Akkineni Nageswara Died Of Cancer in Hyderabad

Akkineni Nageswara Rao Passed Away, Died Of Cancer in Hyderabad

Akkineni Nageswara Rao (20th September, 1923 - 22nd January, 2014) was a prominent Indian film actor and producer, predominantly in the Telugu cinema.

From paddy fields, he strode into the field of fine arts through theatre. He became a famous stage artiste, specialising, surprisingly, in playing female characters, because women at that time were prohibited from acting.

Some of the famous plays he acted in were Harishchandra, Kanakatara, Vipranarayana, Telugu Talli, Aasajyoti and Satyanveshanam. Subsequently, he was discovered, by chance, by the then prominent film producer, Ghantasala Balaramaiah, at the Vijayawada railway station.

He was then cast in the film Dharmapatni. Since then, Nageswara Rao has starred in several films of various genres during his unparalleled 75-year acting career. He won 3 Filmfare Best Telugu Actor Awards in his acting career.

He was honored with the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, for his contribution to Indian cinema, and is the recipient of the Dada Saheb Phalke Award, the highest individual lifetime achievement award for films in India.

Akkineni Nageswara Rao passed away, aged 90, on 22nd January 2014 in Hyderabad due to cancer.