Nagarjuna Akkineni
Name: Nagarjuna
Nick Name: Yuva Samrat, King
Born Name: Akkineni Nagarjun
Date of Birth: 29 August, 1959
Zodiac Sign: Aries
Height: 5 feet, 5 inch
Birth Place: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Married to: Lakshmi Daggubati (divorced), Amala (present)
Religion:
Education & Qualification: B.E. (Mechanical) from the College of Engineering, Anna University and M.S (Automobile Engineering) from Eastern Michigan University
Residential Address: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Family Background
Father’s Name: Nageswara Rao Akkineni
Mother’s Name: Annapurna Akkineni
Son’s Name: Nageswara Rao Akkineni
Film Background
Debut Film: Vikram
Famous Movies: Geethanjali, Shiva, Allari Alludu, Khuda Gawah (Hindi), Criminal (Hindi), Ninne Pelladatha, Annamayya, Zakhm (Hindi), Angaarey, Santosham, LOC Kargil (Hindi), Sri Ramadasu, Mass
Latest Movies: Ragada, Payanam, Gaganam
Upcoming Movies: Rajanna, Damarukam, Saibaba
Worked as: An actor, producer, businessman
Awards
Nagarjuna won one National Film Awards, Five Nandi Awards, and Two Filmfare Awards.
Favorites
Favorite Music: Classical Hindustani, Soft rock
Favorite Cuisine: Spanish
Favorite Hobby: Collecting antiques, Photography, Gardening
Favorite Movies: Epics
Favorite Cuisine: Spanish
Favorite Dress: Classic western
Achievements
Nagarjuna started his acting career as a child artist in the veteran director Adurthi Subbarao’s Telugu film Sudigudalu (1967). In 1986, he began his mature career in South cinema through Vikram movie. Nagarjuna came in to lime light in the 1989 director Maniratnam’s love story Geethanjali. In the same year, Nagarjuna acted in Ram Gopal Varma’s blockbuster movie Shiva. The film was commercial successful and Nagarjuna won his first Film fare Best Actor Award. He also made his debut in Bollywood with Shiva’s hindi remake.
In 1991, Nagarjuna started to perform in the action films like Chaithanya, Nimayan and Killer. He appeared Mahesh Bhatt’s bilingual movie Criminal in 1994 which was praised by Nagarjuna’s performance. In 1994, he acted in the comedy movie Hello Brother. It was later remade in to Hindi called Judwaa in which Salman Khan was played lead role. In 1996, Nagarjuna acted and produced Ninne Pelladatha and the movie received Best Film at the Filmfare. Nagarjuna honored by again Filmfare Best Actor Award for the movie Annamcharya. He also won his first Nandi Award for the Best actor and National Film Awards for his best performance in the movie Annamcharya.
Nagarjuna has also acted in Hindi movies like Zakhm, Angarrey, and LOC Kargil. In 2002, Nagarjuna appeared in the comedy film Santosham and won his second Nandi Award for Best Actor. In 2004, he acted in Mass and Nennunnanu movies and both were successful at the box office. In 2005, Nagarjuna acted and produced movie Super. He received his second Nandi Award for Best Actor for movie Sri Ramadasu in 2006. Year 2007 and 2008 were average for Nagarjuna. In 2010, he signed three movies Ragada, Payanam, Gaganam and these movies did well at the box office.
Apart from his filmy career, Nagarjuna made his debut on television as a producer of the serial Yuva in 2007. He and his wife Amala is the co- founder of Blue Cross of Hyderabad which works towards the welfare of animals rights. Nagarjuna acted in an HIV/AIDS animated software tutorial which was created by TeachAIDS in 2010.
