Nagarjuna Biography

Yuva Samraat Nagarjuna

Early Life

Nagarjuna was born in Chennai, the son of actor Nageswara Rao Akkineni and Annapurna Akkineni . The family later moved to Hyderabadwhere he attended Hyderabad Public School, and gained his “Intermediate” from Little Flower Junior College, Hyderabad and B.E. (Mechanical) from the College of Engineering, Anna University and the University of Michigan. Nagarjuna completed M.S. (Automobile) from the University of Louisiana.

Film Career

Nagarjuna acted in Sudigundalu as a child artist. The movie Vikram was released on 24 May 1986. In 1989 he starred in Geethanjali, a love story directed by Maniratnam which was dubbed into Tamil. In the same year, Nagarjuna followed with Shiva, an action film directed by Ram Gopal Varma which was also dubbed into Tamil as ‘Udhayam’. He subsequently made his Bollywood debut with the Hindi remake of the same film Shiva. He then followed it with action films Killer and Nirnayam (1991 film) directed by Priyadarshan. President Gari Pellam was released in 1993. He followed with films, Varasudu, Gharana Bullodu, and Allari Alludu., Criminal (1994) was released as bilingual. In 1994, he ventured into comedy for the first time with Hello Brother which was later remade into Judwaa, a Hindi film starring Salman Khan. Hello Brother was also dubbed into Tamil. In 1996, Nagarjuna starred as well as produced, Ninne Pelladatha, which was directed by Krishna Vamsi. Later, Nagarjuna portrayed Annamacharya, the fifteenth century Telugu singer and poet, in Annamayya (film). In 2000, Nagarjuna starred in Nuvvu Vastavani. His subsequent films that year were Ninne Premistha and Azad (film). He starred in the romantic comedies,Santhosham, Manmadhudu, and in Shivamani.

He produced Satyam in 2003, launching the acting career of his nephew, Sumanth.

In 2004, Nagarjuna had two releases, Nennunnanu and Mass. Mass was produced by Nagarjuna and directed by dance choreographer Raghava Lawrence, became one of the highest grossing films in his career. In 2005, Nagarjuna acted in and produced Super. Then in 2006, Nagarjuna reunited and starred in the film Sri Ramadasu, his second period film based on the eighteenth century Telugu composer of the same name.^[3] Nagarjuna received the Nandi Award for best actor that year. In December 2007 he appeared in & as Don and In December 2008 he appeared in & as King In February 2010, he appeared as Rummy in Kedi and in December 2010 he appeared as Satya Reddy in Ragada. He is going to appear as N.Raveendran in Gaganam which is scheduled for release on Feb 11th 2011.

Awards

National Film Award

• 1997 – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) (Actor) Annamayya (film)^[9]

Nandi Awards – Andhra Pradesh State

• 1997 – Nandi Award for Best Actor for Annamayya (film)^[10]
• 1999 – Kansya (Bronze) Nandi Award for producing PremaKatha
• 2002 – Nandi Award for Best Actor for Santhosham^[10]
• 2002 – Swarna (Gold) Nandi Award for producing Manmadhudu
• 2006 – Nandi Award for Best Actor for Sri Ramadasu

Filmfare Awards South

• 1990 – Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) for Shiva^[10]
• 1996 – Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) for Ninne Pelladatha
• 1997 – Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) for Annamayya^[10]

Bharathamuni Awards

• 1989 – Best Actor for Geethanjali
• 1997 – Best Actor for Annamayya (film)

Vamsee Berkeley Awards

• 1986 – Best Actor for Vikram
• 1989 – Best Actor for Shiva

AP Cinegoers Awards

• 1989 – Best Actor for Geethanjali

Other awards

• 1989 – Cinema Express Award for Shiva
• 1996 – Akruthi Film Award for Ninne Pelladatha
• 1997 – Screen Videocon Award for Annamayya (film)
• 2000 – Andhra Pradesh Film Journalists A

Nagarjuna Profile

Nagarjuna

Name: Akkineni Nagarjuna
Nick name: Nag
Born: August 29, 1959 (12:27)
Birth Place: Chennai,Tamil Nadu, India
Zodiac sign: Virgo
Height: 6′ (1.83 m)
Nationality: Indian
Religion: Hindu

Education
Schooling: Hyderabad Public School
Intermediate: Little flower school, Abids, Hyderabad
B.E (Mechanical) : Guindy Engg. College, Madras
MS (Automobile) : University of Michigan, USA

Family
Father: Sri.Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR)
Mother: Smt. Annapoorna
First Marriage: Lakshmi (18 February 1984)
Second Marriage: Amala (11 June 1992)
Sons: Naga Chaitanya (Born on 23 November 1986-Mother-Lakshmi-Birth Place-Hyderabad), Akhil (Born on 8 April, 1994-Mother-Amala-Birth Place-San Jose,USA)

 

