Chennai, May 2: Telugu actor Akkineni Nagarjuna feels he can't typecast himself and must "exploit" various commercial angles to "cater to the masses". He admits revisitng romance genre with "Greekuveerudu" was a "conscious decision".
"As an actor with a star status, I can't restrict myself to one type of films and roles. Once in a while I need to go out of my way to do different films, to exploit all commercial angles to cater to the masses," Nagarjuna told Ians.
In the recent past, Nagarjuna has played roles such as the Sai Baba in "Shirdi Sai", an army major in "Gaganam", a freedom fighter in "Rajanna" and an evil-fighting.
"As an actor with a star status, I can't restrict myself to one type of films and roles. Once in a while I need to go out of my way to do different films, to exploit all commercial angles to cater to the masses," Nagarjuna told Ians.
In the recent past, Nagarjuna has played roles such as the Sai Baba in "Shirdi Sai", an army major in "Gaganam", a freedom fighter in "Rajanna" and an evil-fighting.
- 5/2/2013
- by Arun Pandit
- RealBollywood.com
Chennai, April 20: Southern actor Akkineni Nagarjuna said Saturday that awards are like vitamin shots and when an actor receives them, it boosts his or her morale.
"The success of a film at the box-office will ensure happiness to the entire unit, but individual awards are like vitamin shots that will help boost the morale of an actor. I believe for an actor both the success of his film and awards are equally important," said Nagarjuna at the Tsr-TV9 film awards.
He received the best actor award for 2012 for his performance in Telugu mythological-drama "Shirdi Sai", while his Telugu period-drama "Rajanna" was awarded the.
"The success of a film at the box-office will ensure happiness to the entire unit, but individual awards are like vitamin shots that will help boost the morale of an actor. I believe for an actor both the success of his film and awards are equally important," said Nagarjuna at the Tsr-TV9 film awards.
He received the best actor award for 2012 for his performance in Telugu mythological-drama "Shirdi Sai", while his Telugu period-drama "Rajanna" was awarded the.
- 4/20/2013
- by Machan Kumar
- RealBollywood.com
The latest trend in Andhra Pradesh these days seems to be the ultra-violent, ultra-patrotic action film. Tollywood has a taste for blood that is unrivaled on the Indian subcontinent. Last year brought the ludicrously violent Simha to the top of the box office charts, and this year it looks like we've got a couple of contenders. First up is Jagapathi Babu's crazy looking Kshetram, and after that we have this film, Rajanna.Like most Indian films, pretty much everyone involved in Rajanna has some deep roots in the Indian film industry. Star Nagarjuna is the son of a famous actor and has been in films since he was a child in 1967. The writer/director is Vijayendra Prasad, the father of Telugu box-office dynamo S.S. Rajamouli who...
- 11/29/2011
- Screen Anarchy
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