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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
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Premabhishekam

(1981) Rajesh
Sri Rama Rajyam
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6

Sri Rama Rajyam

(2011) Valmiki
Sri Ramadasu
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5

Sri Ramadasu

(2006) Kabirdas
Velugu Needalu
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Velugu Needalu

(1961) Chandram
Manjal Mahimai
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Manjal Mahimai

(1959) Chandrasekhar
Parivartana
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Parivartana

(1954) Satyam
Bharatha Vilas
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6

Bharatha Vilas

(1973) Telugu actor
Ardhangi
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Ardhangi

(1955) Raghunatha Rao / Raghu

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 N/A
2014 Chaitanya
2011 Valmiki
2009 Ram's Grandfather
2006 Kabirdas
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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
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1981 Rajesh
1980 Ranga Rao & Venu (Dual role)
1978 Chandra Shekar
1973 Ramudu
Tukaram
Telugu actor
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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
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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
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1959 N/A
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Chandrasekhar
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1958 N/A
Narada Maharshi
1957 N/A
Abhimanyu
Gopu
1956 Ravi
Venu
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1955 N/A
Salim
Venu
Raghunatha Rao / Raghu
A. K. Raju
1954 Satyam
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1953 Devadasu
Chandram
1951 N/A
1949 Qais
Sudhakar
Vikrama
1948 Balaraju
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1946 N/A
1945 N/A
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Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2014 Producer
1970 Producer
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