Nagarjuna (actor)

Akkineni Nagarjuna (born 29 August 1959) is an Indian actor best known for his works primarily in Telugu cinema, as well as in a few Hindi and Tamil films. He has appeared in over 90 films and is a recipient of two National Film Awards for Ninne Pelladata (1996) and Annamayya (1997). Nagarjuna has also won ten Nandi Awards and three Filmfare Awards South. In 2013, he represented the Cinema of South India at the Delhi Film Festival's 100 Years of Indian Cinema's celebration. 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 called Heart Animation. Nagarjuna is the co-owner of Annapurna Studios and is also the president of the non-profit film school Annapurna College of Film and Media based in Hyderabad. In 1989, Nagarjuna starred in Mani Ratnam's romantic blockbuster Geethanjali, which won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. In the same year, he appeared in a bigger hit Siva, an action film directed by Ram Gopal Varma; featured at the 13th IFFI' 90. Nagarjuna went on to establish himself as a star in Telugu cinema by starring in highly successful films of varied genres, such as President Gari Pellam (1992), Rakshana (1993), Varasudu (1993), Allari Alludu (1993), Hello Brother (1994), Gharana Bullodu (1995), Ninne Pelladata (1996), Annamayya (1997), Nuvvu Vasthavani (2000), Ninne Premistha (2000), Santosham (2002), Manmadhudu (2002), Nenunnanu (2004), Mass (2004), Sri Ramadasu (2006), Don (2007), King (2008), Manam (2014), Soggade Chinni Nayana (2016), Oopiri (2016) and Bangarraju (2022). His notable ventures in other languages, include Hindi films, Shiva (1990), Khuda Gawah (1992), Zakhm (1998), Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva (2022) and the Tamil film, Coolie (2025).