Venkatesh (actor)

Daggubati Venkatesh
Venkatesh at Opening ceremony of CCL - Season 3
Born	Venkatesh Daggubati Karamchedu, Andhra Pradesh State, India
Residence	Film Nagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Venky Victory Venkatesh
Alma mater	Loyola College, Chennai Monterey Institute of International Studies
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1986–present
Spouse(s)	Neeraja Daggubati (m.1985–present)
Parent(s)	Ramanaidu Daggubati Rajeswari Daggubati
Relatives	Suresh Babu Daggubati (Brother) Lakshmi Ramanaidu Daggubati (Sister) Rana Daggubati (Nephew) Naga Chaitanya Akkineni (Nephew) Samantha Akkineni Nagarjuna Akkineni(ex Brother-in-law) See Daggubati-Akkineni Family

Daggubati Venkatesh is an Indian film actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. In a career spanning 30 years, he starred in 72 feature films. He has played a variety of roles in Telugu cinema and a few Bollywood films. He has received seven state Nandi Awards, and five Filmfare Awards for best acting.

Along with his brother Daggubati Suresh Babu, Venkatesh is the co-owner of Suresh Productions, one of the largest film production companies in India. Venkatesh has starred in several of his films under this production. In a career spanning three decades, he had acted in many commercially successful films like Kaliyuga Pandavulu, Prema, Bobbili Raja, Shatruvu, Coolie No.1, Chanti, Sundarakanda, Kondapalli Raja, Sahasa Veerudu Sagara Kanya, Intlo Illalu Vantintlo Priyuralu, Pavitra Bandham, Suryavamsam, Ganesh, Premante Idera, Raja, Kalisundam Raa, Nuvvu Naaku Nachav, Vasu, Malliswari, Gharshana, Sankranthi, Lakshmi, Tulasi, Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu, Drushyam, Gopala Gopala. He has the highest number of Nandi awards for best actor, he has won 5 of them. Apart from films, he is the Captain of Telugu Warriors representing Tollywood in Celebrity Cricket League.