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Nagarjuna Akkineni

Aug 29, 1959 (65 years old) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Akkineni Nagarjuna is an Indian film actor, producer and television presenter who works primarily in Telugu cinema and television. He has acted in over ninety films as an actor in a lead. He has also had supporting and cameo roles, including Bollywood and Tamil films. He has received nine state Nandi Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and a National Film Award-Special Mention. In 1996 he produced, Ninne Pelladata, which has garnered the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for that year.

In 2013, he represented the cinema of South India at the Delhi Film Festival's 100 Years of Indian Cinema's celebration, alongside Ramesh Sippy and Vishal Bhardwaj from Bollywood. 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. Along with his brother, Akkineni Venkata Rathnam, Nagarjuna is the co-owner of the production company Annapurna Studios. He is also the president of the non-profit film school Annapurna International School of Film and Media based in Hyderabad.

Known For

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Brahmāstra Part One: Shiva
Anish Shetty
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Agni Varsha
Yavakri
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Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairy Tale
Self
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Oopiri
Vikramaditya
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Rajanna
Rajanna
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Gaganam
Major Ravindra
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Coolie
Simon
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Inji Iduppazhagi
Cameo Appearance
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Manam
Nageswar Rao / Seetharamudu / Bittu
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LOC: Kargil

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