Naga Chaitanya Akkineni | |
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With father Nagarjuna (Middle) and step-mother Amala Akkineni.
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Born |
Naga Chaitanya Akkineni 23 November 1986 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Residence | Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2009–present |
Partner(s) | Samantha Ruth Prabhu |
Parent(s) |
Nagarjuna Akkineni Lakshmi Ramanaidu Daggubati |
Relatives | See Daggubati-Akkineni Family Akhil Akkineni (Half-Brother) Nageswara Rao Akkineni (Grandfather) Ramanaidu Daggubati (Grandfather) Suresh Babu Daggubati (Uncle) Venkatesh Daggubati (Uncle) Sumanth (Cousin) Rana Daggubati(cousin) Amala Akkineni (Step mom) Sushanth (cousin) G V K Reddy |
Naga Chaitanya Akkineni (born 23 November 1986) is an Indian film actor who works in Telugu cinema. He debuted in the 2009 film Josh, directed by newcomer Vasu Varma and produced by Dil Raju. Prior to the release of his first film, he signed his second film with Indira Productions, which was to be directed by Gautham Menon.Ye Maaya Chesave released in February 2010 with comparisons drawn to his father Akkineni Nagarjuna's romantic film, Geethanjali.
His next movie was Sukumar's 100% Love co-starring Tamannaah. The movie was shortly followed by Dhada and Bejawada. Chaitanya also appeared in the movie Autonagar Surya. In 2013, he appeared in Thadaka. The film Manam also featured other members of his family. He has also appeared in Autonagar Surya and Oka Laila Kosam
Chaitanya was born on 23 November 1986 in Chennai. His parents are the actor and entrepreneur Akkineni Nagarjuna, the son of actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Lakshmi Daggubati, the daughter of producer D. Ramanaidu. His maternal uncle Daggubati Venkatesh and cousins Rana Daggubati, Sumanth and Sushanth are also actors. Nagarjuna and Lakshmi divorced after which the former married actress Amala Mukherjee, to whom Chaitanya's half brother Akhil Akkineni was born.