Nagarjuna Rao Akkineni is an Indian film actor, producer and business man who works primarily in the Telugu Cinema. He has acted in over 90 films as an actor in a lead role, including Bollywood and Tamil films. He has won two National Film Awards, eight state Nandi Awards and two Filmfare Awards South. India Today issued a special edition on him in 2008.[1] He protrayed different characters especially as a famous 15th century Telugu composer Annamacharya in Annamayya, as a 17th century Telugu poet and devotee Kancharla Gopanna in Sri RamaDasu, as a freedom fighter against Razakars in Telegana region of AP in Rajanna and as a Indian Yogi and mystic guru Shiridi Sai Baba in ShiridiSai. His protrayal with wide critical
acclaim fetched him the tag of a 'Versatile Actor' and established him as a leading contemporary actor in the Telugu cinema. [2] [3] He is fondly called as Tollywood's Manmadhudu [4], King Nagarjuna and Yuva samrat in the Telugu Film Industry. He owns 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] He is a co-owner of Mahi Racing Team India. [8]. He is the co-founder of Blue Cross Of Hyderabad, a registered society recognized by the Animal Welfare Board of India. [9]
Contents
1 Early life and Family
2 Acting career
3 Television production
4 Charity
5 Awards
6 Filmography
6.1 As actor
6.2 As producer
Early life and Family
Nagarjuna was born on 29 August 1959 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India to actor Nageswara Rao Akkineni and Annapurna Akkineni. The family later moved to Hyderabad where he attended the Hyderabad Public School and studied at Little Flower Junior College and B.E. from the College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai.
He completed M.S. in Automobile Engineering from Eastern Michigan University.[10][11] He is the spouse of actress Amala Akkineni, the father of actors Naga Chaitanya Akkineni and Akhil Akkineni.
Acting career
Nagarjuna acted as a child artist in the 1968 Telugu film Sudigundalu directed by veteran Adurthi Subbarao. Years later he made his debut as a lead actor through the 1986 Telugu film Vikram directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao. In 1988, he starred in Aakhari Poratam directed by K. Raghavendra Rao where he was paired opposite Sridevi and Suhasini.
In 1989, he was starred in the Maniratnam directed Romantic-drama, Geethanjali which became a major box-office success and was critically acclaimed. The film went on to win the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment in 1990.
In the same year, Nagarjuna acted in Siva, an action blockbuster directed by Ram Gopal Varma. In 1990, he subsequently made his Bollywood debut with the Hindi remake of the same film titled Shiva.
He followed it up with action films like Killer, Chaithanya and Nirnayam working with directors such as Fazil and Priyadarshan. Other films which were released in the subsequent years include President Gari Pellam, Varasudu, Gharana Bullodu and Allari Alludu. In 1994 he starred in a Hindi-Telugu bilingual Criminal directed by Mahesh Bhatt. The same year he ventured into comedy for the first time with Hello Brother. It was later remade into Hindi as Judwaa and dubbed into Tamil.
In 1996, Nagarjuna starred and produced Ninne Pelladatha, which was directed by Krishna Vamsi. The movie fetched a National Award for him by winning the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu & Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu that's his 1st Filmfare Award as a producer. The next year, Nagarjuna acted in Annamayya where he portrayed the role of Annamacharya, a 15th-century Telugu singer and poet, won him his Filmfare Best Actor Award and his first Nandi Award for Best Actor. His subsequent releases were Nuvvu Vastavani, Ninne Premistha and Azad. He starred in the romantic comedies such as Santhosham, Manmadhudu, and Shivamani as well. He produced Satyam in 2003, that starred his nephew Sumanth.
In 2004, Nagarjuna had two releases—Nenunnanu and Mass. The latter was produced by Nagarjuna and directed by choreographer Lawrence Raghavendra. In 2005, Nagarjuna acted in and produced Super. In 2006, he starred in Sri Ramadasu, his second period film based on the 18th-century Telugu composer of the same name.[12] Nagarjuna received the Nandi Award for Best actor for the film. In December 2007, he appeared in Don and a year later, he appeared in King alongside Trisha Krishnan and Srihari.
