Daggubati Venkatesh

Venkatesh Daggubati వెంకటేష్ దగ్గుబాటి

Born	Venkatesh Daggubati December 13, 1960 (1960-12-13) (age 51) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Residence	Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Other names	Venky
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1983 – present
Spouse	Neeraja (1985–present)
Website
http://www.victoryvenkatesh.in/

Venkatesh Daggubati (Telugu: వెంకటేష్ దగ్గుబాటి) is an Indian film actor who stars in Tollywood films. He is the son of veteran Tollywood film producer, former MP, Dr. D. Ramanaidu. He is often credited as Victory Venkatesh in films and is one of the lead actors in Telugu Cinema. He has won seven Nandi Awards and four Filmfare Awards South.

1 Early life
2 Child actor
3 Career and awards
4 Endorsements
5 Filmography
6 References
7 External links

Early life

Venkatesh was born to Dr. D. Ramanaidu and Rajeshwari in Chennai. He has an elder brother D. Suresh Babu who runs Suresh Productions, and a younger sister, Lakshmi. Venkatesh did his schooling in Don Bosco, Egmore, Chennai. He graduated with a Bachelors in Commerce from Loyola College in Chennai and got his MBA from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA.^[1] After his return to India, he wanted to get into film production but instead, became an actor in Telugu films.

Child actor

According to the "Padutha Teeyaga - ETV Grand Reality Show" show on 5 April 2010, D.Suresh Babu (brother of Venkatesh) said that Venkatesh acted as Chinna Satyanarayana in the movie Prem Nagar.

Career and awards

Venkatesh debuted in Kaliyuga Pandavulu in the year 1986, which got him Nandi award for best male debut actor. At an early phase in his career, Venkatesh acted in Swarnakamalam, directed by K Viswanath, which got him his second Nandi award. Bobbili Raja, with the delightful Divya Bharti, was a box office hit. Venkatesh worked with Ram Gopal Varma in the film Kshana Kshanam. In 1991, Chanti, a family drama, both of them were box office hits.

In 2009, he teamed up with his friend Kamal Haasan for Eeenadu, which was released in September 2009. His latest movie is Namo Venkatesa, directed by Sreenu Vytla; it was released as a Sankranthi special and celebrated its grand 100 days function on 26 April, being 2010’s first 100-day film.^[2] In 2010 he was in Nagavalli, a remake of Aptharakshaka.^[3] In 2011 he signed Savitri^[4] in Teja's direction. Venkatesh would appear in a paraplegic patient role on wheel chair in this movie.^[5]. But is was mentioned that the film is shelved off.

He has won 7 Nandi awards, 4 Filmfare Awards, and many other awards as best actor for playing a variety of challenging roles in his career spanning 64 feature films in 25 years. His brother D. Suresh Babu, a very successful producer, has produced most of his successful films under Suresh Productions.

Endorsements

On April 24, 2010, he signed with Manappuram General Finance and Leasing Ltd as their brand ambassador for Andhra Pradesh.^[6]

