Akkineni Nagarjuna Indian Actor Known for Khuda Gawah

Akkineni Nagarjuna, born 29 August 1959 in Chennai, is an Indian actor. His best-known titles on this site are Khuda Gawah (1992) and Zakhm (1998).

Early life

His father is Akkineni Nageswara Rao. He studied at Eastern Michigan University and Anna University.

Career

Records list Captain Nagarjun (1986) as his earliest screen credit. In the 1990s, he appeared in Antham (1992) and Criminal (1994). The 2000s brought LOC Kargil (2003, as Padmapani Acharya) and Awarapan (2007). His 2010s credits include Oopiri (2016) and Devadas (2018). During the 2020s, he worked on Kubera (2024, as Deepak Tej) and Coolie (2025, as Simon).

In all, 86 films appear in his credits from 1986 to 2025. Action is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (5), followed by drama (5) and romance (3).

Ramya Krishnan appears in six of his listed titles, including Chandralekha (1998) and Annamayya (1997). Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Prakash Raj (five titles) and Anushka Shetty (five titles). Mahesh Bhatt directed three of his titles on record, among them Angaaray (1998). K. Raghavendra Rao is credited as director on two of them, including Aakhari Poratam (1988) and Om Namo Venkatesaya (2017).

Recognition

His awards include the Filmfare Awards South. Further recognition came with a Nandi Award.

Personal life

He has been married to Amala Akkineni since 1992. Earlier marriages on record are to Lakshmi Daggubati (1984 to 1990). He is the father of Naga Chaitanya and Akhil Akkineni.