Amala Akkineni

Amala Akkineni
Akkineni at TeachAIDS launch in 2010
Born Amala Mukherjee
(1968-09-12) 12 September 1968[1]
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Residence Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Nationality Indian
Alma mater Kalakshetra, Chennai
Occupation Actress
Social Activist
Years active 1986–1992
2012–present
Spouse(s) Akkineni Nagarjuna
(m.1992-present)
Children Akkineni Akhil (b.1994)
Akkineni Naga Chaitanya (b.1986) (Step-son)
Relatives See Daggubati-Akkineni Family

Amala Akkineni (née Mukherjee) is an Indian film actress, Bharata Natyam dancer, and an animal welfare activist.[2][3] She acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Bollywood films. She has won two Filmfare Awards South One for Malayalam ( Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Malayalam – Ulladakkam - 1991)[4] and One for Telugu ( Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu – Life Is Beautiful- 2012) .[2] Amala is the co-founder of The Blue Cross of Hyderabad,[5] a non-government organisation (NGO) in Hyderabad, India, which works towards the welfare of animals and preservation of animal rights in India.[6][7]

Early life

Amala was born in Kolkata to a Bengali Indian Navy officer and an Irish mother.[8][9] She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Bharata Natyam from Kalakshetra college of fine arts. She gave many live performances worldwide.[10][11] She was subsequently persuaded to join films by T. Rajender, who visited her home with his sister and convinced her mother to let her act in the film, which would be a classical film featuring her Bharat Natyam dancing.[12]

Personal life

Amala at Life is beautiful promo by post noon in 2012

Amala married Telugu Film actor Akkineni Nagarjuna in 1992 and the couple have a son, actor Akkineni Akhil. They currently live in Hyderabad.[11] She is the step-mother of actor Naga Chaitanya.[13] In an interview with The Hindu, she cited her greatest fear as not "walking the talk" when it comes to social issues. She also highlighted that her greatest regret is not speaking Telugu well.[14]

Career

Amala made her debut in a Tamil film titled Mythili Ennai Kaathali, directed by T. Rajendar, which was a huge box office hit. Winning overnight fame, she charmed cinegoers in a flurry of fifty films, including a number of Tamil box office hits. She acted with her future husband Akkineni Nagarjuna in hits such as Nirnayam and Siva. She received Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam for the film Ulladakkam.

She quit acting in 1992 following her marriage to Nagarjuna, but made a comeback in 2012 with the Telugu film Life is Beautiful.[15] She received a CineMAA Award for Best Outstanding Actress and Telugu category Filmfare Award for best supporting actress in 2013 for her portrayal.

She returned to Malayalam cinema with C/O Saira Banu after a gap of 25 years, since Ulladakkam (1991).[16]

Awards

Filmfare Awards South
CineMAA Awards

Filmography

Tamil

YearFilmCo-starsRole
1986Mythili Ennai KaathaliT. RajendarMythili
Mella Thirandhathu KadhavuMohan, RadhaNoorjahan
Panneer NathigalSivakumar
Kanne KaniyamutheRahman
Oru Iniya UdhayamVijayakanth
Unnai Ondru KetpenMohan
1987VelaikaranRajinikanthKaushalya
Poopoova PoothirukkuPrabhu
Kootu PuzhukkalRaghuvaran
Vedham PudhithuSathyaraj, RajaVaidehi
Kavithai Paada NeramillaiRaghuvaran
Idhu Oru Thodar KathaiMohan
Pesum PadamKamal HassanMagician's daughter
1988Agni NatchathiramPrabhu, KarthikAnjali
Kodi ParakuthuRajinikanth
SathyaKamal Hassan
JeevaSathyaraj
IllamSivakumar
KaliyugamPrabhu
1989MappillaiRajinikanthGeetha
VaramPrabhu
Nalaya ManithanPrabhu
Uthama PurushanPrabhuRekha
Vetri VizhaKamal Hassan, PrabhuLalitha
1990Pudhu PadaganVijaykanthDevi
Mounam SammadhamMammootyHema
1991Vaasalile Oru VennilaNizhalgal RaviKamal
Karpoora MullaiRajaMaya Vinodini

