Daggubati Venkatesh

Daggubati Venkatesh
Daggubati Venkatesh

Venkatesh at Opening ceremony of CCL - Season 3 Born Venkatesh Daggubati December 13, 1960 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Residence

Other names Victory Venkatesh, Venky, Sankranti Star Alma mater Occupation Years active Spouse(s) Parents Monterey Institute of International Studies Actor 1986 present Neeraja (1985present) Ramanaidu Daggubati Rajeswari Daggubati Suresh Babu Daggubati (brother) Rana Daggubati (nephew) Naga Chaitanya Akkineni (nephew)

Relatives

Daggubati Venkatesh is an Indian film actor who stars in Tollywood films. He has won seven Nandi Awards and four Filmfare Awards South.

Early life and Family

Venkatesh was born to prolific film producer and former MP, Dr. Ramanaidu Daggubati and Rajeshwari in Chennai. He has an elder brother Suresh Babu Daggubati who runs Suresh Productions, and a younger sister, Lakshmi. Venkatesh did his schooling in Don Bosco, Egmore, Chennai. He graduated with a Bachelors in Commerce from Loyola College in Chennai and got his MBA from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA.[1] After his return to India, he wanted to get into film production but instead, became an actor in Telugu films.

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Child actor
He has acted as child artist in the 1971 film Prem Nagar.

Career and awards

Venkatesh debuted in Kaliyuga Pandavulu in the year 1986, which got him Nandi award for best male debut actor. At an early phase in his career, Venkatesh acted in Swarnakamalam, directed by K Viswanath, which got him his second Nandi award. Bobbili Raja, with the delightful Divya Bharti, was a box office hit. Venkatesh worked with Ram Gopal Varma in the film Kshana Kshanam. In 1991, Chanti, a family drama, both of them were box office hits. In 2009, he teamed up with his friend Kamal Haasan for Eeenadu, which was released in September 2009. His latest movie is Namo Venkatesa, directed by Sreenu Vytla; it was released as a Sankranthi special and celebrated its grand 100 days function on April 26, being 2010s first 100-day film.[2] In 2010 he was in Nagavalli, a remake of Aptharakshaka.[3] He has won 7 Nandi awards, 4 Filmfare Awards, and many other awards as best actor for playing a variety of challenging roles in his career spanning 69 feature films in 27 years. His brother D. Suresh Babu, a very successful producer, has produced most of his successful films under Suresh Productions.

Endorsements
On April 24, 2010, he signed with Manappuram General Finance and Leasing Ltd as their brand ambassador for Andhra Pradesh.[4]

Filmography
No Year 1 2 Title Role Co-Star Director K. S. Prakash Rao Vijay Kushboo K.Raghavendra Rao Child-Artist Winner, Nandi Award for Best Male Debut Notes

1971 Prem Nagar 1986 Kaliyuga Pandavulu

1986 Brahma Rudrulu

Prasad

Rajani Ranjani Mandakini Shobana Kushboo Shobhana

K. Murali Mohan Rao

4 5 6

1987 Ajeyudu 1987 Bharatamlo Arjunudu 1987 Trimurtulu

Murali Arjun

G Ram Mohan Rao K.Raghavendra Rao K. Murali Mohan Rao SS.Ravichandra Kodi Ramakrishna Remake of Hindi film Arjun Remake of Naseeb

7 8

1987 Vijetha Vikram 1987 Srinivasa Kalyanam

Vikram Srinivas

Farha Bhanupriya Gouthami Amala Rajani

1988 Raktha Tilakam

Krishna Prasad Shakthi

B. Gopal Dasari Narayana Rao Kasinadhuni Viswanath A.Mohan Gandhi Winner, Nandi Special Jury Award

10 1988 Brahma Puthrudu

11 1988 Swarna Kamalam

Chandrasehkar

Bhanupriya

12 1988 Varasudochhadu

Raghu

Suhasini

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Pruthvi Revathi Kalpana Suresh Krishna Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor Filmfare Award for Best Actor Telugu

13 1988 Prema

14 1989 Ontari Poratam

Raja

Swetha Rupinni Rajani Radha

K.Raghavendra Rao

15 1989 Dhruva Nakshatram 16 1989 Two Town Rowdy

Dhruva Kumar Shakthi

Y.Nageswararao Dasari Narayana Rao SS.Ravichandra

17 1990 Aggiramudu

Amala Gouthami Raja Ashok Raju (Bharath) Surya Divya Bharati Vijayashanti Tabu Vijayashanti

