986. With just two years of acting under his belt, Venkatesh acted in Swarnakamalam directed by Kasinadhuni Viswanath. Varasudochadu, released in the same year, was another successful hit. After a few flops, he got a break in the form of Bobbili Raja. This movie included a delightful performance by Divya Bharati, with good comedy and melodious music. Bobbili Raja was a musical hit and also entertained all types of audience members because of its good family entertainment quality. In Shathruvu, Venkatesh played an angry young lawyer who takes law into his hands after failing to fight the corruption through the court. Venkatesh has also worked with famed Bollywood director Ram Gopal Varma in the film Kshana Kshanam, which was a huge success at the box office, and has since become a cult hit among Telugu audience. Chanti, a remake of Tamil movie Chinna Thambi, was released in 1991. Chanti was definitely a challenging project and it was a box office hit benefitting his career. Anari was the remake of Chanti in Bollywood's Hindi cinema, played by himself. Venkatesh started acting in more family type hero roles and this resulted in a huge number of female fans. Venkatesh has acted in a lot of blockbusters. His recent films, Aadavari Matalaku Ardhale Verule and Tulasi are big hits.

He is very intense in his work. He is known to be very down to earth and a spiritual person. He is one of the best and well-known comedy hero of the Telugu film industry, and at the same time for many serious roles and action movies like Gharshana, Lakshmi,Tulasi etc.

Awards

he is a special actor

Year	Award	Category	Film
1986	Kinnera Award	Best Actor	Kaliyuga Pandavulu
1986	Nandi Award	Best New Actor	Kaliyuga Pandavulu
1987	Cinegoers Award	Best New Actor	Thrimurthulu
1987	Vamsi Berkley Award	Best Actor	Srinivasa Kalyanam
1988	Kinner Award	Best Actor	Brahma Putrudu
1988	Madras Film Fans  Award	Best Actor	Brahma Putrudu
1988	Cinegoers Award	Best Actor	Brahma Putrudu
1988	Nandi Award	Best Actor	Swarna kamalam
1988	Bhagyanagar Award	Best Actor	Vaarasudochadu
1989	Nandi Award	Best Actor	Prema
1990	Cinegoers Award	Best Actor	Bobbili Raja
1991	Bhagyanagar Award	Best Actor	Bobbili Raja
1991	Cinegoers Award	Best Actor	Coolie No.1
1991	Madras Film Fans Award	Best Actor	Coolie No. 1
1992	Lions Club Award	Best Actor	Sundara Kanda
1992	Cinegoers Award	Best Actor	Sundara Kanda
1992	Yuvavahini Award	Best Actor	Chanti
1992	Kalasagar Award	Best Actor	Chanti
1992	Vamsi Berkley Award	Best Actor	Chanti
1992	Cinema Express Award	Best Actor	Chanti
1993	Kalasagar Award	Best Actor	Abbai Garu
1993	Cinegoers Award	Best Performance	Abbai Garu
1993	Nandi Award	Best Actor	Dharmachakram
1995	Kalasagar Award	Best Actor	Dharmachakram
1996	Vamsi Berkley Award	Best Actor	Pavitra Bandham
1998	Nandi Award	Best Actor	Ganesh
2000	National Award (telugu)	Best Film	Kalisundam Raa
2000	Nandi Award	Best Actor	Kalisundam Raa
2005	Santhosam Award	Best Actor	Sankranthi
2008	Nandi Award	Best Actor	Aaduvari Matalaku Ardale Verule

External links

• Venkatesh Daggubati at IMDb

Gallery

http://justtollywood.com/profiles.php?c=album&pid=00001321

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Kaliyuga Pandavulu	Vijay
	Brahma Rudrulu	Prasad
1987	Ajeyudu	Murali
	Bharatam lo Arjunudu
	Trimurthulu
	Vijetha Vikram	Vikram
	Sreenivasa Kalyanam	Srinivas
1988	Raktha Tilakam
	Brahma Putrudu
	Swarna Kamalam	Chandrasehkar
	Varasudochadu	Raghu
1989	Prema	Pruthvi	Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
	Ontari Poratam
	Dhruva Naksthram	Dhruva Kumar
	Two Town Rowdy	Shakthi
1990	Aggi Ramudu
	Bobbili Raja	Raja	Super Hit
1991	Shatruvu	Ashok
	Coolie No.1	Raju alias Bharath	Super Hit
	Suyra IPS	Surya	Hit
	Kshana Kshanam	Chandu	Blockbuster Hit
1992	Chanti	Chanti	Blockbuster Hit
	Chinarayudu	Chinarayudu
	Sundarakanda	Venkateswarlu
1993	Anari		Hindi
	Kondapalli Raja	Raja
	Abbaigaru	Dora Babu	Hit
1994	Super Police	Vijay	Hit
	Muddula Priyudu	Raju
1995	Pokiri Raja	Balaraj Raja
	Takdheervala		Hindi
1996	Dharma Chakram	Rakesh	Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
	Sahasa Veerudu Sagara Kanya	Ravi Chandra
	Intlo Illalu Vantintlo Priyuralu	Sriram	Hit
	Sarada Bullodu	Vijay
	Pavithra Bhandam	Vijay	Hit
1997	Chinnabbai	Chinnabbai alias Sundaram
	Premichukondam Raa	Giri	Hit
	Pellichesukundam	Anand	Hit
1998	Surya Vamsham	Harischandra Prasad/Bhanu	Super Hit
	Ganesh	Ganesh	Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
	Premante Idera	Murali
1999	Raja	Raja	Super Hit
	Seenu	Seenu
2000	Kalisundam Raa	Raghu	Best Actor Nandi Award,
	Jayam Manade Raa	Abhiram/Rudrama Naidu/Mahadeva Naidu	Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
2001	Devi Putrudu	Krishna/Balaram
	Prematho Raa	Chandra Sekhar
	Nuvvu Naaku Nachav	Venkateswarlu aka "Venky"	Super Hit
2002	Vasu	Vasu	Hit
	Gemini	Gemini	Average
2003	Vasantham	Ashok	Hit
2004	Malliswari	Prasad	Super Hit
	Gharshana	DCP Rama Chandra	the film is a remake of Tamil movie kakka kakka
2005	Soggadu	Venkatesh	Cameo appearance
	Sankranthi	Raghavendra	Winner, Santosham Best Actor Award Nomination, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
	Subash Chandra Bose	Ashok/Subash Chandra Bose	Below Average
2006	Lakshmi	Lakshmi Narayana	Super Hit
2007	Adavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule	Ganesh	Winner, Santosham Best Actor Award, Best Actor-Nandi Award Nomination,Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
	Tulasi	Tulasi Ram	Hit
2008	Chintakayala Ravi	Ravi	Average
2009	Ee Naadu	Remake of Hindi film A Wednesday with Kamal Hasan in the lead and Venkatesh playing a cop	Releasing on August 12th
	Krishnam Vande Jagathgurum	Krishna	Project in Postponed
	Namo Venkatesa		Shooting to begin in July.