Childhood life
Chaitanya was born on 23 November 1986 in hyderabad. His parents were the actor and entrepreneur akkineni nagarjuna, the son of actor akkineni nageswara rao and a chennai-based professional interior designer Lakshmi Daggubati, the daughter of producer D ramanaidu. His maternal uncle Daggubati venkatesh and cousins Rana, Sumanth and Sushanth are also actors.
Post his parents' divorce, Chaitanya left to Chennai with Lakshmi. He used to play keyboard and bass guitar in his school band and went on to study keyboard from Trinity college london. During his stay in Chennai for eighteen years, he completed his schooling and returned to Hyderabad to pursue a B.com degree. He expressed his desire to take up acting as his profession to Nagarjuna during his second year of graduation. He took a three-month course in acting in Mumbai and received further training in acting and martial arts in Los angeles apart from trying to gain perfection in Telugu diction for one-and-a-half year before making his acting debut
Career
Chaitanya debuted in 2009 with the film josh directed by Vasu Varma in which he played the role of a college student. Rediff.com wrote "As a debutant, Naga Chaitanya has performed well. He has his moments where he's proven himself.Chaitanya won the Filmfare Award South for Best Male Debut Actor.
He next starred in the romantic film Ye Maaya Chesave directed by Gautham menon. A reviewer from Sify.com wrote "Naga Chaitanya is at home in romantic scenes. his asset is his voice and his casual acting style. Chaitanya has improved much better in performance from his first film. He can now confidently act in more romantic films and strengthen his position." The film was a surprise hit at the box office. He also received a nomination for Filmfare Award South for Best Actor Male.
After Ye Maaya Chesave, he worked with Sukumar for another love story titled 100% love in which he played the role of a studious and egoistic college student who is the top ranker of his college. IndiaGlitz wrote "Naga Chaitanya's action has improved from his previous films"
His next film was Dhada directed by debutante director Ajay Bhuyan. The film's story is based on an engineering graduate student who was to complete his studies in USA and return to India in another 10 days.
His last release of the year was Bejawada directed by Vivek Krishna. The film saw Chaitanya portraying the role of a college student-turned-gangster.
Chaitanya's next film Tadakha was an official remake of N.Linguswami Tamil film Vettai. The Hindu wrote "Naga Chaitanya shows tremendous improvement over his last outing, the debacle called Bejawada. He is in sync with his role, exudes confidence and seems to have had fun both during the stunt sequences and comic portions. Reprising a role played by an established actor like Arya is no mean task and Chaitanya pulls it off rather well." The film was a Hit at the Box office giving the actor a much needed break.
In 2014, Chaitanya appeared in the period drama Manam which also featured his grandfather, Akkineni nageswara rao, and father, Akkineni nagarjune. He played two roles in the film which were a middle class employee who is a father of a 8 year old in 1983 and a happy college student in 2013. Deccan chronical wrote "Naga Chaitanya has done a decent job and compared to his earlier films he matured a lot as an actor." Sify.com wrote "There is lot of improvement in Naga Chaitanya`s acting. He looks natural and has done justice to his role."
His next release was the political drama Autonagar surya directed by Deva katta in which he played the role of Surya, a skilled mechanic. Upon release, the film received mixed reviews from critics who however appreciated Naga Chaitanya's performance in the film calling it as one of his best efforts. The Hindu wrote "One rarely gets to see Naga Chaitanya smiling in this film. Chaitanya brings in the right amount of grit and intensity required for his role and shows that he can carry a film on his shoulders with the help of an able director."
Chaitanya starred in Oka Laila Kosam, a romantic film for Chaitanya and his performance in the film was well appreciated by critics and audience.This film is directed by vijay konda.
After oka Laila Kosam,naga chaitanya starred in dochey which was directed by sudheer varma.Which was realised recently and bagged hit talk


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