Akkineni Naga Chaitanya Biography | Naga Chaitanya Profile

Naga Chaitanya was born on 23 November to actor Akkineni Nagarjuna and his first wife, Lakshmi. However his parents split before his first birthday, and subsequently naga chaitanya lived with his father and his step mother, Amala, a prominent actress. Naga Chaitanya's grandfather, Akkineni Nageswara Rao is one of the stalwarts of Telugu cinema. naga chaitanya's maternal grandfather, D. Ramanaidu, is a famous producer in the film industry whilst his maternal uncle, Venkatesh is also one of Tollywood's biggest stars. Naga Chaitanya's cousins, Sumanth, Sushanth and Rana, are also film actors.

Naga Chaitanya was born in Hyderabad, but moved to Chennai with his mother after his parents split. naga chaitanya's growing years were spent schooling at the PSBB School in Chennai, during which he often visited his father in Hyderabad. naga chaitanya played the guitar and drums occasionally for the PSBB school band. naga chaitanya's initial interest was not in acting. naga chaitanya wanted to race cars and is still very good at it. However,naga chaitanya's father convinced him otherwise and talked him into acting to keep the legacy going. naga chaitanya 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..

Following the 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 where his debut film was launched. Josh, directed by newcomer Vasu Varma and produced by Dil Raju, featured him alongside fellow debutant Karthika Nair, daughter of Radha, with his role drawing comparison with his father's character from Shiva. However upon release, the film fared averagely at the box office and received negative reviews from film critics, although Naga Chaitanya's performance secured him the Filmfare Best Male Debut Award for South Indian films.

Prior to the release of his first film, naga chaitanya signed his second film with Indira Productions, which was to be directed by Gautham Menon and featured music by A.R.Rahman. Ye Maaya Chesave released in February 2010 to unanimous positive reviews with the film being dubbed as a "classic" by reviewers, with comparisons drawn to his father's romantic film, Mani Ratnam's Geetanjali. Critics also praised his on-screen chemistry with debutant actress Samantha, as the film went on to become a commercial success at the box-office. This was the Telugu version of the Tamil film, Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya. naga chaitanya also made a cameo appearance in the Tamil version.

Naga Chaitanya has two films ready for release. Sukumar's 100% Love with Tamannaah Bhatia and Ajay Bhuyan's Dream Lover with Kajal Aggarwal are expected to be released during Summer 2011. Furthermore he has tentatively agreed to be a part of Ram Gopal Varma's Bejawada Rowdilu and Deva Katta's Autonagar Surya with co actress nethya menon…

Filmography & Awards


Year                        Title                                                        Awards

2009                        Josh                                          Winner, Filmfare Best Male Debut
                                                                            Winner, Nandi Award for Best Male Debut

2010              Ye Maaya Chesave   
                 Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa               
                 Tamil, Guest appearance

2011              100% Love

                 Bejawada Movie Review

                 Bejawada Movie Songs

                 Dhada chaitanya with kajal coming soon

                 Autonagar Surya
                 Post-production