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Bala Krishna
Nandamuri Balakrishna (Telugu: ??????? ????????, born 10 June 1960) is a prominent Telugu film actor. He is the son of the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and actor Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao. He is popularly known as Balayya, NBK by his fans and admirers. He entered the film Industry at the age of 14 as a child artist in his father's movie Tatammakala.
Film career
Balakrishna entered into film industry at the age of 14.[1] In 1974, Tatamma Kala movie was Directed by NTR and marked his debut on the silver screen. Over a period of time he acted in several films, many of them were directed by NTR. In 1984 he debuted in a hero role with Sahasame Jeevitham. In the same year he starred in Mangamma Gari Manavadu, "Kathanayakudu", and Shrimad Virat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra, all the three were commercially successful at the Box-office.[2] In the year 1986, all his six films was success at the Box-office.[3] Later, he has worked in a number of critically and commercially successful films such as Muddula Krishnnayya (1986), Muddula Mavayya (1989), Lorry Driver (1990), Aditya 369 (1991), Roudy Inspector (1992), Bhairava Dweepam (1994) for which he won the Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) , Peddannayya (1997), Samarasimha Reddy (1999), Narasimha Naidu (2001) earned him Nandi Award for Best Actor[4], and 'Cine Goers Association's best actor award [5], Lakshmi Narasimha (2004), panduranga (2008) earned him Santosham Best Actor Award, Simha (2010) and has established himself as one of the best actors ever in Telugu cinema.
[edit]Personal life
He is married to Vasundhara Devi and has one son Mokshagna Tarakarama Teja and two daughters Brahmini and Tejaswini. His elder daughter Brahmini was married to Nara lokesh [6], son of Nara Chandrababu Naidu who is the president of Telugu Desam Party and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.
[edit]Filmography
He has acted in social, devotional, folk, Sciencefiction, mythological roles.
SNo Movie Name Year of Release Banner Director Notes
1 Tatamma kala 1974 Ramakrishna Cine Studios[7] D Yoganand Debut Movie
2 Ram Raheem 1974 RajaLakshmi Combines BA Subba Rao
3 Annadammula Anubhandam 1975 GajaLakshmi Chitra SD Lal
4 Vemulawada Bheemakavi 1975 Ramakrishna Cine Studios D Yoganand
5 Daana Veera Soora Karna 1977 Ramakrishna Cine Studios N.T.Rama Rao
6 Akbar Salim Anarkali 1979 Tarakarama Film Unit N.T.Rama Rao
7 Sri Madvirata Parvam 1979 Ramakrishna Cine Studios N.T.Rama Rao
8 Sri Tirupati Venkateswara Kalyanam 1979 Ramakrishna Cine Studios N.T.Rama Rao
9 Rowdy Ramudu - Konte Krishnudu 1980 Ramakrishna Cine Studios K. Raghavendra Rao
10 Anuraga Devatha 1982 Ramakrishna Cine Studios Tatineni Rama Rao
11 Simham Navvindi 1983 Ramakrishna Cine Studios D. Yoganand
12 Sahasame Jeevitham 1984 GajaLakshmi Combines Bharati Vasu
13 Disco King 1984 Sri Vishnu Films Tatineni Prasad
14 Janani Janmabhoomi 1984 Sri Bramharambika Films K. Vishwanath
15 Mangammagari Manavadu 1984 Bhargav Art Productions Kodi Ramakrishna
16 Palnati Puli 1984 Sri Sai Chakra Productions Tatineni Prasad
17 Shrimad Virat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra 1984 RamaKrishna Cine Studios N.T.Rama Rao
18 Kathanayakudu 1984 Suresh Productions K Murali Mohana Rao
19 Atmabhalam 1985 Sravallu Productions Tatineni Prasad
20 Babai - Abbai 1985 Ushodaya Movies Jandhyala
