Nagarjuna Akkineni

Acting

Nagarjuna Akkineni

Born 1959-08-29 · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Akkineni Nagarjuna is an Indian actor, film producer, and television presenter who predominantly works in Telugu cinema, alongside Hindi and Tamil films. Born on August 29, 1959, in Madras (present-day Chennai), Tamil Nadu, he is the son of legendary Telugu actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR). He completed his degree in mechanical engineering from the College of Engineering, Guindy, followed by higher studies in the United States, before transitioning into full-time filmmaking. After early appearances as a child artist, he made his debut as a leading actor with *Vikram* (1986). He quickly redefined modern Telugu cinema by collaborating with emerging filmmakers on trendsetting projects, notably Mani Ratnam's romantic tragedy *Geethanjali* (1989) and Ram Gopal Varma's revolutionary crime drama *Siva* (1989), both of which achieved pan-Indian acclaim. Over a career spanning more than four decades, he delivered widely celebrated hits across diverse genres, including *Hello Brother* (1994), *Ninne Pelladata* (1996), *Annamayya* (1997), *Santosham* (2002), *Manmadhudu* (2002), *Mass* (2004), *Sri Ramadasu* (2006), *Manam* (2014), *Oopiri* (2016), and *Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva* (2022). As an actor and producer under the prestigious Annapurna Studios banner, he has won two National Film Awards (including a Special Mention for *Annamayya* and Best Feature Film in Telugu for *Ninne Pelladata*), nine Nandi Awards, and three Filmfare Awards South. Beyond his cinematic achievements, he is also well-known as the host of several seasons of the reality show *Bigg Boss Telugu* and is actively involved in philanthropic endeavors, including co-founding the Blue Cross of Hyderabad.

Acting credits

Brahmāstra Part One: Shiva poster
6.3

The story of Shiva – a young man on the brink of an epic love, with a girl named Isha. But their world is turned upside down when Shiva learns that he has a mysterious connection to the Brahmāstra... and a great power within him that he doesn’t understand just yet - the power of Fire.

Brahmāstra Part One: Shiva

2022

Coolie poster
6.2

Deva, once living a quiet life, is shaken when his close friend dies under suspicious circumstances. Determined to uncover the truth, he infiltrates a powerful gang operating in the shadows. As he investigates, Deva becomes entangled in a dangerous web of crime, betrayal, and secrets from his own past, forcing him to confront powerful enemies while protecting the ones he loves.

Coolie

2025

Captain Nagarjuna poster
7.0

Captain Nagarjuna, a pilot, falls madly in love with Radha, a passenger on one of his flights and gets married to her. Things change when he learns about Radha's past.

Captain Nagarjuna

1986

Raju Gari Gadhi 2 poster
4.8

Three friends — Ashwin, Kishore and Praveen get into business by purchasing a resort. Pretty soon, they find that they've got more than what they've bargained for. Apparently, the resort is haunted by a ghost. Unwilling to sell the resort, they seek the help of a mentalist, Rudra, to exorcise the ghost.

Raju Gari Gadhi 2

2017

Ravoyi Chandamama poster
6.0

Raavoyi Chandamama is a 1999 Telugu romance film produced by C. Ashwini Dutt under the Vyjayanthi Movies banner and directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee. It stars Nagarjuna Akkineni, Anjala Zhaveri, Keerthi Reddy and Jagapati Babu in the lead roles, with music composed by Mani Sharma.

Ravoyi Chandamama

1999

Anaganaga Oka Raju poster
6.9

A lazy, entitled brat who wants to lead an easy life is in for a rude shock that changes the course of his life.

Anaganaga Oka Raju

2026

Devadas poster
6.1

A sincere doctor Das works at a private clinic, where he meets the dreaded don Deva who arrives injured. After the treatment, Das and Deva form a deep friendship until Deva's mafia background and gruesome history causes a rift in their bond.

Devadas

2018

Kuberaa poster
6.7

A ruthless billionaire, Neeraj, uses beggars as benamis to launder money, with the help of a disgraced civil submit servant, Deepak. One of the beggars, Deva, escapes with ₹10,000 crores and becomes the target of a deadly manhunt. He meets Sameera, who joins him in his mission to use the money to uplift society's poor. With Deepak's help, Deva fights back.

Kuberaa

2025

Manmadhudu poster
7.5

Abhiram, a misogynist, works as a manager in his own advertising agency. When his uncle, the chairman, appoints Harika as an assistant manager, he mistreats her, but his hatred soon turns into love.

Manmadhudu

2002

Bangarraju poster
6.1

Chinna Bangarraju is taking forward his grandfather Bangarraju's legacy of being a massive flirt. His worried grandmother however wants to ensure he's not lonely anymore before she passes on.

Bangarraju

2022

Prema Yuddham poster
8.0

Kalyan, a dancer, falls in love with a girl who comes to him in order to learn dancing. However, the lovers face many problems while they strive to be together.

