Nagarjuna filmography

Nagarjuna (Born 29 August 1959) is an Indian actor and producer who works in the Telugu cinema. He has acted in over 90 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 in 2010

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]

Film

As actor

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
1968	Sudigundalu	Child artist	Telugu	Cameo appearance
1986	Vikram	Vikram	Telugu
	Captain Nagarjun	Nagarjuna	Telugu
	Aranyakanda	Chaitanya	Telugu
1987	Majnu	Rajesh	Telugu
	Sankeertana	Kaasi	Telugu
	Trimurtulu	Himself	Telugu	Cameo Appearance
	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
1992	Killer	Eeswar Prasad (Prem Krishna)[a]	Telugu
	Khuda Gawah	Inspector Raja Mirza	Hindi
	Antham	Raghav (Shekar)[a]	Telugu	Bilingual film
	Drohi		Hindi
	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
	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
	Ravoyi Chandamama	Sashi	Telugu
2000	Nuvvu Vasthavani	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
	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
	LOC Kargil	Major Padmapani Acharya	Hindi
2004	Nenunnanu	Venu Madhav	Telugu
	Mass	Ganesh (Mass)[a]	Telugu
2005	Super	Akhil	Telugu
2006	Style	Mass	Telugu	Cameo appearance
	Sri Ramadasu	Kancherla Gopanna	Telugu	Nandi Award for Best Actor	[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
	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		Tamil
	Rajanna	Rajanna	Telugu
2012	Shirdi Sai	Shirdi Sai Baba	Telugu	also singer for the song "Okkade Devudu"	[9]
	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"
	Akhil		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 (Vikram)	Telugu	Bilingual film IIFA Utsavam for Best Performance in a Supporting Role – Male
	Thozha		Tamil
	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
	Raju Gari Gadhi 2	Rudra	Telugu
2018	Officer	Sivaji Rao IPS	Telugu
	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	Kuberaa †	TBA	Tamil Telugu Hindi	Filming
	Coolie †	Simon	Tamil	Filming

As producer

Year	Title
1979	Kalyani
1980	Pilla Zamindar
	Buchi Babu
1981	Premabhishekam
	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
	Seetharama Raju
2000	Yuvakudu
2002	Manmadhudu
2003	Satyam
2004	Mass
2005	Super
2011	Rajanna
2013	Bhai
	Uyyala Jampala
2014	Manam
	Oka Laila Kosam
2016	Soggade Chinni Nayana
	Nirmala Convent
2017	Rarandoi Veduka Chudham
	Hello
2018	Rangula Ratnam
2019	Manmadhudu 2
2022	Bangarraju

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Language	Notes
2014–2016	Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu	Host	MAA TV	Telugu
2019–present	Bigg Boss		Star Maa
2020	Loser	Producer	ZEE5		[15]
2022	Bigg Boss Non-Stop	Host	Disney+ Hotstar
2024	Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairytale	Himself	Netflix	English	Documentary film

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		[16]

See also

• List of Indian film actors
• Telugu cinema

Notes

1. Akkineni Nagarjuna played a single character with two or more names.
2. Akkineni Nagarjuna played two characters.