21 Bharyabhartala Bhandam 1985 Jagapathi Art Pictures VB Rajendra Prasad
22 Bhale Tammudu 1985 Sri Satya Chitra Paruchuri Brothers
23 Kattula Kondaiah 1985 Prasanna Arts SB Chakravarthy
24 Pattabhishekam 1985 Ramakrishna Cine Studios K. Raghavendra Rao
25 Nippulanti Manishi 1986 Sri RajaLakshmi Art Pictures SB Chakravarthy
26 Muddula Krishnnayya 1986 Bhargav Art Productions Kodi Rama Krishna
27 Seetarama Kalyalam 1986 Yuva Chitra Jandhyala
28 Anasuyammagari Alludu 1986 Ramakrishna Cine Studios A Kodandarami Reddy
29 Desoddarakudu 1986 VijayaBhaskar Film Productions SS Ravi Chandra
30 Kaliyuga Krishnudu 1986 Viswashanthi Enterprises K Muralimohana Rao
31 Apurva Sahodarudu 1986 RK Associates K. Raghavendra Rao
32 Bhargava Ramudu 1987 Devi Kamal Movies A Kodandarami Reddy
33 Allari Krishnaiah 1987 Vanitha Arts Nandamuri Ramesh
34 Sahasa Samrat 1987 Devi Kamal Movies K. Raghavendra Rao
35 Presidentugari Abbai 1987 Prasad Art Pictures Tatineni Ramarao
36 Muvva Gopaludu 1987 Bhargav Art Pictures Kodi Rama Krishna
37 Ramu 1987 Suresh Productions Y Nageswara Rao
38 Bhanumatgari Mogudu 1987 DVS Enterprises A Kodandarami Reddy
39 Inspector Pratap 1988 Krishna Chitra Muthyala Subbaiah
40 Donga Ramudu 1988 Gopi Art Pictures K Raghavendra Rao
41 Tiragabadda Telugubidda 1988 Tejaswi Productions A Kodandarami Reddy
42 Bharatamlo Bala Chandrudu 1988 JayaBheri Art Productions Kodi Rama Krishna
43 Ramudu Bheemudu 1988 Satyam Cine Enterprizes K Muralimohana Rao
44 Raktabhishekam 1988 Rajeev Productions A Kodandarami Reddy
45 Bhale Donga 1989 Taraka Rama Productions A Kodandarami Reddy
46 Muddula Mavayya 1989 Bhargav Art Productions Kodi Rama Krishna
47 Ashoka Chakravarthy 1989 Sri Venkateswara Art Productions SS Ravi Chandra
48 Bala Gopaludu 1989 PB Art Productions Kodi Rama Krishna
49 Prananiki Pranam 1990 Harish Enterprizes Chalasani Rama Rao
50 Nari Nari Naduma Murari 1990 Yuva Chitra A. kodandarami Reddy
51 Muddula Menalludu 1990 Bhargav Art Productions Kodi Ramakrishna
52 Lorry Driver 1990 Jaya Productions B Gopal
53 Talli Tandrulu 1991 Prasad Art Pictures Tatineni Rama Rao
54 Bhahmarshi Vishwamitra 1991 Basava Tarakam Medical Trust N.T. Rama Rao
55 Aditya 369 1991 Sri Devi Movies Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
56 Dharma Kshetram 1992 Sri Rajeev Productions A Kodandarami Reddy
57 Rowdy Inspector 1992 Vijaya Lakshmi Art Movies B Gopal
58 Aswametham 1992 Vijayanthi Movies K Raghavendra Rao
59 Nippuravva 1993 Yuvarathna Arts A. Kodandarami Reddy
60 Bangaru Bullodu 1993 Jagapathi Art Pictures Raviraja Pinisetty
61 Bhairava Dweepam 1994 Chandamama Vijaya Combines Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
62 Gandeevam 1994 Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Combines Priya Darshan
63 Bobbili Simham 1994 Vijaya Lakshmi Art Movies A Kodandarami Reddy
64 Top hero 1994 Sri Chitra Creations S. V. Krishna Reddy
65 Maatho Pettukoku 1995 Bhargav Art Productions A Kodandarami Reddy
66 Vamsanikokkadu 1996 Sri Devi Movies Sarat v
67 Sri Krishnarjuna Vijayam 1996 Chandamama Vijaya Combines Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
68 Peddannayya 1997 RamaKrishna Horticultural Cine Studios Sarat
69 Muddula Mogudu 1997 Rama Films A Kodandarami Reddy
70 Devudu 1997 Sri Chitra Creations Raviraja Pinisetty
71 Yuvaratna Rana 1998 Rudvega Productions A Kodandarami Reddy
72 Pavitra prema 1998 Srinivasa Productions Muthyala Subbaiah
73 samarasimha Reddy 1999 Sri Satya Narayanamma Productions B Gopal
