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Nagarjuna Akkineni
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Born
Akkineni Nagarjuna Rao
Other namesNag

Akkineni Nagarjuna Rao (Telugu: ఆక్కినేని నాగార్జున) (born August 29, 1959 in Chennai, India), often known as Nagarjuna, is a popular Telugu Cinema actor and a successful producer. He is the son of veteran actor, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, who was an actor in the 1960s and 1970s.

Personal

Nagarjuna was born to Telugu cinema star Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Annapurna Akkineni. Nagarjuna did his schooling at Hyderabad Public School and later went to Little Flower Junior College to do his intermediate. After that, he went on to do mechanical engineering in College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai(also called as Anna University). He later attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he got a masters degree in Automobile engineering.

He married Amala who was a popular actress in Tamil and Telugu film industries. He has two sons, Naga Chaitanya, and Akhil Akkineni (featured in Sisindri).

Career

His first movie Vikram released on May 23, 1986 was a remake of the Hindi film Hero. After acting in four films, he acted in Majnu as a tragedy hero; similar roles were known to be his father's forte. He acted with his father in the movie Collectorgari Abbayi. His first big hit was Akhari Poraatam co-starring Sridevi that ran for 100 days in 12 centers. Geethanjali a love story directed by Maniratnam followed by Shiva an action film directed by Ram Gopal Varma were highly successful and established him as one of the top heroes. He was known for encouraging new directors such as Ram Gopal Varma by giving them a chance to make movies with him. He also made his Bollywood debut with the Hindi remake of Shiva. Movies such as President Gari Pellam and Hello Brother gave him the status of a mass hero. After that, Ninne Pelladutha directed by Krishna Vamsi followed and was a huge hit. Later, he took up the challenge of portraying Annamacharya, the legendary singer/poet of medieval times in the movie Annamayya It ran for 100 days in 42 centers and is one of the biggest hits in Tollywood. He won the National Award for this role in Special Jury. He is the only actor in Tollywood to receive this award.

In 2004, Nagarjuna had two releases, Nenunnanu and Mass, the latter going on to become a hit.[1]. In 2005, Nagarjuna had one release, Super. Super didn't reach up to the exceptations. In 2006, Nagarjuna had two releases, Sri Ramadasu, a period film based on the life of great saint-composer Ramadasu, directed by K. Raghavendra Rao, and Boss, I Love You. Sri Ramadasu was a big hit at box office however Boss, I Love You was a flop.[2] His next project is Don, which is directed by Raghava Lawrence.

Trivia

  • He revived his father's production Annapurna Studios which has become one of the most successful production companies of recent times in Tollywood.
  • Nagarjuna never hesitates to experiment when he produces films. He gave a chance to a newcomer who had no prior experience in movies to direct him. The newcomer didn't disappoint him and went on to become one of the finest directors of Indian film industry. The director is none other than RamGopal Verma. Nag is also known for his swiftness in decision making. He agreed to work with Krishna Vamsi(director) after seeing 10-minute-rushes of the director's film Gulabi. His decision proved to be bang on target as they made the blockbuster movie Ninne Pelladutha.
  • Nagarjuna never works after 6pm. If there is night shoot, he has to be informed 4 days earlier.
  • Nag is not very keen on acting in Tamil films despite the fact that he has a huge fan following in Tamilnadu.His films like Geethanjali and Shiva had seen excellent runs in Tamil nadu. His re-entry in Tamil however was marred by the listless performance of the movie,Ratchagan. Nag however got raving reviews for his performance in Ratchagan and the screenplay/story of the movie was a letdown.[citation needed]