In the year 2010, he had releases such as Kedi and Ragada. His latest film Gaganam was released on 11 February 2011. Its Tamil version was titled Payanam. In 2011 Nagarjuna signed three movies in a row. They are Rajanna,[13] Damarukam and Shirdi Sai.[14] He recently signed Love Story which starts its shooting in June 2012.[15] He is going to act in three generation of Akkineni Heroes (his father 'NataSamrat' NageswaraRao Akkineni,King Nagarjuna Akkineni and his son Yuvasamrat NagaChaitanya Akkineni) movie to be directed by Vikram Kumar of 13B and Ishq fame.He also accepted to do a film under Veerabhadram Chowdary which is tentatively titled as "Bhai".
Television production
Nagarjuna made his début as a television producer in 2009 with the serial Yuva.[16] He is one of the major shareholders of the television channel Maa TV.[17]
Charity
Nagarjuna, with his wife Amala, is the co-founder of Blue Cross of Hyderabad,[18] a non-government organization (NGO) in Hyderabad, India, which works towards the welfare of animals and preservation of animal rights. He is also involved in some of the welfare programs undertaken by the MAA TV association.[19]
In 2010, he starred in an HIV/AIDS animated software tutorial created by TeachAIDS, a nonprofit founded at Stanford University.[20]
Awards
National Film Awards
1997 - National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for producing Ninne Pelladatha
1998 - National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) for acting Annamayya
Nandi Awards
1997 - Nandi Award for Best Actor for Annamayya[21]
1999 - Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Kansya (Bronze) for producing Prema Kadha
2000 - Nandi Special Jury Award for producing Yuvakudu[22]
2002 - Nandi Award for Best Actor for Santhosham[21]
2002 - Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Swarna (Gold) for producing Manmadhudu
2006 - Nandi Award for Best Actor for Sri Ramadasu
2011 - Nandi Special Jury Award for Rajanna
2011 - Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Rajata (Silver) for producing Rajanna[23]
Filmfare Awards South
1996 - Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) for Ninne Pelladatha
1997 - Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) for Annamayya
South Indian International Movie Awards
2012 - Special Appreciation (Actor) for Rajanna[24]
CineMAA Awards
2012 - Special Jury Award for Rajanna[25]
Other Awards
1990 - Cinema Express Award for Shiva
1996 - Akruthi Film Award for Ninne Pelladatha
1997 - Screen Videocon Award for Annamayya
2000 - Andhra Pradesh Film Journalists Association Award for Azad
2011- TSR Kala Ratna Award
Bharathamuni Awards
1989 - Best Actor for Geethanjali
1997 - Best Actor for Annamayya
Vamsee Berkeley Awards
1986 - Best Actor for Vikram
1990 - Best Actor for Shiva
AP Cinegoers Awards
1989 - Best Actor for Geethanjali
Filmography
As actor
No Year Title Role Co-stars Notes
1 1986 Vikram Vikram Shobhana
2 1986 Captain Nagarjun Nagarjun Khusboo, Rajendra Prasad
3 1987 Aranyakanda Ashwini, Radhika
4 1987 Majnu Rajesh Rajani
5 1987 Sankeertana Kali Ramya Krishna
6 1987 Collector Gari Abbai Rajesh Rajani
7 1987 Agni Putrudu Kalidaasu Rajani
8 1987 Kirai Dada Vijay Khusboo, Amala
9 1988 Aakhari Poratam Vihari Sridevi, Suhasini
