Nageshwara Rao Akkineni
Birthday: 1923-09-20
Place of Birth: Andhra Pradesh, India
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.
Movies
Pooja Phalamu
Madhu, a wealthy and naive boy, meets Vasanthi and develops feelings for her. However, he gets depre...
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Navaratri
Radha's father brings a marriage proposal for her, which she refuses and runs away from home. Later,...
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Zamindar
A CID officer goes undercover to track down a large sum of money that was stolen by a group of soldi...
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Illarikam
Venu, a poor man, falls in love and marries Radha, a zamindar's daughter. When Venu moves into the z...
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Agni Putrudu
Film starring Akkineni Nageshwara Rao, Nagarjuna Akkineni and Shivaji Ganesan...
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Sri Ramadasu
A devoted musician and saint sacrifices worldly comforts to construct a temple for Lord Rama, facing...
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Rao Gari Illu
Anand Rao, a public prosecutor leads a happy life with his wife Jaya and five children. One day, Jay...
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Bharatha Vilas
A couple share a house with other three tenants who hail from different parts of the country. Howeve...
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Muddula Mogudu
Durga, daughter of a millionaire, marries Prasad, a writer she is a fan of. However, financial troub...
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Bahudoorapu Batasari
Prasad, an honest police officer, brings up his sons with a lot of love and care. However, when he f...
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Manchi Manasulu
Venu is a very poor student and seeks to come out of the hostel by being unable to bear its expenses...
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Sri Rama Rajyam
Lord Sri Rama retains his wife Sita comes back to their kingdom Ayodhya, after killing Ravana. And S...
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Gundamma Katha
Gundamma is a rich widow who dotes on her daughter Saroja but mistreats her stepdaughter Lakshmi. Wh...
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Mayalokam
Mayalokam is a 1945 Telugu-language film produced and directed by Gudavalli Ramabrahmam under the Sa...
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Mugguru Maratilu
After King Siddhoji's wife instigates him against his three nephews named Somoji, Subandhi and Firoj...
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Mayabazar
Balarama promises Subhadra that he'll marry his daughter to her son. But when the Pandavas loses the...
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Vichitra Jeevitham
Chandra Shekar "Chandram" loves and marries Gowri. Soon, Chandram gets a job in an estate owned by S...
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Srimanthudu
The guardians of a boy, who is the legal heir to a property, trick him into becoming an alcoholic wi...
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Manam
A married couple die in an accident, leaving behind a son. As he grows up and becomes successful, he...
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Bhakta Tukaram
The story of this film is based on the life story of a prominent saint Tukaram....
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Matharkula Manikkam
The film is based on two couples – where the first couple Dr. Chandra Shekar (Gemini Ganesan) & Parv...
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Kalyana Parisu
Baskar and Vasanthi are college-mates. A naughty girl creates misunderstanding between them, and an ...
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Vindhya Rani
Durjaya succeeds in his plot to kill and overthrow his brother and takes the throne of the Vindhya K...
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Bangaru Kutumbam
A couple have three sons who are all married. The youngest daughter-in-law is from a wealthy family....
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Charana Daasi
The film revolves around couples - Dr. Chandra Shekar and Parvathi ahead Venu and Lakshmi. Charana ...
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Yedanthasthula Meda
Yedanthasthula Meda (transl. Seven Storied Building) is a 1980 Telugu-language drama film, produced ...
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Illale Devatha
Illale Devatha (transl. Wife is a Goddess) is a 1985 Telugu-language drama film, produced by N. R. A...
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Laila Majnu
Khayas falls in love with Laila but her father refuses the alliance, which leaves Khayas heartbroken...
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Mechanic Alludu
Mechanic Alludu is a comedy based movie in which for the First film to have Akkineni Nageshwara Rao ...
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Mooga Nomu
Remake of Tamil film Kalathur Kannamma (1960) Director: Yoganand Writer: Narasa Raju D.V. (dialogu...
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Brahma Rudrulu
Brahma Rudrulu is a 1986 Telugu film directed by K Murali Mohan Rao. The film stars Venkatesh, Rajin...
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Gandeevam
Gandeevam is a 1994 Telugu film directed by Priyadarshan. The film stars Balakrishna, Roja Selvamani...
