He is in sync with his role, exudes over confidence and seems to have had funny stunt sequences and comic portions. The Hindu wrote: 'Naga Chaitanya shows tremendous improvement even his last outing, the debacle called Bejawada. While the young actor still needs to work on his facial expressions, he was saddled with a poorly sketched character in this film, devoid of all heroism, and he fails to rise above it.' Career fluctuation with few successes (2013–2018) Ĭhaitanya's next film, Tadakha in 2013, was an official remake of N. The Times of India wrote: 'This film might have even outdone 'Dhada', in being called the worst film of Chaitanya's career. His performance was also panned by critics. The film received negative reviews, with critics calling it his worst film. The film saw Chaitanya portraying the role of a college student-turned-gangster. His next release that year was Bejawada, directed by Vivek Krishna. He has the same expression stuck on his face throughout the movie.' The Times of India wrote: 'After good performances in his last two films, Naga Chaitanya doesn't live up to expectations. The film's story is based on an engineering graduate student who was to complete his studies in the US and return to India in another 10 days. Īfter Ye Maaya Chesave, he paired up with Sukumar in 2011 for another love story titled 100% Love, in which he played a studious and egotistical college student who is the top ranker of his college. He also received a nomination for Filmfare Award South for Best Actor Male. The film was a success at the box office and went on to receive a cult status. He can now confidently act in more romantic films and strengthen his position.' However, the reviewer felt that he should concentrate on his looks as he felt that Chaitanya looked 'very boyish'. Chaitanya has improved his performance from his first film. His asset is his voice and his casual acting style. A reviewer from wrote: 'Naga Chaitanya is at home in romantic scenes. He played a Hindu Telugu assistant director who falls in love with a Christian Malayali girl. He next starred in the 2010 romantic drama Ye Maaya Chesave, directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon, which was simultaneously shot in Tamil as Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, with a different cast and climax. There is always scope for improvement and one hopes that he will hone his skills in the years to come.' Chaitanya won the Filmfare Award South for Best Male Debut. He has his moments where he's proven himself. wrote: 'As a debutant, Naga Chaitanya has performed well. Career Debut and breakthrough (2009–2012) Ĭhaitanya debuted in 2009 with the film Josh, directed by Vasu Varma, in which he played a college student. He received further training in acting and martial arts in Los Angeles, apart from taking voice and dialogue coaching for one year before making his acting debut. He enrolled in a three-month acting course in Mumbai. He expressed his desire to Nagarjuna to take up acting as his profession during his second year in college. He then completed his graduation from St. He was educated at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, Chennai and at AMM School, Chennai. Ĭhaitanya grew up in Chennai, where he was raised for 18 and a half years. His maternal uncle Venkatesh and first cousins Rana Daggubati, Sumanth and Sushanth are also actors. Chaitanya has a paternal half-brother, actor Akhil Akkineni and a maternal step brother. While Nagarjuna married former actress Amala Mukherjee, Lakshmi married Sharath Vijayaraghavan, a corporate executive at Sundaram Motors. Chaitanya's parents got divorced when he was a child.

Ramanaidu are prominent figures in Telugu cinema. His paternal grandfather, actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao and his maternal grandfather, producer D. Chaitanya was born on 23 November 1986 in Hyderabad to actor Akkineni Nagarjuna and Lakshmi Daggubati.

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