Nagarjuna Movie List

Naag

Year	Movie	Director	Movies Casting
1986	Vikram	–	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Shobhana
–	Captain Nagarjuna	–	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Kushboo
1987	Aranyakanda	–	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Ashwini
–	Majnu	–	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Rajini
–	Sankeertana	–	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Ramya Krishnan
–	Collector Gari Abbai	–	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Rajini
–	Agni Putrudu	–	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Rajini
–	Kirayi Dada	–	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Amala, Kushboo
1988	Aakhari Poratam	K. Raghavendra Rao	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Sridevi, Suhasini, Amrish Puri
–	Chinna Babu	–	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Rajini
–	Murali Krishnudu	–	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Rajini
–	Janaki Ramudu	–	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Vijayashanti
1989	Vijay	–	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Vijayashanti
–	Vicky Daada	–	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Juhi Chawla, Radha
–	Geethanjali	Mani Ratnam	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Girija
–	Agni	–	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Rajini
–	Shiva	Ram Gopal Varma	Nagarjuna, Raghuvaran, Amala
1990	Prema Yuddham	–	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Amala
–	Neti Siddhaartha	–	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Ayesha Jhulka
–	Iddaru Iddare	–	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Ramya Krishnan
–	Shiva [Hindi]	–	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Amala
1991	Nirnayam	–	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Amala
–	Chaitanya	–	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Gouthami
–	Santhi Kranthi	–	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Juhi Chawla
–	Jaitrayatra	–	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Vijayashanti
–	Killer	–	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Nagma
1992	Khuda Gawah [Hindi]	Mukul S. Anand	Amitabh Bachchan, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Sridevi, Shilpa Shirodkar
–	Antham	–	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Urmila Matondkar
–	Drohi [Hindi]	–	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Urmila Matondkar
–	President Gari Pellam	–	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Meena
1993	Rakshana	–	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Sobhana
–	Varasudu	–	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Nagma
–	Allari Alludu	–	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Meena, Nagma
1994	GovindaGovinda	–	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Sreedevi
–	Hello Brother	E.V.V. Satyanarayana	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Ramya Krishna, Soundarya, Rambha
–	Criminal	Mahesh Bhatt	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Ramya Krishna,Manisha Koirala, Nassar, Sharat Babu
1995	Gharana Bullodu	–	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Ramya Krishnan
–	Criminal [Hindi]	–	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Manisha Koirala
1996	Vajram	–	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Roja Selvamani
–	Ramudochhadu	–	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Soundarya
–	Mr. Bechara	–	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Sri Devi
–	Ninne Pelladutha	Krishna Vamshi	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Tabu
1997	Annamayya	K. Raghavendra Rao	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Mohan Babu, Ramya Krishnan
–	Ratchagan	–	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Sushmita Sen
1998	Angaarey [Hindi]	–	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Sonali Bendre
–	Aavida Maa Aavide	–	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Tabu, Heera Rajgopal
–	Auto Driver	–	Simran, Deepti Bhatnagar
–	Chandralekha	–	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Ishaa Koppikar, Ramya Krishnan
–	Zakhm [Hindi]	Mahesh Bhatt	Ajay Devgan, Nagarjuna Akkineni,Pooja Bhatt, Sonali Bendre
1999	Seetaramaraju	–	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Sakshi Sivanand, Sanghavi
–	Ravoyi Chandamama	Jayant Paranji	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Anjala Zhaveri, Jagapati Babu
2000	Nuvvu Vastavani	–	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Simran Bagga
–	Ninne Premista	–	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Soundarya
–	Azad	Tirupathi Swamy	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Soundarya, Raghuvaran, Shilpa Shetty
2001	Eduruleni Manishi	–	Nagarjuna Akkineni, Soundarya
–	Bava Nachadu	K.S. Ravikumar	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Reema Sen, Simran Bagga
–	Akasa Veedhilo	Singeetam Srinivasa Rao	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Raveena Tandon, Rajendra Prasad
–	Snehamante Idera	Bala Sekharan	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Bhoomika Chawla, Sumanth
2002	Santosham	Dasaradh	Nagarjuna, Gracy Singh, Prabhu Deva, Shriya
–	Agni Varsha [Hindi]	–	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Raveena Tandon
–	Manmadhudu	K. Vijaya Bhaskar	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Sonali Bendre
2003	Shivamani 9848022338	Puri Jagannadh	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Prakash Raj, AsinThottumkal, Rakshitha
–	LOC Kargil [Hindi]	J.P.Dutta	Sanjay Dutt, Saif Ali Khan, Ajay Devgan, Abhishek Bachchan, Nagarjuna Akkineni
2004	Nenunnanu	V.N. Aditya	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Shriya Saran, Arti Agarwal
–	Mass	Raghava Lawrence	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Jyothika
2005	Super	Puri Jagannadh	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Ayesha Takia,Anushka Shetty
2006	Sri Ramadasu	K. Raghavendra Rao	Nagarjuna, Akkineni Nageswara Rao,Sneha
–	Boss – I Love You	V.N. Aditya	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Nayantara, Shriya Saran, Poonam Bajwa
2007	Don	Raghava Lawrence	Nagarjuna, Anushka Shetty
2008	King	Sreenu Vaitla	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Trisha, Parvati Melton
–	Krishnarjuna	P. Vasu	Vishnu Vardhan Babu, Mamta Mohandas, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Mohan Babu
2010	Kedi	Kiran Kumar,	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Mamta Mohandas, Ankur Vikal, Chitrangada Singh