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Even offering three hundred bowls of food three times a day does not match the spiritual merit gained in one moment of love.

Akkineni Nagarjuna

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Akkineni Nagarjuna
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: August 29
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Film Producer
Madras
Nagarjuna Akkineni
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