TOP ACTORS OF TOLLYWOOD
by kommana280 | created - 16 Feb 2011 | updated - 17 Feb 2011 | Public
1. S.V. Ranga Rao
Actor | Chadarangam
S.V. Ranga Rao was born on July 3, 1918 in Nuziweedu, Andhra Pradesh, India. He was an actor and producer, known for Chadarangam (1967), Mayabazar (1957) and Bala Bharatam (1972). He was married to Leelavathi. He died on July 18, 1974 in Madras, India.
He is greatest actor of all timein telugu industry .He is one of the best actors in Indian cinema.He acted almost every character in history. He showed a kind of recklessness and arrogance in his dialogue delivery. The iconic status did not reach him so easily. He struggled a lot and from that struggle born a great actor of all times. He won the Best Actor Award for his portrayal of Keechaka in Narthansala at the Indonesian Film Festival. It the first time an Indian actor received an international award in acting. Surprisingly, this fact is not well-known among many people.After getting the award he felt very sad that his own country couldn't honor his talent even though it is accepted by all Indian film fraternity that no one can ever match to SVR acting talent. His dialogue delivery cannot be matched with that of any film personality in the world as he can deliver dialogues even written in Sanskrit with so ease and with complete emotions that no one can ever come close to him in this aspect,it is said that even N.T.R who was great at delivering dialogues in telugu use to stammer in front of S.V.R. Maya Bazaar and Missamma are among his famous movies. The very mention of "Maya Bazaar" brings the picture of S.V.R. as Ghatothkacha in the minds of Andhras and Tamilians. His role as "Nepali Mantrik" in "Pathala Bhairavi" will continue to be remembered by millions of people.
2. N.T. Rama Rao
Actor | Daana Veera Soora Karna
Born into a farmer's family, Rama Rao Taraka Nandamuri got his bachelors of arts degree and took a job with the government. Married to Nandamuri Basavatarakam, he began acting in films, his first being Mana Desam (1949), in which he played a police officer. His first movie as a hero was Palletoori ...
3. Chiranjeevi
Actor | Indra
This Telugu Star was a student at the Madras Film Institute and an amateur stage actor. His first public performance was in the Republic Day parade ballet of Andra Pradesh on 26 January, 1976. His film debut was Punadhirallu (1978). His brother-in-law is producer Allu Aravind. His success started ...
he is true icon of indian film industry today... every actor should be perfect at action,drama,dance,mass action....all stuff ..which in influences in every film industry there are star being like him to be superstar...(hrithik, vijay , allu arjun, n.t.r .jr)
4. Akkineni Nageswara Rao
Actor | Meghasandesam
Akkineni Nageswara Rao was born on September 20, 1923 in Venkataraghavapuram, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India. He was an actor and producer, known for Meghasandesam (1983), Laila Majnu (1949) and Devadasu (1953). He was married to Annapurna Akkineni. He died on January 22, 2014 in Hyderabad...
5. Chittor V. Nagaiah
Actor | Thyagayya
Chittor V. Nagaiah was born on March 28, 1904 in Repalle Taluk, Andhra Pradesh, India. He was an actor and composer, known for Thyagayya (1946), Ramadasu (1964) and Naa Illu (1953). He died on December 30, 1973 in Madras, India.
He was the first South Indian actor to receive Padma Sri award from the Government of India. He remains one of the most notable actors of Indian Cinema.
The film ‘Thyagiah’ was released in the year 1946 was a fabulous classic film of the South Indian film history.Nagiah became the highest paid actor in that time for the film ‘Beedalapatlu’.
6. Mahesh Babu
Actor | 1 - Nenokkadine
Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu is an Indian actor, producer, media personality, and philanthropist who works mainly in Telugu cinema. He was born on 9 August 1975 in a Telugu family in Madras (now Chennai), India. One of the most popular & one of the highest-paid Indian film actors. Referred to in the ...
7. Kaikala Satyanarayana
Actor | Kurukshetramu
Kaikala Satyanarayana was born on July 25, 1935 in Kauthavaram, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India. He was an actor and producer, known for Kurukshetramu (1977), Sri Krishnarjuna Yudham (1963) and Daana Veera Soora Karna (1977). He was married to Kaikala Satyanarayana. He died on December 23, ...