10 1988 Chinababu Chinababu Amala Akkineni
11 1988 Murali Krishnudu Murali Krishna Rajani
12 1988 Janaki Ramudu Ramu Vijayashanti
13 1989 Vijay Vijay Vijayashanti
14 1989 Vicky Daada Vikram Juhi Chawla, Radha
15 1989 Geethanjali Prakash Girija, Silk Smitha
16 1989 Agni Pawan Shantipriya
17 1989 Siva Siva Amala Akkineni
1990 Shiva Shiva Amala Akkineni Hindi Film
18 1990 Prema Yuddham Kalyan Amala Akkineni
19 1990 Neti Siddhartha Siddhartha Shobhana, Ayesha Jhulka
20 1990 Iddaru Iddare Ramya Krishna, ANR
21 1991 Nirnayam Vamsi Krishna Amala Akkineni
22 1991 Chaithanya Chaitanya Gouthami, Silk Smitha
23 1991 Santhi Kranthi Kranti Juhi Chawla
24 1991 Jaitrayatra Teja Vijayashanti
25 1992 Killer Eeshwar / Prem Nagma, Sharada
26 1992 Khuda Gawah Raja Mirza Sridevi, Shilpa Shirodkar, Amitabh Bachchan Hindi film
27 1992 Antham Raghav Urmila Matondkar
1992 Drohi Raghav / Shekhar Urmila Matondkar Hindi film
28 1992 President Gari Pellam Raja Meena
29 1993 Rakshana Bose Shobhana, Roja(Guest Role), Silk Smitha
30 1993 Varasudu Vinay Nagma, Krishna
31 1993 Allari Alludu Kalyan Nagma, Meena, Vanisri
32 1993 Govinda Govinda Seenu Sridevi
33 1994 Hello Brother Deva / Ravi Varma Ramya Krishna, Soundarya
34 1995 Criminal Dr. Ajay Kumar Manisha Koirala, Ramya Krishna Hindi film
35 1995 Sisindri Raja Aamani, Tabu, Pooja Batra
36 1995 Gharana Bullodu Raju Ramya Krishna, Aamani
- 1995 Ghatothkachudu Cameo appearance
37 1996 Ninne Pelladatha Seenu Tabu Also producer,
Winner: Filmfare Best Film
38 1996 Mr. Bechara Ajay Sridevi, Anil kapoor Hindi film
39 1996 Vajram Chakri Roja, Indraja (Guest Role)
40 1996 Ramudochhadu Ram Soundarya, Ravali
41 1997 Ratchagan Ajay Sushmita Sen Tamil film
42 1997 Annamayya Annamayya Ramya Krishna, Kasthuri, Suman, Mohan Babu Winner: Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Actor)
Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
43 1998 Zakhm Raman Desai Sonali Bendre, Ajay Devgan, Pooja Bhatt Hindi film
44 1998 Chandralekha Seeta Rama Rao Ramya Krishna, Isha Koppikar
45 1998 Angaarey Raja Lokhande Sonali Bendre, Akshay Kumar Hindi film
46 1998 Auto Driver Jagan Simran, Deepti Bhatnagar
47 1998 Aavida Maa Aavide Vikranth Tabu, Heera Rajagopal
48 1999 Ravoyi Chandamama Sashi Anjala Zhaveri, Keerthi Reddy Aishwarya Rai's only Tollywood appearance
49 1999 Seetaramaraju Ramaraju Sanghavi, Sakshi Shivanand
50 2000 Azad Chandra Sekhar Azad Soundarya, Shilpa Shetty Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Silver
AP Film Journalists Association Award
51 2000 Ninne Premistha Srinivas Soundarya, Srikanth
52 2000 Nuvvu Vastavani Chinni Krishna Simran, Raksha (in a guest role)
53 2001 Eduruleni Manishi Surya Murthy,
Satya Murthy Soundarya, Shahanaz
54 2001 Akasa Veedhilo Chandu Raveena Tandon, Kasthuri, Rajendra Prasad
55 2001 Bava Nachadu Ajay Simran, Reema Sen, Suman Ranganathan
56 2001 Adhipathi Jagan Soundarya, Mohan Babu, Preeti Jhangiani Guest appearance
57 2001 Snehamante Idera Aravind Bhumika Chawla, Sumanth
58 2002 Agni Varsha Yavakri Raveena Tandon Hindi film
59 2002 Santosham Karthikeya Gracy Singh, Shriya Saran Winner: Nandi Award for Best Actor
60 2002 Manmadhudu Abhiram Sonali Bendre, Anshu
61 2003 LOC Kargil Maj. Padmaphani Acharya Hindi film
