Daggubati Venkatesh is an Indian film actor who stars in Tollywood films. He is often credited as Victory Venkatesh in films and is one of the lead actors in Telugu Cinema. He has won seven Nandi Awards and four Filmfare Awards South.
Contents
1 Early life and Family
2 Child actor
3 Career and awards
4 Endorsements
5 Filmography
6 Awards
Early life and Family
Venkatesh was born to prolific film producer and former MP, Dr. Ramanaidu Daggubati and Rajeshwari in Chennai. He has an elder brother Suresh Babu Daggubati who runs Suresh Productions, and a younger sister, Lakshmi. Venkatesh did his schooling in Don Bosco, Egmore, Chennai. He graduated with a Bachelors in Commerce from Loyola College in Chennai and got his MBA from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA.[1] After his return to India, he wanted to get into film production but instead, became an actor in Telugu films.
Child actor
He has acted as child artist in the 1971 film Prem Nagar.
Career and awards
Venkatesh debuted in Kaliyuga Pandavulu in the year 1986, which got him Nandi award for best male debut actor. At an early phase in his career, Venkatesh acted in Swarnakamalam, directed by K Viswanath, which got him his second Nandi award. Bobbili Raja, with the delightful Divya Bharti, was a box office hit. Venkatesh worked with Ram Gopal Varma in the film Kshana Kshanam. In 1991, Chanti, a family drama, both of them were box office hits.
In 2009, he teamed up with his friend Kamal Haasan for Eeenadu, which was released in September 2009. His latest movie is Namo Venkatesa, directed by Sreenu Vytla; it was released as a Sankranthi special and celebrated its grand 100 days function on April 26, being 2010’s first 100-day film.[2] In 2010 he was in Nagavalli, a remake of Aptharakshaka.[3] In 2011 he signed Savitri[4] in Teja's direction. Venkatesh would appear in a paraplegic patient role on wheel chair in this movie.[5] But was mentioned that the film is shelved off.
He has won 7 Nandi awards, 4 Filmfare Awards, and many other awards as best actor for playing a variety of challenging roles in his career spanning 69 feature films in 27 years. His brother D. Suresh Babu, a very successful producer, has produced most of his successful films under Suresh Productions.
Endorsements
On April 24, 2010, he signed with Manappuram General Finance and Leasing Ltd as their brand ambassador for Andhra Pradesh.[6]
Filmography
No Year Title Role Co-Star Director Notes
1 1971 Prem Nagar K. S. Prakash Rao Child-Artist
2 1986 Kaliyuga Pandavulu Vijay Kushboo K.Raghavendra Rao Winner, Nandi Award for Best Male Debut
3 1986 Brahma Rudrulu Prasad Rajani
Ranjani
Mandakini K. Murali Mohan Rao
4 1987 Ajeyudu Murali Shobana G Ram Mohan Rao
5 1987 Bharatamlo Arjunudu Arjun Kushboo K.Raghavendra Rao
6 1987 Trimurtulu Shobhana K. Murali Mohan Rao
7 1987 Vijetha Vikram Vikram Farha SS.Ravichandra
8 1987 Srinivasa Kalyanam Srinivas Bhanupriya
Gouthami Kodi Ramakrishna
9 1988 Raktha Tilakam Amala B. Gopal
10 1988 Brahma Puthrudu Rajani Dasari Narayana Rao
11 1988 Swarna Kamalam Chandrasehkar Bhanupriya Kasinadhuni Viswanath Winner, Nandi Special Jury Award
12 1988 Varasudochhadu Raghu Suhasini A.Mohan Gandhi
13 1988 Prema Pruthvi Revathi
Kalpana Suresh Krishna Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu
14 1989 Ontari Poratam Raja Swetha
Rupinni K.Raghavendra Rao
15 1989 Dhruva Nakshatram Dhruva Kumar Rajani Y.Nageswararao
16 1989 Two Town Rowdy Shakthi Radha Dasari Narayana Rao
17 1990 Aggiramudu Amala
Gouthami SS.Ravichandra
18 1990 Bobbili Raja Raja Divya Bharati B. Gopal
19 1991 Shatruvu Ashok Vijayashanti Kodi Ramakrishna
20 1991 Coolie No.1 Raju (Bharath) Tabu K.Raghavendra Rao
21 1991 Surya IPS Surya Vijayashanti A. Kodandarami Reddy
