Nutan Prasad

Debut and recognition

Nutan Prasad started his acting career with the play Naa Votu in Guntur. His debut movie was Andala Ramudu, starring along with Akkineni Nageshwara Rao 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 Muthyala Muggu; 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 a hit and the song choreographed on him "Kotta Devudandi", is still popular today.^[3] Nutan Prasad costarred with all the generations of heroes.^[4] 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 "Desham chala klista paristhiti lo undi" (transl. The country is in a very difficult situation) and "Nootokka jillalaku andagadni" (transl. I am one of the most handsome persons from 101 districts).^[5] The latter was adapted as a title for the film Nootokka Jillala Andagadu (2021).^[6]

After a major accident on set of the movie Bamma Maata Bangaru Baata, he was left paralyzed and became a wheelchair user. 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 Aayanaki Iddaru (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 on the sets of Bamma Maata Bangaru Baata

In 1989, while shooting for the film Bamma Maata Bangaru Baata, he had an accident with his costar, Rajendra Prasad and broke his back.^[7] The accident left him paralysed from the waist down and he became a wheelchair user for the rest of his life.