74 Sultan 1999 PB Arts Sarat
75 Krishna babu 1999 Srinivasa Productions Muthyala Subbaiah
76 vamsoddaarakudu 2000 Gayatri Films Sarat
77 Goppinti Alludu 2000 Rama Krishna Horticultural Cine Studios E V V Satyanarayana
78 Narasimha Naidu 2001 Sri Venkat Ramana Productions B Gopal
79 Bhalevadivi baasu 2001 Sri Devi Movies PA Arun Prasad
80 Seema Simham 2002 Balaji Creations Ram Prasad
81 Chennakeshava Reddy 2002 Sri Sai Ganesh Productions V. V. Vinayak
82 Palnati bramhanaidu 2003 Sri Venkat Ramana Productions B Gopal
83 Lakshmi Narasimha 2004 Sri Sai Ganesh Productions Jayanth C. Paranjee
84 Vijayendra Varma 2004 Aditya Productions Swarna Subba Rao
85 Allari Pidugu 2005 PB Arts Jayanth C. Paranjee
86 Veerabhadra 2006 Ambica Cinema Productions A.S.Ravi Kumar Chowdary
87 Maharadhi 2007 Sri Lalitha Kalanjali Productions P. Vasu
88 Okka Magaadu 2008 Bommarillu YVS Chowdary
89 Pandurangadu 2008 R.K.Film Associates K.Raghavendra Rao
90 mitrudu 2009 Vaishnavi Cinema Mahadev
91 Simha 2010 United Movies Boyapati Seenu
92 Parama Veera Chakra 2011 Teja Cinema Dasari Narayana Rao
93 Sri Rama Rajyam 2011 Sri Saibaba Movies Bapu
94 Untitled Paruchuri Murali Movie 2011 Sri Keerthi Creations Paruchuri Murali
Chiranjeevi
Chiranjeevi (Telugu: ????????) (born Konidala Siva Sankara Vara Prasad on 22 August 1955)[1] is an Indian film actor and a politician. He has appeared primarily in Telugu-language films along with a few Tamil and Hindi films. After graduating with a degree in commerce, Chiranjeevi made his acting debut in Punadhirallu (1978). [2]However, Pranam Khareedu (1978) released at the box office earlier though. His performance in Khaidi (1983) and Swayam Krushi (1987) fetched him recognition; the latter winning the Nandi Award. He subsequently played a variety of character types, his film roles along with his screen persona contributed to a change in the concept of a Telugu film lead actor. Rudraveena (1988), for which director K. Balachander won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration was produced by Chiranjeevi.[3][4]
He is popularly known as "Megastar" in the media,[5] Chiranjeevi was honored with the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award. In 2006, he was presented with an honorary doctorate from Andhra University.[6]
Early life & family
Chiranjeevi was born on 22nd August 1955 in Narsapuram, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh. [7]He is married to Surekha, the daughter of veteran comedian Allu Ramalingaiah. They have two daughters and a son, Ram Charan Teja, who is an actor in the Tollywood. [8]His brother Nagendra Babu is a famous producer and also has acted in quite a few films, while his youngest brother Pawan Kalyan is a famous actor in Tollywood.[9]
[edit]Acting career
Chiranjeevi was interested in acting right from his childhood. After completing his B.Com in 1976, he moved to Chennai and joined the Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu.[10][11]
[edit]Early career: 1978-1982
Before completing his film training he acted in a small role in Punadi Rallu. He was seen first in Pranam Khareedu. He got many chances to act under the direction of Bapu in Manavoori Pandavulu, K.Balachander in Idi Katha Kaadu. He did supporting as well as negative roles. His acting in Punnami Naagu brought him his first Filmfare Award. He then acted in movies like Nyayam Kavali, Intlo Ramayya Veedilo Krishnayya and Abhilasha. [12]In 1982, he acted in Subhalekha under the direction of K. Viswanath.