18 1990 Bobbili Raja 19 1991 Shatruvu 20 1991 Coolie No.1 21 1991 Surya IPS

B. Gopal Kodi Ramakrishna K.Raghavendra Rao A. Kodandarami Reddy Ram Gopal Varma Ravi Raja Pinisetty B. Gopal K.Raghavendra Rao Remake of Chinna Thambi remake of Chinna Gounder remake of Tamil film Sundara Kandam Hindi remake of Chinna Thambi

22 1991 Kshana Kshanam 23 1992 Chanti 24 1992 Chinarayudu 25 1992 Sundarakanda

Chandu Chanti Chinarayudu Venkateswarlu

Sridevi Meena Vijayashanti Meena Aparna Karishma Kapoor

26 1993 Anari

Sri Rama

K. Murali Mohan Rao Ravi Raja Pinisetty E. V. V. Satyanarayana K. Murali Mohan Rao K.Raghavendra Rao

27 1993 Kondapalli Raja 28 1993 Abbaigaru

Raja Dora Babu

Nagma Meena

remake of Khudgarz remake of Beta

29 1994 Super Police

Vijay

Soundarya Nagma Ramyakrishna Rambha Roja Prathibha Sinha Raveena Tandon

AR Rahman's first Telugu movie

30 1994 Muddula Priyudu

Raju

31 1995 Pokiri Raja

Balaraj Raja

A. Kodandarami Reddy K. Muralimohana Rao Suresh Krishna Hindi remake of Yama Leela

32 1995 Taqdeerwala

Suraj

33 1996 Dharma Chakram

Rakesh

Ramyakrishna Prema

Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor Filmfare Award for Best Actor Telugu

34 1996 Sahasa Veerudu Sagara Kanya 35 1996 Intlo Illalu Vantintlo Priyuralu 36 1996 Saradha Bullodu

Ravi Chandra

Shilpa Shetty Malashri Soundarya Vineetha Nagma Sanghavi Soundarya Ramyakrishna Ravali Indraja

K.Raghavendra Rao

Sriram

E. V. V. Satyanarayana Ravi Raja Pinisetty

remake of Thaaikulame Thaaikulame

Vijay

37 1996 Pavithra Bandham 38 1997 Chinnabbayi

Vijay Chinnabbayi (Sundaram)

Muthyala Subbaiah Kasinadhuni Viswanath

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Giri Anand Anjala Zaveri Soundarya Laila Meena Sanghavi Raadhika Rambha Madhubala Jayanth C. Paranjee Muthyala Subbaiah

39 1997 Preminchukundam Raa 40 1997 Pellichesukundam

41 1998 Suryavamsam

Harischandra Prasad,Bhanu

Bhimaneni Srinivasa Dual Role,br>Remake of Tamil film Rao Suryavamsam

42 1998 Ganesh

Ganesh

Tirupathi Swamy

Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor Filmfare Award for Best Actor Telugu

43 1998 Premante Idera 44 1999 Raja 45 1999 Seenu 46 2000 Kalisundam Raa 47 2000 Jayam Manade Raa

Murali Raja Seenu Raghu Abhiram (Rudrama Naidu), Mahadeva Naidu Krishna, Balaram Chandra Sekhar Venkateswarlu (Venky) Vasu Gemini Ashok

Preity Zinta Soundarya Twinkle Khanna Simran Soundarya Bhanupriya

Jayanth C. Paranjee Muppalaneni Shiva Shashi UdayShankar N.Shankar remake of Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen remake of Sollamale Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor Dual Role Winner, Filmfare Award for Best Actor Telugu

48 2001 Devi Putrudu

Anjala Zaveri Soundarya Simran Arti Agarwal

Kodi Ramakrishna

49 2001 Prematho Raa 50 2001 Nuvvu Naaku Nachav

UdayShankar K. Vijaya Bhaskar

51 2002 Vasu 52 2002 Gemini 53 2003 Vasantham

Bhumika Namitha Kalyani Arti Agarwal Katrina Kaif Asin Yana Gupta

A. Karunakaran Saran Vikraman remake of Tamil film Gemini

54 2004 Malliswari 55 2004 Gharshana

Prasad Rama Chandra

K. Vijaya Bhaskar Gautham Menon remake of Kaakha Kaakha

56 2005 Soggadu 57 2005 Sankranthi Raghavendra Sneha

Ravi Babu Muppalaneni Shiva

Cameo appearance Winner, Santosham Best Actor Award Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actor Telugu Remake of Aanandham

