ANR celebrates his birthday
Akkineni Nageswara Rao is celebrating his birthday today. Coming from a poor farmer family of Venkataraghavapuram, Ramapuram, Krishna District he reached the top echeleons of the industry by sheer determination and hard work.
He was born on September 1924 on this very day and after impressing all as Lord Rama in Seetha Rama Jananam he never looked back. He starred over 256 telugu and 26 tamil films.
He has many golden hits in his career like Tenali Rama Krishna, Kalidasu, Devadasu, Mayabazar, Missamma, Dr. Chakravarthi, Ardhangi, Muga Manasulu, Dasara Bullodu, Prem Nagar and Premabhishekam.
The film Premabhishekam directed by Dasari Narayana Rao is one of the biggest hits in Tollywood. It had an amazing 533 days run in Hyderabad City, which is still the highest run in a city for any Telugu movie. Premabhishekam is the only Telugu film to have run for 365+ days continuously.
To cater to the needs of the industry, ANR as he is lovingly known as started Annapurna Studios which is now a prominent one in Hyderabad where many shootings take place.
He won many awards like Dada Saheb Phalke Award, the highest award for films in India. He received in 1996 the NTR National Award.
He is also a recipient of Padmashri, Padmabhushan and Padma Vibhushan awards and Filmfare Best Actor Awar. His son Nagarjuna is a popular star in telugu and even is grand sons Naga Chaitanya and Susanth are also making their mark.
News Posted: 20 September, 2012
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