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Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (born May 20, 1983) more popularly known as NTR Jr.,Pandhi, is a actor.He is considered to be the most talented actor among the youngsters in telugu industry by majority of the audience and film critics. He is a grandson of the late Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, who was an actor, a statesman, founder of the Telugu Desam Party, and the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. He is the son of Harikrishna and Shalini. Called Pandhi 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

Pandhi 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, Pandhi 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 blockbuster hit. In January 2003, Tarak came up with Naaga; though the movie raised some worthy political issues, it was flop at box-office. However, in July 2003, his movie Simhadri became a block-buster and made Tarak and director Rajamouli as household names.

His 2004 release Andhrawala, was a disaster at the box office, but 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 a block-buster. Yamadonga, which gave a big break to Tarak's four-year lull period, was released on August 15, 2007.

His next movie released in 2008 Kanthri was a big flop,thus he restored his name after a great flop...

Politics

PandhiJr. was one of the star campaigners for the Telugu Desam Party, for the Indian general election, 2009 from April to May 2009. During his drive home to Hyderabad from a meeting in Khammam, he met a road accident with minor injuries, and had to be hospitalized.

Filmography

References

1. "NTR Jr breaks record". Rediff.com.
2. ^ "idlebrain.com". List of Telugu films released in 2004. Retrieved 19 February. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
3. http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/28/stories/2009032857040100.htm
4. http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/11/stories/2009041158670100.htm
5. http://www.thehindu.com/2009/04/14/stories/2009041459780300.htm
6. http://www.hinduonnet.com/2009/03/22/stories/2009032253000300.htm
7. http://www.hinduonnet.com/2009/03/22/stories/2009032253110300.htm
8. http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/11/stories/2009031156320400.htm
9. http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Junior+NTR+injured+in+road+accident&artid=LdGR0JWeOp4=&SectionID=e7uPP4%7CpSiw=&MainSectionID=e7uPP4%7CpSiw=&SEO=junio,+ntr,+andhra,+hyderabad,+telugu,+desam&SectionName=EH8HilNJ2uYAot5nzqumeA==

See also

• Telugu Desam Party
• Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao
• Cinema of Andhra Pradesh

External links

• Jr. NTR at IMDb

• 1983 births
• Indian actors
• Telugu people
• Tollywood
• Living people
• Telugu actors