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]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
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| 1986 | Vikram | Vikram | Remake of Hindi film Hero | ||
| Captain Nagarjun | Nagarjuna | ||||
| Aranyakanda | Chaitanya | ||||
| 1987 | Majnu | Rajesh | |||
| Sankeertana | Kaasi | ||||
| Collector Gari Abbai | Ravi | ||||
| Agni Putrudu | Kalidaasu | ||||
| Kirai Dada | Vijay | Remake of Hindi film Jaal | |||
| 1988 | Aakhari Poratam | Vihari | |||
| Chinababu | Venu Gopal | ||||
| Murali Krishnudu | Murali Krishna | ||||
| Janaki Ramudu | Ranga (Ramu) | ||||
| 1989 | Vijay | Vijay | |||
| Vicky Daada | Vikram | ||||
| Geetanjali | Prakash | ||||
| Agni | Pavan Kumar | ||||
| Siva | Siva | ||||
| 1990 | Prema Yuddham | Kalyan | |||
| Neti Siddhartha | Siddhartha | ||||
| Iddaru Iddare | Ravi | ||||
| 1991 | Nirnayam | Vamsi Krishna | |||
| Chaitanya | Chaitanya | ||||
| Shanti Kranti | Inspector Subash | ||||
| Jaitra Yatra | Teja | 25th Film | |||
| 1992 | Killer | Eeswar Prasad (Prem Krishna) | |||
| Antham | Raghav (Shekar) | ||||
| President Gari Pellam | Raja | ||||
| 1993 | Rakshana | Bose | |||
| Varasudu | Vinay | ||||
| Allari Alludu | Kalyan (Rajesh) | ||||
| 1994 | Govinda Govinda | Seenu | |||
| Hello Brother | Deva / Ravi Varma | ||||
| Criminal | Dr. Ajay Kumar | ||||
| 1995 | Gharana Bullodu | Raju | |||
| Sisindri | |||||
| Vajram | Chakri | ||||
| 1996 | Ramudochadu | Ram | |||
| Ninne Pelladata | Seenu | ||||
| 1997 | Annamayya | ||||
| 1998 | Aavida Maa Aavide | Vikranth | |||
| Auto Driver | Jagan | ||||
| Chandralekha | Raj Kapoor (Seeta Rama Rao) | ||||
| 1999 | Seetharama Raju | Ramaraju | |||
| Ravoyi Chandamama | Sashi | ||||
| 2000 | Nuvvu Vastavani | Chinni Krishna | |||
| Ninne Premistha | Srinivas | ||||
| Azad | Chandra Shekar Azad | ||||
| 2001 | Eduruleni Manishi | Surya Murthy / Satya | |||
| Bava Nachadu | Ajay | ||||
| Adhipathi | Jagan | ||||
| Akasa Veedhilo | Chandra Sekhar (Chandu) | 50th Film | |||
| Snehamante Idera | Aravind | ||||
| 2002 | Santosham | Karthikeya | Nandi Award for Best Actor | ||
| Manmadhudu | Abhiram | ||||
| 2003 | Sivamani | CI Sivamani | |||
| 2004 | Nenunnanu | Venu Madhav | |||
| Mass | Ganesh (Mass) | ||||
| 2005 | Super | Akhil | |||
| 2006 | Sri Ramadasu | Kancherla Gopanna | [8] | ||
| Boss - I Love You | Gopal Krishna | ||||
| 2007 | Don | Suri | |||
| 2008 | King | Raja Chandra Pratap Varma aka King (Bottu Seenu, Sarath) | |||
| Krishnarjuna | |||||
| 2010 | Kedi | Ramesh (Rummy) | |||
| Ragada | Satya Reddy | ||||
| 2011 | Gaganam | Major N. Raveendra | |||
| Rajanna | Rajanna | ||||
| 2012 | Shirdi Sai | also singer for the song "Okkade Devudu" | [9] | ||
| Damarukam | Mallikharjuna | ||||
| 2013 | Greeku Veerudu | Chandu | |||
| Jagadguru Adi Shankara | Chandaludu | ||||
| Bhai | Vijay | ||||
| 2014 | Manam | Seetharamudu / Nageswara Rao "Bittu" | |||
| 2016 | Soggade Chinni Nayana | Bangarraju / Dr. Ram Mohan | also singer for the song "Dikka Dikka Dum Dum" | ||
| Oopiri | Vikramaditya | ||||
| 2017 | Om Namo Venkatesaya | ||||
| Raju Gari Gadhi 2 | Rudra | ||||
| 2018 | Officer | Sivaji Rao IPS | 75th Film | ||
| Devadas | Deva | ||||
| 2019 | Manmadhudu 2 | Sambasiva Rao / Sam | |||
| 2021 | Wild Dog | Vijay Varma | [10] | ||
| 2022 | Bangarraju | Bangarraju / Dr. Ram Mohan | also singer for the song "Laddunda" | [11] | |
| The Ghost | Vikram Naidu | [12] | |||
| 2024 | Naa Saami Ranga | Kishtayya | |||
| Filming |
| 1990 | Shiva | Shiva | Hindi | Remake of Siva | ||
| 1992 | Khuda Gawah | Inspector Raja Mirza | ||||
| Drohi | Raghav (Shekhar) | 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 | |||
| 2022 | Anish Shetty | Hindi | [13] | |||
| Tamil Hindi | Filming; Simultaneously being shot in Telugu |
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| 1967 | Sudigundalu | Child artist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Rao Gari Illu | Himself | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Ghatothkachudu | Chitha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Style | Mass | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Thakita Thakita | Nag | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Dongaata | Himself | ''Break up Antu'' song|-|Akhil|''Akkineni Akkineni'' song|-| rowspan="2"|2016||Nirmala Convent ||also Producer and singer for the song "Kotha Kotha Bhasha"[14] |-| Premam |Vikram's father||}ProducerFilms
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