Prema Yuddham

1990

LOC: Kargil poster
5.6

This film dramatizes events that occurred as the hostility between India and Pakistan over Kashmir came to a head in 1999, when more than 1,000 men crossed the "Line of Control" that separates the two locations. Taliban and Pakistani soldiers took over the area, blocking the main road that linked the regions. Standing their ground, Indian soldier drove them away, but not without losing more than 400 of their own men first.

LOC: Kargil

2003

Om Namo Venkatesaya poster
4.5

Raama, who is a devotee of Lord Venkateswara, denounces worldly pleasures including his soon-to-be-bride and maradalu Bhavani and ends up at Tirumala. He decides to change the face of Tirumala by turning it into ‘Kaliyuga Vaikuntham’ both for pilgrims and the deity with the help of Krishnamma. His endeavours to do so, the hurdles and his encounters with the Lord himself is the story.

Om Namo Venkatesaya

2017

Ragada poster
5.2

A local village rowdy arrives in the city to earn money by any means and participates in a brawl between two rivals that brings him to their attention.

Ragada

2010

Premam poster
6.5

Vikram falls in love with three women at different stages of his life which changes him as a person until he finally meets the love of his life.

Premam

2016

Collector Gari Abbai poster
7.0

A bureaucrat and his son differ from each other on various issues. However, the father finally realizes the magnanimity of his son and shows his appreciation.

Collector Gari Abbai

1987

Killer poster
8.5

Priya, the niece of an assassinated prime minister, lives with her aunt and her cousin. She falls in love with Prem. Unfortunately, she is unaware of Prem's evil intentions.

Killer

1992

Oopiri poster
7.2

Impressed by his carefree attitude, quadriplegic multi-billionaire Vikram hires a convict out on parole as his caretaker. What follows is a string of life lessons they learn from each other.

Oopiri

2016

Rajanna poster
4.8

The film is set in the Nelakondapalli village of khammam district in Nizam Princely State of Hyderabad of the late 1940s. The feudal society is under the vice-like grip of an aristocratic family and its head, a Dorasani (Shwetha Menon). Mallamma (Baby Annie) is the darling of the village, who is living in perpetual humiliation. They seek solace in her songs. Brought up by Sambayya, an old man, she develops a mysterious attachment to a basil tree which is regarded as holy by the entire village.

Rajanna

2011

Ratchagan poster
7.7

A girl falls for a violent man, who keeps taking law in his hands and beats people up. She wants to marry to him and eventually even he says yes, but her father has a condition that he should control his anger and work with him in his factory.

Ratchagan

1997

Rakshana poster
4.0

Sriram Bose, a righteous policeman, relentlessly fights against the underworld gangster Salim Ghouse. When Salim murders his friend, Nassar, and kidnaps his daughter, Bose tries to rescue her.

Rakshana

1993

Manam poster
7.2

A married couple die in an accident, leaving behind a son. As he grows up and becomes successful, he comes across reincarnations of his father and mother as youngsters, and vows to bring them back together.

Manam

2014

Greeku Veerudu poster
3.8

Chandu (Nagarjuna) is a very selfish, self made and cut throat businessman in New York who runs a successful Event Organizing Agency and is aided by his uncle Sundar (M. S. Narayana), friends Bharath (Bharath Reddy) and Maya (Meera Chopra). Chandu never believes in relationships and family bonding citing them as a mess to discard. He is always involved in romantic activities with many girls sans commitment. Maya loves Chandu but as fate would have it, She marries Kamaraju (Brahmanandam), an aged yet wealthy doctor to rob his wealth. On the advice of Chandu, she applies for divorce and gets the money from him.

Greeku Veerudu

2013

Krishnarjuna poster
5.2

Influenced by an astrologer, Pedababu fixes his sister's wedding with Arjun, an orphan, and plans to get him killed. However, Lord Krishna comes to Arjun's rescue.

Krishnarjuna

2008

Behind the camera

Lenin poster
6.2

In a village trapped by generations of bloodshed, a determined young man dares to challenge the traditions fueling an endless cycle of violence.

Lenin

2026

Aahaa..! poster
NR

Sriram (Jagapati Babu) is the son of "Pepsi" Parasuram (Vijayakumar), who always enjoys his life and his father feels that he is a useless fellow. Raghuram (Raghuvaran), his elder brother is their father's favorite son. To hide his brother secret he take the blame for everyone's shortcomings, becomes the family scapegoat and his father's favorite whipping boy. The rest of the film examines whether or not Raghu is finally vindicated in the eyes of his family.

Aahaa..!

1998

Oka Laila Kosam poster
5.4

A carefree young man leading an aimless life falls in love with a cultured and simple woman, but she does not reciprocate his emotion. However, when circumstances force her to marry him, he embarks upon a journey to make his wife fall in love with him. Will he succeed in his mission?

