Nagarjuna Following The Footsteps Of Big B

Akkineni Nagarjuna is incidentally following big B in many ways.

Vijayawada: Akkineni Nagarjuna is one of the multi talented artist that the Telugu movie industry is lucky to get. Son of legend of Telugu film industry ANR, Nagarjuna acted as child artist with his father in Sudiguldalu. After acting as producer for many films for Annapurna Studios, he started his career as Hero with his film Vikram in the year 1986. This movie is remake of super hit Hindi movie Hero wherein Jackie Shroff debuted.

After blockbuster success of the debut movie, Nag (as he is affectionately called by his fans) acted in many average films like Captain Nagarjuna, Sankeertana, Majnu etc., that could not record success on the expected lines. From the movie Collector Gari Abbayi (with ANR once again), Nagarjuna’s career graph started moving upward. His subsequent bumper hits included Aakhari Poratam, Siva, Agni Putrudu, Kirai Dada etc.

Nagarjuna got married with heroine in some of his films Amala. Amitabh married Jaya Bhaduri who acted as his co-star in many movies.

Nag acted as producer for many films offering opportunity for other stars. Big B produced some movies under Amitabh Batchan Corporation Limited (ABCL).

Like Amitabh, Nag also acted in some of the own productions.

Amitabh acted with his son Abhishek in some movies. Nagarjuna acted in many films with his father ANR. His latest hit Manam includes his son Naga Chaitanya in one of the lead roles. Nagarjuna, as a matter of fact, acted with his other son Nikhil (child artist in Sisindri).

Amitabh ventured into active politics. Nag restricted himself to indirect politics. He restricted himself to supporting some political parties. His closeness with many politicians including YS Jagan is known to everyone.

Amitabh’s KBC has been a trend setter in Hindi TV history. Nagarjuna’s ‘Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu’ (MEK) is also receiving similar response as that of Big B’s KBC. MEK already completed 12 episodes as on date and the highest prize money was Rs.12.50 lacs won. This show is also having some celebrity episodes involving Shriya Saron, Vidya Balan etc.

Incidentally, Nagarjuna & Amitabh shared some movies (like Khuda Gawah, Agni Varsha) and also some promotional ad for Kalyan Jewellers.