Nutan Prasad


Nutan Prasad , born Tadinada Varaprasad, was a Tollywood actor. He started his film acting career in the early 1970s, and has received two state Nandi Awards.

Career

Nutan Prasad started his acting career with the play Naa Votu in Guntur.
He started acting in films with the movie Andala Ramudu starring Akkineni Nageshwara Rao in the year 1973. He continued his venture with movies like Needaleni Aadadi, but he was first recognized in the movie Muthyala Muggu when he acted as a villain along with Rao Gopal Rao.
His acting career reached its peak with the movie Rajadhi raju in which he acted as Satan. The movie became very popular due to his acting and the song "Kotta devudandi babu kotta devudandi", which is still popular today. Prasad, although he acted with all the generation of heroes, was particularly popular with the second generation heroes. Movies like Patnam Vachina Pativratalu, Khaidi, Magamaharaju, Srivariki Premalekha, Kathanayakudu, and Aha Naa Pellanta, all continued his winning streak.
In 1989, while shooting for the film Bamma Maata Bangaru Baata, he had an accident and broke his back. This left him paralysed from the waist down and he had to use a wheelchair. He then quit acting in movies. Once in a while he appeared in guest roles. He also did voiceover and commentary for serials and movies. He dubbed for late Gummadi Venkateswara Rao in Aayanaki Iddaru as the artiste had issues with his voice at that time. Later on, Nutan Prasad became the narrator of the hit crime reality show in ETV-2 Neralu Ghoralu. He was quite appreciated by the Telugu TV audience for his part in Neralu Ghoralu.
He died after prolonged illness at the age of 65 years on 30 March 2011 in Hyderabad. He is survived by a son and two daughters.

Awards

The partial filmography of Nutan Prasad is :
YearFilmCharacter
1973Andala Ramudu Giri
1975Muthyala MugguKishtayya
1978Chali Cheemalu
1978Pranam KhareeduKaranam Bullabbai
1979Kudi YedamaitheDattudu
1980Rajadhi RajuSaitan
1980Thathayya PremaleelaluThathayya
1982Maro Malupu
1982Patnam Vachina Pativrathalu
1982Tingu Rangadu
1983Adavallu Aligite
1983KhaidiMunsiff
1983Maa Inti Premayanam
1983Maga Maharaju
1983Manthrigari Viyyankudu
1984Bobbili BrahmannaSastry
1984Intiguttu
1984Mahanagaramlo Mayagadu
1984RustumChalapathi
1984Srivariki PremalekhaBhaskaram
1984Sundari Subbarao
1985Adavi Donga
1985Agni Parvatam
1985Chattamtho PoratamJailor Hitler Sharma
1985Chiranjeevi
1985Donga
1985Oka Radha Iddaru Krishnulu
1985Raktha SindhuramDamodaram
1986Kaliyuga Pandavulu
1986KirathakuduBaby
1986Veta
1986Kaliyuga Krishnudu
1987Aha Naa PellantaSatyanarayana
1987Samsaram Oka ChadarangamEdmond Samuel
1987Praja SwamyamJarasandha Rayudu
1987Dharmapatni
1988Donga KolluBellam Apparao
1988Khaidi No.786
1988Trinetrudu
1988Yudda Bhoomi
1988Chuttalabbayi
1988Choopulu Kalasina Subhavela
1989Bamma Maata Bangaru Baata
1989State Rowdy
1990KarthavyamASP Ram Mohan Rao
1991Sarpa Yaagam
1994Abbaigaaru
1995Big Boss
1995Gharana Bullodu
1995Taj Mahal
1997MasterCanteen-in-charge
1998Suryavamsam
2000Nuvvu Vastavani
2000Azaad
2000Chiru Navvuto
2001Anandam
2004Seenu Vasanthi LakshmiSeenu's father
2005Sadaa Mee Sevalo
2006Photo Movie
2009Raju Maharaju