Filmography

Sno	Year	Title	Role	Co-Star	Director	Notes
1	1971	Prem Nagar			K. S. Prakash Rao	Child-Artist
2	1986	Kaliyuga Pandavulu	Vijay	Kushboo	K.Raghavendra Rao	Winner, Nandi Award for Best Male Debut
3	1986	Brahma Rudrulu	Prasad	Rajani Ranjani Mandakini	K. Murali Mohan Rao
4	1987	Ajeyudu	Murali	Sobhana	G Ram Mohan Rao
5	1987	Bharatamlo Arjunudu		Kushboo	K.Raghavendra Rao
6	1987	Trimurtulu		Shobhana	K. Murali Mohan Rao
7	1987	Vijetha Vikram	Vikram	Farha	SS.Ravichandra
8	1987	Srinivasa Kalyanam	Srinivas	Bhanupriya Gouthami	Kodi Ramakrishna
9	1988	Raktha Tilakam		Amala	B. Gopal
10	1988	Brahma Puthrudu		Rajani	Dasari Narayana Rao
11	1988	Swarna Kamalam	Chandrasehkar	Bhanupriya	Kasinadhuni Viswanath	Winner, Nandi Special Jury Award
12	1988	Varasudochhadu	Raghu	Suhasini	A.Mohan Gandhi
13	1988	Prema	Pruthvi	Revathi Kalpana	Suresh Krishna	Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu
14	1989	Ontari Poratam	Raju	Swetha Rupinni	K.Raghavendra Rao
15	1989	Dhruva Nakshatram	Dhruva Kumar	Rajani	Y.Nageswararao
16	1989	Two Town Rowdy	Shakthi	Radha	Dasari Narayana Rao
17	1990	Aggiramudu		Amala Gouthami	SS.Ravichandra
18	1990	Bobbili Raja	Raja	Divya Bharati	B. Gopal
19	1991	Shatruvu	Ashok	Vijayashanti	Kodi Ramakrishna
20	1991	Coolie No.1	Raju (Bharath)	Tabu	K.Raghavendra Rao
21	1991	Surya IPS	Surya	Vijayashanti	A. Kodandarami Reddy
22	1991	Kshana Kshanam	Chandu	Sridevi	Ram Gopal Varma
23	1992	Chanti	Chanti	Meena	Ravi Raja Pinisetty
24	1992	Chinarayudu	Chinarayudu	Vijayashanti	B. Gopal
25	1992	Sundarakanda	Venkateswarlu	Meena Aparna	K.Raghavendra Rao
26	1993	Anari	Sri Rama	Karishma Kapoor	K. Murali Mohan Rao
27	1993	Kondapalli Raja	Raja	Nagma	Ravi Raja Pinisetty
28	1993	Abbaigaru	Dora Babu	Meena	E. V. V. Satyanarayana
29	1994	Super Police	Vijay	Soundarya Nagma	K. Murali Mohan Rao
30	1994	Muddula Priyudu	Raju	Ramyakrishna Rambha	K.Raghavendra Rao
31	1995	Pokiri Raja	Balaraj Raja	Roja Prathibha Sinha	A. Kodandarami Reddy
32	1995	Taqdeerwala	Suraj	Raveena Tandon	K. Muralimohana Rao
33	1996	Dharma Chakram	Rakesh	Ramyakrishna Prema	Suresh Krishna	Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
34	1996	Sahasa Veerudu Sagara Kanya	Ravi Chandra	Shilpa Shetty Malashri	K.Raghavendra Rao
35	1996	Intlo Illalu Vantintlo Priyuralu	Sriram	Soundarya Veneetha	E. V. V. Satyanarayana
36	1996	Saradha Bullodu	Vijay	Nagma Sanghavi	Ravi Raja Pinisetty
37	1996	Pavithra Bandham	Vijay	Soundarya	Muthyala Subbaiah
38	1997	Chinnabbayi	Chinnabbayi (Sundaram)	Ramyakrishna Ravali Indraja	Kasinadhuni Viswanath
39	1997	Preminchukundam Raa	Giri	Anjala Zaveri	Jayanth C. Paranjee
40	1997	Pellichesukundam	Anand	Soundarya Laila	Muthyala Subbaiah
41	1998	Suryavamsam	Harischandra Prasad,Bhanu	Meena Sanghavi Raadhika	Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao	Dual Role
42	1998	Ganesh	Ganesh	Rambha Madhubala	Tirupathi Swamy	Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
43	1998	Premante Idera	Murali	Preity Zinta	Jayanth C. Paranjee
44	1999	Raja	Raja	Soundarya	Muppalaneni Shiva
45	1999	Seenu	Seenu	Twinkle Khanna	Shashi
46	2000	Kalisundam Raa	Raghu	Simran	UdayShankar	Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor
47	2000	Jayam Manade Raa	Abhiram (Rudrama Naidu), Mahadeva Naidu	Soundarya Bhanupriya	N.Shankar	Dual Role Winner, Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
48	2001	Devi Putrudu	Krishna, Balaram	Anjala Zaveri Soundarya	Kodi Ramakrishna
49	2001	Prematho Raa	Chandra Sekhar	Simran	UdayShankar
50	2001	Nuvvu Naaku Nachav	Venkateswarlu (Venky)	Arti Agarwal	K. Vijaya Bhaskar
51	2002	Vasu	Vasu	Bhumika	A. Karunakaran
52	2002	Gemini	Gemini	Namitha	Saran
53	2003	Vasantham	Ashok	Arti Agarwal	Vikraman
54	2004	Malliswari	Prasad	Katrina Kaif	K. Vijaya Bhaskar
55	2004	Gharshana	Rama Chandra	Asin Yana Gupta	Gautham Menon
56	2005	Soggadu			Ravi Babu	Cameo appearance
57	2005	Sankranthi	Raghavendra	Arti Agarwal	Muppalaneni Shiva	Winner, Santosham Best Actor Award Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
58	2005	Subash Chandra Bose	Ashok, Subash Chandra Bose	Shriya Saran Genelia	K. Raghavendra Rao	Dual Role
59	2006	Lakshmi	Lakshmi Narayana	Nayantara Charmme	V.V. Vinayak
60	2007	Adavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule	Ganesh	Trisha	Selvaraghavan	Winner, Nandi Award for Best Actor Santosham Best Actor Award Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu
61	2007	Tulasi	Tulasi Ram	Nayantara Shriya Saran	Boyapati Seenu
62	2008	Chintakayala Ravi	Ravi	Anushka , Mamta Mohandas	Yogi
63	2009	Eenadu	Eeshwar Prasad		Chakri Toleti
64	2010	Namo Venkatesa	Venkata Ramana(Venky)	Trisha	Srinu Vytla
65	2010	Nagavalli	Vijay, Nagabhairava Rajashekhara	Anushka Richa Gangopadhyay Shraddha Das Poonam Kaur Kamalinee Mukherjee	P. Vasu	Remake of Aptharakshaka (Kannada)
66	2012	Bodyguard	Venkatadri	Trisha Saloni Aswani	Gopichand Malineni	Remake of Bodyguard (Malayalam)
67	2012	Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu		Amala Paul	Srikanth Addala	Multi starrer movie alongside Mahesh
68	2012	Untitled^[7]		Richa Gangopadhyay	Meher Ramesh	special role of Srikanth^[8]