22 1991 Kshana Kshanam Chandu Sridevi Ram Gopal Varma
23 1992 Chanti Chanti Meena Ravi Raja Pinisetty
24 1992 Chinarayudu Chinarayudu Vijayashanti B. Gopal
25 1992 Sundarakanda Venkateswarlu Meena
Aparna K.Raghavendra Rao
26 1993 Anari Sri Rama Karishma Kapoor K. Murali Mohan Rao
27 1993 Kondapalli Raja Raja Nagma Ravi Raja Pinisetty
28 1993 Abbaigaru Dora Babu Meena E. V. V. Satyanarayana
29 1994 Super Police Vijay Soundarya
Nagma K. Murali Mohan Rao
30 1994 Muddula Priyudu Raju Ramyakrishna
Rambha K.Raghavendra Rao
31 1995 Pokiri Raja Balaraj Raja Roja
Prathibha Sinha A. Kodandarami Reddy
32 1995 Taqdeerwala Suraj Raveena Tandon K. Muralimohana Rao
33 1996 Dharma Chakram Rakesh Ramyakrishna
Prema Suresh Krishna Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
34 1996 Sahasa Veerudu Sagara Kanya Ravi Chandra Shilpa Shetty
Malashri K.Raghavendra Rao
35 1996 Intlo Illalu Vantintlo Priyuralu Sriram Soundarya
Vineetha E. V. V. Satyanarayana
36 1996 Saradha Bullodu Vijay Nagma
Sanghavi Ravi Raja Pinisetty
37 1996 Pavithra Bandham Vijay Soundarya Muthyala Subbaiah
38 1997 Chinnabbayi Chinnabbayi (Sundaram) Ramyakrishna
Ravali
Indraja Kasinadhuni Viswanath
39 1997 Preminchukundam Raa Giri Anjala Zaveri Jayanth C. Paranjee
40 1997 Pellichesukundam Anand Soundarya
Laila Muthyala Subbaiah
41 1998 Suryavamsam Harischandra Prasad,Bhanu Meena
Sanghavi
Raadhika Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao Dual Role
42 1998 Ganesh Ganesh Rambha
Madhubala Tirupathi Swamy Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
43 1998 Premante Idera Murali Preity Zinta Jayanth C. Paranjee
44 1999 Raja Raja Soundarya Muppalaneni Shiva
45 1999 Seenu Seenu Twinkle Khanna Shashi
46 2000 Kalisundam Raa Raghu Simran UdayShankar Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
47 2000 Jayam Manade Raa Abhiram (Rudrama Naidu),
Mahadeva Naidu Soundarya
Bhanupriya N.Shankar Dual Role
Winner, Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
48 2001 Devi Putrudu Krishna,
Balaram Anjala Zaveri
Soundarya Kodi Ramakrishna
49 2001 Prematho Raa Chandra Sekhar Simran UdayShankar
50 2001 Nuvvu Naaku Nachav Venkateswarlu (Venky) Arti Agarwal K. Vijaya Bhaskar
51 2002 Vasu Vasu Bhumika A. Karunakaran
52 2002 Gemini Gemini Namitha Saran
53 2003 Vasantham Ashok Kalyani
Arti Agarwal Vikraman
54 2004 Malliswari Prasad Katrina Kaif K. Vijaya Bhaskar
55 2004 Gharshana Rama Chandra Asin
Yana Gupta Gautham Menon
56 2005 Soggadu Ravi Babu Cameo appearance
57 2005 Sankranthi Raghavendra Sneha Muppalaneni Shiva Winner, Santosham Best Actor Award
Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
58 2005 Subash Chandra Bose Ashok,
Subash Chandra Bose Shriya Saran
Genelia K. Raghavendra Rao Dual Role
59 2006 Lakshmi Lakshmi Narayana Nayantara
Charmme V.V. Vinayak
60 2007 Adavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule Ganesh Trisha Selvaraghavan Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
Santosham Best Actor Award
Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
61 2007 Tulasi Tulasi Ram Nayantara
Shriya Saran Boyapati Srinu
62 2008 Chintakayala Ravi Ravi Anushka
, Mamta Mohandas Yogi
63 2009 Eenadu Eeshwar Prasad Chakri Toleti
64 2010 Namo Venkatesa Venkata Ramana(Venky) Trisha Srinu Vytla
65 2010 Nagavalli Vijay,
Nagabhairava Rajashekhara Anushka
Richa Gangopadhyay
Shraddha Das
Poonam Kaur
Kamalinee Mukherjee P. Vasu Remake of Aptharakshaka(Kannada)
66 2012 Bodyguard Venkatadri Trisha
Saloni Aswani Gopichand Malineni Remake of Bodyguard (Malayalam)
67 2012 Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum Krish Cameo Apperance
68 2013 Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu Anjali Srikanth Addala Multi starrer movie alongside Mahesh
