Nagarjuna filmography

Nagarjuna is an Indian actor and producer who works in the Telugu cinema. He has acted in over 100 films as a lead actor as well as playing supporting and cameo roles, including Hindi and Tamil cinema. He has received nine state Nandi Awards, three Filmfare Awards South, and one Special Mention at the National Film Awards. The 1996 film Ninne Pelladata which he produced, was declared the Best Telugu film of the year at the National Film Awards.

Nagarjuna in 2010

Nagarjuna enacted the role of 15th century composer Annamacharya in the 1997 film Annamayya; as Yavakri (the son of the ascetic Bharadwaja) in the 2002 film Agni Varsha; as Major Padmapani Acharya in the 2003 war film, LOC Kargil; as 17th-century composer Kancherla Gopanna in the 2006 film Sri Ramadasu; as Sai Baba of Shirdi in the 2012 film Shirdi Sai; and as Chandaludu (Lord Siva in disguise) in the 2013 film Jagadguru Adi Sankara.^[1]

In 1989, Nagarjuna acted in the Maniratnam directed Romantic drama film, Geetanjali, which won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. In the same year, he acted in Siva, an action blockbuster directed by Ram Gopal Varma, premiered at the 13th International Film Festival of India.^[2] In 1990, he subsequently made his Bollywood debut with the Hindi remake of the same film titled Shiva, and tasted success. In 1997, he received the National Film Award for producing Ninne Pelladata. In 1998, he received the National Film Award-Special Mention for his performance in the historical film Annamayya.

In 2013, Nagarjuna represented Cinema of South India at the Delhi Film Festival's 100 Years of Indian Cinema's celebration, alongside Ramesh Sippy and Vishal Bharadwaj from Bollywood.^[3] In 1995, he ventured into film production, with a production unit operating in Seychelles, and was a co-director of an Emmy Award-winning film animation company in Michigan, U.S.^[4] Along with his brother, Venkat Akkineni, Nagarjuna is the co-owner of the production company, Annapurna Studios and is the president of the non-profit film school Annapurna International School of Film and Media based in Hyderabad.^[5][6][7]

Acting roles

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Telugu films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1986	Vikram	Vikram	Remake of Hindi film Hero
	Captain Nagarjun	Nagarjuna
	Aranyakanda	Chaitanya
1987	Majnu	Rajesh
	Sankeertana	Kaasi
	Collector Gari Abbai	Ravi
	Agni Putrudu	Kalidaasu
	Kirai Dada	Vijay	Remake of Hindi film Jaal
1988	Aakhari Poratam	Vihari
	Chinababu	Venu Gopal
	Murali Krishnudu	Murali Krishna
	Janaki Ramudu	Ranga (Ramu)^[a]
1989	Vijay	Vijay
	Vicky Daada	Vikram
	Geetanjali	Prakash
	Agni	Pavan Kumar
	Siva	Siva
1990	Prema Yuddham	Kalyan
	Neti Siddhartha	Siddhartha
	Iddaru Iddare	Ravi
1991	Nirnayam	Vamsi Krishna
	Chaitanya	Chaitanya
	Shanti Kranti	Inspector Subash
	Jaitra Yatra	Teja	25th Film
1992	Killer	Eeswar Prasad (Prem Krishna)^[a]
	Antham	Raghav (Shekar)^[a]
	President Gari Pellam	Raja
1993	Rakshana	Bose
	Varasudu	Vinay
	Allari Alludu	Kalyan (Rajesh)^[a]
1994	Govinda Govinda	Seenu
	Hello Brother	Deva / Ravi Varma^[b]
	Criminal	Dr. Ajay Kumar
1995	Gharana Bullodu	Raju
	Vajram	Chakri
1996	Ramudochadu	Ram
	Ninne Pelladata	Seenu	Also producer National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu
1997	Annamayya	Annamacharya	National Film Award-Special Mention Nandi Award for Best Actor Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
1998	Aavida Maa Aavide	Vikranth
	Auto Driver	Jagan
	Chandralekha	Raj Kapoor (Seeta Rama Rao)^[a]
1999	Seetharama Raju	Ramaraju
	Ravoyi Chandamama	Sashi
2000	Nuvvu Vastavani	Chinni Krishna
	Azad	Chandra Shekar Azad	Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Silver
2001	Eduruleni Manishi	Surya Murthy / Satya^[b]
	Bava Nachadu	Ajay
	Akasa Veedhilo	Chandra Sekhar (Chandu)^[a]	50th Film
	Snehamante Idera	Aravind
2002	Santosham	Karthikeya	Nandi Award for Best Actor
	Manmadhudu	Abhiram
2003	Sivamani	CI Sivamani
2004	Nenunnanu	Venu Madhav
	Mass	Ganesh (Mass)^[a]
2005	Super	Akhil
2006	Sri Ramadasu	Kancherla Gopanna		^[8]
	Boss - I Love You	Gopal Krishna
2007	Don	Suri
2008	King	Raja Chandra Pratap Varma aka King (Bottu Seenu, Sarath)^[a]
2010	Kedi	Ramesh (Rummy)^[a]
	Ragada	Satya Reddy
2011	Gaganam	Major N. Raveendra
2012	Shirdi Sai	Shirdi Sai Baba	also singer for the song "Okkade Devudu"	^[9]
	Damarukam	Mallikharjuna
2013	Greeku Veerudu	Chandu
	Bhai	Vijay
2014	Manam	Seetharamudu / Nageswara Rao "Bittu"^[b]
2016	Soggade Chinni Nayana	Bangarraju / Dr. Ram Mohan^[b]	also singer for the song "Dikka Dikka Dum Dum"
	Oopiri	Vikramaditya
2017	Om Namo Venkatesaya	Hathiram Bhavaji
	Raju Gari Gadhi 2	Rudra
2018	Officer	Sivaji Rao IPS	75th Film
	Devadas	Deva
2019	Manmadhudu 2	Sambasiva Rao / Sam
2021	Wild Dog	Vijay Varma		^[10]
2022	Bangarraju	Bangarraju / Dr. Ram Mohan^[b]	also singer for the song "Laddunda"	^[11]
	The Ghost	Vikram Naidu		^[12]
2024	Naa Saami Ranga	Kishtayya
TBA	#DNS †	TBA	Filming

