Akkineni Nagarjuna filmography

Akkineni Nagarjuna in 2010

Akkineni Nagarjuna (born August 29, 1959) is an Indian film actor and producer who works primarily in the Telugu Cinema. He is often called "King" of Telugu Movie Industry. He has acted in over ninety films as an actor in a lead, supporting and cameo , including Bollywood and Kollywood films. 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]

Filmography

Actor

Key
	Denotes films that have not yet been released

No.	Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1	1986	Vikram	Vikram
2		Captain Nagarjun	Nagarjuna
3		Aranyakanda	Chaitanya
4	1987	Majnu	Rajesh
5		Sankeertana	Kaasi
6		Collector Gari Abbai	Ravi
7		Agni Putrudu	Kalidaasu
8		Kirai Dada	Vijay
9	1988	Aakhari Poratam	Vihari
10		Chinababu	Venu Gopal
11		Murali Krishnudu	Murali Krishna
12		Janaki Ramudu	Ramu / Ranga
13	1989	Vijay	Vijay
14		Vicky Daada	Vikram
15		Geetanjali	Prakash
16		Agni	Pavan Kumar
17		Siva	Siva
18	1990	Prema Yuddham	Kalyan
19		Neti Siddhartha	Siddhartha
20		Iddaru Iddare	Ravi
21		Shiva	Shiva	Hindi film
22	1991	Nirnayam	Vamsi Krishna
23		Chaitanya	Chaitanya
24		Shanti Kranti	Kranti
25		Jaitra Yatra	Teja
26	1992	Killer	Eeshwar Prasad / Prem Krishna
27		Khuda Gawah	Raja Mirza	Hindi film
28		Antham	Raghav / Shekar
29		Drohi	Raghav / Shekhar	Hindi film
30		President Gari Pellam	Raja
31	1993	Rakshana	Bose
32		Varasudu	Vinay
33		Allari Alludu	Kalyan & Rajesh (just name sake role)
34	1994	Govinda Govinda	Seenu
35		Hello Brother	Deva & Ravi Varma	Dual role
36		Criminal	Dr. Ajay Kumar	Telugu-Hindi bilingual film
37	1995	Gharana Bullodu	Raju
38		Sisindri	Raja
39		Vajram	Chakri
40	1996	Ramudochadu	Ram
41		Mr. Bechara	Ajay	Hindi film
42		Ninne Pelladatha	Seenu	Also producer, National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu
43	1997	Annamayya^[8]	Annamacharya	National Film Award-Special Mention Nandi Award for Best Actor Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
44	1997	Ratchagan	Ajay	Tamil film
45	1998	Aavida Maa Aavide	Vikranth
46		Auto Driver	Jagan
47		Angaarey	Raja Lokhande	Hindi film
48		Chandralekha	Raj Kapoor / Seeta Rama Rao
49		Zakhm	Raman Desai	Hindi film
50	1999	Seetharama Raju	Ramaraju
51	1999	Ravoyi Chandamama	Sashi	Remake of Bollywood film, Mann
52	2000	Nuvvu Vastavani	Chinni Krishna	Remake of Thulladha Manamum Thullum
53		Ninne Premistha	Srinivas	Remake of Nee Varuvai Ena Guest Appearance
54		Azad	Chandra Sekhar Azad	Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Silver and remade into tamil as Velayudham in which Vijay plays the lead lead role.
55	2001	Eduruleni Manishi	Surya Murthy & Satya	Dual role
56		Bava Nachadu	Ajay
57		Adhipathi	Jagan
58		Akasa Veedhilo	Chandu / Chandra Shekar
59		Snehamante Idera	Aravind
60	2002	Santosham	Karthikeya	Nandi Award for Best Actor
61		Agni Varsha	Yavakri	Hindi film
62		Manmadhudu	Abhiram
63	2003	Shivamani	Shivamani
64	2003	LOC Kargil	Major Padmapani Acharya	Hindi film
65	2004	Nenunnanu	Venu Madhav
66	2004	Mass	Mass / Ganesh
67	2005	Super	Akhil
68	2006	Sri Ramadasu^[9]	Kancherla Gopanna
69	2006	Boss - I Love You	Gopal Krishna
70	2007	Don	Suri
71	2008	Krishnarjuna	Lord Krishna (Bangaram)
72	2008	King	King / Bottu Seenu / Sarath
73	2010	Kedi	Ramesh (Rummy)
74	2010	Ragada	Satya Reddy
75	2011	Gaganam	Major Raveendran
76	2011	Rajanna	Rajanna
77	2012	Shirdi Sai	Lord Sai Baba
78	2012	Damarukam	Mallikharjuna / Malli
79	2013	Greeku Veerudu	Chandu
80		Sri Jagadguru Aadi Sankara	Chandaludu
81		Bhai	Vijay
82	2014	Manam	Seetharamudu / Nageshwar Rao 'Bittu'	Dual role
83	2016	Soggade Chinni Nayana	Bangaruraju & Dr. Ram Mohan	Dual role
84		Oopiri / Thozha	Vikramaditya
85		Nirmala Convent	Nagarjuna Akkineni	Guest Role
86	2017	Om Namo Venkatesaya	Hathiram Bhavaji
87	2017	Raju Gari Gadhi - 2	Rudra
88	2018	Officer	Shivaji Rao IPS
89	2018	Devadas	Deva	Multi-starrer with Nani
90	2019	Marakkar		Malayalam film. Cast alongside Mohanlal.	^[10]
91	2019	Brahmastra		Hindi film
92	TBA	Untitled Dhanush Directorial	TBA	Tamil film	^[11]