69 2013 Shadow[7] Taapsee Meher Ramesh special role of Srikanth[8]
70 2013 (Remake of Bol Bachchan) Still in Discussions: Multi starrer movie alongside Ram
Awards
[9]
Sno Year Award Category Film Result
1 1986 Kinnera Award Best Actor Kaliyuga Pandavulu Won
2 1986 Nandi Awards Best Male Debut Kaliyuga Pandavulu Won
3 1988 Kinnera Award Best Actor Brahma Puthrudu Won
4 1988 Nandi Special Jury Award Best Actor Swarna Kamalam Won
5 1988 Nandi Award for Best Actor Best Actor Prema Won
6 1988 Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu Best Actor Prema Won
7 1990 Cinegoers Award Best Actor Bobbili Raja Won
8 1991 Bhagyanagar Award Best Actor Shatruvu Won
9 1991 Cinegoers Award Best Actor Coolie No.1 Won
10 1991 Madras filmfans award Best Actor Coolie No.1 Won
11 1992 Yuvavahini Award Best Actor Sundarakanda Won
12 1992 Cinegoers Award Best Actor Sundarakanda Won
13 1993 Kalasagar Award Best Actor Abbaigaru Won
14 1993 Cinegoers Award Best performance Abbaigaru Won
15 1995 Nandi Award for Best Actor Best Actor Dharma Chakram Won
16 1996 Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu Best Actor Dharma Chakram Won
17 1995 Kalasagar Award Best Actor Dharma Chakram Won
18 1995 Vamsi Berkley Award Best Actor Dharma Chakram Won
19 1996 Vamsi Berkley Award Best film Pavithra Bandham Won
20 1998 Nandi Award for Best Actor Best Actor Ganesh Won
21 1998 Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu Best Actor Ganesh Won
22 1998 Kinnera Awards Best Actor Ganesh Won
23 2000 Nandi Award for Best Actor Best Actor Kalisundam Raa Won
24 2000 Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu Best Actor Jayam Manade Raa Won
25 2007 Nandi Award for Best Actor Best Actor Adavari Matalaku Ardhale Verule Won
Contents
1 Early life and Family
2 Child actor
3 Career and awards
4 Endorsements
5 Filmography
6 Awards
Early life and Family
Venkatesh was born to prolific film producer and former MP, Dr. Ramanaidu Daggubati and Rajeshwari in Chennai. He has an elder brother Suresh Babu Daggubati who runs Suresh Productions, and a younger sister, Lakshmi. Venkatesh did his schooling in Don Bosco, Egmore, Chennai. He graduated with a Bachelors in Commerce from Loyola College in Chennai and got his MBA from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA.[1] After his return to India, he wanted to get into film production but instead, became an actor in Telugu films.
Child actor
He has acted as child artist in the 1971 film Prem Nagar.
Career and awards
Venkatesh debuted in Kaliyuga Pandavulu in the year 1986, which got him Nandi award for best male debut actor. At an early phase in his career, Venkatesh acted in Swarnakamalam, directed by K Viswanath, which got him his second Nandi award. Bobbili Raja, with the delightful Divya Bharti, was a box office hit. Venkatesh worked with Ram Gopal Varma in the film Kshana Kshanam. In 1991, Chanti, a family drama, both of them were box office hits.
In 2009, he teamed up with his friend Kamal Haasan for Eeenadu, which was released in September 2009. His latest movie is Namo Venkatesa, directed by Sreenu Vytla; it was released as a Sankranthi special and celebrated its grand 100 days function on April 26, being 2010’s first 100-day film.[2] In 2010 he was in Nagavalli, a remake of Aptharakshaka.[3] In 2011 he signed Savitri[4] in Teja's direction. Venkatesh would appear in a paraplegic patient role on wheel chair in this movie.[5] But was mentioned that the film is shelved off.
He has won 7 Nandi awards, 4 Filmfare Awards, and many other awards as best actor for playing a variety of challenging roles in his career spanning 69 feature films in 27 years. His brother D. Suresh Babu, a very successful producer, has produced most of his successful films under Suresh Productions.
