Akkineni Nageswara Rao Biography
అక్కినేని నాగేశ్వరరావు గారి జీవిత చరిత్ర
Akkineni Nageswara Rao (20 September
1923 – 22 January 2014), widely known as ANR, was an Indian film actor and
producer, known for his work predominantly in Telugu cinema. He starred in many
landmark films in his seventy five-year career, becoming one of the most
prominent figures in the history of Indian cinema. He is considered one of the
greatest and most successful actors of Indian cinema and one of the two pillars
of Telugu Cinema, along with N.T.Rama Rao. He was one of the instrumental
figures in moving the Telugu cinema industry from Madras to Hyderabad in the
early 1960s. He established Annapurna Studios in 1975 to provide
infrastructural support to the Telugu film industry in Hyderabad. He later
started the Annapurna International School of Film and Media within Annapurna
Studios in 2011.
ANR is known for his path-breaking work
in biographical films; He essayed the Tamil saint Thondaradippodi Alvar in the
1954 film Vipra Narayana; Tenali Rama in the 1956 film Tenali Ramakrishna,
which received the All India Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film;
Kalidas (the Sanskrit poet of Ujjain) in the 1960 film Mahakavi Kalidasu; the
12th Century Sanskrit poet Jayadeva of Odisha in the 1961 film Bhakta Jayadeva;
the Kannada sculptor Amarashilpi Jakanachari in the 1964 film Amara Shilpi
Jakkanna; the Marathi saint Tukaram in the 1971 film Bhakta Tukaram; Kabir in
the 2006 film Sri Ramadasu; Valmiki in the 2009 film Sri Rama Rajyam.
Similarly, Rao played many famous mythological figures such as Lord Vishnu in Chenchu
Lakshmi; Narada in Bhookailas and Arjuna in Sri Krishnarjuna Yuddhamu.
ANR is also remembered for his
performances in romantic dramas Laila Majnu (1949), Devadasu (1953), Anarkali
(1955), Batasari (1961), Mooga Manasulu (1964), Prem Nagar (1971), Premabhishekam
(1981) and Meghasandesham (1982), which was featured at the 9th International
Film Festival of India, the 1983 Cannes Film Festival and the Moscow film
festival. ANR also starred in the blockbusters Ardhangi (1955), Donga Ramudu
(1955), Mangalya Balam (1958), Gundamma Katha (1962), Doctor Chakravarty
(1964), Dharma Daata (1970) and Dussehra Bullodu (1971).[6] ANR received seven
state Nandi Awards, and five Filmfare Awards South. He is a recipient of the
Dada Saheb Phalke Award, the highest Indian award in the field of cinema. He
was also honoured with the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian
award, for his contribution to the film industry. Manam (2014) was the last
film of ANR, who died on 22 January 2014 during the film's production phase.
The film was a "befitting swansong", as he always famously said that
he wanted to die acting. The film was screened at the 45th International Film
Festival of India in the Homage to ANR section on 29 November 2014.
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