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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.
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