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Bangaru Kanuka
Bangaru Kanuka (English: Golden Gift) is a 1982 Telugu, Romance film, produced by Raola Ankhaiah Gou...
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Sri Sitaramula Kalyanam Chutamu Rarandi
Madhavi gets married to Krishna in their childhood, but later, Krishna is presumed dead. Years later...
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Mangalya Balam
1959 Indian film starring Akkineni Nageshwara Rao, Savitri and S.V. Ranga Rao...
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Maa Babu
Dr Anand, a respectable doctor, gives away his son to Ratna Devi, a widow. Soon, he marries a nurse ...
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Punarjanma
Gopi, a sculptor who is in love with his niece, goes into a delirium after his sculpture catches fir...
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Keelu Gurram
A young man after knowing his past through his queen mother who has been abandoned from the kingdom ...
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Raksha Rekha
The film begins with Kalavathi, the only daughter of Simhala King Rajasimha, who is averse to marria...
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Sudigundalu
Judge Chandrasekharam is very kind and helpful to the relatives of the culprits. His wife dies after...
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Jayeebhava
Returning from abroad, a man and his girlfriend must unite their fathers who belong to two warring g...
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Chukkallo Chandrudu
Chukkallo Chandrudu (Telugu: చుక్కల్లో చంద్రుడు) is a Telugu film released on 14 January 2006 and wa...
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Or Iravu
A thief breaks into a wealthy man's house unaware that the man is his father, who had abandoned his ...
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Maro Prapancham
Nine idealistic youngsters plan to create "Maro Prapancham", an egalitarian utopian. But when they s...
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Chanakya Chandragupta
The film is a historical story, based on the 3rd century BC Maurya Emperor Chandragupta Maurya and h...
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Palletoori Pilla
At the command of tyrannical Kampanna Dora, Chief Jayanth raids many villages in the region to loot ...
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Aadarsa Kutumbam
Prasad is an ambitous and young medical student who lives with his extended family. His oldest broth...
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Sutradhaarulu
This film is based on a story against violence shown in a rural background. This message is shown in...
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Antastulu
Raghu cooks up many lies to woo Mala to win a challenge. However, when he develops feelings for her,...
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Doctor Chakravarthy
Dr Chakravarthi gets attached to Madhavi after his sister's death as she reminds him of his sister. ...
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Meghasandesam
Meghasandesam is the story of a common man who has an innate urge for poetry. He leads a simple life...
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Bharya Bharthalu
When Anand, a playboy, pursues Sharada, she rejects him. Due to circumstances, they end up married. ...
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Mahakavi Kalidasu
1960 Telugu biographical film based on the life of the great Sanskrit poet Kalidas....
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Pelli Naati Pramanalu
Krishna Rao impresses Bheemasena Rao, a dignified village leader, who gets his daughter Rukmini marr...
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Velugu Needalu
The life of 2 friends suguna (Savitri) and chandram (Nageshwara Rao) is potrayed as they and people ...
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Devadasu
Landlord Narayan Rao's son Devdasu and Parvathi, their poor neighbour's daughter, fall in love. But ...
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Missamma
Rao and Mary, unemployed college graduates from Madras, act as if they are a married couple to get j...
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Pranadaata
A doctor with amnesia starts treating patients when he remembers how to use surgical instruments. Me...
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Andala Ramudu
Ramudu, a honest man is loved by Seetha, daughter of J.B. Rao, a rich man. But J.B. Rao wants her to...
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Aatma Balam
Rama Rao (Y.B.Raju) is an affluent gentleman and he has a wife named Jagadeeshwari (Kannamba). The c...
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Aradhana
Dr. Murali Krishna loves Anuradha, but he loses his scholarship after a misunderstanding with her. K...
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Adrushtavanthulu
Raghu (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) a notorious criminal released from jail after completing his imprison...
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Manase Mandiram
Manase Mandiram (English: The Heart is a Temple) is a 1966 Telugu language romantic drama film, prod...
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Pelli Kanuka
Bhaskar (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) and Vasanti (B. Saroja Devi) are college mates who clash when she c...
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Manjal Mahimai
Manjal Mahimai (English: Power of Turmeric) is a 1959 Tamil language drama film, produced by D. Madh...
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Thodi Kodallu
Lawyer Ganapathi and his wife Annapurna are the eldest members of a family. His brother Subbu and hi...