58 2005 Subash Chandra Bose

Ashok, Shriya Saran Subash Chandra Bose Genelia Lakshmi Narayana Nayantara Charmme Trisha

K. Raghavendra Rao Dual Role

59 2006 Lakshmi

V.V. Vinayak

60 2007 Adavari Matalaku Ardhalu Ganesh Verule

Selvaraghavan

Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor Santosham Best Actor Award Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actor Telugu

61 2007 Tulasi

Tulasi Ram

Nayantara Shriya Saran

Boyapati Srinu

62 2008 Chintakayala Ravi

Ravi

Anushka Yogi Mamta Mohandas Chakri Toleti remake of A Wednesday!

63 2009 Eenadu

Eeshwar Prasad

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Venkata Ramana(Venky) Vijay, Nagabhairava Rajashekhara Trisha Srinu Vytla

64 2010 Namo Venkatesa

65 2010 Nagavalli

Anushka Richa Gangopadhyay Shraddha Das Poonam Kaur Kamalinee Mukherjee Trisha Saloni Aswani

P. Vasu

Remake of Aptharakshaka(Kannada)

66 2012 Bodyguard

Venkatadri

Gopichand Malineni Remake of Bodyguard (Malayalam)

67 2012 Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum 68 2013 Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu Peddodu Anjali

Krish

Cameo Appearance

Srikanth Addala

In Production
No Year 69 2013 Shadow[5] 70 2013 Sarve Jana Sukhinobavanthu Title Role Co-Star Director Notes Special role of Srikanth [6]

Taapsee Meher Ramesh Anjali

K. Vijaya Bhaskar Multi starrer movie alongside Ram

Awards
[7] Sno Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1986 Kinnera Award 1986 Nandi Awards 1988 Kinnera Award 1988 Nandi Special Jury Award 1988 Nandi Award for Best Actor Award Category Best Actor Best Male Debut Best Actor Best Actor Best Actor Film Kaliyuga Pandavulu Kaliyuga Pandavulu Brahma Puthrudu Swarna Kamalam Prema Prema Bobbili Raja Shatruvu Coolie No.1 Coolie No.1 Sundarakanda Sundarakanda Abbaigaru Result Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won

1988 Filmfare Award for Best Actor Telugu Best Actor 1990 Cinegoers Award 1991 Bhagyanagar Award 1991 Cinegoers Award 1991 Madras filmfans award 1992 Yuvavahini Award 1992 Cinegoers Award 1993 Kalasagar Award 1993 Cinegoers Award 1995 Nandi Award for Best Actor Best Actor Best Actor Best Actor Best Actor Best Actor Best Actor Best Actor

Best performance Abbaigaru Best Actor Dharma Chakram Dharma Chakram Dharma Chakram

1996 Filmfare Award for Best Actor Telugu Best Actor 1995 Kalasagar Award Best Actor

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Best Actor Best film Best Actor Dharma Chakram Pavithra Bandham Ganesh Ganesh Ganesh Kalisundam Raa Jayam Manade Raa Adavari Matalaku Ardhale Verule Won Won Won Won Won Won Won Won

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

1995 Vamsi Berkley Award 1996 Vamsi Berkley Award 1998 Nandi Award for Best Actor

1998 Filmfare Award for Best Actor Telugu Best Actor 1998 Kinnera Awards 2000 Nandi Award for Best Actor Best Actor Best Actor

2000 Filmfare Award for Best Actor Telugu Best Actor 2007 Nandi Award for Best Actor Best Actor

References
[2] http:/ / www. victoryvenkatesh. in/ 2010/ 04/ namo-venkatesa-celebrates-its-grand-100-days-function/

8. Ram and Venkatesh movie title Sarve Jana Sukhinobavanthu (http:/ / www. idleindia. com/ 2013/ 03/ ram-and-venkatesh-movie-title-sarve. html) www.idleindia.com, March-14-2013

External links
Venkatesh Daggubati (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0893142/) at the Internet Movie Database

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