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Naga Chaitanya Akkineni

​Naga Chaitanya (Telugu: నాగ చైతన్య) is an Indian film actor who has appeared in Telugu films. He made his debut in the 2009 college film, Josh His second film, Gautham Menon's Ye Maaya Chesave became a major success, with his portrayal of a love-torn film director winning him critical acclaim. His third film, 100 % Love released in 2011. Naga Chaitanya was born on 23 November, 1986 to actor Akkineni Nagarjuna and his first wife, Lakshmi. Naga Chaitanya's grandfather, Akkineni Nageswara Rao is one of the stalwarts of Telugu cinema. His maternal grandfather, D. Ramanaidu, is a famous producer in the film industry whilst his maternal uncle, Venkatesh is also one of Tollywood's biggest stars. Naga Chaitanya's cousins, Sumanth, Sushanth and Rana, are also film actors. Naga Chaitanya was born in Hyderabad, but moved to Chennai with his mother after his parents split. He received schooling at the PSBB School in Chennai, during which he often visited his father in Hyderabad. He played the guitar and drums occasionally for the PSBB school band. He was not originally interested in acting; he wanted to race cars and is still very good at it.[peacock term] However, his father convinced him otherwise and talked him into acting to keep the legacy going. He was then sent to an acting school in Mumbai, and subsequently to Hollywood Studios in California (USA) to learn dance and fights before he made his debut. Following in his family's footsteps, Naga Chaitanya's debut was widely anticipated. After several rumours regarding his debut, during the audio launch of his father's King, Chaitanya was introduced to the film world where his debut film was launched. Josh, directed by newcomer Vasu Varma and produced by Dil Raju, featured him alongside fellow debutant Karthika Nair, daughter of Radha, with his role drawing comparison with his father's character from Shiva. However upon release, the film fared averagely at the box office and received negative reviews from film critics, although Naga Chaitanya's performance secured him the Filmfare Best Male Debut Award for South Indian films. Prior to the release of his first film, he signed his second film with Indira Productions, which was to be directed by Gautham Menon and featured music by A.R.Rahman.[3] Ye Maaya Chesave released in February 2010 to unanimous positive reviews with the film being dubbed as a "classic" by reviewers, with comparisons drawn to his father's romantic film, Mani Ratnam's Geetanjali.[4] Critics also praised his on-screen chemistry with debutant actress Samantha, as the film went on to become a commercial success at the box-office.[5] This was the Telugu version of the Tamil film, Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya. He also made a cameo appearance in the Tamil version. Naga Chaitanya's latest movie Sukumar's 100% Love with Tamannaah Bhatia became a hudge hit.He got a good critical acclaim for his role in the movie which he did with a great ease. Now he is acting in Ajay Bhuyan's Dhada (2011 film) with Kajal Aggarwal which is expected to be released in 2nd half of 2011, besides he already started working in Ram Gopal Varma's Bejawada Rowdilu and yet to begin Deva Katta's Autonagar Surya making him the most demanding actor among the upcoming and establised youth actors.


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Born:
Nov 23, 1986 In Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Movie/TV Credits:
27
First Appeared:
In the movie Josh 2009-09-05
Latest Project:
Series Dhootha 2023-11-30
Known For
Poster of Saahasam Swaasaga Saagipo
Poster of Oka Laila Kosam
Poster of Autonagar Surya
Poster of Josh
Filmography
Series Dhootha Sagar Varma Avuduri 2023-11-30
Movie Custody A. Shiva 2023-05-12
Movie Bangarraju Chinna Bangarraju 2022-01-14
Movie Laal Singh Chaddha Balaraju Bodi 2022-08-11
Movie Thank You Abhiram 2022-07-21
Movie Love Story Revanth 2021-09-24
Movie Venky Mama Captain Karthik Shivaram 2019-12-13
Movie Majili Poorna Chandra Rao 2019-04-05
Movie Oh! Baby Young Chanti 2019-07-04
Movie Mahanati Akkineni Nageswara Rao 2018-05-09
Movie Savyasachi Vikram Aditya 2018-11-02
Movie Shailaja Reddy Alludu Chaitanya 2018-08-31
Movie Rarandoi Veduka Chudham Siva 2017-05-26
Movie Yuddham Sharanam Arjun 2017-09-08
Movie Premam Vikram 2016-09-09
Movie Saahasam Swaasaga Saagipo Rajnikanth Muralidhar 2016-11-08
Movie Dohchay Chandu 2015-04-24
Movie Manam Nagarjuna / Radha Mohan 2014-05-23
Movie Autonagar Surya Surya 2014-02-07
Movie Oka Laila Kosam Karthik 2014-10-17
Movie Tadakha Karthik 2013-05-10
Movie 100% Love Balu 2011-05-06
Movie Dhada Vishwa 2011-08-11
Movie Bejawada Shiva Krishna 2011-12-01
Movie Ye Maaya Chesave Karthik 2010-02-26
Movie Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa Himself (Guest Appearance) 2010-02-26
Movie Josh Satya 2009-09-05