Full name : Daggubati Venkatesh
Name : Venkatesh
Other names : Venky, Victory Venkatesh
Birthplace : Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Current residence : Film Nagar, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Date of birth : 13 December 1960
Age : 55 years
Height : 6'
Occupation : Actor
Debut movie : Kaliyuga Pandavulu (as main lead)
Spouse/Wife : Neeraja
Son : Arjun Ramnath Daggubati
Daughters : Aashritha, Hayavahini and Bhavana
Education : MBA from USA
Biography ::
Telugu film actor Daggubati Venkatesh was born on 13 December 1960, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He has done his schooling in Don Bosco, Egmore, Chennai. He was graduated in Bachelors of Commerce from Loyola College, Chennai and received his MBA from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA. After his comeback, he decided to get into film production instead he became actor. He has signed Manappuram General Finance and Leasing Ltd as their brand ambassador for Andhra Pradesh.
Daggubati Venkatesh is an Indian film actor best known in Telugu film industry. In his career span of 22 years, he has featured in about 70 films and has won several awards. He has played a variety of roles from action to comedy. Along with his brother Daggubati Suresh Babu, Venkatesh is the co-owner of Suresh Productions, one of the largest film production companies in India. For his successful movies, he is called as "Victory Venkatesh". Apart from movies, he is the Captain of Telugu Warriors representing Tollywood in Celebrity Cricket League.
Family ::
Venkatesh was born into Naidu Family to prestigeous "Dadasaheb Phalke" awards winner late Daggubati Ramanaidu and Rajeswari Daggubati. He is the grandson of Daggubati Venkateswarlu and Lakshmi Devamma. He has one elder brother Daggubati Suresh Babu, who is the Managing Director of Suresh Productions. He has one younger sister, Lakshmi. Telugu film actor Akkineni Nagarjuna is his ex brother-in-law. The tollywood film actors Rana Daggubati and Naga Chaitanya Akkineni are his nephew.
Career ::
After Venkatesh first film Kaliyuga Pandavulu, he has acted in Swarnakamalam, directed by K Viswanath, which was exhibited at the 1989 International Film Festival of India and also earned him second Nandi award. He has appeared in the successful musical romance film Prema, which fetched him both Filmfare Award and Nandi Award for acting. He has appeared in Bollywood flick Taqdeerwala alongside Raveena Tandon.
He also featured in several family entertainers like Preminchukundam Raa, Suryavamsam, Premante Idera, Raja, Kalisundam Raa, Jayam Manade Raa, Sankranthi and many more. He was also seen in romantic-comedy films such as Prematho Raa, Nuvvu Naaku Nachav and Malliswari alongside Katrina Kaif. He was seen in multi-starrer films like Masala and Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu.
1971 Prem Nagar (child artist)
1986 Kaliyuga Pandavulu(as a main lead)
1986 Brahma Rudrulu
1987 Srinivasa Kalyanam
1988 Prema
1990 Bobbili Raja
1991 Kshana Kshanam
1992 Chanti
1993 Kondapalli Raja
2004 Malliswari
2005 Sankranthi
2007 Tulasi
2010 Namo Venkatesa
2013 Masala
2014 Drushyam
2015 Gopala Gopala
Awards and Nominations ::
1986 Kinnera Award
1986 Nandi Awards
1988 Nandi Special Jury Award
1991 Bhagyanagar Award
1991 Cinegoer
1991 Madras filmfans award
1992 Yuvavahini Award
1992 Cinegoers Award
1995 Vamsi Berkley Award
2005 Santosham Best Actor Award
2015 4th South Indian International Movie Awards
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