Nageshwara Rao Akkineni
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1923-09-20 (91 years old)
Deathday
2014-01-22
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 Fil...
Acting
1955
as Salim
1964
1966
1966
1959
1987
2006
as Kabirdas
1988
as Anand Rao
1973
as Telugu actor
1983
as Prasad
1983
as Prasad
1962
as Venu
2011
as Valmiki
1962
as Raja
1946
1945
1957
as Abhimanyu
1978
as Chandra Shekar
1971
as Raja
2014
as Chaitanya
1973
as Tukaram
1953
as Chandram
1956
as Ravi
1959
1948
1994
as Srinivasa Rao
1956
as Venu
1980
as Ranga Rao & Venu (Dual role)
1985
as Gopi Krishna
1949
as Qais
1993
as Jagannatham
1969
1986
1994
as Chakravarthy
1982
1959
1960
1963
1949
as Vikrama
1949
as Sudhakar
1968
as Gumasta
1951
2009
as Ram's Grandfather
2022
1954
as Vipranarayana
1970
as Special CBI Officer Ravindra Nath
1977
as Chanakya
1950
as Vasanth
1960
1969
as Prasad
1989
1965
as Raghu
1982
as Ravindra Babu
1961
1959
as Krishna Rao
1961
as Chandram
1953
as Devadasu
1963
1955
as A. K. Raju
1992
as Dr. Chakravarthy
1973
as Ramudu
1962
as Dr. Murali Krishna
1964
as Anand
1969
as Raghu
1966
as Dr. Raghu
1960
as Bhaskar
1959
as Chandrasekhar
1957
as Gopu
1954
as Satyam
1998
as Suryadevara Lakshmi Raghava Vara Prasad
1961
1955
as Raghunatha Rao / Raghu
1948
as Balaraju
1955
1971
1956
as Tenali Ramakrishna
1987
as Collector Rama Kantha Rao
1990
1958
as Narada Maharshi
1965
1982
1988
as Chief Minister Satya Murthy
1981
as Rajesh
1985
as Sanjeevi
1991
as Seetharamaiah
1954
1971
1973
as Buchi Babu
1966
as Krishna / Seenu
1990
as Raja Shekaram
1955
as Venu
1970
as Raja Raghupathi Rao & Sekhar
1950
as Prabhu
1956
as Rama Krishna
1983
as Rajesh
1969
as Suryam
1970
as Justice Ramachandra Rao / Raju
1981
Production
1970
as Producer
2014
as Producer
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