N. T. Rama Rao Jr.

NTR image in Dammu Movie
Born	Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao 20 May 1983 (age 28) Hyderabad, India
Residence	Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Other names	Jr. NTR, Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Jr.
Occupation	Actor and Playback Singer
Years active	1991 to present
Spouse	Lakshmi Pranathi
Parents	Harikrishna Nandamuri Shalini Nandamuri
Relatives	Kalyan Ram Nandamuri (brother) Taraka Rama Rao Nandamuri(paternal grandfather) Balakrishna Nandamuri (paternal uncle) Taraka Ratna Nandamuri(paternal cousin) Purandhareswari Daggubati(paternal aunt) Chandrababu Naidu Nara(paternal uncle and in-law)

Personal Life

Tarak is the grandson of yesteryear's Telugu film super star turned politician Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao. He was born to politician and actor Nandamuri Harikrishna and Shalini. Actor Nandamuri Balakrishna is Tarak's uncle. Tarak attended his schooling at Vignan vidyalayam, and Intermediate at St. Mary's College, Yousufguda, Hyderabad.

Tarak was trained in Kuchipudi, under Master Sudhakar and has performed dance stage shows at several auditoriums in Andhra Pradesh. Tarak was engaged to Lakshmi Pranathi, who is the daughter of Narne Mallika, the niece of former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Chandra Babu Naidu. on 1 April 2010. The couple got married on 5 May 2011 in a private ceremony held atHyderabad International Convention Center.

Tarak is the Brand Ambassdor for Malabar Gold, Navratna, and Zandu Balm in Andhra Pradesh

Career in Telugu cinema

He began his career as a child artist. His first movie he starred in was Brahmarshi Viswamithra directed by N. T. R. But his full length major role was in the movie Bala Ramayanam directed by Guna Shekar. Tarak made his re-entry into the Tollywood with Ninnu Choodalani in 2001; but it failed to perform well at the box office. He mentioned in an interview that his remuneration for "Ninnu Choodalani" was about 6 lakh Rupees.

However in the same year he went on to gain fame with Student No. 1 directed by S.S. Rajamouli, followed by soft love story Subbu and Aadi, which was a blockbuster, and brought immediate stardom for him. In year 2003, he came up with a political movie Naaga. Even though the movie raised some political issues worth giving a thought, it settled as an average grosser. However his next movie Simhadri went on to become a blockbuster. In 2004, his career took a down turn with Andhrawala. Though Samba fared as above average grosser his next movies Naa Alludu andNarasimhudu released in year 2005 did badly at box office. In 2006, his film Ashok had the biggest opening week gross in his career but did not appease his fans.

His next movie Rakhi directed by Pasupuleti Krishna Vamsi, which proved an average grosser at the box office, gained him admirable reviews from fans and critics alike. His next movie, Yamadonga, which was inspired by his grandfather's blockbuster Yamagola, released in August 2007 brought him back into the super-hit stream, and became the sensational movie of the year. Tarak's next film was Kantri, released in May 2008 exposed his superb skill of dancing but did badly at box office. In year 2010 he appeared in two movies, and both of them Adhurs in which he played a dual role and Brindavanam succeeded well at box-office. Shakthi released on 1 April 2011 and it failed to perform well at the box office.

Tarak played the lead role in the film Oosaravelli, directed by Surender Reddy, which was released on 6 October 2011 and though it received mixed reviews, it failed at the box office.Another movie titled Dhammu under the direction of Boyapati Seenu was launched on 18 February 

Political Stint and accident

Tarak was one of the campaigners for the Telugu Desam Party, for the Indian general election, 2009 from April to May 2009. On March 26, 2009, After electioneering, en route toHyderabad, the SUV in which he was a passenger was struck head-on with another vehicle, at Khammam. He and his companions were thrown from the SUV and suffered brutal injuries, Tarak, was treated at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, in Secunderabad to recuperate.

Filmography

As Actor
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Brahmarshi Viswamitra
1997	Ramayanam	Lord Rama
2001	Ninnu Chudalani	Venu
2001	Student No.1	Aadithya
2002	Subbu	Subbu
2002	Aadi	Aadi Keshava Reddy	Winner Nandi Special Jury Award
2002	Allari Ramudu	Ramakrishna
2003	Naaga	Naaga
2003	Simhadri	Simhadri	Winner, CineMAA Award for Best Actor
2004	Andhrawala	Shankar Pehalwan Munna	Dual role
2004	Samba	Samba Shiva Naidu
2005	Naa Alludu	Karthik Murugan	Dual role
2005	Narasimhudu	Kondaveeti Narasimhudu
2006	Ashok	Ashok
2006	Rakhi	Ramakrishna
2007	Yamadonga	Raja	Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) Winner, CineMAA Award for Best Actor
2008	Kanthri	Kranthi	Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
2010	Adhurs	Narasimha Narasimhachari	Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) Dual role
2010	Brindaavanam	Krishna (Krish)	Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
2011	Shakti	Shakti Rudra	Dual role
2011	Oosaravelli	Tony
2012	Dammu		Filming
2012	Badshah		Pre-Production

As Singer
Year	Song	Film
2007	Olammi Tikkareginda	Yamadonga
2008	123 Nenoka Kantri	Kanthri
2010	Chary	Adhurs