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Akkineni Nagarjuna
Born
Akkineni Nagarjuna

India Chennai , TamilNadu, India
Other namesYuva Samrat, King.
Occupation(s)Actor,
Producer
Years active1986 - Present
Height160
Spouse(s)Lakshmi (1984-1990)
Amala (1992-present)
ChildrenAkkineni Naga Chaitanya, Akhil.

Akkineni Nagarjuna (Telugu: అక్కినేని నాగార్జున) (born 29 August 1959 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India), is an Indian film actor in Tollywood and Bollywood and a producer.

Early life

Nagarjuna was born on 29 August 1959 in Chennai, the son of actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao. Later the family moved to Hyderabad where attended Hyderabad Public School, and gaining his "Intermediate" from Little Flower Junior College, Hyderabad and BE (Mechanical) from the College of Engineering, Guindy Anna University and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Nagarjuna completed his MS (Automobile) from University of Louisiana, Lafayatte, US.

Tollywood cinema

1986-2004

Nagarjuna's first movie Vikram was released on 24 May 1986 and was his first hit. (Before this he had acted in Sudigundalu as a child artist.) In 1989 he starred in Geethanjali, a love story directed by Maniratnam which was dubbed into Tamil being successful both in Telugu and Tamil. In the same year, Nagarjuna followed with Shiva (1989 film), an action film directed by Ram Gopal Varma which was also dubbed into Tamil as 'Udhayam'. He subsequently made his Bollywood début with the Hindi remake of the same film Shiva which was a trend setter[citation needed] creating an all time industry record.[citation needed] He did some different roles[clarification needed] in Killer and Nirnayam. President Gari Pellam was released in 1993. He followed with films, Varasudu, Gharana Bullodu, and Allari Alludu which were hits., Criminal (1994)was a hit in Telugu in Hindi it was runaway hit and Sisindri was also successful. In 1994, he ventured into comedy for the first time with Hello Brother, it was an blockbuster hit[citation needed] and was later remade into Judwaa, a Hindi film starring Salman Khan. Hello Brother was also a major hit dubbed into Tamil. In 1996, Nagarjuna starred as well as produced, Ninne Pelladatha, which was directed by Krishna Vamsi and co-starred the National Award winning Hindi actress, Tabu. It was rumoured that Nagarjuna signed Krishna Vamsi upon seeing just ten minutes of the director's, then yet to be released début film, Gulabi.[citation needed] It was the biggest hit of that year and top grossing film in Tollywood, Sandeep Chowta was the music director. Later, Nagarjuna took up the challenge of portraying Annamacharya, the fifteenth century Telugu singer and poet, in Annamayya (film). In 2000 after moderately successful Sitaramaraju film, Nagarjuna starred in Nuvvu Vastavani. His subsequent films that year, Ninne Premistha and Azad (film) also met with commercial success. He starred in the romantic comedies, Santhosham and Manmadhudu, both of which were successful at the box office. Shivamani capped off a golden run of six successful films in Nagarjuna's acting career. During that time, he produced Satyam, launching 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, was a box office winner. Mass, produced by Nagarjuna and directed by a debutant, the prominent dance choreographer Raghava Lawrence, became one of the highest grossing films in his career.[1] In 2005, Nagarjuna acted in and produced Super, which was an average hit. Then in 2006, Nagarjuna reunited with Annamayya director, K.Raghavendra Rao, and starred in the film Sri Ramadasu, his second period film based on the great eighteenth century Telugu saint-composer of the same name.[2] Nagarjuna received the Nandi Award for best actor that year. Sri Ramadasu, much like his earlier Annamayya, gave Nagarjuna critical as well as commercial success. His 2007 film, "Don" was a disaster. "King" was a success in 2009. He is currently[when?] working for Gaganam co-starring with Prakash Raj as a Top Cop. He is also working with Veeru Potla on Ragada.

Work in Bollywood and Tamil films

Nagarjuna has acted in various straight Hindi films including Shiva (1989 film)- Hindi (1990), Drohi (1992 film), Khuda Gawah (1992), Criminal (1994), Mr. Bechara (1996), Zakhm (1998), Angaarey (1998), LOC Kargil (2003), and Agni Varsha. He also made guest appearances in Hindi films. He has also acted in Tamil films like Ratchagan which was made as Rakshakudu in Telugu. His other films which were dubbed into Tamil are Shiva as Udhayam, Geetanajli as Idhayathai thirudathae, Annamayya, Sisindri and Hello Brother. He fluently speaks Telugu, Hindi, Tamil and English.

