Popular Telugu cinema actor Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao was born on this day and is known as NTR. NTR started its film career in 1949 with telugu film 'Mana Desam'. He did more than 300 films. Apart from acting, he has scripted many films and made many films as a filmmaker. Rama Rao was awarded the Padma Shri in 1968 by the Government of India for his contribution to Indian films. Apart from Telugu, NTR also did Tamil and Hindi films. He was a star who played Krishna 17 times in his career. 'Shri Krishnaarjun Yudham', 'Karna' and 'Danvir Sur Karna' are very popular in these films. Nt Rama Rao is the first such Indian actor to set this record. NTR later left mythological films and started doing characters whose protagonists fought against the system. Let's know more interesting stories about legend.
NTR established a party in 1982 and entered politics. Being a popular actor, NTR and his party had a huge success. With this, he became the 10th CM of Andhra Pradesh. He became the Chief Minister of the state thrice between 1983 and 1994. It is said that NTR formed the party to take revenge on Rajiv Gandhi and when the party contested the elections, it succeeded with a huge majority. Today, it is the main political party in the state. There is talk of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the foundation of which was laid by a superstar to improve the society or to take revenge on Rajiv Gandhi, not for the good of the people.
Talking about NTR's personal life, he married his uncle's daughter Basava Tarkam in 1942. NTR had 8 sons and 4 daughters. His wife passed away in 1985. Later Rama Rao married Telugu writer Lakshmi Parvati in 1993 at the age of 70 but NTR's family never accepted Lakshmi. NTR's grandson Junior NTR is a well-known name in the South film industry.
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