62 2003 Shivamani 9848022338 Shivamani Rakshita, Asin Thottumkal
63 2004 Mass Mass (Ganesh) Jyothika, Charmy Kaur
64 2004 Nenunnanu Venu Shriya Saran, Aarthi Agarwal, Anitha
65 2005 Super Akhil Anushka Shetty, Ayesha Takia, Sonu Sood
66 2005 Amudhey Ravindra Varadharajan Jagapathi Babu, Shalini Tamil Movie
2006 Style Mass Cameo appearance
67 2006 Sri Ramadasu Gopanna,
Sri Ramadasu Sneha, Suman, Veda(Archana) Winner: Nandi Award for Best Actor
68 2006 Boss - I Love You Gopal Krishna Saloni Aswani, Nayantara, Poonam Bajwa, Shriya Saran
69 2007 Don Suri Anushka Shetty, Nikitha
70 2008 Krishnarjuna Krishna Vishnu Manchu, Mamta Mohandas
71 2008 King Bottu Seenu/King/Sarath Trisha Krishnan, Mamta Mohandas
72 2010 Kedi Ramesh (Rummy) Mamta Mohandas
2010 Thakita Thakita As himself Bhumika Chawla, Anushka Shetty Special appearance
73 2010 Ragada Satya Reddy Anushka Shetty, Priyamani, Charmy Kaur
74 2011 Payanam Major Raveendran Poonam Kaur Tamil film
2011 Gaganam Major Raveendra
75 2011 Rajanna Rajanna Sneha
76 2012 Shirdi Sai Shirdi Sai Baba Srikanth, Srihari, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Sarath Babu
77 2012 Dhamarukam Mallikharjuna Anushka Shetty, Ganesh Venkatraman
78 2012 Love Story[26][27] Nayantara Filming
79 2013 Bhai[28] Bhai Richa Gangopadhyay Filming
80 2013 HUM Script work in progress
As producer
Year Film
1979 Kalyani
1980 Pilla Zameendaaru
Buchhibabu
1981 Money Hai To Honey Hai
Premaabhishekam
1983 Sri Ranganeethulu
Rakshana
1995 Sisindri
1996 Ninne Pelladatha
1998 Aaha
Sri Seetarama Kalyanam Chutamurarandi
Chandralekha
1999 Prema Kadha
Sitaramaraju
2000 Yuvakudu
2002 Manmadhudu
2003 Satyam
2004 Mass
2005 Super
Amudhey
2011 Rajanna
2013 Bhai
Contents
1 Early life and Family
2 Acting career
3 Television production
4 Charity
5 Awards
6 Filmography
6.1 As actor
6.2 As producer
Early life and Family
Nagarjuna was born on 29 August 1959 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India to actor Nageswara Rao Akkineni and Annapurna Akkineni. The family later moved to Hyderabad where he attended the Hyderabad Public School and studied at Little Flower Junior College and B.E. from the College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai.
He completed M.S. in Automobile Engineering from Eastern Michigan University.[10][11] He is the spouse of actress Amala Akkineni, the father of actors Naga Chaitanya Akkineni and Akhil Akkineni.
Acting career
Nagarjuna acted as a child artist in the 1968 Telugu film Sudigundalu directed by veteran Adurthi Subbarao. Years later he made his debut as a lead actor through the 1986 Telugu film Vikram directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao. In 1988, he starred in Aakhari Poratam directed by K. Raghavendra Rao where he was paired opposite Sridevi and Suhasini.
In 1989, he was starred in the Maniratnam directed Romantic-drama, Geethanjali which became a major box-office success and was critically acclaimed. The film went on to win the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment in 1990.
In the same year, Nagarjuna acted in Siva, an action blockbuster directed by Ram Gopal Varma. In 1990, he subsequently made his Bollywood debut with the Hindi remake of the same film titled Shiva.
