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Akkineni Nagarjuna
Akkineni Nagarjuna
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Born	Akkineni Nagarjuna Rao
Other names	Nag, Yuva samrat and King
Occupation(s)	Actor, ; Producer
Years active	1986 - Present
Spouse(s)	Lakshmi Chalasani(1984-1990); Amala (1992-present)
Website	http://www.akkineninagarjuna.info/

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Akkineni Nagarjuna (Template:Lang-te) (born August 29, 1959 in Chennai, India), is a popular Indian Telugu cinema actor and a successful producer. He is the son of the legendary Telugu actor, Akkineni Nageswara Rao

Personal Background

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Nagarjuna is the son of the Telugu actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Annapurna Akkineni. He is the youngest of their five children. Nagarjuna did his early schooling at Hyderabad Public School and later went to Little Flower Junior College for his intermediate education. Subsequently, he attended the College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai, from where he later transferred to the University of Michigan, where he completed his B.S in mechanical engineering. He then attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Lafayette,Louisiana where he received his M.S. After completing his education in the US, he returned to India thinking he would involve himself in business outside film. However this attempt did not last long, and he decided to pursue a career in acting, much to the delight of his father's fans.

Nagarjuna married twice. His first wife, Lakshmi Ramanaidu, whom he married on 18 February 1984, is the daughter of prominent Telugu film producer, D.Ramanaidu, and sister of Telugu film star Venkatesh. Lakshmi is an interior designer and has settled in Chennai since her divorce from Nagarjuna in 1990. Nagarjuna's and Lakshmi's son, Naga Chaitanya (born, 23 November 1986, Birth Place - Hyderabad) is making his acting debut with the film Josh, which is to release in August 2009.

Nagarjuna is currently married to Amala, a popular actress in the Tamil and Telugu film industry. Amala was born in West Bengal, India to an Irish Mother and Bengali Father. Her maiden name was Amala Mukherjee. After retiring from acting, she went on to become one of the prominent animal rights activists in India. She and Nagarjuna were married on 11 June, 1992 and have a son, Akhil (born on 8 April, 1994 - Birth Place - San Jose,USA). Akhil starred in the hit film, Sisindri as a toddler.

1986-2004

Nagarjuna's first movie Vikram released on May 24, 1986. It was a remake of the hit Hindi film Hero. Despite receiving unfavourable reviews, the film went on to become a hit. After four unsuccessful films, he starred in the hit film, Majnu as a tragic protagonist; Similar roles were known to be his father's forte. It can be fairly said that Majnu, which was made by his father's long time director Dasari Narayana Rao, was the first film that established him as a true actor. He later acted alongside his father in the hit movie, Collector gari Abbayi. His next big hit was Aakhari Poratam' co-starring Sridevi and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. The big shift up in his career however came a year later when he attained immense critical and commercial success with Geethanjali, a love story that was directed by Maniratnam. Geethanjali became a huge hit when it was dubbed into Tamil as well. In 1990, Nagarjuna followed it up with the trendsetting blockbuster, Shiva, an action film that was directed by Ramgopal Varma. It went on to become one of the all time hits of the Telugu film industry, and is responsible for elevating Nagarjuna into a bonafide superstar. He subsequently made his Bollywood debut with the Hindi remake of the same film, which too turned out to be a huge success all over India. It was mainly Nagarjuna's keen vision that was responsible for launching the career of the maverick Bollywood director, Ramgopal Varma. After Shiva, the expectations on his subsequent films were too high, and Nagarjuna had to endure a series of commercial setbacks before President Gari Pellam released in 1993. He was able to follow it up with the hit films,Varasudu, Gharana Bullodu, and Allari Alludu, to name a few. In 1994, he ventured into the all out comedy genre for the first time with Hello Brother. Hello Brotherwas such a huge hit that it was later remade into Judwaa, a Hindi film starring Salman Khan. In 1994, Nagarjuna starred as well as produced, Ninne Pelladutha, which was directed by Krishna Vamsi and co-starred the prominent National Award winning Hindi actress, Tabu. It is rumoured that Nagarjuna signed Krishna Vamsi upon seeing just ten minutes of the director's, then yet to be released debut film, Gulabi. The film appealed to a broad cross section of audience, and brought about a much needed freshness into the romantic comedy genre. It went on to become the biggest hit of that year, while also launching the career of music director Sandeep Chowta. Later, Nagarjuna took up the immense challenge of potraying Annamacharya, the legendary 15th century Telugu singer/poet, in Annamayya. Like Shiva and Geethanjali, Annamayya added a completely new dimension to Nagarjuna, and set him well and truly apart from his contemporaries. For his role in this film, Nagarjuna went on to receive the National Award from the President of India. It also must be noted that Annamayya was made at a time when period films were considered to be completely out of vogue. Nagarjuna was commended by one and all for re introducing this long forgotten genre back into Telugu cinema. In 2002, after a few forgettable films, Nagarjuna starred in Nuvvu Vasthavani which went on to become a blockbuster. His subsequent films that year, Ninne Premistha and Aazaadtoo met with commercial success. Later, he starred in the romantic comedies, Santhoshamand Manmadhudu, both of which were huge hits at the box office. Shivamani capped off a a golden run of six continious hits for Nagarjuna, a record that has few equals in the business. During that time, he also produced the blockbuster film, Sathyam, which was responsible for reviving the acting career of his nephew, Sumanth.

