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Venkatesh
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Venkatesh Daggubati is an Indian film actor known for his works pre-
dominantly in Telugu cinema. In a career spanning 30 years, he starred in
72 feature films. He has played a variety of roles in Telugu cinema and in
a couple of Bollywood films. He has received seven state Nandi
Awards and six Filmfare Awards.
Along with his brother Daggubati
Suresh Babu, Venkatesh is the co-
owner of Suresh Productions, one of
the largest film production companies
in India. Venkatesh has starred in
several of his films under his home
production house. In a career span-
ning three decades, he has acted in
many commercially successful films.
He has the highest number of Nandi
awards for best actor, of which he
has won seven. He is well known
for pairing with Soundarya Meena in
seven successful movies. Apart from
films, he is the captain of the Telugu
Warriors, representing Tollywood in
the Celebrity Cricket League.
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Venkatesh Daggubati was born to
movie mogul, film producer and for-
mer MP, Ramanaidu Daggubati and
Rajeshwari in Karamchedu village
of Prakasam District. He has an el-
der brother Suresh Babu Daggubati,
who runs Suresh Productions, and a
younger sister Lakshmi. Venkatesh did
his schooling in Don Bosco, Egmore,
chennai. He graduated with a Bach-
elors in Commerce from Loyola Col-
lege, Chennai and got his MBA from
the Middlebury Institute of International
Studies at Monterey, USA. After his
return to India, he wanted to get into
film production but instead, became an
actor in Telugu films.