(Full name: Akkineni Nageswara Rao, English: Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Birth: 20 September, 1924 – Death: 22 January, 2014) is a famous Telugu film actor and film producer of Indian cinema. For his significant contribution in the field of art, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award, by the Government of India in 2011 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest honor of Indian cinema, in 1990.
life introduction
The youngest of his five brothers, A. Nageswara Rao was born on 20 September 1924 in a very ordinary family in Ramapuram, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh. His mother’s name is Akkineni Punnamma and father’s name is Akkineni Venkataratnam. Due to the weak financial condition of the family, his initial education was limited to primary school only. His son ‘Akkineni Nagarjuna’ is a famous actor.
major films
In 1941, at the age of just 17, he started his film career with Ghantasal Balaramaiah’s Telugu film ‘Sita Ram Jananam’ (1942). In this film he played the role of Lord Shri Ram.
death news
January 22, 2014
Veteran Telugu producer-actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao, who was honored with the Indian film industry’s biggest Dadasaheb Phalke Award, died in the early hours of Wednesday, January 22, 2014 in Hyderabad. 91-year-old Nageshwar Rao was suffering from cancer for the last several years. Nageswara Rao’s son and actor Nagarjuna, fondly called ‘ANR’, said Mr Rao died in his sleep. Nageswara Rao is remembered for acting in hit films like ‘Tenaliram Krishna’, ‘Devdas’, ‘Maya Bazaar’ and ‘Missamma’.
Nageshwar Rao is survived by three daughters and two sons. His son Nagarjuna is well known to Hindi film audiences, and Nagarjuna’s wife Amala has also acted in Hindi films. Many grandsons of Nageswara Rao have also established themselves as actors. In his long career spanning over seven decades, Nageswara Rao acted in around 250 Telugu and several Tamil films, and is currently starring in the upcoming film titled ‘Manam’, starring all three generations of his family. Actors were working.