2004-Present

In 2004, Nagarjuna had two releases, Nennunnanu and Mass. The former, despite being slammed by critics, went on become a box office winner. Mass, which was produced by Nagarjuna himself and directed by a debutant, the prominent dance choreographer Lawrence, too became one of the highest grossing films in his career .^[2]. Once again, Nagarjuna proved that he had a good eye in spotting new talent. In 2005, Nagarjuna acted and produced Super, which didn't exactly reach up to exceptations. Then in 2006, Nagarjuna reunited with Annamayya director, K.Raghavendra Rao, and starred in the film Sri Ramadasu, his second period film that was based on the great 18th century Telugu saint-composer of the same name. Nagarjuna received the Nandi award for best actor that year. Sri Ramadasu , much like his earlier Annamayya, gave Nagarjuna immense critical as well as commercial success. It once again set him apart from his contemporaries, who rarely attempted nor succeeded in this genre of films. His most recent films, Don and King, were successful commercially despite not receiving the best of critical reviews.

Upcoming Films

Nagarjuna is currently starring and co-producing a yet to be titled film with his friend and long time producer, D. Sivaprasad Reddy. It is slated to release in December, 2009. for complete information visit www.nagfans.com an exclusive fan website.

Additional

Nagarjuna is also popular for his several business ventures outside films, particularly in the field of real estate. In 1993, he set up the popular lounge bar, Touch. He subsequently sold it a few years later and ventured into becoming a restauranter. He currently co owns the popular resto bar N in Hyderabad.

Awards

National Film Awards

Winner

1998 - National Film Award for Special Jury for Annamayya
1996 - National Film Award for Best Feature Film for Ninne Pelladutha

Nandi Awards

Winner

1997 - Best Actor for Annamayya
1999 - Kamsya(Bronze) Nandi Award for producing Prema Katha
2002 - Best Actor for Santhosham
2002 - Swarna(Gold) Nandi Award for producing Manmadhudu
2006 - Best Actor for Sri Ramadasu

Filmfare Awards

1990 - Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) for Shiva
1997 - Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) for Annamayya

