Nageshwara Rao Akkineni
Age: N/A | From: Andhra Pradesh, India
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Akkineni Nageswara Rao , ANR
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Andhra Pradesh, India
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Movie Involvements: 50
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
Akkineni Nageswara Rao (20 September 1923 – 22 January 2014), widely known as ANR, was an Indian film actor and producer, known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He was starred in a variety of roles in his seventy five year career, while becoming one of the most prominent figures in the history of Telugu cinema. He was one of the instrumental figures in moving the Telugu Cinema industry from Madras to Hyderabad in the early 60s alongside D. V. S. Raju. He founded Annapurna Studios in the year 1975 to provide infrastructural support to the new film industry in Hyderabad. He later started the Annapurna International School of Film and Media within Annapurna Studios in 2011.
Most Famous Work
Premabhishekam
(1981) Rajesh
Sri Rama Rajyam
(2011) Valmiki
Sri Ramadasu
(2006) Kabirdas
Velugu Needalu
(1961) Chandram
Manjal Mahimai
(1959) Chandrasekhar
Parivartana
(1954) Satyam
Bharatha Vilas
(1973) Telugu actor
Ardhangi
(1955) Raghunatha Rao / RaghuActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | N/A | |
| 2014 | Chaitanya | |
| 2011 | Valmiki | |
| 2009 | Ram's Grandfather | |
| 2006 | Kabirdas | |
| N/A | ||
| 1998 | N/A | |
| Suryadevara Lakshmi Raghava Vara Prasad | ||
| 1994 | Chakravarthy | |
| Srinivasa Rao | ||
| 1993 | Jagannatham | |
| 1991 | Seetharamaiah | |
| 1990 | N/A | |
| Raja Shekaram | ||
| 1989 | N/A | |
| 1988 | Anand Rao | |
| Chief Minister Satya Murthy | ||
| 1987 | N/A | |
| Collector Rama Kantha Rao | ||
| 1986 | N/A | |
| 1985 | Gopi Krishna | |
| Sanjeevi | ||
| 1983 | Prasad | |
| Prasad | ||
| 1982 | Ravindra Babu | |
| N/A | ||
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| 1981 | Rajesh | |
| 1980 | Ranga Rao & Venu (Dual role) | |
| 1978 | Chandra Shekar | |
| 1973 | Ramudu | |
| Tukaram | ||
| Telugu actor | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1971 | N/A | |
| Raja | ||
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| 1970 | Special CBI Officer Ravindra Nath | |
| 1969 | N/A | |
| Prasad | ||
| Raghu | ||
| 1968 | Gumasta | |
| 1966 | Krishna / Seenu | |
| Dr. Raghu | ||
| N/A | ||
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| 1965 | N/A | |
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| 1964 | N/A | |
| Anand | ||
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| 1963 | N/A | |
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| 1962 | Raja | |
| Venu | ||
| Dr. Murali Krishna | ||
| 1961 | N/A | |
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| Chandram | ||
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| 1960 | N/A | |
| Bhaskar | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
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| N/A | ||
| Chandrasekhar | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1958 | N/A | |
| Narada Maharshi | ||
| 1957 | N/A | |
| Abhimanyu | ||
| Gopu | ||
| 1956 | Ravi | |
| Venu | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1955 | N/A | |
| Salim | ||
| Venu | ||
| Raghunatha Rao / Raghu | ||
| A. K. Raju | ||
| 1954 | Satyam | |
| N/A | ||
| 1953 | Devadasu | |
| Chandram | ||
| 1951 | N/A | |
| 1949 | Qais | |
| Sudhakar | ||
| Vikrama | ||
| 1948 | Balaraju | |
| N/A | ||
| 1946 | N/A | |
| 1945 | N/A | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Producer | |
| 1970 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |