Akkineni Nageswara Rao

Akkineni Nageswara Rao

Acting

September 20, 1923 — January 22, 2014
Ramapuram, Madras Presidency, British India
93 movies

Biography

Akkineni Nageswara Rao (September 20, 1923 – January 22, 2014), known by the initialism ANR, was an Indian actor and film producer who worked predominantly in Telugu cinema alongside appearances in Tamil films. After starting in theatre and making his screen debut in *Dharmapatni* (1941), he achieved his breakthrough as a leading man in the folklore fantasy *Balaraju* (1948) and the romance *Keelu Gurram* (1949). Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, he established himself as a central figure in South...

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Pelli Kanuka
10.0

Bhaskar (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) and Vasanti (B. Saroja Devi) are college mates who clash when she complains to the college principal about a love letter he sent her. Later on realizing her mistake, Vasanti apologizes to him and the two fall in love. Vasanti's elder sister, Geeta (Krishna Kumari), supports the family by stitching clothes.Bhaskar rents the room upstairs in their house. He falls ill and in nursing him, Geeta falls in love with him. She confides her love to Vasanti, who decides to sacrifice her love for her the sake of her sister and convinces Bhaskar to marry Geeta. Bhaskar initially neglects Geeta. On finding out, Vasanti writes to him that their sacrifice, made for Geeta's happiness, would mean nothing unless he is a good husband to Geeta. Bhaskar relents and Geeta and he have a son. Vasanti joins them and Geeta suspects that there is something on between Bhaskar and Vasanti and makes Vasanti leave the house.

Pelli Kanuka

1960
Rajakiya Chadurangam

The story begins with formation of the new government when an honest person, Satya Murthy (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) becomes Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. After that, he forms his government by selecting people with a clean image in his cabinet and brings out several revolutionary changes in the state. This overshadows Joginatham (Kota Srinivasa Rao), who is another strong aspirant for the chairs of CM and his group. They all conduct a secret meeting along with Contractor Papa Rao (Prabhakar Reddy), a political lobbyist and decide to assassinate CM Satya Murthy. Papa Rao contacts a Professional Killer Narang (Charan Raj) to kill CM and he keeps deadline till 1 November. Through the intelligence bureau, Police Department gets secret information regarding it. Here they specially appoint a powerful Police officer, S. P. Pratap (Krishna) for C.M.'s protection. The rest of the story is how S. P. Pratap protects CM from the secret killer

Rajakiya Chadurangam

1988
Matharkula Manikkam
10.0

The film is based on two couples – where the first couple Dr. Chandra Shekar (Gemini Ganesan) & Parvathi (Anjali Devi) and the second couple is Ravi (A. Nageswara Rao) & Lakshmi (Savitri). Ravi & Lakshmi are happy lovers. Ravi is summoned and asked to marry another girl forcibly. Since his father's life & honor are at stake, Ravi agrees to the marriage. Simultaneously another marriage takes place in the same village Dr. Chandra Shekar visits his best friend's sister marriage but the marriage cancels in the last moment due to dowry problems to keep up his friend's prestige Shekar marriage's his sister called Parvathi. Due to sudden marriage, the couple doesn't see each other. Thereby because marriage is happening without his wish Ravi also not seen the bride's face. Both the bridal parties traveling on the same train which run into a disastrous accident. In the accident Ravi's parents and wife are dead.

Matharkula Manikkam

1956
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