Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (born May 20, 1983) more popularly known as NTR Jr and youngNTR., is an actor. He is a grandson of the late Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, who was a fine actor, founder of the Telugu Desam Party. He is the son of Harikrishna and Shalini. Called Tarak by his family, friends and close associates; he later changed his name to Taraka Rama Rao in honor of his grandfather. He has two half-brothers, Mr. N. Janaki Ram and Mr. N. Kalyan Ram (both older) and one half-sister, Mrs. Suhasini.
Career:
NTR began his career as a child artist. His first step into Tollywood was with his grandfather's movie Brahmarshi Viswamithra and then Bala Ramayanam, directed by Gunasekhar. Coincidentally, his character in the second movie was Lord Sri Rama, a role often played by his grandfather NTR.After a few years, Jr. NTR made his re-entry into Tollywood with Ninnu Choodalani in 2001; but it failed to perform well at the box office. He went on to gain fame with Student No. 1 (also released in 2001), directed by S.S. Rajamouli. followed by Subbu and Aadi, which was a hit. In January 2003, Tarak came up with Naaga; though the movie raised some worthy political issues, it was bombed at the box-office. However, in July 2003, his movie Simhadri made Tarak and director Rajamouli as household names.
His 2004 release Andhrawala, was a disaster at the box office, and the next movie Samba was an average film.
His next movie Rakhi, directed by Krishna Vamsi, was a critically acclaimed movie. The next one was Yamadonga, gave tarak a breather to his otherwise dull career. Following Yamadonga, Jr. NTR's next film was Kantri, which was released on May 2008. Very high Range of expectation and the film had good success and nice on screen and good box office collections.
Now he is comming up with a movie "Addurs'
NTR PROFILE:
Name: Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao
Nickname: Jr.NTR
Born: May 20th, 1983
Place of Birth: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Zodiac Sign: Gemini
Nationality: Indian
Profession: Actor
Marital Status: Single
FAMILY:
Father: Shri. Nandamuri Hari Krishna
Mother: Smt. Nandamuri Shalini
Brother's: Mr. N. Janaki Ram and Mr. Kalyan Ram- both elder
Sister: Mrs. Suhasini
School: Vidyaranya, Hyderabad
College: St Rakesh's Junior College, Hyderabad
FAVOURITES:
Actor: Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao garu and Nandamuri BalaKrishna
Actress: Sridevi and Catherine Zeta Jones
Car: Mercedes Benz SLK500
Colour: White
Dress: Any Casual wear that suits
Drink: Watermelon juice
Food: Anything eatable
Fruit: Watermelon
Game: Cricket and Badminton
Movie: Dana Veera Sura Karna
Music: Rock Music (Metallica Group)
Debut Film: Ninnu Choodalani
Filmography:
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Brahmarshi Viswamithra | Child artist | |
| 1996 | Bala Ramayanam | Lord Rama | Child artist |
| 2001 | Ninnu Choodalani | Venu | |
| Student No. 1 | Aditya | ||
| Subbu | Subramanyam | ||
| 2002 | Aadi | Aadi Keshava Reddy | Winner, Nandi Award for Special Jury |
| Allari Ramudu | Ramakrishna | ||
| 2003 | Naaga | Naaga | |
| Simhadri | Simhadri | Winner, Santosham Best Young Performer Award | |
| 2004 | Andhrawala | Shankar Pehalwan/Munna | |
| Samba | Samba Shiva Naidu | ||
| 2005 | Naa Alludu | Karthik/Murugan | |
| Narasimhudu | Kondaveeti Narasimhudu | ||
| 2006 | Ashok | Ashok | |
| Rakhi | Ramakrishna | ||
| 2007 | Yamadonga | Raja | Winner, Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor Winner, CineMAA Award for Best Actor |
| 2008 | Kanthri | Kranthi | Nominated, Filmfare Best Telugu Actor Award |
| Chintakayala Ravi | Special appearance in song "Shava Shava... Balle Balle" | ||
| 2009 | Adurs | Filming | |
| 2010 | MLA | Pre-production | |
| Brundavanam | Pre-production |
