About Tollywood Hero Daggubati Venkatesh


Daggubati Venkatesh is an Indian film actor who stars in Tollywood films. 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.
Contents



    1 Early life and Family
    2 Child actor
    3 Career and awards
    4 Endorsements
    5 Filmography
    6 Awards
   

Early life and Family

Venkatesh was born to prolific film producer and former MP, Dr. Ramanaidu Daggubati and Rajeshwari in Chennai. He has an elder brother Suresh Babu Daggubati 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

He has acted as child artist in the 1971 film 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 April 26, 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] But was mentioned that the film is shelved off.

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 69 feature films in 27 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
No     Year     Title     Role     Co-Star     Director     Notes
1     1971     Prem Nagar             K. S. Prakash Rao     Child-Artist
2     1986     Kaliyuga Pandavulu     Vijay     Kushboo     K.Raghavendra Rao     Winner, Nandi Award for Best Male Debut
3     1986     Brahma Rudrulu     Prasad     Rajani
Ranjani
Mandakini     K. Murali Mohan Rao    
4     1987     Ajeyudu     Murali     Shobana     G Ram Mohan Rao    
5     1987     Bharatamlo Arjunudu     Arjun     Kushboo     K.Raghavendra Rao    
6     1987     Trimurtulu         Shobhana     K. Murali Mohan Rao    
7     1987     Vijetha Vikram     Vikram     Farha     SS.Ravichandra    
8     1987     Srinivasa Kalyanam     Srinivas     Bhanupriya
Gouthami     Kodi Ramakrishna    
9     1988     Raktha Tilakam         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     Varasudochhadu     Raghu     Suhasini     A.Mohan Gandhi    
13     1988     Prema     Pruthvi     Revathi
Kalpana     Suresh Krishna     Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu
14     1989     Ontari Poratam     Raja     Swetha
Rupinni     K.Raghavendra Rao    
15     1989     Dhruva Nakshatram     Dhruva Kumar     Rajani     Y.Nageswararao    
16     1989     Two Town Rowdy     Shakthi     Radha     Dasari Narayana Rao    
17     1990     Aggiramudu         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     Surya IPS     Surya     Vijayashanti     A. Kodandarami Reddy    
22     1991     Kshana Kshanam     Chandu     Sridevi     Ram Gopal Varma    
23     1992     Chanti     Chanti     Meena     Ravi Raja Pinisetty    
24     1992     Chinarayudu     Chinarayudu     Vijayashanti     B. Gopal    
25     1992     Sundarakanda     Venkateswarlu     Meena
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     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 – Telugu
34     1996     Sahasa Veerudu Sagara Kanya     Ravi Chandra     Shilpa Shetty
Malashri     K.Raghavendra Rao    
35     1996     Intlo Illalu Vantintlo Priyuralu     Sriram     Soundarya
Vineetha     E. V. V. Satyanarayana    
36     1996     Saradha Bullodu     Vijay     Nagma
Sanghavi     Ravi Raja Pinisetty    
37     1996     Pavithra Bandham     Vijay     Soundarya     Muthyala Subbaiah    
38     1997     Chinnabbayi     Chinnabbayi (Sundaram)     Ramyakrishna
Ravali
Indraja     Kasinadhuni Viswanath    
39     1997     Preminchukundam Raa     Giri     Anjala Zaveri     Jayanth C. Paranjee    
40     1997     Pellichesukundam     Anand     Soundarya
Laila     Muthyala Subbaiah    
41     1998     Suryavamsam     Harischandra Prasad,Bhanu     Meena
Sanghavi
Raadhika     Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao     Dual Role
42     1998     Ganesh     Ganesh     Rambha
Madhubala     Tirupathi Swamy     Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
43     1998     Premante Idera     Murali     Preity Zinta     Jayanth C. Paranjee    
44     1999     Raja     Raja     Soundarya     Muppalaneni Shiva    
45     1999     Seenu     Seenu     Twinkle Khanna     Shashi    
46     2000     Kalisundam Raa     Raghu     Simran     UdayShankar     Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
47     2000     Jayam Manade Raa     Abhiram (Rudrama Naidu),
Mahadeva Naidu     Soundarya
Bhanupriya     N.Shankar     Dual Role
Winner, Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
48     2001     Devi Putrudu     Krishna,
Balaram     Anjala Zaveri
Soundarya     Kodi Ramakrishna    
49     2001     Prematho Raa     Chandra Sekhar     Simran     UdayShankar    
50     2001     Nuvvu Naaku Nachav     Venkateswarlu (Venky)     Arti Agarwal     K. Vijaya Bhaskar    
51     2002     Vasu     Vasu     Bhumika     A. Karunakaran    
52     2002     Gemini     Gemini     Namitha     Saran    
53     2003     Vasantham     Ashok     Kalyani
Arti Agarwal     Vikraman    
54     2004     Malliswari     Prasad     Katrina Kaif     K. Vijaya Bhaskar    
55     2004     Gharshana     Rama Chandra     Asin
Yana Gupta     Gautham Menon    
56     2005     Soggadu             Ravi Babu     Cameo appearance
57     2005     Sankranthi     Raghavendra     Sneha     Muppalaneni Shiva     Winner, Santosham Best Actor Award
Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
58     2005     Subash Chandra Bose     Ashok,
Subash Chandra Bose     Shriya Saran
Genelia     K. Raghavendra Rao     Dual Role
59     2006     Lakshmi     Lakshmi Narayana     Nayantara
Charmme     V.V. Vinayak    
60     2007     Adavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule     Ganesh     Trisha     Selvaraghavan     Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
Santosham Best Actor Award
Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
61     2007     Tulasi     Tulasi Ram     Nayantara
Shriya Saran     Boyapati Srinu    
62     2008     Chintakayala Ravi     Ravi     Anushka
, Mamta Mohandas     Yogi    
63     2009     Eenadu     Eeshwar Prasad         Chakri Toleti    
64     2010     Namo Venkatesa     Venkata Ramana(Venky)     Trisha     Srinu Vytla    
65     2010     Nagavalli     Vijay,
Nagabhairava Rajashekhara     Anushka
Richa Gangopadhyay
Shraddha Das
Poonam Kaur
Kamalinee Mukherjee     P. Vasu     Remake of Aptharakshaka(Kannada)
66     2012     Bodyguard     Venkatadri     Trisha
Saloni Aswani     Gopichand Malineni     Remake of Bodyguard (Malayalam)
67     2012     Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum             Krish     Cameo Apperance
68     2013     Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu         Anjali     Srikanth Addala     Multi starrer movie alongside Mahesh
69     2013     Shadow[7]         Taapsee     Meher Ramesh     special role of Srikanth[8]
70     2013     (Remake of Bol Bachchan)                 Still in Discussions: Multi starrer movie alongside Ram
Awards