He followed it up with action films like Killer, Chaithanya and Nirnayam working with directors such as Fazil and Priyadarshan. Other films which were released in the subsequent years include President Gari Pellam, Varasudu, Gharana Bullodu and Allari Alludu. In 1994 he starred in a Hindi-Telugu bilingual Criminal directed by Mahesh Bhatt. The same year he ventured into comedy for the first time with Hello Brother. It was later remade into Hindi as Judwaa and dubbed into Tamil.
In 1996, Nagarjuna starred and produced Ninne Pelladatha, which was directed by Krishna Vamsi. The movie fetched a National Award for him by winning the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu & Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu that's his 1st Filmfare Award as a producer. The next year, Nagarjuna acted in Annamayya where he portrayed the role of Annamacharya, a 15th-century Telugu singer and poet, won him his Filmfare Best Actor Award and his first Nandi Award for Best Actor. His subsequent releases were Nuvvu Vastavani, Ninne Premistha and Azad. He starred in the romantic comedies such as Santhosham, Manmadhudu, and Shivamani as well. He produced Satyam in 2003, that starred his nephew Sumanth.
In 2004, Nagarjuna had two releases—Nenunnanu and Mass. The latter was produced by Nagarjuna and directed by choreographer Lawrence Raghavendra. In 2005, Nagarjuna acted in and produced Super. In 2006, he starred in Sri Ramadasu, his second period film based on the 18th-century Telugu composer of the same name.[12] Nagarjuna received the Nandi Award for Best actor for the film. In December 2007, he appeared in Don and a year later, he appeared in King alongside Trisha Krishnan and Srihari.
In the year 2010, he had releases such as Kedi and Ragada. His latest film Gaganam was released on 11 February 2011. Its Tamil version was titled Payanam. In 2011 Nagarjuna signed three movies in a row. They are Rajanna,[13] Damarukam and Shirdi Sai.[14] He recently signed Love Story which starts its shooting in June 2012.[15] He is going to act in three generation of Akkineni Heroes (his father 'NataSamrat' NageswaraRao Akkineni,King Nagarjuna Akkineni and his son Yuvasamrat NagaChaitanya Akkineni) movie to be directed by Vikram Kumar of 13B and Ishq fame.He also accepted to do a film under Veerabhadram Chowdary which is tentatively titled as "Bhai".
Television production
Nagarjuna made his début as a television producer in 2009 with the serial Yuva.[16] He is one of the major shareholders of the television channel Maa TV.[17]
Charity
Nagarjuna, with his wife Amala, is the co-founder of Blue Cross of Hyderabad,[18] a non-government organization (NGO) in Hyderabad, India, which works towards the welfare of animals and preservation of animal rights. He is also involved in some of the welfare programs undertaken by the MAA TV association.[19]
In 2010, he starred in an HIV/AIDS animated software tutorial created by TeachAIDS, a nonprofit founded at Stanford University.[20]
Awards
National Film Awards
1997 - National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for producing Ninne Pelladatha
1998 - National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) for acting Annamayya
Nandi Awards
1997 - Nandi Award for Best Actor for Annamayya[21]