[edit]Emergence as a major star: 1983-1988
In 1983, he acted in Khaidi which brought him a huge stardom.[13] Then he hit the screens with Goonda, Challenge, Hero, Donga, Adavi Donga, Kondaveeti Donga and Donga Mogudu.
He continued to dominate with a string of films like Pasivadi Pranam,[14] Swayam Krushi, which got him first Nandi Award. After that he had major hits like Yamudiki Mogudu, Khaidi No.786, Athaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu.[15]
[edit]Domination: 1989-2007
In 1990, he acted in Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari which is one of the biggest hits in Telugu film industry, which was followed by Gang Leader, Rowdy Alludu, Gharana Mogudu. Gharana Mogudu is the first Telugu movie to gross more than 10 crores. Then he had hits by Muta Mesthri, Hitler, Master, Bavagaru Bagunnara?, Choodalani Vundi. He again created history by Indra in 2002.[16][17] After he did Tagore which also broke the records.[18] followed by Shankar Dada MBBS.
[edit]Political career: 2008-present
In 2008, Chiranjeevi started Praja Rajyam, a political party in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Around five lakh people/fans attended the launch of the party in Tirupati. At the launch, he stated that social justice was the main agenda of his party.[19] In the 2009 general elections the party won 18 seats in the Andhra Pradesh State Assembly. He was elected a Member of the State Assembly from Tirupati.[20] His party recently stood for a united Andhra Pradesh and opposed separate statehood for Telangana.
He stood both in Tirupati and in Palakollu Constituency as MLA in the 2009 general elections, winning in Tirupati but losing in Palakollu.[21][22]
On 6th Feb 2011 Chiranjeevi merged the 30-month-old PRP with Indian National Congress. Not all members of the party were expected to follow him, due in particular to his stance against Telangana as a separate state from Andhra Pradesh.
[edit]Philanthropy
On October 2, 1998, he founded the Chiranjeevi Charitable Trust (CCT), which includes Chiranjeevi Blood and Eye Banks. It is the state's largest recipient of blood and eye donations.[23][24][25]The Blood Bank of the CCT helped over 80,000 people and the Eye Bank has helped about 1000 people in the state of Andhra Pradesh since its opening. Around 3.5 lakh people have pledged their eyes to CCT so far, giving 1600 people eye sight through CCT. CCT has also won the "Best Voluntary Blood Bank Award" by the AP State Government for the past 4 years.[26][27] On June 10, 2006, the then President of India, Abdul Kalam, inaugurated the Chiranjeevi Charitable Foundation (CCF) at the Jubilee Hills Check post in Hyderabad.
Chiranjeevi Charitable Trust has crossed the one lakh mark in collecting blood and more than 96,000 people have been helped with blood by this blood bank.[28]
After allegations made against the Blood Bank and Eye Bank by Chiranjeevi's political rivals, [29][30] the state government of AP constituted a high-level committee to look into the allegations. The committee worked under the guidance of the project director of AP State AIDA Control Society, comprising experts from finance and technical fields, verified records pertaining to the collection and disposal of blood samples, blood grouping, screening, sterilisation, bio-medical waste disposal, camps conducted, blood expiry, quality control, store room, record room and purchase of equipment. Chiranjeevi Charitable Trust got a clean chit from all allegations. Danam Nagender, minister for health and family welfare, speaking after the committee's report, said, “After thorough verification of the records, it’s concluded that there are no evidences of misappropriation, deviations from guidelines issued on collection of blood and screening charges, there are no procedural lapses noticed and all transactions are well within the guidelines of the Naco/Apsacs.[31]
[edit]Awards and Honours
[edit]Special Honours
2006 — Padma Bhushan from Government of India.
2006 — Honorary Doctorate from Andhra University.
[edit]Nandi Awards
1987 — Nandi Award for Best Actor for Swayam Krushi
1988 — Nandi Award for Best Actor (Jury) for Rudraveena
1992 — Nandi Award for Best Actor for Aapathbandavudu
2002 — Nandi Award for Best Actor for Indra
[edit]Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
1980 — Best Actor for Punnami Naagu
1982 — Best Actor for Subhalekha
1988 — Best Actor for Rudra Veena
1993 — Best Actor for Muta Mesthri
1999 — Best Actor for Sneham Kosam
2002 — Best Actor for Indra
2004 — Best Actor for Shankardada MBBS
2006 — Filmfare Special Jury Legendary Honorary Award.
