He tasted a blockbuster in the early stages of his career. He never steps back to experiment with his roles in the film. He is also the president of the non-profit film school Annapurna International School of Film and Media based in Hyderabad.Īkkineni Nagarjuna is king of Tollywood. He is the co-owner of the production company Annapurna Studios. Besides acting, he stepped 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. He is known for his works in biographical films, he played 15th-century composer Annamacharya in Annamayya (1997), Yavakri (the son of the ascetic Bharadvaja) in Agni Varsha (2002), Major Padmapani Acharya in the war film LOC: Kargil (2003), 17th-century composer Kancherla Gopanna in Sri Ramadasu (2006), Suddala Hanmanthu in Rajanna (2011), Sai Baba of Shirdi in Shirdi Sai (2012), Chandaludu in Jagadguru Adi Shankara (2013), and Hathiram Bhavaji in Om Namo Venkatesaya (2017). He has been enthralling the audience for the last 35 years. A good start by Nagarjuna and later acted in more than 100 movies.
Nagarjuna, the son of legendary actor Akkineni Nageswar Rao entered the film industry with the movie Vikram. All the stars and the celebrities are wishing Nagarjuna on the occasion of his birthday. Nagarjuna is celebrating his birthday today. Needless to say how women go gaga over this 'Greekuverudu'. He enjoys an immense fan following and is 'Manmadhudu' for all the girls.
He created his mark in the world of Telugu cinema and he is the 'King of Tollywood'. Akkineni Nagarjuna, a name that needs no introduction.