Nageshwara Rao Akkineni
Age: 90 | From: Andhra Pradesh, India
Person Details
Birthday: 1923-09-20 04:12:19
Death: 2014-01-22 04:12:19
Aliases: Akkineni Nageswara Rao
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Andhra Pradesh, India
Homepage:
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
Ardhangi
(1955) Raghunatha Rao / Raghu
Velugu Needalu
(1961) Chandram
Laila Majnu
(1949) Qais
Sri Ramadasu
(2006) Kabirdas
Collector Gari Abbai
(1987) Collector Rama Kantha Rao
Daughters-in-law
(1957) Gopu
Adrushtavanthulu
(1969) Raghu
Bharatha Vilas
(1973) Telugu actorActing
| 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 | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1981 | Rajesh | |
| 1980 | Ranga Rao & Venu (Dual role) | |
| 1978 | Chandra Shekar | |
| 1973 | Ramudu | |
| Tukaram | ||
| Telugu actor | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1971 | N/A | |
| Raja | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1970 | Special CBI Officer Ravindra Nath | |
| 1969 | N/A | |
| Prasad | ||
| Raghu | ||
| 1968 | Gumasta | |
| 1966 | Krishna / Seenu | |
| Dr. Raghu | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1965 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1964 | N/A | |
| Anand | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1963 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1962 | Raja | |
| Venu | ||
| Dr. Murali Krishna | ||
| 1961 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Chandram | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1960 | N/A | |
| Bhaskar | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 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 |