References

^ http://www.celebritiesprofile.info/index.php/actor-profiles/Daggupati-Venkatesh-tollywood-star.php
^ http://www.victoryvenkatesh.in/2010/04/namo-venkatesa-celebrates-its-grand-100-days-function/
^ "Chandramukhi-2 with Venky". IndiaGlitz. 2010-03-11. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/55203.html. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
^ "Venkatesh in Teja's direction". http://cinema.currentweek.net/2011/03/venkatesh-tejas-savitri-logo-look.html. Retrieved 03 March 2011 publisher= Currentweek.
^ "Venkatesh to play adventurous character on wheel chair.". http://cinema.currentweek.net/2011/01/venkatesh-to-play-adventurous-character.html. Retrieved 05 January 2011 publisher= Currentweek.
^ http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/venky-manappuram.html
^ http://timesofap.com/cinema/richa-gangopadhyay-with-venkatesh-again/
^ http://www.supergoodmovies.com/35598/tollywood/venkatesh-and-srikanth-teams-up-for-meher-news-details

External links

Venkatesh Daggubati at the Internet Movie Database

Nandi Award for Best Actor

Jagapati Babu (2000) · Nandamuri Balakrishna (2001) · Chiranjeevi (2002) · Akkineni Nagarjuna (2002) · Mahesh Babu (2003) · Rajendra Prasad (2004) · Mahesh Babu (2005) · Akkineni Nagarjuna (2006) · Venkatesh (2007) · Ravi Teja (2008) · Dasari Narayana Rao (2009) · Nandamuri Balakrishna (2010) Complete list · (1955–1979) · (1980–1999) · (2000–Present)

Nandi Award for Best Actor

M. Prabhakar Reddy (1980) · M. Prabhakar Reddy (1981) · Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1982) · Kamal Haasan (1983) · Krishnam Raju (1984) · Murali Mohan (1985) · Kamal Haasan (1986) · Chiranjeevi (1987) ·
Venkatesh (1988) · Kamal Haasan (1989) · Rajendra Prasad (1990) · Dasari Narayana Rao (1991) · Chiranjeevi (1992) · Jagapati Babu (1993) · Suman (1993) · Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1994) ·
Venkatesh (1995) · Jagapati Babu (1996) · Akkineni Nagarjuna (1997) · Venkatesh (1998) · Venkatesh (1999)

Complete list · (1955–1979) · (1980–1999) · (2000–Present)

Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor

1972–1979	Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao (1972) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1973) Sobhan Babu (1974) Sobhan Babu (1975) Sobhan Babu (1976) Krishnam Raju (1977) Chandra Mohan (1978) Sobhan Babu (1979)

1980–1989	Somayajulu (1980) Kamal Haasan (1981) Chiranjeevi (1982) Kamal Haasan (1983) Krishnam Raju (1984) Chiranjeevi (1985) Krishnam Raju (1986) Venkatesh (1988) Kamal Haasan (1989)

1990–1999	Chiranjeevi (1992) Chiranjeevi (1993) Nandamuri Balakrishna (1994) Venkatesh (1995) Akkineni Nagarjuna (1997) Venkatesh (1998) Chiranjeevi (1999)

2000–2009	Venkatesh (2000) Uday Kiran (2001) Chiranjeevi (2002) Mahesh Babu (2003) Chiranjeevi (2004) Siddharth Narayan (2005) Mahesh Babu (2006) N. T. Rama Rao Jr. (2007) Allu Arjun (2008) Ram Charan Teja (2009)

2010–present	Allu Arjun (2010)

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Name	Venkatesh, Daggubati
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Date of birth	December 13, 1960
Place of birth	Karamchedu, Andhra Pradesh, India
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