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Venkatesh Daggubati
వెంకటేష్ దగ్గుబాటిBorn Venkatesh Daggubati
December 13, 1960
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaResidence Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India Other names Venky Occupation Actor Years active 1983 – present Spouse Neeraja (1985–present) Website http://www.victoryvenkatesh.in/ Venkatesh Daggubati (Telugu: వెంకటేష్ దగ్గుబాటి) is an Indian film actor who stars in Tollywood films. He is the son of veteran Tollywood film producer, former MP, Dr. D. Ramanaidu. He is often credited as Victory Venkatesh in films and is one of the lead actors in Telugu Cinema. He has won seven Nandi Awards and four Filmfare Awards South.
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Early life
Venkatesh was born to Dr. D. Ramanaidu and Rajeshwari in Chennai. He has an elder brother who runs Suresh Productions, and a younger sister, Lakshmi. Venkatesh did his schooling in Don Bosco, Egmore, Chennai. He graduated with a Bachelors in Commerce from Loyola College in Chennai and got his MBA from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA.[1] After his return to India, he wanted to get into film production but instead, became an actor in Telugu films.
Child actor
According to the "Padutha Teeyaga - ETV Grand Reality Show" show on 5 April 2010, D.Suresh Babu (brother of Venkatesh) said that Venkatesh acted as Chinna Satyanarayana in the movie Prem Nagar.
Career and awards
Venkatesh debuted in Kaliyuga Pandavulu in the year 1986, which got him Nandi award for best male debut actor. At an early phase in his career, Venkatesh acted in Swarnakamalam, directed by K Viswanath, which got him his second Nandi award. Bobbili Raja, with the delightful Divya Bharti, was a box office hit. Venkatesh worked with Ram Gopal Varma in the film Kshana Kshanam. In 1991, Chanti, a family drama, both of them were box office hits.
In 2009, he teamed up with his friend Kamal Haasan for Eeenadu, which was released in September 2009. His latest movie is Namo Venkatesa, directed by Sreenu Vytla; it was released as a Sankranthi special and celebrated its grand 100 days function on 26 April, being 2010’s first 100-day film.[2] In 2010 he was in Nagavalli, a remake of Aptharakshaka.[3] In 2011 he signed Savitri[4] in Teja's direction. Venkatesh would appear in a paraplegic patient role on wheel chair in this movie.[5]
He has won 7 Nandi awards, 4 Filmfare Awards, and many other awards as best actor for playing a variety of challenging roles in his career spanning 64 feature films in 25 years. His brother D. Suresh Babu, a very successful producer, has produced most of his successful films under Suresh Productions.
Endorsements
On April 24, 2010, he signed with Manappuram General Finance and Leasing Ltd as their brand ambassador for Andhra Pradesh.[6]
Filmography
Sno Year Title Role Co-Star Director Notes 1 1971 Prem Nagar Prakash Rao Child-Artist 2 1986 Kaliyuga Pandavulu Vijay Kushboo Sundar K.Raghavendra Rao Winner, Nandi Award for Best Male Debut 3 1986 Brahma Rudrulu Prasad Rajani K. Murali Mohan Rao 4 1987 Ajeyudu Murali Sobhana G Ram Mohan Rao 5 1987 Bharatamlo Arjunudu Kushboo Sundar K.Raghavendra Rao 6 1987 Thrimurthulu K. Murali Mohan Rao 7 1987 Vijetha Vikram Vikram Farha SS.Ravichandra 8 1987 Sreenivasa Kalyanam Srinivas Bhanupriya , Gouthami Kodi Ramakrishna 9 1988 Raktha Thilakam Amala B. Gopal 10 1988 Brahma Puthrudu Rajani Dasari Narayana Rao 11 1988 Swarna Kamalam Chandrasehkar Bhanupriya Kasinadhuni Viswanath Winner, Nandi Special Jury Award 12 1988 Vaarasudochhadu Raghu Suhasini A.Mohan Gandhi 13 1988 Prema Pruthvi Revathi Suresh Krishna Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu14 1989 Ontari Poraatam Raju K.Raghavendra Rao 15 1989 Dhruva Naksthram Dhruva Kumar Rajani Y.Nageswararao 16 1989 Two Town Rowdy Shakthi Radha Dasari Narayana Rao 17 1990 Aggni Ramudu Amala, Gouthami SS.Ravichandra 18 1990 Bobbili Raja Raja Divya Bharati B. Gopal 19 1991 Shatruvu Ashok Vijayashanti Kodi Ramakrishna 20 1991 Coolie No.1 Raju (Bharath) Tabu K.Raghavendra Rao 21 1991 Suyra IPS Surya Vijayashanti A. Kodandarami Reddy 22 1991 Kshana Kshanam Chandu Sridevi Ram Gopal Varma 23 1992 Chanti Chanti Meena Durairaj Ravi Raja Pinisetty 24 1992 Chinarayudu Chinarayudu Vijayashanti B. Gopal 25 1992 Sundarakanda