Venkatesh (actor)

Venkatesh
Born	Daggubati Venkatesh
Other names	Venky
Occupation	Actor
Height	6.1 ft (186 cm)
Spouse	Neeraja
Website	http://justtollywood.com/profiles.php?pid=00001321

Daggubati Venkatesh (Telugu: దగ్గుబాటి వెంకటేష్)(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 did his schooling in Don Bosco,Egmore,Chennai and 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

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

• Venkatesh Gallery

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Starring
1986	Kaliyuga Pandavulu	Vijay	Super Hit. Winner-Best Actor Nandi Award	Khushboo
	Brahma Rudrulu	Prasad		A.N.R
1987	Ajeyudu	Murali		Shobhana
	Bharatam lo Arjunudu			Khushboo
	Trimurthulu			Shobhana ,Arjun,Khushboo,Rajendra Prasad
	Vijetha Vikram	Vikram		Farha
	Sreenivasa Kalyanam	Srinivas	Super Hit	Bhanupriya, Gouthami
1988	Raktha Tilakam			Amala
	Brahma Putrudu			Rajani,Mohanbabu,Srividya,Jayasudha
	Swarna Kamalam	Chandrasehkar	Winner- Best Actor Nandi Award	Bhanupriya
	Varasudochadu	Raghu		Suhasini
1989	Prema	Pruthvi	Winner-Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) Best Actor Nandi Award	Revathi,Kalpana,S.P.B
	Ontari Poratam
	Dhruva Naksthram	Dhruva Kumar		Rajani,Sharadha
	Two Town Rowdy	Shakthi		Radha
1990	Aggi Ramudu			Amala,Gouthami,Sharadha
	Bobbili Raja	Raja	Super Hit	Divya Bharathi,Vanisri
1991	Shatruvu	Ashok		Vijaya Shanthi
	Coolie No.1	Raju alias Bharath	Super Hit	Tabu,Sharadha
	Suyra IPS	Surya	Hit	Vijaya Shanthi
	Kshana Kshanam	Chandu	Blockbuster Hit	Sridevi,Paresh Rawal
1992	Chanti	Chanti	Blockbuster Hit	Meena
	Chinarayudu	Chinarayudu	Hit	Vijaya Shanthi,Nirmalamma,Kota,Babu Mohan
	Sundarakanda	Venkateswarlu	Super Hit	Meena,Aparna,Bramhanandam
1993	Anari	Sri Rama	Hindi	Karishma Kapoor
	Kondapalli Raja	Raja	Hit	Nagma,Suman,Sujatha
	Abbaigaru	Dora Babu	Hit
1994	Super Police	Vijay	Hit	Nagma,Jayasudha
	Muddula Priyudu	Raju	Hit	Ramyakrishna,Rambha
1995	Pokiri Raja	Balaraj Raja		Roja,Satyanarayana
	Takdheervala		Hindi
1996	Dharma Chakram	Rakesh	Winner- Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) Best Actor Nandi Award	Ramya Krishna,Prema,Srividya
	Sahasa Veerudu Sagara Kanya	Ravi Chandra	Super Hit	Shilpa Shetty,Malashri
	Intlo Illalu Vantintlo Priyuralu	Sriram	Super Hit	Soundarya,Kota, Bramhanandam
	Sarada Bullodu	Vijay	Hit	Nagma
	Pavithra Bhandam	Vijay	Hit	Soundarya,S.P.B
1997	Chinnabbai	Chinnabbai alias Sundaram		Meena,Ravali,Indraja,Srividhya,Kota
	Premichukondam Raa	Giri	Hit	Anjali Javeri
	Pellichesukundam	Anand	Hit	Soundharya
1998	Surya Vamsham	Harischandra Prasad/Bhanu	Super Hit	Meena,Sanghavi
	Ganesh	Ganesh	Winner-Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu), Best Actor Nandi Award	Rambha,Madu Bala,Kota Srinivaas Rao
	Premante Idera	Murali	Hit	Preity Zinta
1999	Raja	Raja	Super Hit	Soundarya,Abbas,Sudhakar
	Seenu	Seenu	Hit	Twinkle Khanna,Sudhaakar
2000	Kalisundam Raa	Raghu	Winner-Best Actor Nandi Award,	Simran Vishwanath.K
	Jayam Manade Raa	Abhiram/Rudrama Naidu/Mahadeva Naidu	Winner-Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)	Soundarya
2001	Devi Putrudu	Krishna/Balaram	Average	Soundarya,Suresh
	Prematho Raa	Chandra Sekhar	Average	Simran
	Nuvvu Naaku Nachav	Venkateswarlu aka "Venky"	Super Hit	Aarthi Agrwal,Asha Shaini,Prudhvi,Rrakash Rai
2002	Vasu	Vasu	Hit	Bhoomika
	Gemini	Gemini	Average	Namitha
2003	Vasantham	Ashok	Hit	Kalyani,Aarthi Agarwal,V.V.S.Lakshman(cameo)
2004	Malliswari	Prasad	Super Hit	Katrina Kaif,Smitha,Kota Srinivas Rao
	Gharshana	DCP Rama Chandra	the film is a remake of Tamil movie kakka kakka	Asin Thottumkal
2005	Soggadu	Venkatesh	Cameo appearance
	Sankranthi	Raghavendra	Winner-Santosham Best Actor Award Nomination-Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)	Sneha,Aarthi Agarwal ,Srikanth, Sangeetha, Sharadha, ChandraMohan
	Subash Chandra Bose	Ashok/Subash Chandra Bose	Average	Geneliya,Shreya Saran,Prakash Rai
2006	Lakshmi	Lakshmi Narayana	Super Hit	Nyanatara,Charmi
2007	Adavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule	Ganesh	Winner-Santosham Best Actor Award, Best Actor Nandi Award Nomination-Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)	Trisha Krishnan, Swathi,Sri Ram, Kota Srinivas Rao,Viswanath.K,
	Tulasi	Tulasi Ram	Hit	Nayanatara,Shriya Saran (cameo)
2008	Chintakayala Ravi	Ravi	Average	Anushka Shetty,Mamatha Mohandas, ChandraMohan, Lakshmi
2009	Ee Naadu	Eeshwar Prasad	Releasing on September 18th	Kamal Hassan
	Namo Venkatesa		Shooting is in progress.	Trisha Krishnan