Endorsements
On April 24, 2010, he signed with Manappuram General Finance and Leasing Ltd as their brand ambassador for Andhra Pradesh.[6]
Filmography
No Year Title Role Co-Star Director Notes
1 1971 Prem Nagar K. S. Prakash Rao Child-Artist
2 1986 Kaliyuga Pandavulu Vijay Kushboo K.Raghavendra Rao Winner, Nandi Award for Best Male Debut
3 1986 Brahma Rudrulu Prasad Rajani
Ranjani
Mandakini K. Murali Mohan Rao
4 1987 Ajeyudu Murali Shobana G Ram Mohan Rao
5 1987 Bharatamlo Arjunudu Arjun Kushboo K.Raghavendra Rao
6 1987 Trimurtulu Shobhana K. Murali Mohan Rao
7 1987 Vijetha Vikram Vikram Farha SS.Ravichandra
8 1987 Srinivasa Kalyanam Srinivas Bhanupriya
Gouthami Kodi Ramakrishna
9 1988 Raktha Tilakam Amala B. Gopal
10 1988 Brahma Puthrudu Rajani Dasari Narayana Rao
11 1988 Swarna Kamalam Chandrasehkar Bhanupriya Kasinadhuni Viswanath Winner, Nandi Special Jury Award
12 1988 Varasudochhadu Raghu Suhasini A.Mohan Gandhi
13 1988 Prema Pruthvi Revathi
Kalpana Suresh Krishna Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu
14 1989 Ontari Poratam Raja Swetha
Rupinni K.Raghavendra Rao
15 1989 Dhruva Nakshatram Dhruva Kumar Rajani Y.Nageswararao
16 1989 Two Town Rowdy Shakthi Radha Dasari Narayana Rao
17 1990 Aggiramudu Amala
Gouthami SS.Ravichandra
18 1990 Bobbili Raja Raja Divya Bharati B. Gopal
19 1991 Shatruvu Ashok Vijayashanti Kodi Ramakrishna
20 1991 Coolie No.1 Raju (Bharath) Tabu K.Raghavendra Rao
21 1991 Surya IPS Surya Vijayashanti A. Kodandarami Reddy
22 1991 Kshana Kshanam Chandu Sridevi Ram Gopal Varma
23 1992 Chanti Chanti Meena Ravi Raja Pinisetty
24 1992 Chinarayudu Chinarayudu Vijayashanti B. Gopal
25 1992 Sundarakanda Venkateswarlu Meena
Aparna K.Raghavendra Rao
26 1993 Anari Sri Rama Karishma Kapoor K. Murali Mohan Rao
27 1993 Kondapalli Raja Raja Nagma Ravi Raja Pinisetty
28 1993 Abbaigaru Dora Babu Meena E. V. V. Satyanarayana
29 1994 Super Police Vijay Soundarya
Nagma K. Murali Mohan Rao
30 1994 Muddula Priyudu Raju Ramyakrishna
Rambha K.Raghavendra Rao
31 1995 Pokiri Raja Balaraj Raja Roja
Prathibha Sinha A. Kodandarami Reddy
32 1995 Taqdeerwala Suraj Raveena Tandon K. Muralimohana Rao
33 1996 Dharma Chakram Rakesh Ramyakrishna
Prema Suresh Krishna Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
34 1996 Sahasa Veerudu Sagara Kanya Ravi Chandra Shilpa Shetty
Malashri K.Raghavendra Rao
35 1996 Intlo Illalu Vantintlo Priyuralu Sriram Soundarya
Vineetha E. V. V. Satyanarayana
36 1996 Saradha Bullodu Vijay Nagma
Sanghavi Ravi Raja Pinisetty
37 1996 Pavithra Bandham Vijay Soundarya Muthyala Subbaiah
38 1997 Chinnabbayi Chinnabbayi (Sundaram) Ramyakrishna
Ravali
Indraja Kasinadhuni Viswanath
39 1997 Preminchukundam Raa Giri Anjala Zaveri Jayanth C. Paranjee
40 1997 Pellichesukundam Anand Soundarya
Laila Muthyala Subbaiah
41 1998 Suryavamsam Harischandra Prasad,Bhanu Meena
Sanghavi
Raadhika Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao Dual Role
42 1998 Ganesh Ganesh Rambha
Madhubala Tirupathi Swamy Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
43 1998 Premante Idera Murali Preity Zinta Jayanth C. Paranjee
44 1999 Raja Raja Soundarya Muppalaneni Shiva
45 1999 Seenu Seenu Twinkle Khanna Shashi
46 2000 Kalisundam Raa Raghu Simran UdayShankar Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
47 2000 Jayam Manade Raa Abhiram (Rudrama Naidu),
Mahadeva Naidu Soundarya
Bhanupriya N.Shankar Dual Role
Winner, Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
48 2001 Devi Putrudu Krishna,
