Aanand Vardhan is a Telugu film actor who, as a child artiste, appeared in more than 20 Telugu films.

Family

He is the grandson of the famous playback singer

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. His father is a chartered accountant. His father used to frequently tell him stories from

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, so he learnt them by heart, and later had a role in ''Ramayanam''. His grandfather also wanted to see him as an actor.

Career

He was 4 years old when he acted in the film ''Ramayanam''. He played the roles of

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and

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. He made his feature film debut as a child actor in ''Priyaragalu'' starring Jagapathi Babu and Soundarya. He played significant roles in the hit films '' Suryavamsam'', ''

Preminchukundam Raa ''Preminchukundam Raa'' ( Come, let's love) is a 1997 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee and produced by D. Suresh Babu under Suresh Productions. The film stars Venkatesh and Anjala Zaveri with music c ...

'' and ''

Manasantha Nuvve ''Manasantha Nuvve'' is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by V. N. Aditya. This film stars Uday Kiran and Reema Sen in the lead roles. The film was written and produced by M. S. Raju and had music composed by R. P. Pa ...

''. He acted with Jagapati Babu, Venkatesh and

Nandamuri Balakrishna Nandamuri Balakrishna (born 10 June 1960), simply known as Balakrishna or Balayya or NBK, is an Indian actor, producer and politician. He appeared in more than 100 Telugu films over forty years in a variety of roles and established himself as ...

. He also acted with Amitabh Bachchan in the Hindi remake of '' Suryavamsam''. He graduated with Bachelor of Technology degree in Computer Science & Engineering from CMR College of Engineering & Technology,

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, India in 2012.

Filmography

Awards

*1997:

Nandi Award for Best Child Actor The Nandi Award for Best Child Actor winners since 1981: References {{DEFAULTSORT:Nandi Award For Best Child Actor Child Actor The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage or in movies or televis ...

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Priyaragalu ''Priyaragalu'' is a 1997 Telugu-language romantic musical film, produced by Sunkara Madhu Murali under the Melody Theaters banner and directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. It stars Jagapati Babu, Soundarya, Maheswari, Master Anand Vardhan and ha ...

References

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