Hyderabad:
Telugu superstar NagarjunaAkkineni may soon take a plunge into active politics in AndhraPradesh.
At the inauguration of a jewellery showroom in temple-town of Tirupati today, the actor expressed his desire to joinpolitics, close on the heels of another popular star NandamuriBalakrishna announcing his decision to contest the 2014elections on behalf of the Telugu Desam Party.
"I am a keen observer of politics and feel like takingthe plunge...but don't know if I will fit the bill,"Nagarjuna, known to be a reserved person, said in reply to aquestion at the showroom inauguration.
Son of legendary Telugu film hero and Dadasaheb Phalkeawardee Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Nagarjuna endorsed some of thewelfare schemes launched by the then Chief Minister Y SRajasekhara Reddy.
He, however, did not campaign for the Congress thoughefforts were made to rope him in.
The 52-year-old award winning popular star has manybusiness interests, including in the television medium alongwith actor-turned-politician K Chiranjeevi.
His elder son Naga Chaitanya has started making a markas a hero while another son Akhil, too, may step intoNagarjuna's shoes in future.
Nagarjuna has starred in a few Hindi films as well,notable among them being Khuda Gawah with Amitabh Bachchan,and Shiva. He has essayed the role of Shirdi Sai Baba in anupcoming Telugu film.
Will Nagarjuna join ruling Congress or YSR Congress ofKadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, going by his admiration forlate Y S R Reddy, is the point of debate now in the state,which has seen several star-turned-politicians.
At the inauguration of a jewellery showroom in temple-town of Tirupati today, the actor expressed his desire to joinpolitics, close on the heels of another popular star NandamuriBalakrishna announcing his decision to contest the 2014elections on behalf of the Telugu Desam Party.
"I am a keen observer of politics and feel like takingthe plunge...but don't know if I will fit the bill,"Nagarjuna, known to be a reserved person, said in reply to aquestion at the showroom inauguration.
Son of legendary Telugu film hero and Dadasaheb Phalkeawardee Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Nagarjuna endorsed some of thewelfare schemes launched by the then Chief Minister Y SRajasekhara Reddy.
He, however, did not campaign for the Congress thoughefforts were made to rope him in.
The 52-year-old award winning popular star has manybusiness interests, including in the television medium alongwith actor-turned-politician K Chiranjeevi.
His elder son Naga Chaitanya has started making a markas a hero while another son Akhil, too, may step intoNagarjuna's shoes in future.
Nagarjuna has starred in a few Hindi films as well,notable among them being Khuda Gawah with Amitabh Bachchan,and Shiva. He has essayed the role of Shirdi Sai Baba in anupcoming Telugu film.
Will Nagarjuna join ruling Congress or YSR Congress ofKadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, going by his admiration forlate Y S R Reddy, is the point of debate now in the state,which has seen several star-turned-politicians.