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Parivartana
Zamindar of a village has no children and adopts a boy from an Orphanage. The boy grows up as Ananda...
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Pandaga
Pandaga (English: Festival) is a 1998 Telugu, drama film, produced by on Jayasri Art Pictures banner...
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Batasari
Surendranath, son of a landowner, leaves to Madras in search of a job. What does the future have in ...
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Ardhangi
Zamindar Bhujangarao (Gummadi) has two sons. The elder son Raghunath Rao (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) bo...
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Balaraju
The story begins in heaven a Devakanya Mohini and a Yaksha are in love. Indra, the ruler of Suvarlok...
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Donga Ramudu
Estranged siblings, Ramu and Lakshmi meet years later as she is married to a doctor and he is a driv...
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Prema Nagar
A romantic story about a wealthy boy whose life revolves around wine and women and a middle class gi...
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Tenali Ramakrishna
Tenali Ramkrishna is a poet in King Krishnadeva Raya's kingdom. When he learns that the king's enemi...
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Collector Gari Abbai
A bureaucrat and his son differ from each other on various issues. However, the father finally reali...
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Iddaru Iddare
Iddaru Iddare is a 1990 Telugu Action drama film, produced by Akkineni Venkat and Yarllagada Surendr...
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Aatma Gowravam
A zamindar who does not have any heir wishes to adopt Srinivas. However, his wife is against it and ...
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Rajakiya Chadurangam
The story begins with formation of the new government when an honest person, Satya Murthy (Akkineni ...
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Premabhishekam
Rajesh falls in love with and proposes to Devi. However, a few days before their marriage, he learns...
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Bharyabhartala Bandham
Sanjeevi (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) and Archana (Jayasudha), a divorced couple meet just because of Sa...
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Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu
Sitaramayya shares an estranged relationship with his son and daughter-in-law, who die in a road acc...
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Women's Authority
The film begins in a village, where a wealthy couple, Ganapathi (Chadalavada) & Rangamma (Kannamba) ...
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Chakrapani
Chakrapani, a miser, decides to save a large sum of money to gift it to his great-grandson. But he f...
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Chaduvukunna Ammayilu
Sujatha and Vasantha are best friends despite hailing from different financial backgrounds. Both of ...
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Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp
Alladin throws away a magic lamp after an evil magician fools him into finding it. Years later, when...
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Dasara Bullodu
Both Radha and Nirmala love a young man named Gopi. But Nirmala's father wants to make Gopi marry Ni...
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Bangaru Babu
A popular actress runs from her scheming uncle and finds shelter in the house of a respected man, Bu...
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Aastiparulu
Zamindar Janardhan Rao, a paterfamilias, holds high esteem in society. One of his sons, Bachi, is a ...
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Dagudumuthala Dampathyam
Dagudumuthala Dampathyam is a 1990 Telugu-language comedy film, produced by Bogavalli Prasad on Sri ...
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Rojulu Maraayi
Venu enlightens the villagers against Sagarayya, a greedy landlord who grabs barren lands of the vil...
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Dharma Daata
Raja Raghupathi Rao, a generous Zamindar of Sripuram, iswell-renowned for his charity & humanity, an...
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Bhale Ramudu
Ramu changes his identity to help Roopa as she gets disabled because of him....
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Sri Krishnarjuna Yudham
After vanquishing the army of the Kauravas, the Pandava Brothers preside over Indraprastha, and Arju...
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Sriranga Neethulu
Narayana Murthy is a respected businessman who professes righteousness. But when his illicit daughte...
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Rajeswari Kalyanam
An elderly couple plan to adopt a child, but when the father returns, they tell the boy the story of...
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Aathmeeyulu
Suryam and Seetha struggle to survive after the death of their father, Veerayya. Jagannadham, their ...
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Akka Chellelu
Janaki toils to make her sister Vijaya an advocate. When Janaki marries Justice Ramachandra Rao, Vij...
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Samsaram
A middle-class government clerk Raghu lives happily with his wife Manjula until his scheming mother ...
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Kula Gotralu
Ravi, a young man, falls in love with Saroja against his father's wishes, leading to his estrangemen...
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Guru Sishyulu
Guru Sishyulu (English: Teacher-Student) is a 1981 Telugu, comedy film, produced by C. Ashwini Dutt ...
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