Birthday: 29th August 1959

Gender: Male

Occupation: Actor

Alternate Name/s: Nagarjuna Akkineni, Nag

Place of Birth: Tamilnadu, India

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Category: Celebrity

Biography: Akkineni Nagarjuna Rao, born on 29th August 1959, is popularly known as Nagarjuna and is a successful actor and producer in the Telugu film industry. He is the son of Akkineni Nageswara Rao, an established Telugu star. The best performance of his career is considered to be 'Annamayya', which is the story of the legendary singer Annamacharya. This film won the national award and is one of the highest grossing Telugu films ever. Although he has been cast in varied roles, he best known for portraying the typical Indian film hero and has a huge fan following, especially among women. He has a son from his first marriage named Naga Chaitanya and is currently married to actor Amala. He has a son named Akhil from his second marriage.

NAGARJUNA'S UNFORGETTABLE MOVIES

Gitanjali (1989, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Girija, Showkar Janaki, Vijayakumar)

Shiva (1990, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Amala)

Khuda Gawah (1992, Amitabh Bachchan, Sridevi, Nagarjuna Akkineni)

Varasudu (1993, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Krishna Ghattamaneni)

Govindha Govindha (1993, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Sridevi)

Criminal (1995, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Manisha Koirala,Ramya Krishna, Johnny Lever)

Miya Biwi Aur Saali (1996, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Ramya Krishna)

Mr. Bechara (1996, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Anil Kapoor, Sridevi)

Ratchakan (1997, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Girish Karnad, Raghuvaran, Sushmita Sen, Balasubramaniam S.P)

Zakhm (1998, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Ajay Devgan, Pooja Bhatt)

Sanam Tere Hain Hum (2000, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Kirti Reddy, Aishwarya Rai)

Biwi No.2 (2000,Nagarjuna Akkineni, Tabu)

Azaad (2000, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Soundarya, Prakash Raj, Shilpa Shetty, Raghuvaran)

Eduruleni Manishi (2001, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Soundarya, Srinivasa Rao Kota)

Santosham (2002, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Prabhu Deva, Shreya)

Agni Varsha (2002, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Jackie Shroff, Raveena Tandon)

Manmadhudu (2002, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Sonali Bendre, Anshu, Chandramohan)

Pehli Nazar Ka Pehla Pyaar: Love at First Sight (2003, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Prabhu Deva, Sophiya Haque)

Shivamani (2003, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Asin, Prakash Raj, Rakshitha)

LOC: Kargil (2003, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgan, Saif Ali Khan, Sunil Shetty)

Nenunnanu (2004, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Aarti Agarwal, Shreya, Mukesh Rishi, Natassha)

Mass (2004, Nagarjuna, Jyothika)

Super (2005, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Brahmanandam, Anushka Shetty)

Sri Ramadasu (2006, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Sneha, Suman)