Television production

Nagarjuna made his début as a television producer in 2007 with the serial Yuva.[3] He is one of the stakeholders of the television channel Maa TV.[4]

Awards

National Awards
AP State Nandi Awards
Bharathamuni Awards
Vamsi Berkley Awards
AP Cinegoers Awards
Other awards
Filmfare Awards
As producer

Filmography

As actor

Year Film Role Other notes
1986 Vikram Vikram
Captain Nagarjuna Nagarjuna
1987 Aranyakanda
Majnu Rajesh
Sankeertana
Collector Gari Abbai
Agni Putrudu Kalidaasu //
Kirai Dada Vijay //
1988 Aakhari Poratam Vihari
Chinna Babu Chinababu //
Murali Krishnudu Murali Krishna
Janaki Ramudu Ramu
1989 Vijay Vijay
Vicky Daada Vikram
Geethanjali Prakash
Agni Pawan //
Shiva Shiva Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
1990 Prema Yuddham
Neti Siddhaartha Siddhaartha
Iddaru Iddare
1991 Nirnayam Vamsi Krishna
Chaithanya Chaitanya
Santhi Kranthi Kranti
Jaitrayatra Vijay
1992 Killer Eeshwar
Khuda Gawah Raja Mirza
Antham Raghav
Drohi Raghav,
Shekhar
President Gari Pellam Raja
1993 Rakshana Bose
Varasudu Vinay
Allari Alludu Kalyan
1994 Criminal Dr. Ajay Kumar
Hello Brother Deva,
Ravi Varma
Govinda Govinda Seenu
1995 Sisindri Raja
Gharana Bullodu Raju
1996 Ninne Pelladutha Seenu Also producer,
Winner, Filmfare Best Film Award
Vajram Chakri
Ramudochhadu Ram
1997 Ratchagan Ajay Tamil film
Annamayya Annamayya Winner, National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) (Actor)
Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
1998 Zakhm Raman Desai Hindi film
Chandralekha Seeta Rama Rao
Angaarey Raja Lokhande Hindi film
Auto Driver Jagan
Aavida Maa Aavide Vikranth
1999 Ravoyi Chandamama Sashi
Seetaramaraju Ramaraju
2000 Azad Chandra Sekhar Azad
Ninne Premista Srinivas
Nuvvu Vastavani Chinni Krishna
2001 Eduruleni Manishi Surya Murthy,
Satya Murthy
Akasa Veedhilo Chandu
Bava Nachadu Ajay
Adhipathi Guest appearance
Snehamante Idera Aravind
2002 Manmadhudu Abhiram
Agni Varsha Yavakri
Santosham Karthik Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
2003 LOC Kargil Maj. Padmapani Acharya Hindi film
Shivamani 9848022338 Shivamani
2004 Mass Mass (Ganesh)
Nenunnanu Venu
2005 Super Akhil
2006 Style Mass Cameo appearance
Sri Ramadasu Gopanna,
Sri Ramadasu		 Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
Boss - I Love You Gopal Krishna
2007 Don Suri
2008 Krishnarjuna Krishna
King Bottu Seenu (King/Sarath)
2010 Kedi Ramesh (Rummy)
Thakita Thakita Special appearance
Ragada Filming
2011 Gaganam Filming
Payanam Filming (Tamil film)
Rajanna Filming

As producer

Year Film Notes
1979 Kalyani
1980 Pilla Zameendaaru
1980 Buchhibabu
1981 Money Hai To Honey Hai
1981 Premaabhishekam
1983 Shri Ranganeethulu
1993 Rakshana
1995 Sisindri
1996 Ninne Pelladatha
1998 Aaha
1998 Sri Seetarama Kalyanam Chutamurarandi
1998 Chandralekha
1999 Prema Katha
1999 Sitaramaraju
2000 Yuvakudu
2002 Manmadhudu
2003 Satyam[7]
2004 Mass
2005 Super

References

  1. ^ "idlebrain.com". Idlebrain.com's verdict on Telugu cinema 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2007.
  2. ^ "Sri Ramadasu floors them all". The Hindu. 15 April 2006. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Nagarjuna launches 'Yuva'". The Hindu. 20 November 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  4. ^ "Actor Nagarjuna to focus on entertainment biz". The Hindu Business Line. 20 December 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  5. ^ "The Nagarjuna phenomenon". Chitramala.com. 28 August 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  6. ^ a b c d "Many Happy Returns to Nag". IndiaGlitz. 29 August 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  7. ^ "Playing Kalam is their favourite role". The Times of India. 21 January 2004. Retrieved 2 March 2010. [dead link]

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