Akkineni Nageswara Rao dies at 91

Dadasaheb Phalke award winner Nageswara Rao died at around 2.10am in a Hyderabad hospital today. He was suffering from cancer. Rao had acted in more than 250 films in his career.

Legendary actor of Telugu cinema Akkineni Nageswara Rao passed away at around 2.10 am in a Hyderabad hospital on Wednesday. He was suffering from cancer.



He was 91 years old.



Rao had acted in more than 250 Telgu and Tamil films in his career. One of the film character immortalised by the actor was that of Devdas. He had also established Annapurna studios, which is one of the top studios in the country.



Rao is survived by three daughters and two sons, one of whom is actor .



He started his career in theatre and plated even women roles in the initial years of his career. In 1944, he essayed the lead role in Telugu drama Sitarama Jananam.

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ANR, the last of the first generation actors of Telugu cinema, had called a press conference in October last year to announce that he was diagnosed with cancer but declared that he has strong will and wants to live up to 100 years with the wishes of his fans.



Some of his best films include Batasari, Devadasu and Prem Nagar. He was currently shooting for Telugu family drama Manam with son Akkineni Nagarjuna and grandson Akkineni Naga Chaitanya.



He had won several top awards during his lifetime, including the Dada Saheb Phalke and Padma Bhushan.