A. NAGESHWAR RAO: Tamil and Telugu Cinema's popular hero

New -Delhi, September 19 (IANS). Currently, the theater of the South is not only throughout India, but all over the world. Among the actors whose names are taken prominently to strengthen the basis of South films. Esesis Rao’s name is prominent. Nosteshwar Rao left an indelible mark with his strong acting in Telugu and Tamil films. A. Nageshwar Rao’s full name is Akkineni Nageshwar Rao. He is also known as ‘Anr’. Nageshwar Rao was born on September 20, 1923, in an ordinary Boer family in the Rampuram village in the Krishna district andhra Pradesh. Due to poverty, his formal education could only be done until the third class. His attachment to acting was such that he became active at theater at just ten years old. Due to the ban on the acting of women, he played female characters at the time. In 1941, ‘ANR’, who entered the theater with the Telugu film ‘Putrasy’, performed in more than 255 films in his 73 -year career. He entered Tamil Cinema in the 1950s. ‘Vipra Narayan’ was his first Major Tamil film, released in 1954. In the film, he played a role based on the biography of Tamil Saint Vipra Narayan. Apart from Tamil, Telugu, he also worked in Hindi and Kannada language films. In 1956 he depicted the character of the famous Telugu poet Tentali Ramakrishna in ‘Tenali Ramakrishna’ (Tamil Edition). The film was awarded the All India Certification of Merit for Best Feature. Akkineni Nageshwar Rao’s acting, dance, dialogue and balance of emotions excited the audience. He was a wonderful actor as well as a producer. In the 1970s, he played an important role in transferring the Telugu film industry from Madras (now Chennai) to Hyderabad, which reduced the pressure on Tamil Nadu’s Cinema Hub. His company ‘Annapurna Studios’ produced several Tamil-Telugu films. The studio, founded in 1985, strengthened the technical side of Tamil films. His Tamil reminiscence of ‘Misesma’ (1955) also became popular in his Tamil films, where he played a romantic hero with Savitri. ‘Devdasu’ (1953) also had a Tamil influence, which was useful to popularize the stories of Sharatchandra Chattopadhyay in the Tamil cinema. His popular films include Laila Majnu (1949), Devdasu (1953), Anarkali (1955), Batasari (1961), Muga Manasulu (1964), Prema Nagar (1971), Premabhishekam (1981), Meghsandam (1982), Balraju (1948), Kilu Gurram (1948), Calu Gurram (1948), Kilu Gurram (1948), Kalu Gurram (1948), Kilu Gurram (1948) (1949), Donga Ramudu (1955), Mangalaya Balam (1958), Gundamma Katha (1962), Dr. Chakravarti (1964), Dharma Daata (1970), and Dussehra Bullodu (1971). Rao received the Tamil Nadu State Film Honor Award Arigner Anna Award in 1992. The Government of India awarded him Padma Shri in 1968, Padma Bhushan, in 1988, Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1990 and Padma Vibhushan in 2011. His family is firmly active in South Cinema. Son Nagarjuna, grandson Naga Chaitanya and Akhil Akkineni are big stars of South Cinema and increase the legacy of Rao. His final film ‘Manam’, released in 2014, has been seen together for three generations. He died on January 22, 2014. -Ians pack/