Nagarjuna Biodata

Awards

Nandi Awards: Annamayya(1997),Santosham(2002),Sri Ramadasu (2006)

SIIMA Awards: Rajanna (2012);

Film Fare Awards: Ninne pelladata(1996), Annamaya(1997)

Bharata Muni Awards: Geethanjali(1989), Annamaya(1997)

A.P. CINE Goers: Geethanjali (1989)

National Awards: Ninne Pelladatha, Annamayya

Entry in Tollywood

Nagarjuna acted as a child artist in the 1967 Telugu film sudigundalu directed by veteran Adurthi Subbarao. Few years later he made his debut as a lead actor through the 1986 Telugu film Vikram directed by V. Madhusudhan Rao. In 1988, he starred in Aakhari Poratam directed by K. Raghavendra Rao where he was paired opposite Sridevi and Suhas He also acted in the movies Vikkidada, Kiraidada, Murali Krishnudu, Janaki Ramudu, Agni Putrudu. 1989 was a remarkable year in the career of Nagarjuna. The shift up in his career came in this year when he attained critical and commercial success with Geetanjali, a love story that was directed by famous South Indian director Maniratnam. Geetanjali became a block buster hit when it was dubbed into Tamil as well. In the same year, Nagarjuna followed it up with the trend setter blockbuster hit, Shiva, an action film directed by Ram Gopal Varma.

He followed it up with action films like Killer, Chaithanya and Nirnayam working with eminent directors such as Fazil and Priyadarshn. 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 Pelladata, which was directed by Krirshna Vamsi. The movie won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu and Filmfare Award for Best Film _ Telugu that is his first Film Fare Award as a producer. The next year, Nagarjuna acted in Annamaya where he portrayed the role of Annamacharya , a 15th-century Telugu singer and poet, won him his Film Fare Best Actor Award and his first Nandi Award for Best Actor. His subsequent releases were Nuvvu Vstavani,Ninne Premistha and Azad. He starred in the romantic comedies such as Santhosham, Manmadhudu, and Shivamani as well. He produced Sathyam in 2003, that starred his nephew Sumanth.

In the year 2004, Nagarjuna had two releases, Nenunnanu and Mass. The latter was produced by Nagarjuna and directed by choreographer Lawrence Ragavendra. 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. 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 2010, he had releases such as Kedi and Ragada. His latest film Gagnam was released on 11 February 2011. Its Tamil version was titled Payanam. In 2011 Nagarjuna signed three movies in a row. They are Rajanna, Damarukam and Shiridi Sai. He recently signed Greeku Veerudu which started its shooting in June 2012 and audio release is scheduled to release on 3 April 2013.

Movies Acted by Nag

1986: Captain Nagarjuna, Vikram

1987: Kirayi Dada, Agni Putrudu, Collector Gari Abbai, Sankeertana, Majnu, Aranyakanda

1988: Janaki Ramudu, Murali Krishnudu, Chinna Babu, Aakhari Poratam

1989: Agni, Geethanjali, Shiva, Vicky Daada, Vijay

1990: Shiva, Iddaru Iddare, Neti Siddhaartha, Prema Yuddham

1991: Killer, Jaitrayatra, Santhi Kranthi, Chaitanya, Nirnayam

1992: President Gari Pellam, Drohi, Antham, Khuda Gawah

1993: Allari Alludu, Varasudu, Rakshana

1994: Criminal, Hello Brother, Govinda Govinda

1995: Gharana Bullodu

1996: Mr. Bechara, Ramudochhadu, Vajram

1997: Ratchagan, Annamayya

1998: Zakhm, Chandralekha, Auto Driver, Aavida Maa Aavide, Angaarey

1999: Ravoyi Chandamama, Seetaramaraju

2000: Azad, Ninne Premista, Nuvvu Vastavani

2001: Snehamante Idera, Akasa Veedhilo, Bava Nachadu, Eduruleni Manishi

2002: Manmadhudu, Agni Varsha, Santosham

2003: LOC Kargil, Shivamani 9848022338

2004: Mass, Nenunnanu

2006: Boss - I Love You, Sri Ramadasu

2007: Don

2008: King

2010: Kedi, Ragada

2011: Gaganam

2012: Rajanna, Damarukam, Shiridi Sai

2013: Greeku veerudu, Sri Jagadguru Aadi Sankara, Bhai

2014: Manam

2015: Dongaata, Akhil, Inji Iduppazhagi, Size Zero

2016: Soggade Chinni Nayana, Oopiri, Thozha