Amala Akkineni Biography

Amala Akkineni is an Indian film actress and Animal welfare activist. Amala Akkineni has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi films.

Amala Mukherjee was born on September 12,1968 in West Bengal to an Irish mother and Bengali father. Amala Akkineni has an elder brother and sister.Amala Akkineni was settled and educated in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Amala Akkineni was educated in Bharathanatyam at Kalakshetra, Chennai. Amala Akkineni is married to Telugu movie actor Nagarjuna. She is also one of the prominent animal rights activists of India.

Career

Amala made her debut in a Tamil film titled Mythili Yennai Kadali directed by T. Rajendar, which was a big box office hit. Winning overnight fame, she charmed cinegoers in a flurry of fifty films. Amala Akkineni acted in a number of Tamil movies. Amala Akkineni performance in Pushpak and Agni Natchathiram (dubbed in Telugu as Gharshana) are unforgettable. Amala Akkineni acted with her future husband in hits like Nirnayam and Shiva. The latter was a mega blockbuster and brought her wider fame and recognition.Amala Akkineni acted with iconic actors like Rajinikanth, Kamal Hassan,Mammootty, Prabhu, Mohan in Tamil, Mohanlal,Kumar Bangarappa and V. Ravichandran in Kannada,Suresh Gopi in Malayalam and Nagarjuna, Venkatesh,Rajashekar and Chiranjeevi in Telugu among several others.Amala Akkineni Hindi co-stars were Mithun Chakraborty, Vinod Khanna and Aditya Pancholi. Amala Akkineni worked with veteran directors like Bharathiraja, Maniratnam and Ram Gopal Varma.

Personal life

Amala Akkineni is married to Telugu Film actor Akkineni Nagarjuna. Amala is the founder of Blue Cross of Hyderabad,a non-government organization (NGO) in Hyderabad, India, which works towards the welfare of animals and preservation of animal rights.Amala Akkineni is a vegan and an environmentalist. She also teaches Yoga for women, and actively promotes communal harmony. Amala Akkineni has a son.

Filmography

Tamil Movies

1986       Mythili Ennai Kadali

                Kodai Mazhai

                Mella Thirandhathu Kadhavu

               Panneer Nathigal

               Kanne Kaniyamuthe

               Oru Iniya Udhayam

               Unnai Ondru Ketpen
1987        Velaikaran

                Sathya

                Poopoova Poothirukku

                Koottu Puzhukkal

                Vedham Pudhithu

                Kavithai Pada Neramillai

                Idhu Oru Thodarkathai            

1988        Agni Natchathiram

                Kodi Parakuthu

                Jeeva

                Illam

                Kaliyugam

                Pesum Padam

1989        Mappillai
                Varam

                Nalaya Manithan

                Uthama Purushan

                Vetri Vizha

1990        Pudhu Padagan

                Mounam Sammadham

1991        Vaasalile Oru Vennila

                Karpura Mullai

1992        Durga

Telugu Movies

1987        Kirai Dada

1988        Raktha Tilakam

                Chinna Babu

1989        Shiva

1990        Raja Vikramarka    

               Prema Yuddham

                Aggi Ramudu

1991        Nirnayam

                Aagraham

Hindi Movies

1988        Dayavan

                Kab Tak Chup Rahungi

                Pushpak

1989        Dost

                Jurrat

1990        Shiva

Malayalam Movies

1990 Ente Sooryaputhrikku

1992       Ulladakkam

Kannada Movies

1990 Bannada Gejje

1992 Ksheera Saagara

            Belliyappa Bangarappa