Daggubati Venkatesh is a leading name in the South Indian film fraternity. The handsome actor and producer has predominantly worked in Telugu cinema. In a career spanning more than three decades, Venkatesh has portrayed a variety of characters and has won many accolades for his versatile roles.

He made his acting debut in 1986 with the film, Kaliyuga Pandavulu, and since then, there has been no looking back for him. The veteran actor is leading the headlines as the second season of his much-loved series, Rana Naidu is all set to hit the screens. The show, which is an official Hindi adaptation of the hit American show, Ray Donovan, will also feature actor Rana Daggubati, who plays the role of Venkatesh’s son.

Daggubati Venkatesh made his Bollywood debut opposite Karisma Kapoor

Venkatesh has starred in some of the biggest blockbuster films in his career. The actor got much acclaim with films like Dharma Chakram, Premante Idera, Raja, Bodyguard, Suryavamsam, Lakshmi, Gopala Gopala, Guru, Venky Mama and many more.

In 1993, Venkatesh made his Hindi film debut with the movie, Anari, opposite Karisma Kapoor. It was considered Karisma Kapoor’s best film of the year, and Venkatesh received a lot of love from the Hindi-speaking audience. In 1995, Venkatesh starred in another Hindi film, Taqdeerwala, opposite Raveena Tandon. Despite being a box office failure, the film gained a cult status after being telecasted on television.

Why is Daggubati Venkatesh called ‘Victory Venkatesh’?

Daggubati Venkatesh is the co-owner of Suresh Productions, one of the largest film production companies along with his brother, D. Suresh Babu. He has starred in many films under the same and most of them turned out to be blockbusters. Because of his consistent success at the box office, Venkatesh earned the moniker, Victory and is hence popularly known as ‘Victory Venkatesh’. Even at the age of 64, Venkatesh can give any actor a run for his money with his charming looks.

Daggubati Venkatesh’s nephews are the heartthrobs of Bollywood

Venkatesh is the uncle of the two popular heroes of the South Indian film industry, who are equally famous in Bollywood too. One of his nephews is Naga Chaitanya, whose mother, Lakshmi Daggubati, is Venkatesh’s sister, making Venkatesh Chaitanya’s maternal uncle. Similarly, his other popular nephew is Rana Daggubati, as Rana’s father, D. Suresh Babu is Venkatesh’s brother, making him Rana’s paternal uncle.

Rana Daggubati used abusive words for his uncle Venkatesh in ‘Rana Naidu’

The much-awaited OITT series, Rana Naidu, explores the complex relationship of a father and son, which is played by Rana Daggubati and Venkatesh. The series includes abusive words between the real-life uncle-nephew duo, and it was surely an awkward moment for Rana.  

In an interaction with SCREEN, Rana revealed that while shooting the Hindi version of the show, he didn’t fully grasp the impact of the curse words he was hurling. However, while dubbing for Telugu, Rana realised how impactful the words were. Speaking about the same, he shared:

“Since it was Hindi, I didn’t understand much of what I said in Part 1. So I thought it was okay. It was worse when I was dubbing it in Telugu. It was like, ‘Shit! What did I say!’ There’s a very definite attire and thought gone into how they look and think. Till they’re in those clothes, we’re all fine. We’re licensed to do anything.”

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