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Akkineni Nagarjuna is an Indian Film Actor, Producer and Television presenter who works primarily in Telugu Cinema and Television.
Akkineni Nagarjuna was born on 29 August 1959 at Chennai, Tamil Nadu to veteran actor Nageswara Rao Akkineni and his wife Annapoorna Akkineni. The family later moved to Hyderabad, where he attended the Hyderabad Public School and Little Flower Junior College. He got his Bachelor of Engineering from the College of Engineering, Guindy. He completed his M.S. in Automobile Engineering from Eastern Michigan University
He has acted in over ninety films as an actor in a lead. He has also had supporting and cameo roles, including Bollywood and Tamil films. He has received nine state Nandi Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and a National Film Award-Special Mention. In 1996 he produced, ‘Ninne Pelladata’, which has garnered the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for that year.
Known for his works in biographical films, He essayed 15th-century composer Annamacharya in the 1997 film ‘Annamayya’, as Yavakri (the son of the ascetic Bharadwaja) in the 2002 film Agni Varsha, as Major Padmapani Acharya in the 2003 war film LOC Kargil, as 17th-century composer Kancherla Gopanna in the 2006 film ‘Sri Ramadasu’, as Suddala Hanmanthu, in the 2011 film ‘Rajanna’, as Sai Baba of Shirdi in the 2012 film ‘Shirdi Sai’, as Chandala in the 2013 film ‘Jagadguru Adi Sankara’, and as Hathiram Bhavaji in the 2017 film ‘Om Namo Venkatesaya’.
Nagarjuna began acting as a child artist in the 1967 Telugu film ‘Sudigundalu’ directed by veteran Adurthi Subbarao. It starred his father Akkineni Nageswara Rao in the lead role. Years later he made his debut as a lead actor through the 1986 Telugu film ‘Vikram’, directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao. It is the remake of the 1983 Hindi film ‘Hero’. The film was a success, giving Nagarjuna a good start.
In 1989,he starred in the Maniratnam-directed romantic drama film, ‘Geetanjali’, which won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. In the same year, he acted in ‘Siva’, an action blockbuster directed by Ram Gopal Varma, which premiered at the 13th International Film Festival of India. In 1990, he subsequently made his Bollywood debut with the Hindi remake of the same film titled ‘Shiva’, and tasted success. In 1998, he received the National Film Award-Special Mention for his performance in the historical film ‘Annamayya’.
In 1995, he ventured into film production, with a production unit operating in Seychelles, and was a co-director of an Emmy Award-winning film animation company in Michigan, U.S. Along with his brother, Akkineni Venkata Rathnam, Nagarjuna is the co-owner of the production company Annapurna Studios. He is also the president of the film school Annapurna International School of Film and Media based in Hyderabad.
Nagarjuna made his début as a television producer in 2009 with the soap opera Yuva, he also hosted the Telugu version of KBC – Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu 1,2 and 3 season.
Nagarjuna, with his wife Amala, are the co-founders of Blue Cross of Hyderabad, a registered society recognized by the Animal Welfare Board of India.[29][30] It is a non-government organization (NGO) in Hyderabad.
some of his recent movies are ‘Manam’, ‘Soggade Chinni Nayana’, ‘Oopiri’, ‘Om Namo Venkatesaya’.
