Nagarjuna in 2010

Nagarjuna is an Indian actor and producer who works in the Telugu cinema. He has acted in over 100 films as a lead actor as well as playing supporting and cameo roles, including Hindi and Tamil cinema. He has received nine state Nandi Awards, three Filmfare Awards South, and one Special Mention at the National Film Awards. The 1996 film Ninne Pelladata which he produced, was declared the Best Telugu film of the year at the National Film Awards.

Nagarjuna enacted the role of 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 Sai Baba of Shirdi in the 2012 film Shirdi Sai; and as Chandaludu (Lord Siva in disguise) in the 2013 film Jagadguru Adi Sankara.[1]

In 1989, Nagarjuna acted 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, premiered at the 13th International Film Festival of India.[2] In 1990, he subsequently made his Bollywood debut with the Hindi remake of the same film titled Shiva, and tasted success. In 1997, he received the National Film Award for producing Ninne Pelladata. In 1998, he received the National Film Award-Special Mention for his performance in the historical film Annamayya.

In 2013, Nagarjuna 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.[3] 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.[4] Along with his brother, Venkat Akkineni, Nagarjuna is the co-owner of 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.[5][6][7]

Acting roles

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released

Telugu films

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1986VikramVikram
Captain NagarjunNagarjuna
AranyakandaChaitanya
1987MajnuRajesh
SankeertanaKaasi
Collector Gari AbbaiRavi
Agni PutruduKalidaasu
Kirai DadaVijay
1988Aakhari PoratamVihari
ChinababuVenu Gopal
Murali KrishnuduMurali Krishna
Janaki RamuduRanga (Ramu)[lower-alpha 1]
1989VijayVijay
Vicky DaadaVikram
GeetanjaliPrakash
AgniPavan Kumar
SivaSiva
1990Prema YuddhamKalyan
Neti SiddharthaSiddhartha
Iddaru IddareRavi
1991NirnayamVamsi Krishna
ChaitanyaChaitanya
Shanti KrantiInspector Subash
Jaitra YatraTeja25th Film
1992KillerEeswar Prasad (Prem Krishna)[lower-alpha 1]
AnthamRaghav (Shekar)[lower-alpha 1]
President Gari PellamRaja
1993RakshanaBose
VarasuduVinay
Allari AlluduKalyan (Rajesh)[lower-alpha 1]
1994Govinda GovindaSeenu
Hello BrotherDeva / Ravi Varma[lower-alpha 2]
CriminalDr. Ajay Kumar
1995Gharana BulloduRaju
Sisindri
VajramChakri
1996 RamudochaduRam
Ninne PelladataSeenu
1997AnnamayyaAnnamacharya
1998Aavida Maa AavideVikranth
Auto DriverJagan
ChandralekhaRaj Kapoor (Seeta Rama Rao)[lower-alpha 1]
1999Seetharama RajuRamaraju
Ravoyi ChandamamaSashi
2000Nuvvu VastavaniChinni Krishna
AzadChandra Shekar AzadNandi Award for Best Feature Film - Silver
2001Eduruleni ManishiSurya Murthy / Satya[lower-alpha 2]
Bava NachaduAjay
Akasa VeedhiloChandra Sekhar (Chandu)[lower-alpha 1]50th Film
Snehamante IderaAravind
2002SantoshamKarthikeyaNandi Award for Best Actor
ManmadhuduAbhiram
2003SivamaniCI Sivamani
2004NenunnanuVenu Madhav
MassGanesh (Mass)[lower-alpha 1]
2005SuperAkhil
2006Sri RamadasuKancherla Gopanna[8]
Boss - I Love YouGopal Krishna
2007 DonSuri
2008 KingRaja Chandra Pratap Varma aka King (Bottu Seenu, Sarath)[lower-alpha 1]
2010KediRamesh (Rummy)[lower-alpha 1]
RagadaSatya Reddy
2011GaganamMajor N. Raveendra
2012Shirdi SaiShirdi Sai Babaalso singer for the song "Okkade Devudu"[9]
DamarukamMallikharjuna
2013Greeku VeeruduChandu
BhaiVijay
2014ManamSeetharamudu / Nageswara Rao "Bittu"[lower-alpha 2]
2016Soggade Chinni NayanaBangarraju / Dr. Ram Mohan[lower-alpha 2]also singer for the song "Dikka Dikka Dum Dum"
OopiriVikramaditya
2017Om Namo VenkatesayaHathiram Bhavaji
Raju Gari Gadhi 2Rudra
2018OfficerSivaji Rao IPS75th Film
DevadasDeva
2019Manmadhudu 2Sambasiva Rao / Sam
2021Wild DogVijay Varma[10]
2022BangarrajuBangarraju / Dr. Ram Mohan[lower-alpha 2]also singer for the song "Laddunda"[11]
The GhostVikram Naidu [12]
2024Naa Saami RangaRanga