Filmography

Year Title Role Co-Star Notes
2007 Don Don/ Shashank Filming
2006 Boss - I Love You Gopal Krishna Nayan Tara,
Sri Ramadasu Gopanna/Sri Ramadasu Sneha
2005 Super Akhil Ayesha Takia, Anushka Nomination, [
2004 Mass Ganesh aka Mass Jyothika, Charmee dubbed into Tamil
Nenunnanu Venu Sriya Saran, Aarti Agarwal
2003 LOC Kargil Maj. Padmapani Acharya, 2 Rajputana Rifles Priya Gill Hindi
Shivamani 9848022338 Shivamani aka Mani Asin, Rakshitha Vediki koncham mental
2002 Manmadhudu Abhiram Sonali Bendre, Anshu
Agni Varsha Yavakri Raveena Tandon Hindi
Santosham Karthikeya aka Karthik Gracy Singh, Sriya Saran Winner, [Nandi Award for Best Actress]]
2001 Snehamante Idera Bhoomika Chawla Aravind
Akasa Veedhilo Chandu Raveena Tandon
Bava Nachadu Ajay Simran Bagga, Reema Sen
Eduruleni Manishi Surya Murthy/Satya Murthy Soundarya, Shehnaz
2000 Azad Azad Soundarya, Shilpa Shetty
Ninne Premista Srinivas Soundarya
Nuvvu Vastavani Chinni Krishna Simran Bagga
1999 Ravoyi Chandamama Sashi Anjala Zhaveri, Keerti Reddy
Seetaramaraju Ramaraju Sanghavi, Sakshi Sivanand
1998 Zakhm Raman Desai Hindi
Chandralekha Seeta Rama Rao Ramya Krishnan, Isha Koppikar
Auto Driver Jagan Simran Bagga, Deepti Bhatnagar
Aavida Maa Aavide Vikranth Tabu, Heera Rajgopal
Angaarey Raja Sonali Bendre
1997 Ratchagan Ajay Sushmitha Sen
Annamayya (Film) Annamayya Ramya Krishnan, Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
Winner, National Film Award for Special Jury
1996 Ninne Pelladutha Seenu Tabu
Mr. Bechara Ajay Sri Devi
Ramudochhadu Ram Soundarya, Ravali
Vajram Chakri Roja
1995 Criminal Ajay Kumar Manisha Koirala, Ramya Krishnan Hindi
Gharana Bullodu Raju Ramya Krishnan, Aamani
1994 Criminal Ajay Kumar Manisha Koirala, Ramya Krishnan
Hello Brother Deva/Ravi Varma Ramya Krishnan, Soundarya
Govinda Govinda Seenu Sri Devi
1993 Allari Alludu Kalyan Nagma, Meena
Varasudu Vinay Nagma
Rakshana Bose Sobhana
1992 President Gari Pellam Raja Meena
Drohi Raghav/Shekhar Urmila Matondkar Hindi
Antham Raghav Urmila Matondkar
Khuda Gawah Insp. Raja Mirza Sri Devi, Shilpa Shirodkar Hindi
1991 Killer Eeshwar Nagma
Jaitrayatra Vijay Vijayashanti
Santhi Kranthi Kranti Juhi Chawla
Chaitanya Chaitanya Gouthami
Nirnayam Vamsi Krishna Amala
1990 Shiva Shiva Amala Hindi
Iddaru Iddare Ramya Krishnan
Neti Siddhaartha Siddhaartha Ayesha Jhulka
Prema Yuddham Amala
1989 Shiva Shiva Amala Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
Agni Rajini
Geethanjali Prakash
Vicky Daada Vikram Radha, Juhi Chawla
Vijay Vijay Vijayashanti
1988 Janaki Ramudu Ramu Vijayashanti
Murali Krishnudu Murali Krishna Rajini
Chinna Babu Rajini
Aakhari Poratam Vihari Sri Devi, Suhasini
1987 Kirayi Dada Amala, Kushboo Sundar
Agni Putrudu Rajini
Collector Gari Abbai Rajini
Sankeertana Ramya Krishnan
Majnu Rajini
Aranyakanda Ashwini
1986 Captain Nagarjuna Nagarjuna Kushboo Sundar
Vikram Vikram Shobhana

Footnotes

  1. ^ "idlebrain.com". Idlebrain.com's verdict on Telugu cinema 2004. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "hindu.com". Telugu films: a year of few hits and many flops. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

Amala is his second wife.

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