Nagarjuna
Akkineni Nagarjuna (Telugu: ????????? ?????????) is an Indian film actor in Tollywood and Bollywood, and a producer. He has won three Nandi Awards, which is presented by the government of Andhra Pradesh and regarded as the highest award for films in the state.[1][2] and National Film Award for his role in Annamayya(1997).[3][unreliable source?] His first leading role was in 1986 film Vikram. He has starred other films including Geethanjali(1989), Shiva(1989), Hello Brother(1994), Manmadhudu(2003), Sri Ramadasu(2006) Ragada (2010) and Gaganam(2011).
Early life
Nagarjuna was born Akkineni Nagarjuna Rao on 29 August 1959 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India to actor Nageswara Rao Akkineni and Annapurna Akkineni. The family later moved to Hyderabad where he attended Hyderabad Public School, and studied his "Intermediate" from Little Flower Junior College, Hyderabad and B.E. (Mechanical) from the College of Engineering, Anna University and the University of Michigan[citation needed]. Nagarjuna completed M.S. (Automobile) from the University Of Louisiana At Lafayette .[4][5][citation needed]
[edit]Career
[edit]Tollywood
Nagarjuna acted in Sudigundalu as a child artist. The film Vikram was released on 24 May 1986. In 1989, he starred in Geethanjali, a love story directed by Maniratnam which was dubbed into Tamil. The film cemented his status as a star. In the same year, Nagarjuna followed with Shiva, an action film directed by Ram Gopal Varma which was hugely successful and has been described as a trendsetter in the Telugu film industry. He subsequently made his Bollywood debut with the Hindi remake of the same film Shiva. The film earned him Filmfare Best Actor Award.[6] He then followed it with action films Killer and Nirnayam (1991 film) directed by Priyadarshan. President Gari Pellam was released in 1993. He followed with films, Varasudu, Gharana Bullodu, and Allari Alludu. Criminal (1994) was released as a bilingual. In 1994, he ventured into comedy for the first time with Hello Brother in which he played a dual role. It was later remade into Hindi as Judwaa. Hello Brother was also dubbed into Tamil. In 1996, Nagarjuna starred in & produced Ninne Pelladatha, which was directed by Krishna Vamsi. Later, Nagarjuna portrayed Annamacharya, the 15th-century Telugu singer and poet, in Annamayya (film) which won him third Filmfare Best Actor Award and his first Nandi Award for Best Actor. In 2000, Nagarjuna starred in Nuvvu Vastavani. His subsequent films that year were Ninne Premistha and Azad (film). He starred in the romantic comedies Santhosham, Manmadhudu, and Shivamani.
He produced Satyam in 2003, starring his nephew Sumanth.
In 2004, Nagarjuna had two releases- Nennunnanu and Mass. Mass was produced by Nagarjuna and directed by choreographer Raghava Lawrence. In 2005, Nagarjuna acted in and produced Super. In 2006, Nag starred in Sri Ramadasu, his second period film based on the 18th-century Telugu composer of the same name.[7] Nagarjuna received the Nandi Award for best actor that year. In December 2007 he appeared in Don. An year later, he appeared in King alongside Trisha Krishnan & Srihari. In February 2010, he appeared as Rummy in Kedi and in December 2010 he appeared in Ragada. His latest film Gaganam was released on Feb 11th 2011. Its Tamil version is Payanam.
[edit]Philanthropic work
Nagarjuna, with his wife Amala, is the co-founder of Blue Cross of Hyderabad,[8] a non-government organization (NGO) in Hyderabad, India, which works towards the welfare of animals and preservation of animal rights. He is also involved in some of the welfare programs undertaken by the MAA TV association.[9]
In 2010, he starred in an HIV/AIDS animated software tutorial created by TeachAIDS, a nonprofit founded at Stanford University.[10]
[edit]Work in Bollywood and Tamil films
Nagarjuna has acted in various Hindi films such as Shiva (1989 film), Drohi (1992 film), Khuda Gawah (1992), Criminal (1994), Mr. Bechara (1996), Zakhm (1998), Angaarey (1998), Agni Varsha (2002) and LOC Kargil (2003). He has also acted in Tamil films like Ratchagan which was dubbed as Rakshakudu in Telugu. His Telugu films which were dubbed into Tamil are Shiva as Udhayam, Geetanajli as Idhayathai Thirudathae, Annamayya, Sisindri and Hello Brother. He fluently speaks Telugu, Tamil, English and Hindi. Nagarjuna has played the role of a Commando in Gaganam/Payanam.
