Rajanala Nageswara Rao

Rajanala Nageswara Rao better known as R. Nageswara Rao (Telugu: రాజనాల నాగేశ్వరరావు) (b: 1928 - d: 1959) is a famous Telugu film actor.^[1]

Life sketch

He was born in 1928. He has studied in the Aligarh Muslim University. He joined with the Paramount theater as a manager. He worked under the direction of P. Pullaiah in the film Sankranthi.

His has acted in the films like Devadas, Kanna Talli and Paropakaram movies in character roles and in the roles of villan in the films like Raju-peda and Aggi Ramudu. He did some soft roles in the films like Ilavelupu and Pellinati Pramanalu. The film Donga Ramudu (1955) where he played the role of Babul, brought him much fame and name.

He died of Cancer at a very young age of 31 years in 1959. Though he lived a short tenure and has a very less tenure of his career, he claimed an image equal or even more than a hero. Some colleges were closed by students on hearing his death.

Dialogues

He is particularly good at delivering the dialogues with punch. Some of the memorable dialogues are:

• ade debba ade cheyye - Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu
• babulu gadi debba ante golkonda abba - Donga Ramudu
• bhali mama ade mana takshana kartayam - Mayabazar

Filmography

References

External links

• R. Nageswara Rao at IMDb.