His daughter Aashritha Daggubati
married Vinayak Reddy, the grandson
of R Surender Reddy who is the chair-
man of Hyderabad Race Club. He
acted as a child artist in the 1971 film
Prem Nagar. He debuted as a full-
fledged lead in Kaliyuga Pandavulu in
1986 alongside Khushbu Sundar for
whom, the film was a debut in South
Indian film industry. It won him a Nan-
di Award for best male debut actor.
At an early phase in his career, Ven-
katesh acted in Swarnakamalam,
directed by K Viswanath, which was
showcased at the 1989 International
Film Festival of India; the film fetched
him his second Nandi Award for his
performance. In 1988, he appeared in
the successful musical romance film
Prema, which fetched him a Nandi
Award for best acting and in the same
year, had another successful film,
Brahma Putrudu, with this film, he
won a Filmfare Award for best actor.
Also, Bobbili Raja, with Divya Bharti,
was a box office hit.
In a career span of over 33 years,
the actor never look back and scored
several roaring hits. For the first time,
he teamed up with his nephew Naga
Chaitanya for Venky Mama. The
film released on December 13th and
ended up as a decent grosser.
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