Nagarjuna (Born 29 August 1959) is an Indian actor and producer who works in the Telugu cinema. He has acted in over 90 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.

In 1989, Nagarjuna acted in the Mani Ratnam 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. 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.Delhi festival to celebrate 100 years of Indian Cinema | NDTV Movies.com 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, 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.

Film

As actor

Year Title RoleLanguage Notes1961Velugu Needalu Telugu Bilingual film; Baby artist Thooya Ullam Tamil 1968 Sudigundalu Telugu Child artist 1986 Vikram Vikram Captain Nagarjun Nagarjuna Aranyakanda Chaitanya 1987 Majnu Rajesh Sankeertana Kaasi Trimurtulu Himself Cameo Appearance Collector Gari Abbai Ravi Agni Putrudu Kalidaasu Kirai Dada Vijay 1988 Aakhari Poratam Vihari Chinababu Venu Gopal Murali Krishnudu Murali Krishna Rao Gari Illu Himself Cameo appearance 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 ShivaShivaHindi 1991 Nirnayam Vamsi Krishna Telugu Chaitanya Chaitanya Shanti Kranti Inspector Subash Multilingual film; Telugu version only Jaitra Yatra Teja 1992 Killer Eeswar Prasad (Prem Krishna) Khuda GawahInspector Raja MirzaHindi Antham Raghav (Shekar)Telugu Bilingual filmDrohiHindi President Gari Pellam Raja Telugu 1993 Rakshana Bose Varasudu Vinay Allari Alludu Kalyan (Rajesh) 1994 Govinda Govinda Seenu Hello Brother Deva, Ravi Varma Criminal Dr. Ajay Kumar 1995 Ghatothkachudu Chitha Cameo appearance Gharana Bullodu Raju SisindriRajaCriminalDr. Ajay KumarHindi Vajram Chakri Telugu 1996 Ramudochadu Ram Mr. BecharaAjayHindiSpecial appearance Ninne Pelladata Seenu Telugu 1997 Annamayya Annamacharya RatchaganAjay PadmanabhanTamil 1998 Aavida Maa Aavide Vikranth Telugu Auto Driver Jagan AngaareyRaja LokhandeHindi Chandralekha Raj Kapoor (Seeta Rama Rao)Telugu ZakhmRaman DesaiHindi 1999 Seetharama Raju Ramaraju Telugu Ravoyi Chandamama Sashi 2000 Nuvvu Vasthavani Chinni Krishna Ninne PremisthaSrinivas Azad Chandra Shekar Azad Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Silver 2001 Eduruleni Manishi Surya Murthy, Satya Bava Nachadu Ajay AdhipathiJagan Akasa Veedhilo Chandra Sekhar (Chandu) Snehamante Idera Aravind 2002 Santosham Karthikeya Telugu Nandi Award for Best Actor Agni VarshaYavakriHindi Manmadhudu Abhiram Telugu 2003 Sivamani CI Sivamani LOC KargilMajor Padmapani AcharyaHindi 2004 Nenunnanu Venu Madhav Telugu Mass Ganesh (Mass) 2005 Super Akhil 2006 Style Mass Cameo appearance Sri Ramadasu Kancherla Gopanna Nandi Award for Best Actor Sri Ramadasu had 82 working days- Times of India . 21 May 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014. Boss Gopal Krishna 2007 Don Suri 2008 King Raja Chandra Pratap Varma aka King (Bottu Seenu, Sarath) KrishnarjunaLord Krishna / Bangaram 2010 Kedi Ramesh "Rummy" Thakita Thakita Nag Cameo appearance Ragada Satya Reddy 2011 Gaganam Major N. Raveendra Bilingual filmPayanamTamilRajannaRajannaTelugu 2012 Shirdi Sai Shirdi Sai BabaTelugu Also playback singer for the song "Okkade Devudu" Damarukam Mallikarjuna 2013 Greeku Veerudu Chandu Jagadguru Adi ShankaraChandaludu Bhai Vijay 2014 Manam Seetharamudu, Nageswara Rao "Bittu" 2015 Dongaata HimselfSpecial appearance in the song "Break up Antu" Akhil Special appearance in the song "Akkineni Akkineni" 2016 Soggade Chinni Nayana Bangarraju, Dr. Ram Mohan Also playback singer for the song "Dikka Dikka Dum Dum" Oopiri Vikramaditya "Vikram" Bilingual filmIIFA Utsavam for Best Performance in a Supporting Role – MaleThozhaTamilNirmala Convent Himself Telugu Extended cameo appearance; Also producer and singer for the song "Kotha Kotha Bhasha" Premam Vikram's father Cameo appearance 2017 Om Namo Venkatesaya Hathiram Bhavaji Raju Gari Gadhi 2 Rudra 2018 Officer Sivaji Rao IPS Devadas Deva 2019 Manmadhudu 2 Sambasiva Rao / Sam 2021 Wild Dog Vijay Varma 2022Bangarraju Bangarraju, Dr. Ram Mohan Also playback singer for the song "Laddunda" Brahmāstra: Part One – ShivaAnish ShettyHindi The Ghost Vikram NaiduTelugu2024 Naa Saami Ranga Kishtayya 2025 Kuberaa Deepak Tej TeluguTamil Bilingual Film Coolie Simon Xavier Tamil 2026 King 100 Telugu

As producer Year Title1979 Kalyani 1980 Pilla ZamindarBuchi Babu 1981 PremabhishekamPrema Kanuka 1982 Yuvaraju 1983 Sri Ranga Neethulu1995 Sisindri1996 Ninne Pelladata 1998 Aahaa..!Sri Sita Ramula Kalyanam Chootamu RaarandiChandralekha 1999 Prema KathaSeetharama Raju2000 Yuvakudu2002 Manmadhudu2003 Satyam2004 Mass 2005 Super2011 Rajanna 2013 BhaiUyyala Jampala2014ManamOka Laila Kosam2016Soggade Chinni NayanaNirmala Convent2017Rarandoi Veduka ChudhamHello2018Rangula Ratnam2019Manmadhudu 22022Bangarraju2026Lenin2026King 100

Television Year Title Role Network Language Notes2014–2016Meelo Evaru KoteeswaruduHostMAA TVTelugu2019–presentBigg BossStar Maa2020LoserProducerZEE52022Bigg Boss Non-StopHostDisney+ Hotstar2024Nayanthara: Beyond the FairytaleHimselfNetflixEnglishDocumentary film

Music videos YearTitlePerformer(s)Language. 1997 "Apna Desh to Apna Ho" (Meri Jann Hindustan) Hariharan Hindi 2013 "Betiyaan" (Save the Girl Child) Shankar Mahadevan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonu Nigam

See also List of Indian film actors Telugu cinema

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