8. Pawan Kalyan
Actor | Attarintiki Daredi
Pawan Kalyan's actual name is Konidela Kalyan Babu. He began to call himself as Pawan Kalyan when he worked on his first film, Akkada Abbai Ikkada Ammayi, in 1996. He has worked in several critically and commercially successful films and has established himself as one of the leading actors in ...
9. Sobhan Babu
Actor | Jeevana Jyoti
Sobhan Babu was born on January 14, 1937 in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India. He was an actor, known for Jeevana Jyoti (1975), Kurukshetra (1977) and Soggadu (1975). He was married to Santha kumari. He died on March 20, 2008 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
10. Krishna
Director | Singhasan
Krishna was born to Veeraraghavayya Chowdhary and Nagaratnamma Ghattamaneni in a remote village called Burripallem, near Tenali in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India. He was the eldest of the five children from a middle income agrarian family. He could not afford to have convent education, so ...
11. Relangi Venkatramaiah
Actor | Bala Nagamma
Relangi Venkatramaiah was born on August 9, 1909 in Ravulapalem, Andhra Pradesh, India. He was an actor and producer, known for Bala Nagamma (1942), Goodachari 116 (1967) and Aatma Balam (1964). He died on November 26, 1975 in Tadepalligudem, Andhra Pradesh, India.
12. Brahmanandam
Actor | Dookudu
Considered as the greatest comedian Telugu film industry ever produced, Brahmanandam is a native of Muppala village near Sattenapalli, Brahmanandam completed his M.A. (Telugu) and worked as a Lecturer in Telugu before Jandhyala introduced him to the silver screen with a role in the movie 'Chantabbai...
13. Rajendra Prasad
Actor | Aa Naluguru
Rajendra Prasad was born on July 19, 1956 in Nimmakuru, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India. He is an actor and producer, known for Aa Naluguru (2004), Julayi (2012) and Srimanthudu (2015).
14. Nagabhushanam
Actor | Bhookailas
Nagabhushanam is known for Bhookailas (1958), Adavi Ramudu (1977) and Kurukshetra (1977).
15. Kota Srinivasa Rao
Actor | Ganesh
Kota Srinivasa Rao is an Indian film actor, known for his works primarily in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He has also starred in few films in Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam.
He starred in over six hundred and fifty feature films. He has received nine state Nandi Awards as best character, ...
16. Allu Arjun
Actor | Pushpa: The Rise - Part 1
Allu Arjun nicknamed Bunny was born on April 8, 1980. His father, Allu Aravind, is a famous producer and his uncle, Chiranjeevi is one of the top actors in the Telugu industry. Also, he is the grandson of late comedian Padmashree Allu Ramalingaiah. He is well-known as stylish star for his unique ...
17. Nuthan Prasad
Actor | Kiraathakudu
Nuthan Prasad was born on December 12, 1945 in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India. He was an actor, known for Kiraathakudu (1986), Veta (1986) and Maut Ka Badla Maut (1985). He died on March 30, 2011 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
18. Nagarjuna Akkineni
Actor | Shirdi Sai
Nagarjuna did his schooling at Hyderabad Public School and later went to Little Flower Junior College to do his intermediate. After that, he went on to do mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and later got a masters degree in automobile engineering at San Jose State ...
19. Venkatesh Daggubati
Actor | Ganesh
Venkatesh Daggubati has worked in the Telugu film industry for over 37 years. He has also done a few Hindi movies.
His father, D. Rama Naidu, was a film producer and former Parliament Member; his mother, Rajeshwari, is a housewife. He completed his schooling at Don Bosco, Egmore.
He completed his ...
20. Nandamuri Balakrishna
Actor | Simha
Nandamuri Balakrishna is a leading actor and producer who works in Telugu cinema and is also a politician. He has acted in more than a hundred films. His father was N.T. Rama Rao, a legendary actor, and three-time Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. He is the uncle of N.T. Rama Rao Jr.. Balakrishna ...
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