Son of popular Telugu legend Akkineni Nagarjuna, Naga Chaitanya is one of the most loved actors in the Tollywood film industry. Chaitanya made his debut with the Telugu film Josh in 2009 and went on to become one of the biggest stars in the cinema industry.
He has acted in over 25 films so far and three are under production currently. Chaitanya recently completed 12 years in the film industry. Having said that, the actor has paired up with several beauties on-screen, but only a few of them have been deemed as favourites among fans. Here is a look at the five best on-screen pairings of Chaitanya.
Tamannaah Bhatia
Akkineni Naga Chaitanya and Tamannaah Bhatia have worked together in two films 100% Love and Tadakha. The romance between them worked well in 100% Love. Chaitanya’s performance was appreciated by the audience, and the Sukumar directorial was a commercial success, becoming one of the highest grossing Telugu films of that year. It also won two Nandi Awards. The story revolves around Balu and Mahalakshmi, cousins who share a love-hate relationship.
Shruti Hassan
Shruti Hassan’s pairing with Chaitanya was well appreciated in the movie Premam in 2016. Chaitanya plays a teen, youngster, collegegoer and successful entrepreneur and showed variations in each character. The film was a huge commercial success, even becoming one of Chaitanya’s super hit films in his career.
Samantha
Chaitanya has acted with many lead actresses in his film career, but whenever he was paired with Samantha there was always magic on screen. They have been cast together in the films like Ye Maya Chesave, Autonagar Surya, Manam, Majili and Oh Baby. The duo first met on the sets of Ye Maya Chesave and instantly fell in love. Chaitanya and Sam then turned out to be one of the most loved celebrity couples, and their onscreen chemistry was impeccable.
Manjima Mohan
Manjima Mohan has graced the big screen together with handsome actor Chaitanya in the film Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo. The Telugu romantic action thriller was written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. In his second collaboration with Gautham, Chaitanya surprised his fans by playing a much serious character.
Pooja Hegde
Pooja and Chaitanya were one of the most loved on-screen pairings in the Tollywood film industry. They had worked together in a romantic and comedy movie Oka Laila Kosam which was released in 2014. The romance between the duo worked well, and their on-screen pairing received love and adoration from fans.
Directed by Vijay Kumar Konda, Produced by Nagarjuna on his home banner Annapurna Studios. Oka Laila Kosam marked Pooja’s Tollywood debut.
