In 2013, Nagarjuna represented Cinema of South India at the Delhi Film Festival's 100 Years of Indian Cinema's celebration, alongside Ramesh Sippy and Vishal Bharadwaj from Bollywood. In 1998, he received the National Film Award-Special Mention for his performance in the historical film Annamayya. In 1997, he received the National Film Award for producing Ninne Pelladata. In 1990, he subsequently made his Bollywood debut with the Hindi remake of the same film titled Shiva, and tasted success.

In the same year, he acted in Siva, an action blockbuster directed by Ram Gopal Varma, premiered at the 13th International Film Festival of India. In 1989, Nagarjuna acted in the Maniratnam directed Romantic drama film, Geetanjali, which won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment.

Nagarjuna enacted the role of 15th century composer Annamacharya in the 1997 film Annamayya as Yavakri (the son of the ascetic Bharadwaja) in the 2002 film Agni Varsha as Major Padmapani Acharya in the 2003 war film, LOC Kargil as 17th-century composer Kancherla Gopanna in the 2006 film Sri Ramadasu as Sai Baba of Shirdi in the 2012 film Shirdi Sai and as Chandaludu (Lord Siva in disguise) in the 2013 film Jagadguru Adi Sankara. The 1996 film Ninne Pelladata which he produced, was declared the Best Telugu film of the year at the National Film Awards. He has received nine state Nandi Awards, three Filmfare Awards South, and one Special Mention at the National Film Awards. He has acted in over 100 films as a lead actor as well as playing supporting and cameo roles, including Hindi and Tamil cinema. Nagarjuna is an Indian actor and producer who works in the Telugu cinema.

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