Akkineni Nageswara Rao (born
September 20, 1924 at Venkataraghavapuram, Dist. Krishna, Andhra Pradesh), also known as ANR, is a film actor from Gudivada
Andhra Pradesh. He is one of the first fully commercial
Telugu Cinema heroes. His films include a diverse range of genres which include mythological, folk tale, social, adventure and drama. He is a contemporary to NTR who jointly shared popularity as one of the greatest telugu actors for almost 40 years. Nageswara Rao was awarded the
Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1990 for lifetime contribution to
Indian cinema. He is also a recipient of the
Padma Bhushan and
Padma Shri.
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