Akkineni Nagarjuna

Akkineni Nagarjuna
Akkineni Nagarjuna

Nagarjuna at TeachAIDS launch in 2010 Born Akkineni Nagarjuna Rao, August 29, 1959 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

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Other names Yuva Samrat King Alma mater Anna University Eastern Michigan University Actor, Producer, Businessman 1986present Lakshmi Ramanaidu Daggubati (19841990 divorced) Amala Akkineni (1992present) Naga Chaitanya Akkineni Akhil Akkineni Nageswara Rao Akkineni Annapurna Akkineni Sumanth Kumar Yarlagadda (nephew) Sushanth (nephew) Ramanaidu Daggubati (ex-father-in-law) Venkatesh Daggubati (ex-brother-in-law) Suresh Babu Daggubati (ex-brother-in-law) Rana Daggubati (ex-nephew)

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Akkineni Nagarjuna Nagarjuna Akkineni is an Indian film actor and producer who works primarily in the Telugu Cinema. He has acted in over 90 films as an actor in a lead and supporting role, including Bollywood and Tamil films. He has won two National Film Awards, nine state Nandi Awards and two Filmfare Awards South. He owns the Production company, Annapurna Studios and is the president of the non-profit film school Annapurna International School of Film and Media based in Hyderabad.[1][2][3] He is the co-founder of Blue Cross of Hyderabad, a registered society recognized by the Animal Welfare Board of India.[4] He was listed #56 in Forbes India top 100 Celebrities for the year 2012.[5]

Early life and Family

Nagarjuna was born on 29 August 1959 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India to actor Nageswara Rao Akkineni and Annapurna Akkineni. The family later moved to Hyderabad where he attended the Hyderabad Public School and studied at Little Flower Junior College and B.E. from the College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai. He completed M.S. in Automobile Engineering from Eastern Michigan University.[6][7] He is the spouse of actress Amala Akkineni, the father of actors Naga Chaitanya Akkineni and Akhil Akkineni.

Acting career
Nagarjuna acted as a child artist in the 1967 Telugu film Sudigundalu directed by veteran Adurthi Subbarao. Years later he made his debut as a lead actor through the 1986 Telugu film Vikram directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao. In 1988, he starred in Aakhari Poratam directed by K. Raghavendra Rao where he was paired opposite Sridevi and Suhasini. In 1989, he was starred in the Maniratnam directed Romantic-drama, Geethanjali which became a major box-office success and was critically acclaimed. The film went on to win the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment in 1990. In the same year, Nagarjuna acted in Siva, an action blockbuster directed by Ram Gopal Varma. In 1990, he subsequently made his Bollywood debut with the Hindi remake of the same film titled Shiva. He followed it up with action films like Killer, Chaithanya and Nirnayam working with eminent directors such as Fazil and Priyadarshan. Other films which were released in the subsequent years include President Gari Pellam, Varasudu, Gharana Bullodu and Allari Alludu. In 1994 he starred in a Hindi-Telugu bilingual Criminal directed by Mahesh Bhatt. The same year he ventured into comedy for the first time with Hello Brother. It was later remade into Hindi as Judwaa and dubbed into Tamil. In 1996, Nagarjuna starred and produced Ninne Pelladatha, which was directed by Krishna Vamsi. The movie fetched a National Award for him by winning the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu & Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu that's his 1st Filmfare Award as a producer. The next year, Nagarjuna acted in Annamayya where he portrayed the role of Annamacharya, a 15th-century Telugu singer and poet, won him his Filmfare Best Actor Award and his first Nandi Award for Best Actor. His subsequent releases were Nuvvu Vastavani, Ninne Premistha and Azad. He starred in the romantic comedies such as Santhosham, Manmadhudu, and Shivamani as well. He produced Satyam in 2003, that starred his nephew Sumanth. In 2004, Nagarjuna had two releasesNenunnanu and Mass. The latter was produced by Nagarjuna and directed by choreographer Lawrence Raghavendra. In 2005, Nagarjuna acted in and produced Super. In 2006, he starred in Sri Ramadasu, his second period film based on the 18th-century Telugu composer of the same name.[8] Nagarjuna received the Nandi Award for Best actor for the film. In December 2007, he appeared in Don and a year later, he appeared in King alongside Trisha Krishnan and Srihari. In the year 2010, he had releases such as Kedi and Ragada. His latest film Gaganam was released on 11 February 2011. Its Tamil version was titled Payanam. In 2011 Nagarjuna signed three movies in a row. They are Rajanna,[9] Damarukam and Shirdi Sai.[10] He recently signed Love Story which starts its shooting in June 2012.[11]

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Television production
Nagarjuna made his dbut as a television producer in 2009 with the serial Yuva.[12] He is one of the major shareholders of the television channel Maa TV.[13]

