Akkineni Nagarjuna completed 30 years as an actor on Monday. After making his debut with Vikram, which released on May 23, 1986, Nagarjuna has acted in more than 90 films till date.
In the last couple of years, his movies like Manam, Soggade Chinni Nayana and Oopiri, have been super hits and the versatile actor is now gearing up for another experiment with Om Namo Venkatasaya.
He is playing the role of the devotee Hathiram Baba character in this devotional film. “30 years of love from family friends and fans/ready for the next 30!! missing nana & amma very much,” tweeted the actor.
Vamshi Paidipally, fresh off the success of bilingual drama Oopiri, was supposed to team up with Nagarjuna’s younger son Akhil for a new project. The project was planned even before Oopiri had released and Vamshi was kicked about the opportunity. However, we’ve learnt from trusted sources that the film might not materialize as Vamshi has walked out, following some disagreement with actor-producer Akkineni Nagarjuna.
Apparently, Vamshi was asked to direct the Telugu remake of Yeh Jawaani Hai Dewaani with Akhil, and the former wasn’t really keen on the idea. It turns out that Vamshi was not excited about directing a remake because his recent release, Oopiri, was itself a remake of a French film, The Intouchables. Hence, he wasn’t interested in working on another remake immediately.
Vamshi, according to a source, was looking forward to working on his own script but Nagarjuna was hell bent on getting the remake made. Since both of them couldn’t arrive at an amicable agreement, Vamshi walked out of the project.
