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It was that film, which made Nagarjuna, a versatile actor. With the stupendous success of the film, the Akkineni actor’s career was divided into ‘Before’ Siva and ‘After’ Siva. While, there are several roles, Nag played as challenging, walking, dancing and chilling out on the screen, his role in Oopiri is something, which he has no option to do all such movements, as he is bound to sit on the chair. Not satisfied with those successes In the beginning days of his career, though Nag has successes like Sankeerthana, Collector Gari Abbayi, he had some dissatisfaction about the way, his film career was going. In search of a right film, Nag was waiting for, Ram Gopal Varma came up with Siva. It was that film, which made Nagarjuna, a versatile actor. With the stupendous success of the film, the Akkineni actor’s career was divided into ‘Before’ Siva and ‘After’ Siva. Right from then, apart from missing the commercial format films, Nag went on doing some experiments in between. Feel good movies like Geethanjali, Ninne Pelladatha, leveled up the king to the king Size career. At a point of time, he was called the king of romance, and even till date, among the senior heroes, Nagarjuna enjoys the highest female following. Ever ready for the multi starrer Taking his versatility to the next level, Nagarjuna is the star, who always nodded ‘yes’ to the multistarrers. After sharing the screen with the Nandamuri hero Harikrishna, family hero Srikanth, Mohanbabu etc, now the romantic rifle, even got ready to share the screen with the Kollywood stars. The new Nag in Oopiri After deciding to do multistarrers, Nag started it with Karthi recently. The duo’s most anticipated movie Oopiri was out into the theaters. In Oopiri, as got popular by now, Nag played a wheel chair bound paraplegic patient’s role. Romancing through expressions Even then, the fearless star, super perfectly carried out several emotions just through his face. It is through his face expressions, Nag could dance, sing, cry and even romance too. Taking a challenge, which is on the next level, Nag’s performance in Oopiri is on the top notch. Nag fans, who in the beginning were disappointed, knowing that their hero, would be restricted to sit on the chair, are celebrating the character, after watching the film, which elevated Nag’s other side of performance. Not stopping here, hope the 50+ years star explore many more boundaries in the coming days, breaking all the typical paths of the cinema, as he did earlier, several times. 101