[edit]Television production
Nagarjuna made his début as a television producer in 2007 with the serial Yuva.[11] He is one of the shareholders of the television channel Maa TV.[12]
[edit]Awards
National Film Award
1997 - Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) (Actor) Annamayya (film)[13]
Nandi Awards - Andhra Pradesh State
1997 - Nandi Award for Best Actor for Annamayya (film)[14]
1999 - Kansya (Bronze) Nandi Award for producing PremaKatha
2002 - Nandi Award for best Actor for Santhosham[14]
2002 - Swarna (Gold) Nandi Award for producing Manmadhudu
2006 - Nandi Award for Best Actor for Sri Ramadasu
Filmfare Awards South
1990 - Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) for Shiva[14]
1996 - Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) for Ninne Pelladatha
1997 - Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) for Annamayya[14]
Bharathamuni Awards
1989 - Best Actor for Geethanjali
1997 - Best Actor for Annamayya (film)
Vamsee Berkeley Awards
1986 - Best Actor for Vikram
1989 - Best Actor for Shiva
AP Cinegoers Awards
1989 - Best Actor for Geethanjali
Other awards
1989 - Cinema Express Award for Shiva
1996 - Akruthi Film Award for Ninne Pelladatha
1997 - Screen Videocon Award for Annamayya (film)
2000 - Andhra Pradesh Film Journalists Association Award for Azad (film)
2011- TSR kala ratna AWARD.
Venkatesh
Venkatesh Daggubati is an Indian film actor who stars in Tollywood films. He is the son of veteran Tollywood film producer, former MP, Dr. D. Ramanaidu. He is often credited as Victory Venkatesh in films and is one of the leading actors in Telugu Cinema.
Early life
Venkatesh was born to Dr. D. Ramanaidu and Rajeshwari in Karamchedu, a village in Prakasam District, A.P. He has an elder brother, D. Suresh Babu, who runs Suresh Productions, and a younger sister, Lakshmi. Venkatesh did his schooling in Don Bosco, Egmore, Chennai. He graduated with a Bachelors in Commerce from Loyola College in Chennai and got his MBA from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA.[1] After his return to India, he wanted to get into film production but instead, became an actor in Telugu films.
[edit]Child actor
According to the "Padutha Teeyaga - ETV Grand Reality Show" show on 5 April 2010, D.Suresh Babu (brother of Venkatesh) said that Venkatesh acted as Chinna Satyanarayana in the movie Prem Nagar.
[edit]Career and awards
Venkatesh debuted in Kaliyuga Pandavulu in the year 1986, which got him Nandi award for best male debut actor. At an early phase in his career, Venkatesh acted in Swarnakamalam, directed by K Viswanath, which got him his second Nandi award for best actor. Bobbili Raja, with the delightful Divya Bharti, was a box office hit. Venkatesh worked with Ram Gopal Varma in the film Kshana Kshanam. In 1991, Chanti, a family drama, both of them were box office hits.
In 2009, he teamed up with his friend Kamal Haasan for Eeenadu, which was released in September 2009. His latest movie is Namo Venkatesa, directed by Sreenu Vytla; it was released as a pongal special and celebrated its grand 100 days function on 26 April, being 2010’s first 100-day film.[2] In 2010 he was in Nagavalli, a remake of Aptharakshaka.[3] In 2011 he signed Savitri[4] in Teja's direction. Venaketsh would appear in a paraplegic patient role on wheel chair in this movie.[5]
He has won 7 Nandi awards, 4 Filmfare Awards, and many other awards as best actor for playing a variety of challenging roles in his career spanning 64 feature films in 25 years. His brother D. Suresh Babu, a very successful producer, has produced most of his successful films under Suresh Productions.
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