1999 - Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Kansya (Bronze) for producing Prema Kadha
2000 - Nandi Special Jury Award for producing Yuvakudu[22]
2002 - Nandi Award for Best Actor for Santhosham[21]
2002 - Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Swarna (Gold) for producing Manmadhudu
2006 - Nandi Award for Best Actor for Sri Ramadasu
2011 - Nandi Special Jury Award for Rajanna
2011 - Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Rajata (Silver) for producing Rajanna[23]
Filmfare Awards South
1996 - Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) for Ninne Pelladatha
1997 - Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) for Annamayya
South Indian International Movie Awards
2012 - Special Appreciation (Actor) for Rajanna[24]
CineMAA Awards
2012 - Special Jury Award for Rajanna[25]
Other Awards
1990 - Cinema Express Award for Shiva
1996 - Akruthi Film Award for Ninne Pelladatha
1997 - Screen Videocon Award for Annamayya
2000 - Andhra Pradesh Film Journalists Association Award for Azad
2011- TSR Kala Ratna Award
Bharathamuni Awards
1989 - Best Actor for Geethanjali
1997 - Best Actor for Annamayya
Vamsee Berkeley Awards
1986 - Best Actor for Vikram
1990 - Best Actor for Shiva
AP Cinegoers Awards
1989 - Best Actor for Geethanjali
Filmography
As actor
No Year Title Role Co-stars Notes
1 1986 Vikram Vikram Shobhana
2 1986 Captain Nagarjun Nagarjun Khusboo, Rajendra Prasad
3 1987 Aranyakanda Ashwini, Radhika
4 1987 Majnu Rajesh Rajani
5 1987 Sankeertana Kali Ramya Krishna
6 1987 Collector Gari Abbai Rajesh Rajani
7 1987 Agni Putrudu Kalidaasu Rajani
8 1987 Kirai Dada Vijay Khusboo, Amala
9 1988 Aakhari Poratam Vihari Sridevi, Suhasini
10 1988 Chinababu Chinababu Amala Akkineni
11 1988 Murali Krishnudu Murali Krishna Rajani
12 1988 Janaki Ramudu Ramu Vijayashanti
13 1989 Vijay Vijay Vijayashanti
14 1989 Vicky Daada Vikram Juhi Chawla, Radha
15 1989 Geethanjali Prakash Girija, Silk Smitha
16 1989 Agni Pawan Shantipriya
17 1989 Siva Siva Amala Akkineni
1990 Shiva Shiva Amala Akkineni Hindi Film
18 1990 Prema Yuddham Kalyan Amala Akkineni
19 1990 Neti Siddhartha Siddhartha Shobhana, Ayesha Jhulka
20 1990 Iddaru Iddare Ramya Krishna, ANR
21 1991 Nirnayam Vamsi Krishna Amala Akkineni
22 1991 Chaithanya Chaitanya Gouthami, Silk Smitha
23 1991 Santhi Kranthi Kranti Juhi Chawla
24 1991 Jaitrayatra Teja Vijayashanti
25 1992 Killer Eeshwar / Prem Nagma, Sharada
26 1992 Khuda Gawah Raja Mirza Sridevi, Shilpa Shirodkar, Amitabh Bachchan Hindi film
27 1992 Antham Raghav Urmila Matondkar
1992 Drohi Raghav / Shekhar Urmila Matondkar Hindi film
28 1992 President Gari Pellam Raja Meena
29 1993 Rakshana Bose Shobhana, Roja(Guest Role), Silk Smitha
30 1993 Varasudu Vinay Nagma, Krishna
31 1993 Allari Alludu Kalyan Nagma, Meena, Vanisri
32 1993 Govinda Govinda Seenu Sridevi
33 1994 Hello Brother Deva / Ravi Varma Ramya Krishna, Soundarya
34 1995 Criminal Dr. Ajay Kumar Manisha Koirala, Ramya Krishna Hindi film
35 1995 Sisindri Raja Aamani, Tabu, Pooja Batra
36 1995 Gharana Bullodu Raju Ramya Krishna, Aamani
- 1995 Ghatothkachudu Cameo appearance
37 1996 Ninne Pelladatha Seenu Tabu Also producer,
Winner: Filmfare Best Film
38 1996 Mr. Bechara Ajay Sridevi, Anil kapoor Hindi film
39 1996 Vajram Chakri Roja, Indraja (Guest Role)
40 1996 Ramudochhadu Ram Soundarya, Ravali
