Tadinada Varaprasad popularly known asNutan Prasad (12 December 1945 – 30 March 2011) was an Indian actor who worked predominantly inTelugu cinema andTelugu theatre. He was a native ofKaikaluru,Andhra Pradesh, India. He started his film acting career in the early 1970s, and has received four stateNandi Awards. He died due to prolonged illness at the age of 65.^[1]

In a career spanning over three decades, he acted in about a hundred films in myriad roles ranging from a villain to comedian among others.^[2]

Nutan Prasad started his acting career with the playNaa Votu inGuntur. His debut movie wasAndala Ramudu, starring along withAkkineni Nageshwara Rao in the year 1973. He continued his acting career with movies likeNeedaleni Aadadi, and his first major break as an actor with potential came from the movieMuthyala Muggu; he acted as a villain along withRao Gopal Rao.

His acting career reached its peak with the movieRajadhi Raju in which he acted asSatan. 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 likePatnam Vachina Pativratalu,Khaidi,Magamaharaju,Srivariki Premalekha,Kathanayakudu, andAha 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 filmNootokka Jillala Andagadu (2021).^[6]

After a major accident on set of the movieBamma 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 lateGummadi inAayanaki Iddaru (1995). Nutan Prasad became the narrator of the hit crime reality show in ETV-2Neralu Ghoralu. He was appreciated by the Telugu TV audience for his narrative style and voice inNeralu Ghoralu.

In 1989, while shooting for the filmBamma 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.

He died after prolonged illness at the age of 65 years on 30 March 2011 in Hyderabad.^[8][9]

Nandi Awards^[10]

• Best Supporting Actor–Sundari Subbarao (1984)
• Best Villain–Praja Swamyam (1987)
• Best Villain–Nava Bharatam (1988)
• Best Supporting Actor–Vasundhara (1992)
• NTR National Award (2005)^[11]

• Nutan Prasad atIMDb

• 1945 births
• 2011 deaths
• Telugu comedians
• Indian male film actors
• Actors from Krishna district
• Nandi Award winners
• Male actors from Andhra Pradesh
• Male actors in Telugu cinema
• 20th-century Indian male actors
• 21st-century Indian male actors

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