Charity
Nagarjuna, with his wife Amala, is the co-founder of Blue Cross of Hyderabad,[14] a non-government organization (NGO) in Hyderabad, India, which works towards the welfare of animals and preservation of animal rights. He is also involved in some of the welfare programs undertaken by the MAA TV association.[15] In 2010, he starred in an HIV/AIDS animated software tutorial created by TeachAIDS, a nonprofit founded at Stanford University.[16]

Awards
National Film Awards 1997 - National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for producing Ninne Pelladatha 1998 - National Film Award Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) for acting Annamayya Nandi Awards 1996 - Akkineni Award for Best Home-viewing Feature Film for Ninne Pelladutha[] 1997 - Nandi Award for Best Actor for Annamayya[] 1999 - Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Kansya (Bronze) for producing Prema Kadha 2000 - Nandi Special Jury Award for producing Yuvakudu[17] 2002 - Nandi Award for Best Actor for Santhosham[] 2002 - Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Swarna (Gold) for producing Manmadhudu 2006 - Nandi Award for Best Actor for Sri Ramadasu 2011 - Nandi Special Jury Award for Rajanna 2011 - Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Rajata (Silver) for producing Rajanna[18]

Filmfare Awards South 1996 - Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) for Ninne Pelladatha 1997 - Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) for Annamayya South Indian International Movie Awards 2012 - Special Appreciation (Actor) for Rajanna[19] CineMAA Awards 2012 - Special Jury Award for Rajanna[20] Other Awards 1990 - Cinema Express Award for Shiva 1996 - Akruthi Film Award for Ninne Pelladatha 1997 - Screen Videocon Award for Annamayya 2000 - Andhra Pradesh Film Journalists Association Award for Azad 2011- TSR Kala Ratna Award

Bharathamuni Awards 1989 - Best Actor for Geethanjali 1997 - Best Actor for Annamayya

Akkineni Nagarjuna Vamsee Berkeley Awards 1986 - Best Actor for Vikram 1990 - Best Actor for Shiva AP Cinegoers Awards 1989 - Best Actor for Geethanjali

Filmography
As actor
Year 1986 Vikram Captain Nagarjun 1987 Aranyakanda 1987 Majnu 1987 Sankeerthana 1987 Collector Gari Abbai 1987 Agni Putrudu 1987 Kirai Dada 1988 Aakhari Poratam 1988 Chinababu 1988 Murali Krishnudu 1988 Janaki Ramudu 1989 Vijay 1989 Vicky Daada 1989 Geethanjali 1989 Agni 1989 Siva 1990 Shiva 1990 Prema Yuddham 1990 Neti Siddhartha 1990 Iddaru Iddare 1991 Nirnayam 1991 Chaithanya 1991 Santhi 1991 Jaitrayatra 1992 Killer 1992 Khuda Gawah 1992 Antham 1992 Drohi 1992 President Gari Pellam Vamsi Krishna Chaitanya Kranti Teja Eeshwar / Prem Raja Mirza Raghav Raghav / Shekhar Raja Rajesh Kali Rajesh Kalidaasu Vijay Vihari Chinababu Murali Krishna Ramu Vijay Vikram Prakash Pawan Siva Shiva Kalyan Siddhartha Title Vikram Nagarjun Role Shobhana Khusboo, Rajendra Prasad Radhika Rajani Ramya Krishna Rajani Rajani Khusboo, Amala Sridevi, Suhasini Amala Akkineni Rajani Vijayashanti Vijayashanti Juhi Chawla, Radha Girija, Silk Smitha Shantipriya Amala Akkineni Amala Akkineni Amala Akkineni Shobhana, Ayesha Jhulka Ramya Krishna, ANR Amala Akkineni Gouthami, Silk Smitha Juhi Chawla Vijayashanti Nagma, Sharada Sridevi, Shilpa Shirodkar, Amitabh Bachchan Urmila Matondkar Urmila Matondkar Meena Hindi film Hindi film Hindi Film Co-stars Notes

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Bose Vinay Kalyan Seenu Deva / Ravi Varma Dr. Ajay Kumar Raja Raju Shobhana, Roja(Guest Role), Silk Smitha Nagma, Krishna Nagma, Meena, Vanisri Sridevi Ramya Krishna, Soundarya Manisha Koirala, Ramya Krishna Aamani, Tabu, Pooja Batra Ramya Krishna, Aamani Cameo appearance Seenu Tabu Also producer, Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) Hindi film Hindi film

1993 Rakshana 1993 Varasudu 1993 Allari Alludu 1993 Govinda Govinda 1994 Hello Brother 1995 Criminal 1995 Sisindri 1995 Gharana Bullodu 1995 Ghatothkachudu 1996 Ninne Pelladatha

1996 Mr. Bechara 1996 Vajram 1996 Ramudochhadu 1997 Ratchagan 1997 Annamayya

Ajay Chakri Ram Ajay Annamayya

Sridevi, Anil kapoor Roja, Indraja (Guest Role) Soundarya, Ravali Sushmita Sen Ramya Krishna, Kasthuri, Suman, Mohan Babu

Tamil film National Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Actor) Nandi Award for Best Actor Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) Hindi film

