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Background
Naga Chaitanya was born on November 23 to actor Akkineni Nagarjuna and his first wife, Lakshmi. Naga
Chaitanya's grandfather, Akkineni Nageswara Rao is one of the
stalwarts of Telugu cinema, with
cousins Sumanth
and Sushanth also
being film actors.
His maternal grandfather, D.
Ramanaidu, is a famous producer in the film industry whilst his
maternal uncle, Venkatesh is also one of Telugu cinema's biggest actor.
Naga Chaitanya was born in Hyderabad but moved to Chennai
with his mother after his parents split. He often visited his father in
Hyderabad during his growing years. His initial interest was not in
acting, he wanted to race cars and is still very good at it. But his
father convinced him otherwise and talked him into acting to keep the
legacy going, he was then sent to an acting school in Mumbai and
subsequently to Hollywood
Studios in California (USA)
to learn dance and fights, before he made his debut.
Career
Following legacy led by his family in films, Naga Chaitanya's debut
was widely anticipated. After several rumours regarding his debut,
during the audio launch of his father's King, Chaitanya was introduced to the film world
and there his debut film was launched. Josh, directed by newcomer Vasu Varma and produced
by Dil
Raju pairs him opposite a fellow debutant Karthika Nair, daughter of
Radha, the film did not fare too well but Naga
Chaitanya's performance has been commendable for a debutant.
Prior to the release of his first film, he signed his second film
with Indira Productions, which was directed by Gautham
Menon and music by Oscar Winner A.R.Rahman.Ye Maaya Chesave released on February 26th, 2010. Naga Chaitanya proved
that he is a brilliant actor with his performance in the movie. His
dialogue delivery and body language was highly authentic. Absolute top
notch effort from him, he has matured as an actor tremendously from his
first movie Josh and there seem to be no doubts that he will do wonders
in the future. And with Ye maya chesave he is continuing the legacy of
his father and grand father as most admired romantic hero, like the
flicks Devadasu of ANR and Geetanjali of Nagarjuna.His future projects,
Kamakshi movies is planning to do a movie with him under Ajay Bhuvan
direction.Geeta Arts is planning to do a movie with
him under Sukumar direction
Filmography
| Year |
Film |
Role |
Language |
Notes |
| 2009 |
Josh |
Sathya |
Telugu |
Below Average |
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| 2010 |
Ye Maaya Chesave |
Karthik |
Telugu |
Blockbuster Hit |
|
| Vinnaithaandi
Varuvaaya |
Himself |
Tamil |
Guest appearance |
| Untitled Ajay Bhuvan Project |
|
Telugu |
Pre-production |
| Untitled Sukumar Project |
|
Telugu |
Pre-production |
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