Nagarjuna (actor)
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Alma mater | Eastern Michigan University (B.S.) |
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Years active | 1986–present |
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Akkineni Nagarjuna Rao
In 1989, he starred in the
Nagarjuna has largely starred in action films, establishing himself as an action star with works such as Aakhari Poratam (1988), Vicky Daada (1989), Siva (1989), Neti Siddhartha (1990), Chaitanya (1991), Nirnayam (1991), Antham (1992), Killer (1992), Khuda Gawah (1992), Rakshana (1993), Hello Brother (1994), Govinda Govinda (1994), Criminal (1994), Ratchagan (1997), Azad (2000), Sivamani (2003), Mass (2004), Super (2005), and Don (2007)
In 2013, he represented the
Early life and family
Akkineni Nagarjuna was born on 29 August 1959 in
The family later moved to Hyderabad, where he did his schooling in
In February 1984, he married Lakshmi Daggubati, the daughter of D. Ramanaidu, a prominent film-maker, and sister of the actor Venkatesh and producer Suresh Babu. Lakshmi and Nagarjuna have one son, actor Naga Chaitanya born on 23 November 1986. However, the couple got divorced in 1990. Nagarjuna then married actress Amala on 11 June 1992, and the couple have one son, actor Akhil, born on 8 April 1994.
Career
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Nagarjuna began acting as a child artist in the 1967
In 1988, he starred in the blockbuster
He followed it up with box office hits like Killer, Neti Siddhartha, and Nirnayam, working with eminent directors such as Fazil, and Priyadarshan. Nagarjuna was fondly called "Celluloid Scientist" for his nature of experimenting with different scripts. Some of his prominent hit films released subsequently included President Gari Pellam, Varasudu, Gharana Bullodu and Allari Alludu. In 1994, he starred in his first Hindi-Telugu bilingual Criminal directed by Mahesh Bhatt. In the same year he ventured into comedy for the first time with Hello Brother which was a huge hit, and was later remade into Hindi as Judwaa. Many of his films were also dubbed into Tamil. In 1996, Nagarjuna starred in and produced Ninne Pelladata, directed by Krishna Vamsi. The movie won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu and Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu. The next year, Nagarjuna acted in Annamayya, in which he portrayed the role of Annamacharya, a 15th-century Telugu singer and poet. This won him his Filmfare Best Actor Award and his first Nandi Award for Best Actor. He also received a National Award for this role. Later that year, he starred in the Tamil film Ratchagan, directed by Praveen Gandhi. The film was a success at the Tamil Nadu box office. His subsequent releases were Nuvvu Vastavani, Ninne Premistha and Azad.
He starred in romantic comedies such as .
In 2010, he had the films
Nagarjuna's new upcoming movie, "Naa Saami Ranga," is set to release during the Sankranthi season in 2024.[25]
Off-screen and other works
Television
Nagarjuna made his début as a television producer in 2009 with the soap opera
Ownerships, endorsements and earnings
Since 2013, He was a co-owner of the
N3 Realty Enterprises
Nagarjuna is the founding partner of N3 Realty Enterprises, the parent entity for N-Convention center, N-Grill and District N. The later two establishments are now non-existent. In 2014, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation identified that N convention had encroached on litigated premises.[36] Subsequently, through legal opinions, a correction path of the land was initiated by the local administrators.[37]
Charity
Nagarjuna, along with his wife Amala, are co-founders of
Awards and nominations
Nagarjuna has been the recipient of two National Film Awards, nine Nandi Awards and three Filmfare Awards South.[42]
Notes
- Telugu name, the surnameis Akkineni.
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External links
- Nagarjuna at IMDb
- Nagarjuna on Facebook
- Nagarjuna at Bollywood Hungama