1998 Zakhm 1998 Chandralekha 1998 Angaarey 1998 Auto Driver 1998 Aavida Maa Aavide 1999 Ravoyi Chandamama 1999 Seetaramaraju 2000 Azad

Raman Desai Seeta Rama Rao Raja Lokhande Jagan Vikranth Sashi Ramaraju Chandra Sekhar Azad

Sonali Bendre, Ajay Devgan, Pooja Bhatt Ramya Krishna, Isha Koppikar Sonali Bendre, Akshay Kumar Simran, Deepti Bhatnagar Tabu, Heera Rajagopal Anjala Zhaveri, Keerthi Reddy Sanghavi, Sakshi Shivanand Soundarya, Shilpa Shetty

Hindi film

Nandi Award for Best Feature Film Silver AP Film Journalists Association Award

2000 Ninne Premistha 2000 Nuvvu Vastavani 2001 Eduruleni Manishi

Srinivas Chinni Krishna Surya Murthy, Satya Murthy Chandu Ajay Jagan Aravind Yavakri Karthikeya Abhiram

Soundarya, Srikanth Simran, Raksha (in a guest role) Soundarya, Shahanaz

2001 Akasa Veedhilo 2001 Bava Nachadu 2001 Adhipathi 2001 Snehamante Idera 2002 Agni Varsha 2002 Santosham 2002 Manmadhudu

Raveena Tandon, Kasthuri, Rajendra Prasad Simran, Reema Sen, Suman Ranganathan Soundarya, Mohan Babu, Preeti Jhangiani Bhumika Chawla, Sumanth Raveena Tandon Shriya Saran, Gracy Singh Sonali Bendre, Anshu Hindi film Nandi Award for Best Actor Guest appearance

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Maj. Padmaphani Acharya Shivamani Mass (Ganesh) Venu Akhil Rakshita, Asin Thottumkal Jyothika, Charmy Kaur Shriya Saran, Aarthi Agarwal, Anitha Anushka Shetty, Ayesha Takia, Sonu Sood Tamil film Cameo appearance Sneha, Suman, Veda(Archana) Nandi Award for Best Actor Hindi film

2003 LOC Kargil

2003 Shivamani 9848022338 2004 Mass 2004 Nenunnanu 2005 Super 2005 Amudhey 2006 Style 2006 Sri Ramadasu

Ravindra Varadharajan Jagapathi Babu, Shalini Mass Gopanna, Sri Ramadasu Gopal Krishna

2006 Boss - I Love You

Saloni Aswani, Nayantara, Poonam Bajwa, Shriya Saran (Guest role) Anushka Shetty, Nikitha Vishnu Manchu, Mamta Mohandas Trisha Krishnan, Mamta Mohandas

2007 Don 2008 Krishnarjuna 2008 King

Suri Krishna Bottu Seenu/King/Sarath Ramesh (Rummy) As himself Satya Reddy Major Raveendran Major Raveendra Rajanna Shirdi Sai Baba

2010 Kedi 2010 Thakita Thakita 2010 Ragada 2011 Payanam 2011 Gaganam 2011 Rajanna 2012 Shirdi Sai

Mamta Mohandas Bhumika Chawla, Anushka Shetty Anushka Shetty, Priyamani, Charmy Kaur Poonam Kaur Tamil film Special appearance

Sneha Srikanth, Srihari, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Sarath Babu Anushka Shetty, Ganesh Venkatraman Nayantara Filming Filming

2012 Dhamarukam 2013 Greeku Veerudu[21][22] 2013 Sri Jagadguru Aadi [23] Sankara 2013 Bhai[24] 2013 Manam[25]

Mallikharjuna

Chandaludu

Bhai

Richa Gangopadhyay Shriya Saran, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Naga [26] Chaitanya, Samantha

Filming Pre -Production

As producer

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Year 1979 Kalyani

Film

1980 Pilla Zameendaaru Buchhibabu 1981 Money Hai To Honey Hai Premaabhishekam 1983 Sri Ranganeethulu 1995 Sisindri 1996 Ninne Pelladatha 1998 Aaha Sri Seetarama Kalyanam Chutamurarandi Chandralekha 1999 Prema Kadha Sitaramaraju 2000 Yuvakudu 2002 Manmadhudu 2003 Satyam 2004 Mass 2005 Super Amudhey 2011 Rajanna 2013 Bhai Manam

References
[4] Blue Cross Of Hyderabad - The Team (http:/ / www. bluecrosshyd. in/ team. php) [5] Nagarjuna - Forbes India Magazine (http:/ / forbesindia. com/ profile/ nagarjuna/ 114) [11] Nagarjuna's Love Story (http:/ / www. ifilmish. com/ nag-looks-handsome-in-love-story/ ) www.ifilmish.com [23] http:/ / www. idlebrain. com/ news/ today/ nagarjuna-chandaludu. html

External links
Akkineni Nagarjuna (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0015459/) at the Internet Movie Database

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