Balaram Anjala Zaveri
Soundarya Kodi Ramakrishna
49 2001 Prematho Raa Chandra Sekhar Simran UdayShankar
50 2001 Nuvvu Naaku Nachav Venkateswarlu (Venky) Arti Agarwal K. Vijaya Bhaskar
51 2002 Vasu Vasu Bhumika A. Karunakaran
52 2002 Gemini Gemini Namitha Saran
53 2003 Vasantham Ashok Kalyani
Arti Agarwal Vikraman
54 2004 Malliswari Prasad Katrina Kaif K. Vijaya Bhaskar
55 2004 Gharshana Rama Chandra Asin
Yana Gupta Gautham Menon
56 2005 Soggadu Ravi Babu Cameo appearance
57 2005 Sankranthi Raghavendra Sneha Muppalaneni Shiva Winner, Santosham Best Actor Award
Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
58 2005 Subash Chandra Bose Ashok,
Subash Chandra Bose Shriya Saran
Genelia K. Raghavendra Rao Dual Role
59 2006 Lakshmi Lakshmi Narayana Nayantara
Charmme V.V. Vinayak
60 2007 Adavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule Ganesh Trisha Selvaraghavan Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
Santosham Best Actor Award
Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
61 2007 Tulasi Tulasi Ram Nayantara
Shriya Saran Boyapati Srinu
62 2008 Chintakayala Ravi Ravi Anushka
, Mamta Mohandas Yogi
63 2009 Eenadu Eeshwar Prasad Chakri Toleti
64 2010 Namo Venkatesa Venkata Ramana(Venky) Trisha Srinu Vytla
65 2010 Nagavalli Vijay,
Nagabhairava Rajashekhara Anushka
Richa Gangopadhyay
Shraddha Das
Poonam Kaur
Kamalinee Mukherjee P. Vasu Remake of Aptharakshaka(Kannada)
66 2012 Bodyguard Venkatadri Trisha
Saloni Aswani Gopichand Malineni Remake of Bodyguard (Malayalam)
67 2012 Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum Krish Cameo Apperance
68 2013 Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu Anjali Srikanth Addala Multi starrer movie alongside Mahesh
69 2013 Shadow[7] Taapsee Meher Ramesh special role of Srikanth[8]
70 2013 (Remake of Bol Bachchan) Still in Discussions: Multi starrer movie alongside Ram
Awards
[9]
Sno Year Award Category Film Result
1 1986 Kinnera Award Best Actor Kaliyuga Pandavulu Won
2 1986 Nandi Awards Best Male Debut Kaliyuga Pandavulu Won
3 1988 Kinnera Award Best Actor Brahma Puthrudu Won
4 1988 Nandi Special Jury Award Best Actor Swarna Kamalam Won
5 1988 Nandi Award for Best Actor Best Actor Prema Won
6 1988 Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu Best Actor Prema Won
7 1990 Cinegoers Award Best Actor Bobbili Raja Won
8 1991 Bhagyanagar Award Best Actor Shatruvu Won
9 1991 Cinegoers Award Best Actor Coolie No.1 Won
10 1991 Madras filmfans award Best Actor Coolie No.1 Won
11 1992 Yuvavahini Award Best Actor Sundarakanda Won
12 1992 Cinegoers Award Best Actor Sundarakanda Won
13 1993 Kalasagar Award Best Actor Abbaigaru Won
14 1993 Cinegoers Award Best performance Abbaigaru Won
15 1995 Nandi Award for Best Actor Best Actor Dharma Chakram Won
16 1996 Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu Best Actor Dharma Chakram Won
17 1995 Kalasagar Award Best Actor Dharma Chakram Won
18 1995 Vamsi Berkley Award Best Actor Dharma Chakram Won
19 1996 Vamsi Berkley Award Best film Pavithra Bandham Won
20 1998 Nandi Award for Best Actor Best Actor Ganesh Won
21 1998 Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu Best Actor Ganesh Won
22 1998 Kinnera Awards Best Actor Ganesh Won
23 2000 Nandi Award for Best Actor Best Actor Kalisundam Raa Won
24 2000 Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu Best Actor Jayam Manade Raa Won
25 2007 Nandi Award for Best Actor Best Actor Adavari Matalaku Ardhale Verule Won
