| Name(s) |
AKKINENI NAGESWARA
RAO |
| Date of
Birth |
September 20, 1923 |
| Date of
Death |
January 22, 2014 |
|
Identity |
Indian film actor
and producer, predominantly in Telugu cinema. |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- He came to be known as one of the two pillars of Telugu
cinema along with N.T. Rama Rao.
- He acted in over 255 films, spanning the Telugu, Tamil
and Hindi languages and became of the most prominent figures
in the history of Telugu cinema.
- He was instrumental in shifting the base of Telugu
Cinema from Madras, Tamil Nadu to Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
in 1974.
- With an aim to provide infrastructural support to the
film industry in Hyderabad, he built a film studio,
Annapurna Studios, in 1975.
- He founded a film and media school, Annapurna
International School of Film and Media within Annapurna
Studios in 2011.
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Awards & Accolades |
- Two Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards for Best Actor.
- Four South Filmfare Awards for during his acting career.
- Dada Saheb Phalke Award
- Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest
civilian award, for his contribution towards Indian cinema
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