Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (born May 20, 1983) more popularly known as NTR Jr and young NTR., is an actor in Telugu cinema. He is the grandson of the legendary Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao. Called Tarak by his family, friends and close associates; he later changed his name to Taraka Rama Rao in honor of his grandfather.
Film Career
NTR began his career as a child artist. His first step into Telugu cinema 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 Telugu cinema 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, while his 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 on screen and good box office collections.
Politics
NTR was one of the star campaigners for the Telugu Desam Party, for the Indian general election, 2009 from April to May 2009 and attracted public and media. During his drive home to Hyderabad from a meeting in Khammam, he met a road accident with major injuries, and was hospitalized for a few weeks which postponed one of his ongoing film shooting.
Filmography
1991 Brahmarshi Viswamithra
1996 Bala Ramayanam
2001 Ninnu Choodalani
2001 Student No. 1
2001 Subbu
2002 Aadi
2002 Allari Ramudu
2003 Naaga
2003 Simhadri
2004 Andhrawala
2005 Naa Alludu
2005 Narasimhudu
2006 Ashok
2006 Rakhi
2007 Yamadonga
2008 Kanthri
2008 Chintakayala Ravi (cameo)
2009 Adurs
2010 MLA
2010 Brundavanam