Cameo appearances

No.	Year	Title	Role	Notes
1	1961	Velugu Needalu	8 month old baby
2	1967	Sudigundalu	Child artist
3	1987	Trimurtulu	Himself
4	1988	Rao Gari Illu	Himself
5	1995	Ghatothkachudu	Chitha
6	2006	Style	Mass
7	2010	Thakita Thakita	Nag
8	2015	Dongaata	Himself
9		Akhil
10		Inji Iduppazhagi		Tamil film
10		Size Zero		Telugu Film
11	2016	Premam	Vikram's father

Producer

No.	Year	Film
1	1979	Kalyani
2	1980	Pilla Zamindar
3	1980	Buchi Babu
4	1981	Premabhishekam
5	1981	Prema Kanuka
6	1982	Yuvaraju
7	1983	Sri Ranga Neethulu
8	1995	Sisindri
9	1996	Ninne Pelladata
10	1998	Aaha
11		Sri Sita Ramula Kalyanam Chootamu Raarandi
12		Chandralekha
13	1999	Prema Katha
14	1999	Seetharama Raju
15	2000	Yuvakudu
16	2002	Manmadhudu
17	2003	Satyam
18	2004	Mass
19	2005	Super
20	2005	Amudhey
21	2011	Rajanna
22	2013	Bhai
23	2013	Uyyala Jampala
24	2014	Manam
25	2014	Oka Laila Kosam
26	2016	Soggade Chinni Nayana
27	2016	Nirmala Convent
28	2017	Ra Randoi Veduka Chudham
29	2017	Hello
30	2018	Rangula Ratnam

References

↑ Suresh Krishnamoorthy (2013-04-30). "At the end of the day, Nag wants to feel good". Chennai, India: The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
↑ "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-20.
↑ Delhi festival to celebrate 100 years of Indian Cinema | NDTV Movies.com
↑ "45th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
↑ "I need a break: Nagarjuna". The Times Of India. 20 April 2012.
↑ "Nagarjuna is brand ambassador for Kalyan Jewellers". Thehindubusinessline.in. 2010-12-01. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
↑ "Swept away by 'Nag' magic". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 11 July 2011.
↑ Nagarjuna, KRR team up once again!- Times of India . 16 June 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
↑ Sri Ramadasu had 82 working days- Times of India . 21 May 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
↑ https://www.indiaglitz.com/priyadarshan-roped-these-two-for-his-next-malayalam-news-212876
↑ "Nagarjuna to star in Dhanush's second directorial?". The Indian Express. New Delhi. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

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[1] Suresh Krishnamoorthy (2013-04-30). "At the end of the day, Nag wants to feel good". Chennai, India: The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-08-25.

