Akkineni Nageswara Rao
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Akkineni Nageswara Rao (September 20, 1923 – January 22, 2014), known by the initialism ANR, was an Indian actor and film producer who worked predominantly in Telugu cinema alongside appearances in Tamil films. After starting in theatre and making his screen debut in Dharmapatni (1941), he achieved his breakthrough as a leading man in the folklore fantasy Balaraju (1948) and the romance Keelu Gurram (1949). Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, he established himself as a central figure in South Indian cinema, headlining the tragic romance Devadasu (1953), the social comedies Missamma (1955) and Gundamma Katha (1962), the mythological drama Mayabazar (1957), and the drama Doctor Chakravarthy (1964).
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