Nagarjuna filmography

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Nagarjuna in 2010

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.

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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]

Film

As actor

Key
Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotesRef.
1961 Velugu Needalu Baby

Telugu

Baby artist
Thooya Ullam

Tamil

1968 Sudigundalu TeluguChild artist
1986 Vikram Vikram
Captain Nagarjun Nagarjuna
Aranyakanda Chaitanya
1987 Majnu Rajesh
Sankeertana Kaasi
Trimurtulu HimselfCameo 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 HimselfCameo appearance
Janaki Ramudu Ranga (Ramu) [a]
1989 Vijay Vijay
Vicky Daada Vikram
Geetanjali Prakash
Agni Pavan Kumar
Siva Siva
1990 Prema Yuddham Kalyan
Neti Siddhartha Siddhartha
Iddaru Iddare Ravi
Shiva Shiva Hindi
1991 Nirnayam Vamsi KrishnaTelugu
Chaitanya Chaitanya
Shanti Kranti Inspector SubashMultilingual film; Telugu version
Jaitra Yatra Teja
1992 Killer Eeswar Prasad (Prem Krishna) [a]
Khuda Gawah Inspector Raja MirzaHindi
Antham Raghav (Shekar) [a] TeluguBilingual film
Drohi Hindi
President Gari Pellam RajaTelugu
1993 Rakshana Bose
Varasudu Vinay
Allari Alludu Kalyan (Rajesh) [a]
1994 Govinda Govinda Seenu
Hello Brother Deva, Ravi Varma [b]
Criminal Dr. Ajay Kumar
1995 Ghatothkachudu ChithaCameo appearance
Gharana Bullodu Raju
Sisindri Raja
Criminal Dr. Ajay KumarHindi
Vajram ChakriTelugu
1996 Ramudochadu Ram
Mr. Bechara AjayHindi
Ninne Pelladata SeenuTelugu
1997 Annamayya Annamacharya
Ratchagan Ajay Padmanabhan Tamil
1998 Aavida Maa Aavide VikranthTelugu
Auto Driver Jagan
Angaarey Raja LokhandeHindi
Chandralekha Raj Kapoor (Seeta Rama Rao) [a] Telugu
Zakhm Raman DesaiHindi
1999 Seetharama Raju RamarajuTelugu
Ravoyi Chandamama Sashi
2000 Nuvvu Vasthavani Chinni Krishna
Ninne Premistha Srinivas
Azad Chandra Shekar Azad Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Silver
2001 Eduruleni Manishi Surya Murthy, Satya [b]
Bava Nachadu Ajay
Adhipathi Jagan
Akasa Veedhilo Chandra Sekhar (Chandu) [a]
Snehamante Idera Aravind
2002 Santosham KarthikeyaTeluguNandi Award for Best Actor
Agni Varsha YavakriHindi
Manmadhudu AbhiramTelugu
2003 Sivamani CI Sivamani
LOC Kargil Major Padmapani Acharya Hindi
2004 Nenunnanu Venu MadhavTelugu
Mass Ganesh (Mass) [a]
2005 Super Akhil
2006 Style MassCameo appearance
Sri Ramadasu Kancherla Gopanna Nandi Award for Best Actor [8]
Boss Gopal Krishna
2007 Don Suri
2008 King Raja Chandra Pratap Varma aka King (Bottu Seenu, Sarath) [a]
Krishnarjuna Lord Krishna / Bangaram
2010 Kedi Ramesh "Rummy" [a]
Thakita Thakita NagCameo appearance
Ragada Satya Reddy
2011 Gaganam Major N. RaveendraBilingual film
Payanam Tamil
Rajanna RajannaTelugu
2012 Shirdi Sai Shirdi Sai Baba Telugualso 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" [b]
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 [b] also singer for the song "Dikka Dikka Dum Dum"
Oopiri Vikramaditya "Vikram"Bilingual film
IIFA Utsavam for Best Performance in a Supporting Role – Male
Thozha Tamil
Nirmala Convent HimselfTeluguExtended Cameo; also Producer and singer for the song "Kotha Kotha Bhasha" [10]
Premam Vikram's fatherCameo 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 [11]
2022 Bangarraju Bangarraju, Dr. Ram Mohan [b] also singer for the song "Laddunda" [12]
Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva Anish ShettyHindi [13]
The Ghost Vikram NaiduTelugu [14]
2024 Naa Saami Ranga Kishtayya
2025 Kuberaa Deepak TejTelugu
Tamil
Billingual Film
Coolie Simon XavierTamil

As producer

YearTitle
1979 Kalyani
1980Pilla Zamindar
Buchi Babu
1981 Premabhishekam
Prema Kanuka
1982 Yuvaraju
1983 Sri Ranga Neethulu
1995 Sisindri
1996 Ninne Pelladata
1998 Aahaa..!
Sri Sita Ramula Kalyanam Chootamu Raarandi
Chandralekha
1999 Prema Katha
Seetharama Raju
2000 Yuvakudu
2002 Manmadhudu
2003 Satyam
2004 Mass
2005 Super
2011 Rajanna
2013 Bhai
Uyyala Jampala
2014 Manam
Oka Laila Kosam
2016 Soggade Chinni Nayana
Nirmala Convent
2017 Rarandoi Veduka Chudham
Hello
2018 Rangula Ratnam
2019 Manmadhudu 2
2022 Bangarraju
2026Lenin

Television

YearTitleRoleNetworkLanguageNotes
2014–2016 Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu Host MAA TV Telugu
2019–present Bigg Boss Star Maa
2020 Loser Producer ZEE5 [15]
2022 Bigg Boss Non-Stop Host Disney+ Hotstar
2024 Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairytale Himself Netflix English Documentary film

Music videos

YearTitlePerformer(s)LanguageRef.
1997"Apna Desh to Apna Ho" (Meri Jann Hindustan) Hariharan Hindi
2013"Betiyaan" (Save the Girl Child) Shankar Mahadevan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonu Nigam [16]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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. "Nagarjuna turns singer for the first time". The Times of India. 16 January 2017.
  11. "Wild Dog: Shooting of Akkineni Nagarjuna's film postponed due to the outbreak of coronavirus?". The Times of India. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  12. Palisetty, Ramya (20 August 2021). "Nagarjuna and Naga Chaitanya begin Bangarraju shoot. See pics from puja ceremony". 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. K., Janani (29 August 2021). "Nagarjuna's film with Praveen Sattaru titled The Ghost. First look out on his birthday". India Today .
  15. 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.
  16. "Musical campaign for girl child". Sify . Mumbai. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.