JR.NTR

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 Average at 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,^[1] and the next movie Samba was an average film. ^[1]

His next movie Rakhi,Was a Directed by Krishna Vamsi, was a critically acclaimed movie. The next one was Yamadonga, which gave a big break to Tarak's four-year lull period, was released on August 15, 2007. Jr. NTR excelled once again with his performance in the amazing socio fantasy film Yamadonga. The songs in the film made whole state dance on the floors including the "Yama" in Yamalok.

Following Yamadonga, Jr. NTR's next film was Kantri, which was released on May 2008. Very high Range of expectation, the film had bad face on screen with Very High respectable box office collections.

He is famous for his Action, Dances, and are most Similar to his Grand father NTR in most of his films.

Politics

Jr. 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 also postponed one of his ongoing film. ^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1991	Brahmarshi Viswamithra		Child artist
1996	Bala Ramayanam	Lord Rama	Child artist
2001	Ninnu Choodalani	Venu	Flop
	Student No. 1	Aditya	Super Hit
	Subbu	Subbu	Average
2002	Aadi	Aadi Keshava Reddy	Winner, Nandi Award for Special Jury Blockbuster Hit
	Allari Ramudu	Ramakrishna	Flop
2003	Naaga	Naaga	Flop
	Simhadri	Simhadri	Winner, Santosham Best Young Performer Award Blockbuster Hit
2004	Andhrawala	Shankar Pehalwan/Munna	Flop
	Samba	Samba Shiva Naidu	Average
2005	Naa Alludu	Karthik/Murugan	Flop
	Narasimhudu	Kondaveeti Narasimhudu	Flop
2006	Ashok	Ashok	Average
	Rakhi	Ramakrishna	Average
2007	Yamadonga	Raja	Winner, Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor Winner, CineMAA Award for Best Actor Block Buster Hit
2008	Kanthri	Kranthi	Hit
	Chintakayala Ravi	Special Appearance	Appearance in song "Shava Shava... Balle Balle"
2009	Adurs		Filming
2010	MLA		Pre-production
	Brundavanam		Pre-production