I observed how an intellectual behaves when he’s drunk, how a labourer who drinks toddy behaves," he once said on a show he did for ETV, in which he answered letters sent by viewers. “I did not know how a drunkard behaves when he is drunk. Although many doubted ANR’s ability to pull it off, he took up the challenge and proved his critics wrong, even losing weight to play the role of what is possibly Indian cinema’s most famous tragic hero. “His rise from a poor agrarian family to becoming the epitome of Telugu film industry shows his perseverance, discipline and commitment."Īlthough an agnostic in real life, ANR became famous for his religious films, giving convincing performances in the roles of great Hindu poets and saints in Mahakavi Kalidasu, Bhakta Tukaram, Bhakta Jayadeva, Vipranarayana, and Amarashilpi Jakkanna.īut he will be remembered most for his portrayal of the lovelorn alcoholic hero in Devadasu (1953).
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“With the death of ANR, the golden era of Telugu movie industry has come to an end," film critic and writer Gudipoodi Srihari said. In common with many other actors of the era, ANR began his career in theatre, often taking the roles of female characters because it was considered a social taboo for women to appear on the stage.ĪNR made his debut in the movies at the age of 17 in the film, Dharmapatni, in 1941 and got his first break in a lead role in Sri Sita Rama Jananamu (The birth of Sita and Rama) in 1944.ĪNR mostly played romantic roles, winning the hearts of many fans, especially women although his attempts spanned genres and languages-in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi. Premabhishekham became one of the biggest hits in Telugu film history, and was screened in a Hyderabad theatre for 533 days-a record that is unbroken, and will likely remain so, with film-makers having moved to a system of multiple prints and releases on hundreds of screens in multiplexes as opposed to low-intensity releases.ĪNR was born into a poor farming family in 1923 in Venkata Raghava Puram of Krishna district in the then Madras Presidency. He went on to star in such celebrated blockbusters as Devadasu (Devdas), Maya Bazaar (Magic Market), Dasara Bullodu (Dasara Lad), Missamma, Laila Majnu, Anarkali, Prema Nagar (Love Town), Premabhishekham (Pouring of Love), and Meghasandesham (Message from the Clouds). In turn, his move spurred several Telugu film studios and production houses to migrate to Hyderabad, which today is home to the second biggest film industry in India, behind only Bollywood. He also bagged three Filmfare awards in the best Telugu actor category.ĪNR is largely believed to be the man who helped relocate the Telugu film industry from its former base in Madras (now Chennai) to Hyderabad at a time when the Andhra Pradesh capital hardly had any infrastructure related to the film industry.ĪNR built his own movie studio on 22 acres of land in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, in 1975, naming it Annapurna Studios after his wife and producing several movies under the banner of Annapurna Pictures.
He is survived by three daughters and two sons, the younger of whom, Akkineni Nagarjuna, is also a Telugu movie hero.ĪNR starred in 256 films and was a recipient of the Padma Vibhushan and Dadasaheb Phalke awards for his contribution to Indian cinema. Rao, or ANR as the Andhra Pradesh star was popularly called, was 91 and had been suffering from cancer.
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