Venkateswarlu Meena Durairaj,Aparna K.Raghavendra Rao 26 1993 Anari Sri Rama Karishma Kapoor K. Murali Mohan Rao 27 1993 Kondapalli Raja Raja Nagma Ravi Raja Pinisetty 28 1993 Abbaigaru Dora Babu Meena Durairaj E. V. V. Satyanarayana 29 1994 Super Police Vijay Soundarya,Nagma K. Murali Mohan Rao 30 1994 Muddula Priyudu Raju Ramyakrishna,Rambha K.Raghavendra Rao 31 1995 Pokiri Raja Balaraj Raja Roja, Prathibha Sinha A. Kodandarami Reddy 32 1995 Taqdeerwala Suraj Raveena Tandon K. Muralimohana Rao 33 1996 Dharma Chakram Rakesh Ramyakrishna,Prema Suresh Krishna Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu34 1996 Sahasa Veerudu Sagara Kanya Ravi Chandra Shilpa Shetty,Malashri K.Raghavendra Rao 35 1996 Intlo Illalu Vantintlo Priyuralu Sriram Soundarya,Veneetha E. V. V. Satyanarayana 36 1996 Sarada Bullodu Vijay Nagma,Sanghavi Ravi Raja Pinisetty 37 1996 Pavithra Bandham Vijay Soundarya Muthyala Subbaiah 38 1997 Chinnabbai Chinnabbai (Sundaram) Ramyakrishna,Ravali Kasinadhuni Viswanath 39 1997 Preminchunkondam Raa Giri Anjala Zaveri Jayanth C. Paranjee 40 1997 Pellichesukundam Anand Soundarya,Laila Muthyala Subbaiah 41 1998 Suryavamsam Harischandra Prasad,
BhanuMeena Durairaj,Sanghavi,Raadhika Sarathkumar Bheemineni Srinivas Dual Role 42 1998 Ganesh Ganesh Rambha,Madhoo Tirupathi Swamy Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu43 1998 Premante Idera Murali Preity Zinta Jayanth C. Paranjee 44 1999 Raja Raja Soundarya Muppalaneni Siva 45 1999 Seenu Seenu Twinkle Khanna Shashi 46 2000 Kalisundam Raa Raghu Simran Bagga Uday Shankar Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor 47 2000 Jayam Manade Raa Abhiram (Rudrama Naidu),
Mahadeva NaiduSoundarya,Bhanupriya N.Shankar Dual Role
Winner, Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu48 2001 Devi Putrudu Krishna,
BalaramAnjala Zaveri,Soundarya Kodi Ramakrishna 49 2001 Prematho Raa Chandra Sekhar Simran Bagga Uday Shankar 50 2001 Nuvvu Naaku Nachav Venkateswarlu (Venky) Arti Agarwal K. Vijaya Bhaskar 51 2002 Vasu Vasu Bhumika Chawla A. Karunakaran 52 2002 Gemini Gemini Namitha Saran 53 2003 Vasantham Ashok Arti Agarwal Vikraman 54 2004 Malliswari Prasad Katrina Kaif K. Vijaya Bhaskar 55 2004 Gharshana Rama Chandra Asin Thottumkal,Yana Gupta Gautham Menon 56 2005 Soggadu Ravi Babu Cameo appearance 57 2005 Sankranthi Raghavendra Sneha,Arti Agarwal Muppalaneni Siva Winner, Santosham Best Actor Award
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)58 2005 Subash Chandra Bose Ashok,
Subash Chandra BoseShriya Saran,Genelia D'Souza K. Raghavendra Rao Dual Role 59 2006 Lakshmi Lakshmi Narayana Nayantara,Charmme Kaur V.V. Vinayak 60 2007 Adavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule Ganesh Trisha Krishnan Selvaraghavan Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
Santosham Best Actor Award
Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu61 2007 Tulasi Tulasi Ram Nayantara,Shriya Saran Boyapati Seenu 62 2008 Chintakayala Ravi Ravi Anushka Shetty,Mamta Mohandas Yogi 63 2009 Eenadu Eeshwar Prasad Chakri Toleti 64 2010 Namo Venkatesa Venkata Ramana(Venky) Trisha Krishnan Srinu Vytla 65 2010 Nagavalli Vijay,
Nagabhairava RajashekharaAnushka Shetty P. Vasu Dual Role. Remake of Aptha Rakshaka (Kannada) 66 2012 Bodygaurd Bodygaurd Trisha Krishnan Gopichand Malineni Remake of Bodyguard (Malayalam) 67 2012 Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu Anushka Shetty Srikanth Addala Multi starrer movie alongside Mahesh References
- ^ http://www.celebritiesprofile.info/index.php/actor-profiles/Daggupati-Venkatesh-tollywood-star.php
- ^ http://www.victoryvenkatesh.in/2010/04/namo-venkatesa-celebrates-its-grand-100-days-function/
- ^ "Chandramukhi-2 with Venky". IndiaGlitz. 2010-03-11. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/55203.html. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
- ^ "Venkatesh in Teja's direction". http://cinema.currentweek.net/2011/03/venkatesh-tejas-savitri-logo-look.html. Retrieved 03 March 2011 publisher= Currentweek.
- ^ "Venkatesh to play adventurous character on wheel chair". http://cinema.currentweek.net/2011/01/venkatesh-to-play-adventurous-character.html. Retrieved 05 January 2011 publisher= Currentweek.
- ^ http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/venky-manappuram.html
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