Happy Birthday Nagarjuna: The Only Actor Who Has Aged Gracefully

Nagarjuna was born on 29th August 1959 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu to Nageswara Rao Akkineni and Annapoorna Akkineni. They moved to Hyderabad where he began his schooling in Hyderabad Public School and Little Flower Junior College. He did one year of engineering from College of Engineering in Guindy and earned his BS from Eastern Michigan University in Michigan, US.

He was once married to Lakshmi Daggubatti and their marriage lasted for at least six years and they had a son Naga Chaitanya before their divorce. He then married Amala in 1992 and had another son Akhil who was born 2 years later. 

He started out quite early in films by venturing out a child artist in the 60s where he shared screen space with his father Nageswara Rao in the films Sudigundalu and Velugu Needalu. Many years later, he made a full-fledged debut in 1986 with the film Vikram, which was a remake of the Bollywood film Hero released 1983.

Despite the acting skills weren't meeting up to the mark, the actor worked hard and managed to impress everyone with his screen presence. That managed to get more opportunities in the industry.

He then later featured in a Bollywood film called Shiva, directed by Ram Gopal Varma and it later turned out to be a gigantic success in the box office. The most acclaimed work of his happens to be the role of a famous priest Sri Ramadasu in the film of the same name.

Apart from acting, he has various ventures ranging from owning Mumbai team in Indian Badminton League and also has a realty business venture called N3 Realty Enterprises. He is also the host of Meelo Evaro Koteeswarudu, the Telugu version of Kaun Banega Crorepati and has won an award for his impeccable work.

We need more from this talented actor in the near future.