[9]
Sno     Year     Award     Category     Film     Result
1     1986     Kinnera Award     Best Actor     Kaliyuga Pandavulu     Won
2     1986     Nandi Awards     Best Male Debut     Kaliyuga Pandavulu     Won
3     1988     Kinnera Award     Best Actor     Brahma Puthrudu     Won
4     1988     Nandi Special Jury Award     Best Actor     Swarna Kamalam     Won
5     1988     Nandi Award for Best Actor     Best Actor     Prema     Won
6     1988     Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu     Best Actor     Prema     Won
7     1990     Cinegoers Award     Best Actor     Bobbili Raja     Won
8     1991     Bhagyanagar Award     Best Actor     Shatruvu     Won
9     1991     Cinegoers Award     Best Actor     Coolie No.1     Won
10     1991     Madras filmfans award     Best Actor     Coolie No.1     Won
11     1992     Yuvavahini Award     Best Actor     Sundarakanda     Won
12     1992     Cinegoers Award     Best Actor     Sundarakanda     Won
13     1993     Kalasagar Award     Best Actor     Abbaigaru     Won
14     1993     Cinegoers Award     Best performance     Abbaigaru     Won
15     1995     Nandi Award for Best Actor     Best Actor     Dharma Chakram     Won
16     1996     Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu     Best Actor     Dharma Chakram     Won
17     1995     Kalasagar Award     Best Actor     Dharma Chakram     Won
18     1995     Vamsi Berkley Award     Best Actor     Dharma Chakram     Won
19     1996     Vamsi Berkley Award     Best film     Pavithra Bandham     Won
20     1998     Nandi Award for Best Actor     Best Actor     Ganesh     Won
21     1998     Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu     Best Actor     Ganesh     Won
22     1998     Kinnera Awards     Best Actor     Ganesh     Won
23     2000     Nandi Award for Best Actor     Best Actor     Kalisundam Raa     Won
24     2000     Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu     Best Actor     Jayam Manade Raa     Won
25     2007     Nandi Award for Best Actor     Best Actor     Adavari Matalaku Ardhale Verule     Won
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