Awards & Winners

Akkineni Nageswara Rao

Date of Birth 20-September-1923
Place of Birth Ramapuram (Venkata Raghava Puram)
(Krishna district)
Nationality India
Also know as A. Nageswara Rao, Nageshwara Rao, A. Nageshwara Rao, A.N.R., kkineni Nageswara Rao, ANR, Akkineni Nageshwar Rao, Appa Rao, Akkineni Nageshwara Rao, అక్కినేని నాగేశ్వరరావు, Natasamrat, ए० एन० आर०, ए० नागेश्वर राव, ए० नागेस्वर राव, नागेश्वर राव, ए एन आर, क्किनेनी नागेस्वर राव, अप्पा राव, अक्किनेनी नागेश्वरा राव, नटसम्राट, Rao, Tragedy King, Dr. ANR, डॉ. ए. एन. आर., राव, ट्रेजेडी किंग
Profession Actor, Film Producer
Akkineni Nageswara Rao was a prominent Indian film actor and producer, predominantly in Telugu cinema. He starred in several films of various genres during his 75-year acting career and 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. Nageswara Rao won two Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards for Best Actor, three South Filmfare Awards for Best Actor – Telugu during his acting career. He is a recipient of the Dada Saheb Phalke Award, the highest individual lifetime achievement award for films in India. He was honored with the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, for his contribution towards Indian cinema.

Awards by Akkineni Nageswara Rao

Check all the awards nominated and won by Akkineni Nageswara Rao.

2012


Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu Sri Rama Rajyam

1995


Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
Honored for : Bangaru Kutumbam

1994


Nandi Award for Best Actor
Honored for : Bangaru Kutumbam

1992


Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
Honored for : Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu

1990


Dadasaheb Phalke Award
(Awarded as an Actor)

1982


Nandi Award for Best Actor
Honored for : Meghasandesham

1974


Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
Honored for : Marupurani Manishi

1967


Nandi Award for Best Actor
Honored for : Sudigundalu

1965


Nandi Award for Best Actor
Honored for : Antastulu

1964


Nandi Award for Best Actor
Honored for : Doctor Chakravarthy