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 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	Language	Notes	Ref.
1967	Sudigundalu	Child artist	Telugu	Cameo appearance
1986	Vikram	Vikram	Telugu
	Captain Nagarjun	Nagarjuna	Telugu
	Aranyakanda	Chaitanya	Telugu
1987	Majnu	Rajesh	Telugu
	Sankeertana	Kaasi	Telugu
	Collector Gari Abbai	Ravi	Telugu
	Agni Putrudu	Kalidaasu	Telugu
	Kirai Dada	Vijay	Telugu
1988	Aakhari Poratam	Vihari	Telugu
	Chinababu	Venu Gopal	Telugu
	Murali Krishnudu	Murali Krishna	Telugu
	Rao Gari Illu	Himself	Telugu	Cameo appearance
	Janaki Ramudu	Ranga (Ramu)^[a]	Telugu
1989	Vijay	Vijay	Telugu
	Vicky Daada	Vikram	Telugu
	Geetanjali	Prakash	Telugu
	Agni	Pavan Kumar	Telugu
	Siva	Siva	Telugu
1990	Prema Yuddham	Kalyan	Telugu
	Neti Siddhartha	Siddhartha	Telugu
	Iddaru Iddare	Ravi	Telugu
	Shiva	Shiva	Hindi
1991	Nirnayam	Vamsi Krishna	Telugu
	Chaitanya	Chaitanya	Telugu
	Shanti Kranti	Inspector Subash	Telugu
	Jaitra Yatra	Teja	Telugu	25th Film
1992	Killer	Eeswar Prasad (Prem Krishna)^[a]	Telugu
	Khuda Gawah	Inspector Raja Mirza	Hindi
	Antham	Raghav (Shekar)^[a]	Telugu	Bilingual film
	Drohi	Raghav (Shekar)^[a]	Hindi	Bilingual film
	President Gari Pellam	Raja	Telugu
1993	Rakshana	Bose	Telugu
	Varasudu	Vinay	Telugu
	Allari Alludu	Kalyan (Rajesh)^[a]	Telugu
1994	Govinda Govinda	Seenu	Telugu
	Hello Brother	Deva / Ravi Varma^[b]	Telugu
	Criminal	Dr. Ajay Kumar	Telugu
1995	Ghatothkachudu	Chitha	Telugu	Cameo appearance
	Gharana Bullodu	Raju	Telugu
	Sisindri	Raja	Telugu
	Criminal	Dr. Ajay Kumar	Hindi
	Vajram	Chakri	Telugu
1996	Ramudochadu	Ram	Telugu
	Mr. Bechara	Ajay	Hindi
	Ninne Pelladata	Seenu	Telugu	Also producer National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu
1997	Annamayya	Annamacharya	Telugu	National Film Award-Special Mention Nandi Award for Best Actor Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
1997	Ratchagan	Ajay Padmanabhan	Tamil
1998	Aavida Maa Aavide	Vikranth	Telugu
	Auto Driver	Jagan	Telugu
	Angaarey	Raja Lokhande	Hindi
	Chandralekha	Raj Kapoor (Seeta Rama Rao)^[a]	Telugu
	Zakhm	Raman Desai	Hindi
1999	Seetharama Raju	Ramaraju	Telugu
1999	Ravoyi Chandamama	Sashi	Telugu
2000	Nuvvu Vastavani	Chinni Krishna	Telugu
	Ninne Premistha	Srinivas	Telugu
	Azad	Chandra Shekar Azad	Telugu	Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Silver
2001	Eduruleni Manishi	Surya Murthy / Satya^[b]	Telugu
