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Thursday, June 12, 2008

Nagarjuna





Akkineni Nagarjuna Rao (Telugu) (born August 29, 1959 in Chennai, India), often known as Nagarjuna, is a popular Telugu Cinema actor and a successful producer. He is the son of veteran actor, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, who was an actor in the 1960s and 1970s

Personal


Nagarjuna was born to Telugu cinema star Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Smt Annapurna. Nagarjuna did his schooling at Hyderabad Public School and later went to Little Flower Junior College. He finished his BE in Anna University {then known as Guindy College of Engineering}. After that, he went on to do Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and later got a masters degree in Automobile engineering at San Jose State University.[citation needed]

He was first married to Lakshmi, the daughter of Ramanaidu (she is the younger sister of actor Venkatesh ) in his early twenties and they both divorced later years . they had a son Naga Chaitanya.He then married to Amala who was a popular actress in Tamil and Telugu film industries, They had a son Akhil who acted in Sisindri along with Nagarjuna


Career

His first movie Vikram[citation needed] released on May 23, 1986 was a remake of the Hindi film Hero. After acting in four films, he acted in Majnu as a tragedy hero; similar roles were known to be his father's forte. He acted with his father in the movie Collectorgari Abbayi. His first big hit was Akhari Poraatam co-starring Sridevi that ran for 100 days in 12 centers. Geethanjali a love story directed by Maniratnam followed by Shiva an action film directed by Ram Gopal Varma were highly successful and established him as one of the top heroes. He was known for encouraging new directors such as Ram Gopal Varma by giving them a chance to make movies with him. He also made his Bollywood debut with the Hindi remake of Shiva. Movies such as President Gari Pellam and Hello Brother gave him the status of a mass hero. After that, Ninne Pelladutha directed by Krishna Vamsi followed and was a huge hit. Later, he took up the challenge of portraying Annamacharya, the legendary singer/poet of medieval times in the movie Annamayya It ran for 100 days in 42 centers and is one of the biggest hits in Tollywood. He won the National Award for this role in Special Jury. He is the only actor in Tollywood to receive this award.

In 2004, Nagarjuna had two releases, Nenunnanu and Mass, the latter going on to become a hit.[1]. In 2005, Nagarjuna had one release, Super. Super didn't reach up to the exceptations. In 2006, Nagarjuna had two releases, Sri Ramadasu, a period film based on the life of great saint-composer Ramadasu, directed by K. Raghavendra Rao, and Boss, I Love You. Sri Ramadasu was a big hit at box office however Boss

Filmography

Year Title Role
2008 King

Krishnarjuna Krishna
2007 Don Suri
2006 Boss - I Love You Gopal Krishna

Sri Ramadasu Gopanna/Sri Ramadasu



2005 Super Akhil
2004 Mass Ganesh aka Mass

Nenunnanu Venu
2003 LOC Kargil Maj. Padmapani Acharya, 2 Rajputana Rifles

Shivamani 9848022338 Shivamani aka Mani
2002 Manmadhudu Abhiram

Agni Varsha Yavakri

Santosham Karthikeya aka Karthik
2001 Snehamante Idera Aravind

Akasa Veedhilo Chandu

Bava Nachadu Ajay

Eduruleni Manishi Surya Murthy/Satya Murthy
2000 Azad Azad
Ninne Premista Srinivas

Nuvvu Vastavani Chinni
1999 Ravoyi Chandamama Sashi

Seetaramaraju Ramaraju
1998 Zakhm Raman Desai

Chandralekha Seeta Rama Rao

Auto Driver Jagan

Aavida Maa Aavide Vikranth

Angaarey Raja
1997 Ratchagan Ajay

Annamayya Annamayya



1996 Ninne Pelladutha Seenu

Mr. Bechara Ajay

Ramudochhadu Ram

Vajram Chakri
1995 Criminal Ajay Kumar
Gharana Bullodu
1994 Criminal Ajay Kumar

Hello Brother Deva/Ravi Varma

Govinda Govinda
1993 Allari Alludu Kalyan

Varasudu Vinay

Rakshana Bose
1992 President Gari Pellam

Drohi Raghav/Shekhar

Antham Raghav

Khuda Gawah Insp. Raja Mirza
1991 Killer Eeshwar
Jaitrayatra

Santhi Kranthi

Chaitanya Chaitanya

Nirnayam Vamsi Krishna
1990 Shiva Shiva

Iddaru Iddare

Neti Siddhaartha

Prema Yuddham
1989 Shiva Shiva

Agni

Geethanjali Prakash

Vicky Daada Vikram

Vijay
1988 Janaki Ramudu

Murali Krishnudu Murali Krishna

Chinna Babu

Aakhari Poratam Vihari
1987 Kirayi Dada

Agni Putrudu

Collector Gari Abbai

Sankeertana

Majnu

Aranyakanda
1986 Captain Nagarjuna

Vikram Vikram




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