

In December 2007, he appeared in Don and a year later, he appeared in King alongside Trisha Krishnan and Srihari. Nagarjuna received the Nandi Award for Best Actor for this film. In 2006, he starred in Sri Ramadasu, his second period film based on the 18th-century Telugu Saint/poet of the same name. In 2005, Nagarjuna acted in and produced Super. The latter was produced by Nagarjuna and directed by choreographer Lawrence Raghavendra. In 2004, Nagarjuna had two releases, Nenunnanu and Mass. He produced Satyam in 2003, which starred his nephew Sumanth. He starred in romantic comedies such as Santosham, Manmadhudu, and Shivamani. His subsequent releases were Nuvvu Vastavani, Ninne Premistha.

The movie won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu and Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu. In 1996, Nagarjuna starred in and produced Ninne Pelladata, directed by Krishna Vamsi. Many of his films were also dubbed into Tamil. In the same year he ventured into comedy for the first time with Hello Brother which was a huge hit, and was later remade into Hindi as Judwaa. In 1994, he starred in his first Hindi-Telugu bilingual Criminal directed by Mahesh Bhatt. Some of his prominent hit films released subsequently included President Gari Pellam, Varasudu, Gharana Bullodu and Allari Alludu. He followed it up with box office hits like Killer, Neti Siddhartha, and Nirnayam, working with eminent directors such as Fazil, and Priyadarshan. The film was appreciated for its content and music. He then starred in Sankeertana, an average grosser directed by debutant Geetha Krishna, music composed by Ilayaraaja. Nagarjuna got positive reviews for his portrayal of a heartbroken man. Later, he starred in films like Majnu, directed by Dasari Narayana Rao, which was well received. The film was a huge success, giving Nagarjuna a good start. Madhusudhana Rao a remake of hindi film Hero. He is also the president of the non-profit film school Annapurna International School of Film and Media based in Hyderabad.Ĭoming to his early film career, he made his debut as a lead actor through the 1986 Telugu film Vikram, directed by V. Nagarjuna is the co-owner of the production company Annapurna Studios. In 2013, he represented the cinema of South India at the Delhi Film Festival’s 100 Years of Indian Cinema’s celebration, alongside Ramesh Sippy and Vishal Bhardwaj from Bollywood.In 1995, he ventured into film production, with a production unit operating in Seychelles, and was a co-director of an Emmy Award-winning film animation company called Heart Animation. In 1990, he made his Bollywood debut with the Hindi remake of Shiva. In 1989, he starred in the Mani Ratnam directed romantic drama film Geetanjali, which won the National Film award.The following year he came with in Siva, an action drama blockbuster directed by debutant Ram Gopal Varma, which premiered at the 13th International Film Festival of India.