	Bava Nachadu	Ajay	Telugu
	Adhipathi	Jagan	Telugu
	Akasa Veedhilo	Chandra Sekhar (Chandu)^[a]	Telugu	50th Film
	Snehamante Idera	Aravind	Telugu
2002	Santosham	Karthikeya	Telugu	Nandi Award for Best Actor
	Agni Varsha	Yavakri	Hindi
	Manmadhudu	Abhiram	Telugu
2003	Sivamani	CI Sivamani	Telugu
2003	LOC Kargil	Major Padmapani Acharya	Hindi
2004	Nenunnanu	Venu Madhav	Telugu
2004	Mass	Ganesh (Mass)^[a]	Telugu
2005	Super	Akhil	Telugu
2006	Style	Mass	Telugu	Cameo appearance
	Sri Ramadasu	Kancherla Gopanna	Telugu		^[8]
	Boss - I Love You	Gopal Krishna	Telugu
2007	Don	Suri	Telugu
2008	King	Raja Chandra Pratap Varma aka King (Bottu Seenu, Sarath)^[a]	Telugu
2008	Krishnarjuna	Lord Krishna / Bangaram	Telugu
2010	Kedi	Ramesh (Rummy)^[a]	Telugu
	Thakita Thakita	Nag	Telugu	Cameo appearance
	Ragada	Satya Reddy	Telugu
2011	Gaganam	Major N. Raveendra	Telugu	Bilingual film
	Payanam	Major N. Raveendra	Tamil	Bilingual film
	Rajanna	Rajanna	Telugu
2012	Shirdi Sai	Shirdi Sai Baba	Telugu	also singer for the song "Okkade Devudu"	^[9]
2012	Damarukam	Mallikharjuna	Telugu
2013	Greeku Veerudu	Chandu	Telugu
	Jagadguru Adi Shankara	Chandaludu	Telugu
	Bhai	Vijay	Telugu
2014	Manam	Seetharamudu / Nageswara Rao "Bittu"^[b]	Telugu
2015	Dongaata	Himself	Telugu	Special appearance in the song "Break up Antu"
2015	Akhil	Himself	Telugu	Special appearance in the song "Akkineni Akkineni"
2016	Soggade Chinni Nayana	Bangarraju / Dr. Ram Mohan^[b]	Telugu	also singer for the song "Dikka Dikka Dum Dum"
	Oopiri	Vikramaditya	Telugu	Bilingual film
	Thozha	Vikramadhithya (Vikram)	Tamil	Bilingual film
	Nirmala Convent	Himself	Telugu	Extended Cameo; also Producer and singer for the song "Kotha Kotha Bhasha"	^[10]
	Premam	Vikram's father	Telugu	Cameo appearance
2017	Om Namo Venkatesaya	Hathiram Bhavaji	Telugu
2017	Raju Gari Gadhi 2	Rudra	Telugu
2018	Officer	Sivaji Rao IPS	Telugu	75th Film
2018	Devadas	Deva	Telugu
2019	Manmadhudu 2	Sambasiva Rao / Sam	Telugu
2021	Wild Dog	Vijay Varma	Telugu		^[11]
2022	Bangarraju	Bangarraju / Dr. Ram Mohan^[b]	Telugu	also singer for the song "Laddunda"	^[12]
	Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva	Anish Shetty	Hindi		^[13]
	The Ghost	Vikram Naidu	Telugu		^[14]
2024	Naa Saami Ranga	Kishtayya	Telugu
2025	Coolie †	Simon	Tamil	Filming
TBA	Kubera †	TBA	Telugu	Filming. Simultaneously being shot in Tamil and Hindi

