Personal Info:
Name: Venkatesh Daggubati
Nick Name: Venky, Victory Venkatesh
Date of Birth: 13 December 1960
Birth Place: Karamchedu, Andhra Pradesh
Profession: Actor
Height: 6’0”
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Biography:
Venkatesh Daggubati is an Indian film actor known famously for his work in Telugu Industry. He starred in 72 feature films in his 30 years of career in the film industry. He received seven state Nandi Awards and six Filmfare awards in his career. He is one of the co-owner of Suresh productions which is one of the largest film production companies in India along with his brother Suresh Babu. He acted in many commercial hit movies and has the highest number of Nandi Awards for the best actor. He is also a captain of Telugu Warriors representing Tollywood in the Celebrity Cricket League.
Venkatesh Family Pic |
Personal Life:
Daggubati Venkatesh is born on 13 December 1960 in Karamchedu, Prakasam district. His father is D Rama Naidu who is a popular film producer and a former MP. His mother Rajeswari Daggubati is a homemaker. His brother Suresh Daggubati is also a film producer. He has one sister Lakshmi Ramanaidu. He got married to Neeraja in the year 1985 December 13. He has three daughters Aashritha, Bhavana, and Hayavahini. Arjun Daggubati his son.
His eyes are brown in color and zodiac sign is Sagittarius. He studied in Loyola College Chennai and MBA from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, CA, USA. His hobbies are reading books and listening to music. Favorite actors are Marlon Brando and Robert Redfort and actresses Sridevi, Revathi, and Soundarya. His movie likes are The God Father, Roman Holiday, Forrest Gump, Ben-Hur. His first Telugu film debut is Prema Nagar in 1971 and Anari in 1993 Bollywood. He started as a child artist in the year 1971 in the movie Prem Nagar as Keshav.
Venkatesh Family Complete Pic |
Endorsements:
He is now leading as a brand ambassador of Manappuram General Finance and Leasing Ltd which is a non-banking financial company. He has an Audi Q3 car. He is fond of cricket, whenever he gets time he likes to play or watch cricket.
Venkatesh and his Brother Suresh Babu |
Career
His first film was Prem Nagar in 1971 in which he was a childhood actor. In 1986 he first time debuted in Kaliyuga pandavulu. This movie brought him a Nandi Award for his acting. In his movie career, Swarna Kamalam is the biggest hit so early which was showcased in the International Film Festival of India and brought him a second Nandi Award. He acted in a successful musical romantic film Prema which brought him Nandi Award for his acting which was in 1988 and in the same year for another successful movie Brahma Putrudu he won a Film fare Award for his acting. At that Bobbili Raja, Divya Bharati is the box office hits of Venkatesh.
Venkatesh childhood Pic |
His appearance in Ram Gopal Varma’s Kshana Kshanam alongside Sri Devi is a trendsetter and it was a box office hit in its second run. Chanti in 1991 was remade in Hindi which made him a mark in Bollywood. Both the versions were super hits at the time. His chinarayudu is also successful. In 1995 he alongside Raveena Tandon acted in taqdeerwala. He received a Nandi Award and Filmfare Award for his performance in Dharma Chakram in the year 1996.
At that time Venkatesh and Soundarya's combination was in a craze for their commercial success owing to the chemistry and performance of both.
Venkatesh family pic |
He then into romantic and family entertainers like preminchukundam Raa, Prematho Raa-2001, nuvvu Naaku Nachav-2001, Malliswari-2004, Gharshana-2005. Later he started doing complete family dramas like Sankranthi-2005, Aadavari Maatalaku Ardhale Verule-2007, and Chintakayala Ravi-2008 which were runaway hits.
Venkatesh Family Black & White Pic |
His recent movie F2-Fun and Frustration along with Varun Tej is a blockbuster hit.
Awards:
1986- Kaliyuga pandavulu- Kinnera Award as best actor and Nandi Award as Best male Debut.
1987- Trimurthulu- Cinegoer award- Sensation best actor.
1987- Srinivasa Kalyanam- vamsiberkely Award- Sensation Best Actor.
1988- Brahmaputrudu- Kinnera Award as Best Actor, Filmfare for Special Jury, Cinegeor Award for Sensation Best Actor, Madras Film fans Award for Sensation Best actor.
1988- Swarna Kamalam- Nandi Award- Best Actor Special jury.
1988-Varasudochadu- Bhagyanagar Award- Best Actor.
!989- Prema- Nandi Award- Best Actor.
1990- Bobbili raja- Cinegoer Award – Best Actor, Bhagyanagar Award-Best Actor.
1990- Shatruvu- Bhagyanagar Award-Bets Actor.
1991- Coolie No.1- cine goer Award and madras Filmfans Award – best actor.
1992- Chanti- Kalasagar Award, Madras Filmfans Award, Vamsiberkely Award, Cinemaexpress Award, Peerless Award- Best Actor.
1992- Sundarakanda- Yuvavahini award and Cinegoer award- best actor.
1993- Abbaigaru- kalasagar Award for Best Actor and Cinegoer award for best performance.
1995- Dharma Chakram- Nandi Award, Film fare Award, Kalasagar Award, Vamsiberkely Award- best actor.
1996- Pavitra Bandham- Vamsi Bestfair award and karunasevasadan Award- best actor.
1998- Ganesh- Nandi Award, Filmfare Award, Kinnera Award – Best Actor.
1999- Raja- Filmfare award- best actor.
2000- Kalisundam Raa- Nandi Award for Best Actor and Filmfare Award for Special Jury.
2000- jayam Manade raa- Filmfare Award- Best Actor.
2005- Sankranthi- Filmfare Award and Santosham Film award- best actor.
2007- Aadavari Maatalaku Ardhale Verule- Nandi Award, Santhosham Film Award, Film fare Award- Best actor.
2014- Masala- Filmfare Award- best-supporting actor.
2015- Drushyam- Filmfare, TSR-TV9 National Film Award, 4th South Indian International Movie Award- Best Actor.
2017- Guru- Film fare award-Best actor, Film fare award- best actor-critics.
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