Other language films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
1990	Shiva	Shiva	Hindi	Remake of Siva
1992	Khuda Gawah	Inspector Raja Mirza
	Drohi	Raghav (Shekhar)^[a]		Simultaneously shot in Telugu as Antham
1995	Criminal	Dr. Ajay Kumar		Simultaneously shot in Telugu with the same name but the Hindi version was released late.
1996	Mr. Bechara	Ajay		Remake of the 1994 Tamil film Veetla Visheshanga
1997	Ratchagan	Ajay Padmanabhan	Tamil
1998	Angaarey	Raja Lokhande	Hindi
	Zakhm	Raman Desai
2002	Agni Varsha	Yavakri
2003	LOC Kargil	Major Padmapani Acharya
2011	Payanam	Major N. Raveendra	Tamil	Simultaneously shot in Telugu as Gaganam
2016	Thozha	Vikramadhithya (Vikram)		Simultaneously shot in Telugu as Oopiri
2022	Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva	Anish Shetty	Hindi		^[13]
TBA	#DNS †	TBA	Tamil Hindi	Filming; Simultaneously being shot in Telugu

Child artist, cameo appearances and supporting roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1961	Velugu Needalu	Raghu	8 month old baby
1967	Sudigundalu	Child artist
1988	Rao Gari Illu	Himself
1995	Ghatothkachudu	Chitha
	Sisindri	Raja
2000	Ninne Premistha	Srinivas
2001	Adhipathi	Adv.Jagan
2006	Style	Mass
2008	Krishnarjuna	Lord Krishna (Bangaram)
2010	Thakita Thakita	Nag
2011	Rajanna	Rajanna
2013	Sri Jagadguru Aadi Sankara	Chandaludu
2015	Dongaata	Himself
	Akhil
	Size Zero		^[14]
	Inji Iduppazhagi		Tamil Film.
2016	Nirmala Convent		also Producer and singer for the song "Kotha Kotha Bhasha"^[15]
	Premam	Vikram's father

Producer

Films

Year	Film	Ref
1979	Kalyani
1980	Pilla Zamindar
	Buchi Babu
1981	Premabhishekam
	Prema Kanuka
1982	Yuvaraju
1983	Sri Ranga Neethulu
1995	Sisindri
1996	Ninne Pelladata
1998	Aahaa..!
	Sri Sita Ramula Kalyanam Chootamu Raarandi
	Chandralekha
1999	Prema Katha
	Seetharama Raju
2000	Yuvakudu
2002	Manmadhudu
2003	Satyam
2004	Mass
2005	Super
2011	Rajanna
2013	Bhai
	Uyyala Jampala
2014	Manam
	Oka Laila Kosam
2016	Soggade Chinni Nayana
	Nirmala Convent
2017	Rarandoi Veduka Chudham
	Hello
2018	Rangula Ratnam
2019	Manmadhudu 2
2022	Bangarraju

Television

Year	Title	Language	Role	Channel
2014–2016	Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu	Telugu	Host	MAA TV
2019–Present	Bigg Boss			Star Maa
2020	Loser		Producer	ZEE5^[16]
2022–present	Bigg Boss Non-Stop		Host	Disney+ Hotstar

Music videos

Year	Title	Performer(s)	Language	Ref.
1997	"Apna Desh to Apna Ho" (Meri Jann Hindustan)	Hariharan	Hindi
2013	"Betiyaan" (Save the Girl Child)	Shankar Mahadevan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonu Nigam	Hindi	^[17]

See also

• List of Indian film actors
• Telugu cinema

Notes

1. Akkineni Nagarjuna played a single character with two or more names.
2. Akkineni Nagarjuna played two characters.

References

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