Nageshwara Rao Akkineni
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1923-09-20
Deathday 2014-01-22 (90 years old)
Place of Birth Andhra Pradesh, India
Also Known As Akkineni Nageswara Rao, ANR
Nageshwara Rao Akkineni
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.
Known For
Actor
as Chaitanya
as Valmiki
as Ram's Grandfather
as Kabirdas
as Suryadevara Lakshmi Raghava Vara Prasad
as Chakravarthy
as Srinivasa Rao
as Jagannatham
as Dr. Chakravarthy
as Seetharamaiah
as Raja Shekaram
as Anand Rao
as Chief Minister Satya Murthy
as Collector Rama Kantha Rao
as Gopi Krishna
as Sanjeevi
as Prasad
as Prasad
as Ravindra Babu
as Rajesh
as Ranga Rao & Venu (Dual role)
as Chandra Shekar
as Chanakya
as Ramudu
as Tukaram
as Telugu actor
as Raja
as Raja Raghupathi Rao & Sekhar
as Special CBI Officer Ravindra Nath
as Prasad
as Raghu
as Gumasta
as Krishna / Seenu
as Dr. Raghu
as Anand
as Raja
as Venu
as Dr. Murali Krishna
as Chandram
as Bhaskar
as Chandrasekhar
as Narada Maharshi
as Abhimanyu
as Gopu
as Ravi
as Venu
as Rama Krishna
as Tenali Ramakrishna
as Salim
as Venu
as Raghunatha Rao / Raghu
as A. K. Raju
as Vipranarayana
as Satyam
as Devadasu
as Chandram
as Prabhu
as Vasanth
as Qais
as Sudhakar
as Vikrama
as Balaraju
Producer
as Producer
as Producer