41 1997 Ratchagan Ajay Sushmita Sen Tamil film
42 1997 Annamayya Annamayya Ramya Krishna, Kasthuri, Suman, Mohan Babu Winner: Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Actor)
Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
43 1998 Zakhm Raman Desai Sonali Bendre, Ajay Devgan, Pooja Bhatt Hindi film
44 1998 Chandralekha Seeta Rama Rao Ramya Krishna, Isha Koppikar
45 1998 Angaarey Raja Lokhande Sonali Bendre, Akshay Kumar Hindi film
46 1998 Auto Driver Jagan Simran, Deepti Bhatnagar
47 1998 Aavida Maa Aavide Vikranth Tabu, Heera Rajagopal
48 1999 Ravoyi Chandamama Sashi Anjala Zhaveri, Keerthi Reddy Aishwarya Rai's only Tollywood appearance
49 1999 Seetaramaraju Ramaraju Sanghavi, Sakshi Shivanand
50 2000 Azad Chandra Sekhar Azad Soundarya, Shilpa Shetty Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Silver
AP Film Journalists Association Award
51 2000 Ninne Premistha Srinivas Soundarya, Srikanth
52 2000 Nuvvu Vastavani Chinni Krishna Simran, Raksha (in a guest role)
53 2001 Eduruleni Manishi Surya Murthy,
Satya Murthy Soundarya, Shahanaz
54 2001 Akasa Veedhilo Chandu Raveena Tandon, Kasthuri, Rajendra Prasad
55 2001 Bava Nachadu Ajay Simran, Reema Sen, Suman Ranganathan
56 2001 Adhipathi Jagan Soundarya, Mohan Babu, Preeti Jhangiani Guest appearance
57 2001 Snehamante Idera Aravind Bhumika Chawla, Sumanth
58 2002 Agni Varsha Yavakri Raveena Tandon Hindi film
59 2002 Santosham Karthikeya Gracy Singh, Shriya Saran Winner: Nandi Award for Best Actor
60 2002 Manmadhudu Abhiram Sonali Bendre, Anshu
61 2003 LOC Kargil Maj. Padmaphani Acharya Hindi film
62 2003 Shivamani 9848022338 Shivamani Rakshita, Asin Thottumkal
63 2004 Mass Mass (Ganesh) Jyothika, Charmy Kaur
64 2004 Nenunnanu Venu Shriya Saran, Aarthi Agarwal, Anitha
65 2005 Super Akhil Anushka Shetty, Ayesha Takia, Sonu Sood
66 2005 Amudhey Ravindra Varadharajan Jagapathi Babu, Shalini Tamil Movie
2006 Style Mass Cameo appearance
67 2006 Sri Ramadasu Gopanna,
Sri Ramadasu Sneha, Suman, Veda(Archana) Winner: Nandi Award for Best Actor
68 2006 Boss - I Love You Gopal Krishna Saloni Aswani, Nayantara, Poonam Bajwa, Shriya Saran
69 2007 Don Suri Anushka Shetty, Nikitha
70 2008 Krishnarjuna Krishna Vishnu Manchu, Mamta Mohandas
71 2008 King Bottu Seenu/King/Sarath Trisha Krishnan, Mamta Mohandas
72 2010 Kedi Ramesh (Rummy) Mamta Mohandas
2010 Thakita Thakita As himself Bhumika Chawla, Anushka Shetty Special appearance
73 2010 Ragada Satya Reddy Anushka Shetty, Priyamani, Charmy Kaur
74 2011 Payanam Major Raveendran Poonam Kaur Tamil film
2011 Gaganam Major Raveendra
75 2011 Rajanna Rajanna Sneha
76 2012 Shirdi Sai Shirdi Sai Baba Srikanth, Srihari, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Sarath Babu
77 2012 Dhamarukam Mallikharjuna Anushka Shetty, Ganesh Venkatraman
78 2012 Love Story[26][27] Nayantara Filming
79 2013 Bhai[28] Bhai Richa Gangopadhyay Filming
80 2013 HUM Script work in progress
As producer
Year Film
1979 Kalyani
1980 Pilla Zameendaaru
Buchhibabu
1981 Money Hai To Honey Hai
Premaabhishekam
1983 Sri Ranganeethulu
Rakshana
1995 Sisindri
1996 Ninne Pelladatha
1998 Aaha
Sri Seetarama Kalyanam Chutamurarandi
Chandralekha
1999 Prema Kadha
Sitaramaraju
2000 Yuvakudu
2002 Manmadhudu
2003 Satyam
2004 Mass
2005 Super
Amudhey
2011 Rajanna
2013 Bhai
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