Nagarjuna (actor)
Nagarjuna | |
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 Nagarjuna at TeachAIDS launch in 2010 | |
| Born | Akkineni Nagarjuna Rao, August 29, 1959 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Other names | Yuva Samrat King |
| Alma mater | Anna University Eastern Michigan University |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, Producer, Businessman |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Spouse(s) | Lakshmi Ramanaidu Daggubati (1984–1990 divorced) Amala Akkineni (1992–present) |
| Children | Naga Chaitanya Akkineni Akhil Akkineni |
| Parent(s) | Nageswara Rao Akkineni Annapurna Akkineni |
| Relatives | Ramanaidu Daggubati (ex-father-in-law) Venkatesh Daggubati (ex-brother-in-law) Suresh Babu Daggubati (ex-brother-in-law) |
Nagarjuna Akkineni is an Indian film actor and producer who works primarily in the Telugu Cinema. He has acted in over ninety films as an actor in a lead, supporting and cameo roles, 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] In 2013, he has represented Cinema of South India at the Delhi Film Festival's 100 Years of Indian Cinema's celebration, alongside Ramesh Sippy and Vishal Bharadwaj from Bollywood.[6]
Early life and Family
Nagarjuna was born on 29 August 1959 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India to actor Nageswara Rao Akkineni and Annapurna Akkineni of the Naidu Family. 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.[7][8] He is the spouse of actress Amala Akkineni, the father of actor 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, Geetanjali 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 Pelladata, which was directed by Krishna Vamsi. The movie won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu and Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu that's his first 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 Santosham, Manmadhudu, and Shivamani as well. He produced Satyam in 2003, that starred his nephew Sumanth.
In 2004, Nagarjuna had two releases, Nenunnanu 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.[9] 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,[10] Damarukam and Shirdi Sai.[11] He recently signed Greeku Veerudu which started its shooting in June 2012 and audio release is scheduled to release on 3 April 2013.[12]
Television production
Nagarjuna made his début as a television producer in 2009 with the serial Yuva.[13] He is one of the major shareholders of the television channel Maa TV.[14]
Charity
Nagarjuna, with his wife Amala, is the co-founder of Blue Cross of Hyderabad,[15] 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.[16]
In 2010, he starred in an HIV/AIDS animated software tutorial created by TeachAIDS, a nonprofit founded at Stanford University.[17]
Awards
- 1997 - National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for producing Ninne Pelladata
- 1998 - National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) for acting Annamayya
- Nandi Awards
- Actor
- 2011 - Nandi Special Jury Award for Rajanna
- 2006 - Nandi Award for Best Actor for Sri Ramadasu
- 2002 - Nandi Award for Best Actor for Santosham[18]
- 1997 - Nandi Award for Best Actor for Annamayya[18]
- Producer
- 1996 - Akkineni Award for Best Home-viewing Feature Film - Ninne Pelladuta
- 1999 - Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Kansya (Bronze) for producing Prema Katha
- 2000 - Nandi Special Jury Award for producing Yuvakudu[19]
- 2002 - Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Swarna (Gold) for producing Manmadhudu
- 2011 - Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Rajata (Silver) for producing Rajanna[20]
- 1996 - Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) for Ninne Pelladata
- 1997 - Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) for Annamayya
- Other Awards
- 1990 - Cinema Express Award for Shiva
- 1996 - Akruthi Film Award for Ninne Pelladata
- 1997 - Screen Videocon Award for Annamayya
- 2000 - Andhra Pradesh Film Journalists Association Award for Azad
- 2011- TSR Kala Ratna Award
- Bharatamuni Awards
- 1989 - Best Actor for Geetanjali
- 1997 - Best Actor for Annamayya
- Vamsee Berkeley Awards
- AP Cinegoers Awards
- 1989 - Best Actor for Geetanjali
Filmography
As actor
As producer
| Year | Film |
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| 1979 | Kalyani |
| 1980 | Pilla Zameendaaru |
| Buchhibabu | |
| 1981 | Money Hai To Honey Hai |
| Premaabhishekam | |
| 1983 | Sri Ranganeethulu |
| 1995 | Sisindri |
| 1996 | Ninne Pelladata |
| 1998 | Aaha |
| Sri Seetarama Kalyanam Chutamurarandi | |
| Chandralekha | |
| 1999 | Prema Katha |
| Sitaramaraju | |
| 2000 | Yuvakudu |
| 2002 | Manmadhudu |
| 2003 | Satyam |
| 2004 | Mass |
| 2005 | Super |
| Amudhey | |
| 2011 | Rajanna |
| 2013 | Bhai |
| Manam |
References
- ^ "I need a break: Nagarjuna". The Times Of India. 20 April 2012.
- ^ "Nagarjuna is brand ambassador for Kalyan Jewellers". Thehindubusinessline.in. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ "Swept away by 'Nag' magic". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 11 July 2011.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) [dead link] - ^ Blue Cross Of Hyderabad - The Team
- ^ Nagarjuna - Forbes India Magazine
- ^ Delhi festival to celebrate 100 years of Indian Cinema | NDTV Movies.com
- ^ "Know your Foe – Eastern Michigan 2009, famous alums, Indian actor Nagarjuna Akkineni". Eastern Michigan University newsletter. Ypsilanti, MI. 18 September 2009.
- ^ "I chose life over Bollywood: Nagarjuna". The Times Of India. 11 July 2010.
- ^ "Sri Ramadasu floors them all". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 15 April 2006. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ^ "Nagarjuna Rajanna movie details".
- ^ "Nagarjuna Saibaba Movie Titled As 'Shirdi Sai' | Complete Cost And Crew Details Exclusively | Currentweek Cinema". Cinema.currentweek.net. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ Nagarjuna's Love Story www.ifilmish.com
- ^ "Nagarjuna launches 'Yuva'". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 20 November 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ^ "Actor Nagarjuna to focus on entertainment biz". The Hindu Business Line. 20 December 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ^ "Blue Cross of Hyderabad - The Team". Blue Cross of Hyderabad. 26 January 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ^ "Maa Tv associationTeam". Maa Tv Reach out. Chennai, India. 26 January 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ^ "Animation lessons on HIV/AIDS awareness released". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 27 November 2010. Retrieved 1 Decemklnklnmber 2010.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b "Many Happy Returns to Nag". IndiaGlitz. 29 August 2007. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ^ "Nandi Awards -2000". 19 September 2002. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
- ^ The writer has posted comments on this article. "2011 Nandi Awards winners list - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ^ "SIIMA: Nagarjuna and others for Telugu nominations - South Cinema - Telugu News - ibnlive". Ibnlive.in.com. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ^ 5.50 PM IST 06.18.2012 (18 June 2012). "Kamal Haasan graces CineMAA awards 2012 - Bollywood News & Gossip, Movie Reviews, Trailers & Videos at". Bollywoodlife.com. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Nitya, Nag bag awards on star-studded night | The Hindu
- ^ "Nayantara now starts her Love Story with Nagarjuna". Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ "Nayantara joins Nagarjuna's Love Story". Times of India. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ Nagarjuna as Chandaludu in Sri Jagadguru Aadi Sankara - Telugu cinema news
- ^ "Nagarjuna's New Film Started At Annapurna Studios". Retrieved 26 November 2012.
- ^ "Akkineni multi-starrer movie Manam". timesofap.com. 2 February 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ "Shriya to romance Nagarjuna in next". Times of India. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
- ^ "Rekha to act with ANR?". Times of India. 05 June 2013. Retrieved 06 June 2013.
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