Filmography

As actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1986	Vikram	Vikram
1986	Captain Nagarjuna	Nagarjuna
1987	Kirayi Dada
	Agni Putrudu
	Collector Gari Abbai
	Sankeertana
	Majnu
	Aranyakanda
1988	Janaki Ramudu	Ramu
	Murali Krishnudu	Murali Krishna
	Chinna Babu
	Aakhari Poratam	Vihari
1989	Agni
	Geethanjali	Prakash	Super Hit
	Shiva	Shiva	Winner, [[Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) Super Duper Hit
	Vicky Daada	Vikram
	Vijay	Vijay
1990	Shiva	Shiva Super Duper Hit
	Iddaru Iddare		Flop
	Neti Siddhaartha	Siddhaartha	Flop
	Prema Yuddham
1991	Killer	Eeshwar	Hit
	Jaitrayatra	Vijay	Flop
	Santhi Kranthi	Kranti	Super Flop
	Chaitanya	Chaitanya	Flop
	Nirnayam	Vamsi Krishna	Hit
1992	President Gari Pellam	Raja	Average
	Drohi	Raghav/Shekhar	Hindi Film Aversge
	Antham	Raghav	Average
	Khuda Gawah	Insp. Raja Mirza	Hindi Film Hit
1993	Allari Alludu	Kalyan	Hit
	Varasudu	Vinay	Average
	Rakshana	Bose	Average
1994	Criminal	Ajay Kumar	Average
	Hello Brother	Deva/Ravi Varma	Super Duper Hit
	Govinda Govinda	Seenu	Average
1995	Criminal	Ajay Kumar	Hindi dub of Criminal(Telugu).
1995	Gharana Bullodu	Raju	Flop
1996	Ninne Pelladutha	Seenu	Winner, National Film Award for Family Entertainer(Telugu)Super Duper Hit
	Ramudochhadu	Ram	Flop
	Vajram	Chakri	FLOP
1997	Ratchagan	Ajay	Tamil Film Super Flop
1997	Annamayya	Annamayya	Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor Winner, National Film Award for Special Jury
1998	Zakhm	Raman Desai	Hindi Film	Flop
	Chandralekha	Seeta Rama Rao	Average
	Auto Driver	Jagan	Flop
	Aavida Maa Aavide	Vikranth	Hit
	Angaarey	Raja	Hindi Film	Average
1999	Ravoyi Chandamama	Sashi	Flop
1999	Seetaramaraju	Ramaraju	Hit
2000	Azad	Azad	Hit
	Ninne Premista	Srinivas	Hit
	Nuvvu Vastavani	Chinni Krishna	Super Hit
2001	Snehamante Idera	Aravind	Flop
	Akasa Veedhilo	Chandu	Flop
	Bava Nachadu	Ajay	Flop
	Eduruleni Manishi	Surya Murthy/Satya Murthy	Average
2002	Manmadhudu	Abhiram	Super Hit
	Agni Varsha	Yavakri	Hindi Film
	Santosham	Karthikeya aka Karthik	Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
2003	LOC Kargil	Maj. Padmapani Acharya, 2 Rajputana Rifles	Hindi Film
2003	Shivamani 9848022338	Shivamani	Average
2004	Mass	Mass,Ganesh	Hit
2004	Nenunnanu	Venu	Hit
2005	Super	Akhil	Average
2006	Style	Special appearance
2006	Boss - I Love You	Gopal Krishna	Flop
2005	Sri Ramadasu	Gopanna/Sri Ramadasu	Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
2007	Don	Don/ Suri	Flop
2008	King	Bottu Seenu/ King / Sarath	Average
2009	Josh		Special appearance Filming

Produced

Year	Film	Notes
1981	Premaabhishekam
1983	Shri Ranganeethulu
1995	Sisindri
1996	Ninne Pelladatha
1999	Prema Katha
2000	Yuvakudu
2001	Aaha
2002	Manmadhudu
2003	Satyam
2004	Mass
2005	Super

References

^ From Wikipedia [1]
^ "idlebrain.com". Idlebrain.com's verdict on Telugu cinema 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2007. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)

King - Nagarjuna Upcoming Film from TeluguFilms.org

External links

[1] From Wikipedia [1]

[Telugu_Cinema_in_2004-2] "idlebrain.com". Idlebrain.com's verdict on Telugu cinema 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2007. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)

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 | yearsactive   = 1986 - Present
 | spouse        = Lakshmi Chalasani(1984-1990)<br />[[Amala (actress)|Amala]] (1992-present)
-| homepage      = http://www.nagfans.com/
+| homepage      = http://www.akkineninagarjuna.info/
 | notable roles  = ''[[Geetanjali(film)|Geetanjali]]''''[[Shiva (film)|Shiva]]'' (1989),<br /> ''[[Annamayya]]'' (1997),<br /> ''[[Sri Ramadasu]]'' (2006)
 | occupation    = [[Actor]], <br /> [[Film producer|Producer]]