Nagarjuna: Telugu cinema’s ‘King’ is not afraid to swim against the tide

What: Nagarjuna, fondly called Yuva Samrat, Greeku Veerudu, Manmadhudu and King by Telugu film lovers, turned 64 recently. Besides acting in over 90 Telugu movies, Nagarjuna has had more than ten straight Hindi releases – the most for any contemporary Telugu hero.

Recipient of two National Film Awards, 9 Nandi Awards and 3 Filmfare South awards, Nagarjuna is also a producer, studio owner and runs a film school too.

Furthermore: The actor is also credited with bringing many acclaimed other language directors to Telugu – beginning with Mani Ratnam for Geetanjali (1989), SV Rajendra Singh Babu for Prema Yuddham (1990), Priyadarshan for Nirnayam (1991), Prathap Pothan for Chaitanya (1991), V Ravi Chandran for Shanti Kranti (1991), Fazil for Killer (1992), Mahesh Bhatt for Criminal (1994)… the list goes on!

We say: With actors like Nagarjuna around but obviously, Telugu cinema is not scared of swimming against the tide.

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