Oka Laila Kosam

2014

Manmadhudu poster
7.5

Abhiram, a misogynist, works as a manager in his own advertising agency. When his uncle, the chairman, appoints Harika as an assistant manager, he mistreats her, but his hatred soon turns into love.

Manmadhudu

2002

Bangarraju poster
6.1

Chinna Bangarraju is taking forward his grandfather Bangarraju's legacy of being a massive flirt. His worried grandmother however wants to ensure he's not lonely anymore before she passes on.

Bangarraju

2022

Hello! poster
7.0

Avinash/Seenu is a street urchin brought up by his loving adoptive parents Saru and Prakash. The love of his life is the girl he meets during childhood Junnu/Priya, whom fate had snatched away from him. Fourteen long years and they still wait for the day they will meet again. Will destiny help them?

Hello!

2017

Rarandoi Veduka Chudham poster
5.5

A happy-go-lucky boy falls in love with a village belle and after initially facing rejection from her, realises that he has a lot to do to win her love.

Rarandoi Veduka Chudham

2017

Prema Kanuka poster
7.0

Raja Shekaram, an artist, crosses paths with Sandhya after he paints a poster of Gowri. He then persuades her into helping him teach a lesson to someone close to her, who has ties to his past.

Prema Kanuka

1981

Rajanna poster
4.8

The film is set in the Nelakondapalli village of khammam district in Nizam Princely State of Hyderabad of the late 1940s. The feudal society is under the vice-like grip of an aristocratic family and its head, a Dorasani (Shwetha Menon). Mallamma (Baby Annie) is the darling of the village, who is living in perpetual humiliation. They seek solace in her songs. Brought up by Sambayya, an old man, she develops a mysterious attachment to a basil tree which is regarded as holy by the entire village.

Rajanna

2011

Manam poster
7.2

A married couple die in an accident, leaving behind a son. As he grows up and becomes successful, he comes across reincarnations of his father and mother as youngsters, and vows to bring them back together.

Manam

2014

Prema Katha poster
7.3

A love story set in a rural backdrop between a poor village boy, Suri, and a rich upper class girl, Divya, much to the opposition of the latter's violent brother who will go to any length to end it

Prema Katha

1999

Seetharama Raju poster
5.0

This is a story of two brothers who love each other a lot. The rivalry between the families of Sitaiah and Basava Raju leads to the death of Sitaiah and Ramaraju taking his revenge

Seetharama Raju

1999

Sisindri poster
7.1

Although Sisindri's kidnapping comes as a shocker to his parents, they try to search for him. However, he returns home after escaping from the kidnappers.

Sisindri

1995

King 100 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

King 100

2026

Manmadhudu 2 poster
5.1

Under pressure to marry, a perennial bachelor hires a much younger woman to act as his fiancée, but her bond with his family throws his plan for a loop.

Manmadhudu 2

2019

Mass poster
6.1

Mass, an orphan, bonds well with his landlord's son, Adi, who is in love with a mafia head's daughter. Attempting to separate the lovers, the gangsters kill Adi and Mass sets out to seek revenge.

Mass

2004

Chandralekha poster
5.5

After Sitarama saves Chandra from an accident, her family mistakes him to be her husband while she lies in a coma. However, he continues the charade before her friend, Lekha, arrives on the scene.

Chandralekha

1998

Ninne Pelladatha poster
7.3

When Mahalakshmi comes to the city, she falls in love with Seenu, whose family approves of her. But when her parents arrive, they forcibly take her away. Will the history of their families separate Mahalakshmi and Seenu?

Ninne Pelladatha

1996

Soggade Chinni Nayana poster
5.9

Ramu and Seetha have come to India for divorce. Ramu's mother Satyabhama is helpless and desperately remembers her dead husband Bangarraju. Lord Yama decides to send him to earth to help her.

Soggade Chinni Nayana

2016

Satyam poster
6.8

Satyam is an unbelievably nice guy. Everybody likes him--except for the two people he loves most, his father and Ankita, the girl with whom he is in love with. Because he and his father don't get along, Sathyam leaves home and starts living with friends. A sensitive man and sensible writer, Satyam ghost-writes for a popular film lyricist. He wants to prove himself as lyricist before meeting Ankita, when he intends to express his love for her; except in the meanwhile, a flamboyant classmate of Ankita proposes to her.

Satyam

2003

Bhai poster
3.0

David, a don, sends Bhai, a hitman, to Hyderabad to kill a policeman who is disrupting mafia operations. However, when Bhai learns that the officer is his own brother, he decides to protect him.

Bhai

2013

Chi La Sow poster
7.8

While Arjun doesn't want to get married, his parents set up a blind date for him at his place. The story revolves around Arjun, how he falls for the girl he's about to meet, why and how he changed his decision to get married.

Chi La Sow

2018

No artwork available
6.5

Siva, a jovial college student, falls in love with a girl, who later rejects him. His mother decides to befriend the girl and persuade her to marry her son.

Yuvakudu

2000