Akkineni Nagarjuna entered Telugu cinema scene with great expectations as heir to the legend Akkineni Nageswara Rao. Thirty years later he has proved himself to be a true heir to the Akkineni legacy, both in terms of acting and versatility. There is a reason he has been rechristened as King of TFI.
The journey started with Vikram and many successful films followed like Vikky Dada, Collector Gari Abbayi, Akhari Poratam etc. But it was the film Geethanjali and Shiva directed by Mani Ratnam and Ram Gopal Varma respectively that took his stardom to a whole new level. They were trendsetting films that made him Youth sensation like never before. He followed it up with even more bold films that were way ahead of time and remembered as cult movies today.
It wasn’t mere commercial success that King Nagarjuna was after, he had a penchant for fresh subjects and music which lead to the introduction of many technicians in Telugu cinema. Even as recently as Soggade Chinni Nayana he introduced new director and scored biggest commercial success of his career. He recently completed thirty years in the industry and in the course he has set many trends and done characters that no one imagined could be possible in Telugu films. Oopiri, his last film, is a shining example of this fact.
Action, love, family, drama, devotion, and experiment, you name it, King has done it and proved his commercial stature with them as well. It doesn’t come as a surprise then that Akkineni Nagarjuna has had back to back 50 Cr share movies in this stage of career competing with the Young stars out there that include his two son’s Naga Chaitanya and Akhil. As the star is getting ready with his new devotional picture Om Namo Venkateshaya, SocialNews.XYZ wishes him a very happy birthday and lots of success and a long career ahead.
