BOLLYWOOD: Akkineni Nageswara Rao

Saturday 16 June 2012

Akkineni Nageswara Rao

Akkineni Nageswara Rao (born 20 September 1922 at Ramapuram,Gudivada Taluk,Krishna District), popularly known by his initials ANR, is a Telugu cinema actor from Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh. Nageswara Rao has worked in several genres of films in his 78-year acting career, including mythological, social, and drama films. Nageswara Rao has been active in the Telugu film industry since 1941 and is the recipient of the 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.