Tadinada Varaprasad popularly known as Nutan Prasad (12 December 1945 – 30 March 2011) was an Indian actor who predominantly worked in

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and

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. He was a native of

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, India. He started his film acting career in the early 1970s, and has received four state

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. He died due to prolonged illness at the age of 65.

Career

In a career spanning over three decades, he acted in about a hundred films in myriad roles ranging from a villain to comedian among others.

Debut and recognition

Nutan Prasad started his acting career with the play ''Naa Votu'' in

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. His debut movie was '' Andala Ramudu'', starring along with

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in the year 1973. He continued his acting career with movies like ''Needaleni Aadadi'', and his first major break as an actor with potential came from the movie ''

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''; he acted as a villain along with

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. His acting career reached its peak with the movie ''Rajadhi Raju'' in which he acted as

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. The movie became a hit and the song choreographed on him "''కొత్త దేవుడండీ కొంగొత్త దేవుడండీ''", is still popular today. Nutan Prasad costarred with all the generations of heroes. He starred in successful movies like ''Patnam Vachina Pativratalu'', ''Khaidi'', ''Magamaharaju'', ''Srivariki Premalekha'', '' Kathanayakudu'', and '' Aha Naa Pellanta''. Prasad was known for his dialogues like "''దేశం చాలా క్లిష్టపరిస్థితిలో ఉంది''" () and "''నూటొక్క జిల్లాల అందగాడిని''" (). The latter was adapted as a title for the film ''

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'' (2021). After a major accident on the sets of the movie, Bamma Maata Bangaru Baata, he was confined to wheelchair. He then quit acting in movies fulltime and appeared in guest roles. He also did voiceover and commentary for serials and movies. He dubbed for late Gummadi in ''

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'' (1995). Nutan Prasad became the narrator of the hit crime reality show in ETV-2 ''Neralu Ghoralu''. He was appreciated by the Telugu TV audience for his narrative style and voice in ''Neralu Ghoralu''.

Accident during the sets of ''Bamma Maata Bangaru Baata''

In 1989, while shooting for the film '' Bamma Maata Bangaru Baata'', he met with an accident with his costar,

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and broke his back. The accident left him paralysed from the waist down and was bound to wheelchair.

Death

He died after prolonged illness at the age of 65 years on 30 March 2011 in Hyderabad.

Awards

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* Best Supporting Actor–''Sundari Subbarao'' (1984) *

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–''Praja Swamyam'' (1987) *

–''Nava Bharatam'' (1988) * Best Supporting Actor–''Vasundhara'' (1992) *

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(2005)"Nutan Prasad gets NTR award"
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Filmography

The partial filmography of Nutan Prasad is :

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prasad, Nutan 1945 births 2011 deaths Telugu comedians Indian male film actors People from Krishna district Nandi Award winners Male actors from Andhra Pradesh Male actors in Telugu cinema 20th-century Indian male actors 21st-century Indian male actors