[2] "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-20.

[3] Delhi festival to celebrate 100 years of Indian Cinema | NDTV Movies.com

[45thawardPDF-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.

[6] "Nagarjuna is brand ambassador for Kalyan Jewellers". Thehindubusinessline.in. 2010-12-01. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2012-10-24.

[7] "Swept away by 'Nag' magic". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 11 July 2011.

[8] Nagarjuna, KRR team up once again!- Times of India . 16 June 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.

[9] Sri Ramadasu had 82 working days- Times of India . 21 May 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.

[10] ttps://www.indiaglitz.com/priyadarshan-roped-these-two-for-his-next-malayalam-news-212876

[nagtam-11] "Nagarjuna to star in Dhanush's second directorial?". The Indian Express. New Delhi. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor
1972–1990	N. T. Rama Rao (1972) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1973) Sobhan Babu (1974) Sobhan Babu (1975) Sobhan Babu (1976) Krishnam Raju (1977) Chandra Mohan (1978) Sobhan Babu (1979) Somayajulu (1980) Kamal Haasan (1981) Chiranjeevi (1982) Kamal Haasan (1983) Krishnam Raju (1984) Chiranjeevi (1985) Krishnam Raju (1986) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1987) Krishnam Raju (1988) Kamal Haasan (1989) Rajasekhar (1990)
1991–2010	Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1991) Chiranjeevi (1992) Chiranjeevi (1993) Rajasekhar (1994) Mohan Babu (1995) Venkatesh (1996) Akkineni Nagarjuna (1997) Venkatesh (1998) Chiranjeevi (1999) Venkatesh (2000) Uday Kiran (2001) Chiranjeevi (2002) Mahesh Babu (2003) Chiranjeevi (2004) Siddharth (2005) Mahesh Babu (2006) N. T. Rama Rao Jr. (2007) Allu Arjun (2008) Ram Charan (2009) Allu Arjun (2010)
2011–present	Mahesh Babu (2011) Pawan Kalyan (2012) Mahesh Babu (2013) Allu Arjun (2014) Mahesh Babu (2015) N. T. Rama Rao Jr. (2016)

Nandi Award for Best Actor
Nandi Awards
1964–1980	Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1964) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1965) Chandra Mohan (1966) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1967) S. V. Ranga Rao (1968) Sobhan Babu (1969) N. T. Rama Rao (1970) Sobhan Babu (1971) Sobhan Babu (1972) Sobhan Babu (1973) Krishna (1974) Sobhan Babu (1975) Rallapalli (1976) Krishnam Raju (1977) Hema Sundar (1978) Gokina Rama Rao (1979) M. Prabhakar Reddy (1980)
1981–1990	M. Prabhakar Reddy (1981) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1982) Kamal Haasan (1983) Krishnam Raju (1984) Murali Mohan (1985) Kamal Haasan (1986) Chiranjeevi (1987) Venkatesh (1988) Kamal Haasan (1989) Rajendra Prasad (1990)
1991-2000	Dasari Narayana Rao (1991) Chiranjeevi (1992) Jagapati Babu and Suman (1993) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1994) Venkatesh and Naresh (1995) Jagapati Babu (1996) Akkineni Nagarjuna (1997) Venkatesh (1998) Venkatesh (1999) Jagapati Babu (2000)
2001-present	Nandamuri Balakrishna (2001) Chiranjeevi and Akkineni Nagarjuna (2002) Mahesh Babu (2003) Rajendra Prasad (2004) Mahesh Babu (2005) Akkineni Nagarjuna (2006) Venkatesh (2007) Ravi Teja (2008) Dasari Narayana Rao (2009) Nandamuri Balakrishna (2010) Mahesh Babu (2011) Nani (2012) Prabhas (2013) Nandamuri Balakrishna (2014) Mahesh Babu (2015) N. T. Rama Rao Jr. (2016)
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