Nageshwara Rao Akkineni

Akkineni Nageswara Rao 20 September 1923 22 January 2014 widely known as ANR was an Indian film actor and producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema He was starred in a variety of roles in his seventy five year career while becoming one of the most prominent figures in the history of Telugu cinema He was one of the instrumental figures in moving the Telugu Cinema industry from Madras to Hyderabad in the early 60s alongside D V S Raju He founded Annapurna Studios in the year 1975 to provide infrastructural support to the new film industry in Hyderabad He later started the Annapurna International School of Film and Media within Annapurna Studios in 2011