Telugu

YearFilmCo-starsRole
1987Pushpaka VimanaKamal HassanMagician's daughter
Kirayi DadaAkkineni NagarjunaLata
1988ChinababuAkkineni NagarjunaMadhu
Raktha TilakamVenkateshRadha
1989ShivaAkkineni NagarjunaAsha
1990Prema YuddhamAkkineni Nagarjuna
Raja VikramarkaChiranjeeviRekha
AggiramuduVenkateshManasa
1991NirnayamAkkineni NagarjunaGeetha
1993Aagraham (1993 film)Rajasekhar
2012Life Is BeautifulAbijeetAmma(Mother)
2014ManamAkkineni NagarjunaDance Teacher (Cameo)

Hindi

YearFilmCo-starRole
1988DayavanAditya PancholiSarita
Kab Tak Chup RahungiAditya Pancholi
1989DostMithun ChakrabortyPooja
JurratKumar GauravRenu
1990ShivaAkkineni NagarjunaAsha
2013Listen... AmayaSwara BhaskarSujata
2015Hamari Adhuri KahaniEmraan HashmiRohini
2018KarwaanDulquer SalmaanTahira

Kannada

YearFilmCo-starRole
1987Pushpaka VimanaKamal Hassan
1990Bannada GejjeV. Ravichandran
1991Agni PanjaraKumar Bangarappa
1992Ksheera SagaraKumar Bangarappa
Belliyappa BangarappaKumar Bangarappa

Malayalam

YearFilmCo-starRole
1991Ente SooryaputhrikkuSuresh GopiMaya Vinodini
UlladakkamMohanlalReshma
2017C/O Saira BanuManju WarrierAdv. Annie John Tharavadi

Television

Year Title Role Language Channel
2010Super MomJudgeTamilSTAR Vijay
2014–2015UyirmaiDr. Kavitha SandeepTamilZee Tamil

References

  1. ↑ "Akkineni Nagarjuna rings in 46th birthday in Thailand". indianexpress.com.
  2. 1 2 Sangeetha Devi Dundoo. "Amala Akkineni : Behind the glamour of cinema". The Hindu.
  3. ↑ S.B.VIJAYA MARY. "Amala for a fit mind, body". The Hindu.
  4. ↑ https://archive.is/20170208064602/https://archive.org/details/39thAnnualFilmfareMalayalamBestFilmActress
  5. ↑ "Blue Cross of Hyderabad – The Team". Blue Cross of Hyderabad. 26 January 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  6. ↑ S.B. Vijaya Mary. "'I treasure my quiet time': Amala Akkineni". The Hindu.
  7. ↑ T.Lalith Singh. "Respect saniation [sic] workers, Amala Akkineni tells people". The Hindu.
  8. ↑ Subhash K Jha (17 June 2015). "Amala Akkineni On Her Return To Acting". SKJ Bollywood News. Archived from the original on 19 June 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  9. ↑ SUBHA J RAO. "The measure of a woman". The Hindu.
  10. ↑ "February '13 – Crusading for a cause". RITZ. Archived from the original on 29 August 2015.
  11. 1 2 "A day in the life of Amala Akkineni". The Times of India.
  12. ↑ "Amala". Gorantha Deepam. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  13. ↑ Himalayan Academy. "A Kinder Vision". hinduismtoday.com.
  14. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/i-treasure-my-quiet-time-amala-akkineni/article3558589.ece
  15. ↑ "Amala Akkineni makes comeback with 'Life Is Beautiful'". Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  16. ↑ Digital Native (20 February 2017). "Amala-Manju Warrier starrer 'C/o Saira Banu' ready for release". The News Minute. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  17. ↑ https://archive.is/20170208064602/https://archive.org/details/39thAnnualFilmfareMalayalamBestFilmActress
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