Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner and doyen of Telugu cinema, legendary actor and producer Akkineni Nageswara Rao(ANR) died in the early hours in Hyderabad today. He was 91.

Born on September 20, 1923 in Venkata Raghavapuram of Krishna district, this first generation actor in Telugu debuted with Dharampatni in 1941. There was no looking back, and he went on to showcase his skills as an actor par excellence in 256 films, including Devadasu, Laila Majnu, Anarkali, Premabhishekam, Prema Nagar and Megha Sandesam to name a few.

ANR wrapped up his work with Manam that saw three generations of the Akkineni family including himself, actor Nagarjuna and grandson Naga Chaitanya in it.