Producer

Films

Year	Film	Ref
1979	Kalyani
1980	Pilla Zamindar
1980	Buchi Babu
1981	Premabhishekam
1981	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
1999	Seetharama Raju
2000	Yuvakudu
2002	Manmadhudu
2003	Satyam
2004	Mass
2005	Super
2011	Rajanna
2013	Bhai
2013	Uyyala Jampala
2014	Manam
2014	Oka Laila Kosam
2016	Soggade Chinni Nayana
2016	Nirmala Convent
2017	Rarandoi Veduka Chudham
2017	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		Host	Star Maa
2020	Loser		Producer	ZEE5^[15]
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	^[16]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Akkineni Nagarjuna played a single character with two or more names.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Akkineni Nagarjuna played two characters.

References

^ Suresh Krishnamoorthy (30 April 2013). "At the end of the day, Nag wants to feel good". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
^ "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2016.
^ Delhi festival to celebrate 100 years of Indian Cinema | NDTV Movies.com
^ "45th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
^ "I need a break: Nagarjuna". The Times of India. 20 April 2012. Archived from the original on 21 May 2013.
^ "Nagarjuna is brand ambassador for Kalyan Jewellers". Thehindubusinessline.in. 1 December 2010. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
^ "Swept away by 'Nag' magic". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 11 July 2011.
^ Sri Ramadasu had 82 working days- Times of India . 21 May 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
^ Rajamani, Radhika. "First Look: Nagarjuna as Shirdi Saibaba". Rediff. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
^ "Nagarjuna turns singer for the first time". The Times of India. 16 January 2017.
^ "Wild Dog: Shooting of Akkineni Nagarjuna's film postponed due to the outbreak of coronavirus?". The Times of India. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
^ Palisetty, Ramya (20 August 2021). "Nagarjuna and Naga Chaitanya begin Bangarraju shoot. See pics from puja ceremony". India Today.
^ Naman Ramachandran (14 December 2021). "Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt's Divine Hero Franchise Film 'Brahmastra' Sets 2022 Release Date (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
^ K., Janani (29 August 2021). "Nagarjuna's film with Praveen Sattaru titled The Ghost. First look out on his birthday". India Today.
^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (11 May 2020). "Priyadarshi is an air rifle shooter in the web series 'Loser'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
^ "Musical campaign for girl child". Sify. Mumbai. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.

[character-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Akkineni Nagarjuna played a single character with two or more names.

[dual-9] Akkineni Nagarjuna played two characters.

[1] Suresh Krishnamoorthy (30 April 2013). "At the end of the day, Nag wants to feel good". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 25 August 2013.

[2] "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2016.

[3] Delhi festival to celebrate 100 years of Indian Cinema | NDTV Movies.com

[45thawardPDF-4] "45th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 11 March 2012.

[5] "I need a break: Nagarjuna". The Times of India. 20 April 2012. Archived from the original on 21 May 2013.

[6] "Nagarjuna is brand ambassador for Kalyan Jewellers". Thehindubusinessline.in. 1 December 2010. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2012.

[7] "Swept away by 'Nag' magic". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 11 July 2011.

[10] Sri Ramadasu had 82 working days- Times of India . 21 May 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.

[11] Rajamani, Radhika. "First Look: Nagarjuna as Shirdi Saibaba". Rediff. Retrieved 2 October 2022.

[12] "Nagarjuna turns singer for the first time". The Times of India. 16 January 2017.

[13] "Wild Dog: Shooting of Akkineni Nagarjuna's film postponed due to the outbreak of coronavirus?". The Times of India. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.

[14] Palisetty, Ramya (20 August 2021). "Nagarjuna and Naga Chaitanya begin Bangarraju shoot. See pics from puja ceremony". India Today.

[15] Naman Ramachandran (14 December 2021). "Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt's Divine Hero Franchise Film 'Brahmastra' Sets 2022 Release Date (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 15 December 2021.

[16] K., Janani (29 August 2021). "Nagarjuna's film with Praveen Sattaru titled The Ghost. First look out on his birthday". India Today.

[17] Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (11 May 2020). "Priyadarshi is an air rifle shooter in the web series 'Loser'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

[18] "Musical campaign for girl child". Sify. Mumbai. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.

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Filmography Awards and nominations
Producer	Kalyani (1979) Pilla Zamindar (1980) Buchi Babu (1980) Premabhishekam (1981) Prema Kanuka (1981) Yuvaraju (1982) Sri Ranga Neethulu (1983) Sisindri (1995) Ninne Pelladata (1996) Aahaa..! (1998) Sri Sita Ramula Kalyanam Chootamu Raarandi (1998) Chandralekha (1998) Prema Katha (1999) Seetharama Raju (1999) Yuvakudu (2000) Manmadhudu (2002) Satyam (2003) Mass (2004) Super (2005) Amudhey (2005) Rajanna (2011) Bhai (2013) Uyyala Jampala (2013) Manam (2014) Oka Laila Kosam (2014) Soggade Chinni Nayana (2016) Nirmala Convent (2016) Rarandoi Veduka Chudham (2017) Hello (2017) Rangula Ratnam (2018) Manmadhudu 2 (2019) Loser (web series; 2020) Bangarraju (2022)
Related	Annapurna Studios Annapurna International School of Film and Media Blue Cross of Hyderabad Mumbai Masters