Thus, the Telugu film industry or Tollywood – largest after the Bollywood in the country – lost second of its two major pillars. The first - N T Rama Rao, a matinee idol and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh died around the same time – January 18 in 1996. While N T Rama Rao became a legend with his mythological characters – Rama, Ravana and Krishna that endeared him to the masses, ANR is known for his social films some of which depicted class, caste differences and ushered in a socio-economic mobility appealing to the educated and the middle classes. While some saw ANR and NTR as rivals (which both never acknowledged), for many the over a dozen movies they acted together like Mayabazar, Missamma, Gundamma-katha are a feast to the eyes to this day.īorn on Septemin Krishna district, ANR began his career donning female roles on stage but went onto become the first romantic hero in Telugu, who introduced the dancing steps in the duets. Long queues of women at the cinemas playing his movies were a necessary scene in those days. Premabhishekam, another love tale released in 1981 produced by ANR’s Annapurna Studios ran for over 500 days.ĪNR is also credited for playing a pivotal role in shifting of the Telugu Film Industry from Chennai to Hyderabad in the late 70’s with setting up of his Annapurna Studios in the then boulder and bush filled Banjara Hills. In his long distinguished career spanning over 70 years, ANR – all of primary school education – researched life through the reels.
Rao died in his sleep on 22 January 2014 due to a cardiac arrest.Apart from numerous awards, Dr Rao was conferred the highest honour for movie personalities, the Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 1991 and the second highest civilian honour in the country, the Padma Vibhushan in 2011. Death: On 19 October 2013 Rao announced that he was diagnosed with colon cancer. His upcoming movie, Thrayam, is set to release in 2015. His collection of movies include, Daddy Daddy (1998), Pelli Sambandham (2000), Chukkallo Chandrudu (2006) and Manam (2014). He has since, acted in over 255 films, spanning from Telugu and Tamil, to Hindi languages and hence became one of the most prominent figures in the history of Telugu cinema.
Career Highlights: Nageswara Rao made his debut in the Telugu film, Dharmapatni, in 1941, at the age of 17. He also started a film and media school, Annapurna International School of Film and Media within Annapurna Studios in 2011. To provide infrastructural support to the film industry in Hyderabad, he built a film studio, Annapurna Studios, in 1975. He made sure all of his movies were shot in Hyderabad during 1963. Early life: Akkineni Nageswara Rao was an economic man.
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