Other language films

Year Title Role Language Notes Ref.
1990 Shiva Shiva Hindi Remake of Siva
1992 Khuda Gawah Inspector Raja Mirza
Drohi Raghav (Shekhar)[lower-alpha 1] Simultaneously shot in Telugu as Antham
1995 Criminal Dr. Ajay Kumar Simultaneously shot in Telugu with the same name but the Hindi version was released late.
1996 Mr. Bechara Ajay Remake of the 1994 Tamil film Veetla Visheshanga
1997 Ratchagan Ajay Padmanabhan Tamil
1998 Angaarey Raja Lokhande Hindi
Zakhm Raman Desai
2002 Agni Varsha Yavakri
2003 LOC Kargil Major Padmapani Acharya
2011 Payanam Major N. Raveendra Tamil Simultaneously shot in Telugu as Gaganam
2016 Thozha Vikramadhithya (Vikram) Simultaneously shot in Telugu as Oopiri
2022Brahmāstra: Part One – ShivaAnish Shetty Hindi Simultaneously shot in Telugu and Tamil [13]
TBAD51 †TBA Tamil Pre–production

Child artist, cameo appearances and supporting roles

YearTitleRole Notes
1961Velugu NeedaluRaghu8 month old baby
1967SudigundaluChild artist
1988Rao Gari Illu Himself
1995GhatothkachuduChitha
SisindriRaja
2000Ninne PremisthaSrinivas
2001AdhipathiAdv.Jagan
2006StyleMass
2008KrishnarjunaLord Krishna (Bangaram)
2010Thakita ThakitaNag
2011RajannaRajanna
2013Sri Jagadguru Aadi SankaraChandaludu
2015DongaataHimself
Akhil
Size Zero [14]
Inji Iduppazhagi Tamil Film.
2016Nirmala Conventalso Producer and singer for the song "Kotha Kotha Bhasha"[15]
Premam Vikram's father

Producer

Films

YearFilm Ref
1979Kalyani
1980Pilla Zamindar
Buchi Babu
1981Premabhishekam
Prema Kanuka
1982Yuvaraju
1983Sri Ranga Neethulu
1995Sisindri
1996Ninne Pelladata
1998Aahaa..!
Sri Sita Ramula Kalyanam Chootamu Raarandi
Chandralekha
1999Prema Katha
Seetharama Raju
2000Yuvakudu
2002Manmadhudu
2003Satyam
2004Mass
2005Super
2011Rajanna
2013Bhai
Uyyala Jampala
2014Manam
Oka Laila Kosam
2016Soggade Chinni Nayana
Nirmala Convent
2017Rarandoi Veduka Chudham
Hello
2018Rangula Ratnam
2019Manmadhudu 2
2022 Bangarraju

Television

YearTitleLanguageRoleChannel
2014–2016 Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu Telugu Host MAA TV
2019–Present Bigg Boss Star Maa
2020 Loser Producer ZEE5[16]
2022–present Bigg Boss Non-Stop Host Disney+ Hotstar

Music videos

Year Title Performer(s) Language Ref.
1997"Apna Desh to Apna Ho" (Meri Jann Hindustan)HariharanHindi
2013 "Betiyaan" (Save the Girl Child) Shankar Mahadevan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonu Nigam Hindi [17]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Akkineni Nagarjuna played a single character with two or more names.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Akkineni Nagarjuna played two characters.

References

  1. ↑ Suresh Krishnamoorthy (30 April 2013). "At the end of the day, Nag wants to feel good". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Delhi festival to celebrate 100 years of Indian Cinema | NDTV Movies.com
  4. ↑ "45th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
  5. ↑ "I need a break: Nagarjuna". The Times of India. 20 April 2012. Archived from the original on 21 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Nagarjuna is brand ambassador for Kalyan Jewellers". Thehindubusinessline.in. 1 December 2010. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "Swept away by 'Nag' magic". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 11 July 2011.
  8. ↑ Sri Ramadasu had 82 working days- Times of India . 21 May 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  9. ↑ Rajamani, Radhika. "First Look: Nagarjuna as Shirdi Saibaba". Rediff. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  10. ↑ "Wild Dog: Shooting of Akkineni Nagarjuna's film postponed due to the outbreak of coronavirus?". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  11. ↑ Palisetty, Ramya (20 August 2021). "Nagarjuna and Naga Chaitanya begin Bangarraju shoot. See pics from puja ceremony". India Today.
  12. ↑ K., Janani (29 August 2021). "Nagarjuna's film with Praveen Sattaru titled The Ghost. First look out on his birthday". India Today.
  13. ↑ Naman Ramachandran (14 December 2021). "Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt's Divine Hero Franchise Film 'Brahmastra' Sets 2022 Release Date (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  14. ↑ "Nagarjuna to do a cameo in 'Size Zero'". 14 May 2015.
  15. ↑ "Nagarjuna turns singer for the first time". The Times of India. 16 January 2017.
  16. ↑ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (11 May 2020). "Priyadarshi is an air rifle shooter in the web series 'Loser'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  17. ↑ "Musical campaign for girl child". Sify. Mumbai. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
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