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Published 14:04 IST, August 17th 2020

Naga Chaitanya's 'Manam' featured three generation of superstars from Akkineni family

Naga Chaitanya in the year 2014 featured in a Telugu film titled Manam with his father and later grandfather. Read some reverting details about the drama film.

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The Akkineni family is counted amongst the most popular filmy family in the Entertainment world. With three different generations of the Akkineni family in the movies business, fans couldn't wait to see Naga Chaitanya, Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Akkineni Nagarjuna to share screen space together. Fortunately, all the stellar actors, in the year 2014, collaborated for Telugu film titled Manam. To read more details keep reading ahead.

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When three generations of the Akkineni family featured together in a Telugu film

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Akkineni Nageswara Rao, on the occasion of his 90th birthday in the year 2013, shared the first look of Manam with the viewers. Manam is the first collaboration of ANR with his superstar son Akkineni Nagarjuna and grandson Naga Chaitanya. All three stellar actors came together for a romantic-comedy helmed by Vikram Kumar. The celebrated director has also directed films like Gang Leader, Hello, Ishq, and 13B amongst others.

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As soon as the trailer of this Naga Chaitanya starrer was released, fans of the Akkineni superstars were highly impressed by it. The film released in the year 2014. It not only received a lot of critical acclaims but was also loved by the viewers. Made at a decent budget of 28 crores INR, the film managed to earn 62 crores INR at the box-office. With an astonishing rating of 8/10 on IMDb and great response from viewers, Manam was declared a commercial success. 

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Manam stars stupendous female actresses like Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Shriya Saran as well. The story of this Naga Chaitanya starrer revolves around a compelling tale of reincarnation but with a comic twist attached to it. A story about Bittu (played Nagarjuna) who unfortunately loses both his parents in a car accident and manages to live alone for thirty years of his life. Until the time when he meets two young people who look exactly the same as his dead parents. Later, the story unfolds in an unpredictable manner which is worth your time. 

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Unfortunately, veteran Nageswara Rao died during the promotions of Manam on January 22, 2014. And Manam was the first and the last film in which he starred alongside his son and grandson Naga Chaitanya. Manam won several accolades for being such an outstanding film and also bagged the Filmfare trophy for the Best Film in the Telugu language. 

14:04 IST, August 17th 2020