Born : Amala Mukherjee
September 12, 1968 (age 45)
West Bengal, India
Residence : Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation : Actress, Social Activist, Bluecross Hyderbad Convenor.
Years active : 1986–1992
2012-present
Spouse(s) : Nagarjuna Rao Akkineni
(1992–present)
Children : Akhil Akkineni
Relatives : Naga Chaitanya Akkineni (step-son)
Nageswara Rao Akkineni(father-in-law)
Amala Akkineni is an Indian film actress and Animal welfare activist. She has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. She got the south filmfare award for best actress for the malayalam movie Ulladakkam
Early Life :
Amala was born on September 12, 1968 in West Bengal to an Irish mother and Bengali father. She has an older brother and sister. She moved with her family in Visakhapatnam , Andhra Pradesh, as a child, when her father served as a naval officer there.
After attending Catholic school with mediocre success she switched to Kalakshetra, Chennai, Tamil Nadu , where she studied in Bharatanatyam . She was persuaded to join movie T.
Rajender who visited her home with her sister and persuaded her mother to have her act in the film, which would be a classic film with her Bharata Natya dance. In 1992 she married Akkineni Nagarjuna and became part of the family Akkineni.
Personal Life :
Amala is married to Telugu film actor Akkineni Nagarjuna in 1992 and the couple have a son, Akhil. She is the stepmother of actor Naga Chaitanya Akkineni. Amala is the founder of Blue Cross of Hyderabad, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Hyderabad, India, which works towards the welfare of animals and preservation of animal rights. She is a vegan and environmentalist. She also teaches Yoga for women, and actively contributes to the overall harmony.
Career Start :
Amala made her debut in the Tamil film titled Mythili Ennai Kaathali director T. Rajendar, which was a big box office hit. Win instant fame, she charmed cinegoers in the excitement fifty films. She starred in several films in Tamil .
Her performance in Pushpak and Agni Natchathiram unforgettable . She acted with her future husband Akkineni Nagarjuna in hits like Nirnayam and Shiva. The latter was a mega blockbuster and brought her wide popularity and recognition. She took the iconic actors like Rajinikanth, Kamal Hassan, Chiranjeevi , Mammootty and Mohan Lal .
She also made a Prabhu , Mohan , Sathyaraj ( which rumors about her relationships in Tamil , Kumar Bangarappa and V. Ravichandran Kannada language , Suresh Hopi in Malayalam and Nagarjuna , Venkatesh and Rajashekar in Telugu among several others.
Her Hindi co-stars were Mithun Chakraborty , Vinod Khanna and Aditya Pancholi. She has worked with famous directors like Mani Ratnam and Ram Gopal Varma . She left acting in 1992 on her marriage to Nagarjuna , but made a comeback in 2012 with the Telugu film Life is Beautiful . She received the award for Best OutStanding Best Actress in 2013 for Life Is Beautiful .
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